The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 129
PT. 12 HUD CH. 11 وَيُقَوْمِ مَنْ يَنْصُرُنِى مِنَ اللهِ اِن And O my people, who. 31 طَرَدْتُهُمْ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ would help me against Allah, if I were to drive them away? Will you not then consider?1412 وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَايِنُ اللهِ وَلَا And I say not to you, I. 32 اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكَ وَلَا possess the treasures of Allah,' nor do I know the unseen, nor "6:51. distinction of rich and poor did not exist for him and therefore he could not reject or spurn his followers on account of their being of humble origin. Only true and sincere faith carried weight with him, and that his followers possessed in abundance. Therefore, the objection that those who believed in him were poor and lowly was, besides being absurd, quite irrelevant. Another objection which Noah's opponents levelled at his followers was that their faith was insincere. Noah rebutted this charge by saying that just as he did not demand any material benefit from them, they also did not demand anything from him. They only sought the favour of God Whom they were sure to meet, and He to Whom nothing is hidden would deal with them according to their faith. So, why should he question or doubt their sincerity? The words, They shall certainly meet their Lord, also contain an answer to the taunt of disbelievers that Noah's followers had acquired no superiority over them by believing in him. Noah asked what greater superiority there could be than that his followers had attained nearness to God and had made great moral and spiritual progress, so much so that heavenly light shone in their faces. If in their ignorance his enemies could not see so patent a fact, the fault was their own. The clause, But I consider you to be a people who act ignorantly, may refer to the sacrifices which the followers of Noah made in the cause of truth, for to believe in a Prophet in the beginning is not an easy matter. It is like plunging into fire. So Noah drew the attention of his opponents to the sacrifices of his followers and pointed out how unreasonable it was to hold their faith to be insincere in view of their great sacrifices for the sake of their faith. 1412. Commentary: Noah says that his opponents wanted him to drive away his followers on account of their humble origin. But he could not displease God in order to win his opponents' pleasure by repelling away those who had believed in him for His sake. God was his help and support and without Him he could not acquit himself of the great task with which He had entrusted him. He therefore dared not incur God's displeasure by driving 1337