The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 78
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 3 بِالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا which has been revealed unto وَجْهَ النَّهَارِ وَاكْفُرُوا أُخِرَهُ لَعَلَّهُمْ the day and disbelieve in the يَرْجِعُونَ the believers in the early part of latter part thereof; perchance. 361 they may return;³ وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوا إِلَّا لِمَنْ تَبِعَ دِيْنَكُمْ قُلْ اِنَّ And obey none but him. 74 الْهُدَى هُدَى اللهِ أَنْ يُؤْتَى اَحَدٌ مِثْلَ مَا ,Say, Surely, the true guidance أوتِيتُمْ أَوْ يُحَا جُوْكُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ قُلْ ۚ who follows your religion;'- the guidance of Allah, is that one be given the like of that b اِنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ - which has been given to you وَاللهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ 'or 'they would dispute with you before your Lord. ' Say, ‘All bounty is in the hand of "Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases. And Allah is Bountiful, All-Knowing. 36 "2:121. b2:77. 57:30. their scriptures about the Holy Prophet, the People of the Book could easily know that Muḥammad was indeed the Promised Prophet, yet because of enmity and jealousy they would not recognize him and insisted on mixing up truth with falsehood rather than accept the truth in its unalloyed purity. 361. Commentary: of this and thought of a device to turn Muslims away from their faith by outwardly embracing Islam in the early part of a day and recanting it in its latter part, seeking in this way to make the unlettered Arabs believe that something must have been seriously wrong with Islam, otherwise these learned men would not have so hurriedly given it up. Devices like these have been This verse refers to one of the employed by the enemies of truth in attempts of the Jews to lead Muslims astray. This attempt pertained to a clever ruse on their part to strike a blow at the growing power of Islam. The Jews were held in esteem by the pagan Arabs for their religious learning. They took undue advantage 518 all ages, succeeded. but they have never 362. Commentary: The construction of this verse, though seemingly rather complicated, is designed to make it capable of