The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3)

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CH. 11 HŪD قِيْلَ يُنُوحُ اهْبِطُ بِسَلِمٍ مِنَّا وَ بَرَكَةٍ Noah PT. 12 49. It was said, 'O descend then with peace from upon peoples to be born of عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَمَمٍ مِّمَّنْ مَّعَكَ وَاُمَم Us and blessings upon thee and عَذَابٌ سَنُمَعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُمْ مِنَّا عَب those with thee. And there will اليون be other peoples whom We shall grant provision for a time, then shall a grievous punish- ment touch them from Us. '1429 تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِهَا إِلَيْكَ مَا This is of the tidings of the. 50 unseen which We reveal to thee. كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَا أَنْتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ ,Thou didst not know them هذَا فَاصْبِرُ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ neither thou nor thy people ۚ before this. So be thou patient; is human, yet in spite of this he is here reported to have offered This proves that the offering of is not the proof of one's sinfulness in all cases. It may be offered for protection against the consequences of human weaknesses errors of judgement. 1429. Commentary: or against This verse shows that not only was the progeny of Noah saved from the Flood and was blessed by God and multiplied upon the earth, but the progeny of those believers who were with him in the Ark also prospered and multiplied. So the popular notion that only Noah's progeny survived and multiplied in the earth has no basis in fact. This statement of the Quran establishes its superiority over the Bible. All educated Christians now believe that the inhabitants of the earth are not all descended from Noah; but in holding this view they, 1351 in fact, subscribe to the statement of the Quran and reject that of the Bible, for the Bible clearly says that only Noah and his sons survived the Deluge and that it was their progeny that dwelt and multiplied in the earth (Gen. ch. 9). Accordingly, Christian writers divide the human race into three groups, viz. the descendants of Ham, Sam and Yapheth, the three sons of Noah. But according to the Quran the children of those who believed in Noah also survived and multiplied in the earth, to say nothing of other races. The clause, there will be other peoples whom We shall grant provision, may mean: (1) that even in the time of Noah there were other peoples who did not perish but who were given respite and then perished in due time; (2) that some of those who were saved with Noah and who received blessings became corrupt in due course and were then punished by God.