The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 88
CH. 10 YŪNUS PT. 11 وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوا بِأَيْتِ اللهِ And be not thou of those. 96 فَتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْخُسِرِينَ who reject the Signs of Allah, or thou shalt be of the losers. اِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ Surely, those against whom. 97 the word of thy Lord has taken effect will not believe, 1368 لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ وَلَوْ جَاءَ تُهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ Even if there come to them. 98 الاليم every Sign, till they see the grievous punishment. 1369 فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ أَمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيْمَانُهَا Why was there no other. 99 people, save the people of إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّا أَمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ Jonah, who should have believed here "10:34; 40:7. 10:89. 37:149. after of the Quran. The persons addressed are undoubtedly those who differed among themselves "knowledge" (the Quran) had come to them. See v. 94. The objecters are further told that if, as they assert, this Book (i. e. the Quran) gives rise to doubts, they should enquire from those who have benefited by reading and acting upon it. They will then find how it has illuminated their hearts and raised them to the highest pinnacles of spiritual glory. By saying, ask those who have been reading the Book before thee, the verse also makes it clear that a revealed book alone does not make a perfect guide and that a teacher is needed who, by his superior spiritual knowledge and practical example, should lay bare its hidden beauties and excellences. 1368. Commentary: By ab (word) is here meant the word of warning or threat. The verse means that those who have become deserving of punishment and have made no effort to escape it in spite of warning, will not believe. 1369. Commentary: This verse shows that the signs of God do not benefit those who have no desire to benefit by them. They treat even the greatest of signs as mere fraud. Hence the assertion of disbelievers made in the time of every Prophet that no sign has been shown to them is no evidence of the absence of any sign. One should not be misled by such baseless assertions but should ponder over the claims of a Prophet independently and form one's own judgement about them. One should judge the signs of the 1296