The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

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CH. 7 AL-A'RĀF PT. 9 أَوَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَوتِ And have they not looked. 186 into the kingdom of the heavens وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَأَنْ and the earth, and all things that Allah has created? And do they not see that, it may be their own term has already drawn near? "Then in what thing will they believe thereafter?1072 E عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ * فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ وَيَذَرُهُمْ Whomsoever Allah adju. 187 dges astray, there can be no guide for him. And "He leaves such in their transgression, wandering in distraction. 1073 فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ يَسْتَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسُهَا قُلْ They ask thee respecting. 188 E the Hour: when will it come to إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي لَا يُجَلِّيْهَا : pass? Say, The knowledge لِوَقْتِهَا إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِي السَّمَوتِ thereof is only with my Lord None can manifest it at its time وَالْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيْكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً but He. It lies heavy on the "6:76; 10:102. 45:7; 77:51. 7:179; 17:98; 18:18. d2:16; 6:111. €33:64; 78:2; 79:43. 31:35; 43:86. 1072. Commentary: that when disbelievers had reached their term, they would have no time left to believe and repent. The sentence thus constitutes a sort of The verse draws the attention of the Meccans to the great and numerous changes that were taking place around them, which pointed to the exhortation to them to make haste approach of a new era. All signs pointed to the fact that idolatry was going to disappear from the country, giving place to Islam. The word (kingdom) refers to the control which God exercises over heaven and earth. See also 6:76. and avail themselves of the present opportunity before it is too late. In the former sense of the words, (i. e. as rendered in the text), the sentence would mean, "When the disbelievers are rejecting the Quran, which is such a perfect and complete The words (in what thing) Law, what else is left for them to may also be rendered as "by means of what thing". In this case, the last sentence of the verse would mean 1066 believe in?" 1073. Commentary: See 2:27.