The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 151
PT. 12 HŪD CH. 11 وَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَ الَّذِينَ And when Our command. 59 آمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةِ مِنَّا وَنَجَّيْنُهُمْ مِّنْ who believed with him, by Our came, We saved Hūd and those special mercy. And "We saved them from a severe torment. 1439 Commentary: "7:73. The opponents of God's Prophets, in their ignorance, often think that by rejecting the Message of a Prophet, they can do him any harm. But in no way can they harm a Divine Messenger. In fact, the rejection of a message can either harm the person who sends the message or the person to whom the message is sent. It cannot harm the bearer of the message. So the Prophet Hūd says that he is only a Message-bearer, and therefore he would come to harm only if he failed to deliver his Message, but as he has faithfully delivered the Message he need fear no harm. Again, the rejection of the Message by the people can do no harm to God, Who is the Sender of the Message, for He is All-Powerful. So the only people who can come to grief by the rejection of the Message are those who reject it. If the people to whom it is originally addressed do not accept it, some other people will accept it and it will make them prosper. The Divine Message can never go in vain. By the words, my Lord is Guardian over all things, Prophet Hūd means to say that God will guard the teachings which He has sent through him. They also mean that the works of 1359 عَذَابِ غَلِيْظِ disbelievers are in the custody of God and they will have to render an account of them before Him. 1439. Important Words: غلظ severe is derived from) غلیظ which means, it was or became thick, gross, bulky or coarse. means thick, gross, etc. It also means rough or rugged; dense or deep; rough manners or conduct; rude, unkind, hard, or ill-natured; vehement or severe; intensely painful (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The words, by Our special mercy, point to a law of God that when a general calamity overtakes a country, both good and bad people become involved in it. But, as in the time of a Prophet these calamities visit the earth in order to testify to his truth, God so ordains that believers more or less remain immune from them. This comparative immunity of believers from such visitations is due to the special grace and mercy of God, which become, as it were, particularly excited in the time of a heavenly Messenger. The words (severe torment) are intended to hint that disbelievers will not get immunity from the calamities notwithstanding their efforts; for, like one who gets stuck in