The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 148
CH. 11 strength to your strength. And turn not away sinners. ' 1433 54. They said, 'O Hūd, thou hast not brought us any clear HUD PT. 12 وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمِينَ قَالُوا يَهُودُ kopje بِتَارِي الهَتِنَا عَنْ قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ proof, and we are not going to لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ forsake our gods merely because of thy saying, nor are we going to believe thee. 1434 1433. Important Words: در a71:24. (pouring down abundant rain) is derived from which means, it (the milk) was or became copious or abundant; or it flowed copiously or i. e. the she-camel yielded her milk, or made it to flow, copiously or درت الناقة بلبنها abundantly. They say means, the درت السماء بالمطر. abundantly sky poured down rain abundantly. Low means, a sky pouring down abundance of rain. means, continual and, uninterrupted sustenance (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: This verse shows that the chief occupation of the people of ‘Ād was agriculture and that they depended on rainwater for the cultivation of their land, there being no wells or canals to irrigate it. It also hints that the acceptance of a Prophet of God improves and betters not only the moral and spiritual condition of a people but also their material condition and leads to all-round progress and prosperity. 1434. Commentary: It is strange that a people who themselves followed the most unreasonable practice of setting up equals to God and of associating partners with Him should have demanded from Hūd evidence in support of his monotheistic teachings. The onus of proof, in fact, lay on those who practised shirk and not on those who denied it. They themselves practised shirk for which they possessed no reasonable basis; yet when arguments were given in refutation of their creed they denied them as if they were great believers in arguments and never accepted anything without them. The words, merely because of thy saying, are expressive of great contempt. The opponents of Hūd meant to say that they could not give up their deities for the sake of such a contemptible person as he. As a matter of fact, evil-minded persons are ever wont to put a wrong on sincere motives. Hud's opponents misunder- stood his exhortations and thought that his real object was not to preach the truth but to gain mastery over them. So they replied by saying that they would not forsake their idols for his sake and were not going to obey him. construction 1356 even