The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 510
CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM PT. 8 مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا Whoso does a good deed. 161 shall have ten times as much; وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى إِلَّا ,but he who does an evil deed مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ shall have only a like reward; and they shall not be wronged. 900 قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدْنِي رَبِّي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ Say, “As for me, my Lord. 162 صم دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرهِيْمَ patha right religion, the حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ has guided me unto a straight religion of Abraham, the upright. And he was not of those who join gods with God. '901 قُلْ اِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي Say, My Prayer and my. 163 sacrifice and my life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. 902 a4:41; 27:90; 28:85. 3:96; 16:124. لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ 900. Commentary: The means, manager, conductor or verse beautifully illustrates superintendent of the affair (Lane). how the mercy of God transcends and predominates over His wrath or punishment. A good deed is like a good seed that brings forth a produce ten times its number and even more, (2:262; 4:41; 10:27-28; also Tirmidhi, ch. on, Fasting), whereas an evil deed is counted as only one deed. The verse also throws light on the fact that where there are to be rewards and punishments, there must be a law and a system. There can be no rewarding or punishing without a law. 901. Important Words: which (right) is derived from means, he stood still or he stood up. means, he undertook the affair; he managed or conducted it. means, right, correct or true. 950 See also 4:6, 35, 163. Commentary: The previous verse proved the need of a revealed religion. In the present verse we are told that now the revealed religion was the one which the Holy Prophet of Islam was following and which in principle was also the religion of Abraham, the upright. The word means (1) upright and (2) one who is ever inclined to God; and such a one can only be he who believes in all the Prophets of God. 902. Important Words:. نسك sacrifice is derived from) نسك They say i. e. he washed the cloth and rendered it clear and pure. will means, he slaughtered and