The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3)

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PT. 12 surely knowest what we desire. '1460 HUD CH. 11 قَالَ لَوْ اَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أو أوى إلى He said, “Would that I had. 81 power to deal with you, or I should betake myself to a mighty support for shelter. '1461 رُكْنٍ شَدِيدِ 82. The messengers said, ‘IJEL BİNJE Lot, we are the messengers of thy Lord. They shall by no means 1460. Commentary: إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ الَّيْلِ offer which we cannot accept. " 1461. Important Words: ركن اليه support). They say) رکن (rakana) i. e. he inclined to him or it; he trusted or relied upon him or it so as to become easy or quiet in mind; he leaned, rested or relied upon him. When Lot told his townsmen that they had his daughters in their custody and that, if he did anything which was injurious to their interests they might avenge themselves on him through his daughters, he was in fact offering his daughters as hostages. means, he kept tenaciously Now, the rule with regard to hostages was that only males were accepted as such (Enc. Bri. ) so the people told Lot that they could not take his daughters as hostages for that was against their custom and law. The words, we have no claim on thy daughters, clearly show that they had not come with the motives which most commentators ascribe to them, for a people who had become so depraved and corrupt in their morals as the people of Lot were, could raise no question of claim or no claim, right or no right about the satisfaction of their carnal passions. The words, thou surely knowest what we desire, mean, "You know that what we at present want is to prevent the coming of strangers, so to say that we should accept hostages and leave the strangers alone is an 1379 to the abode and did not relinquish it. 5 (rukn) means, side or outward part of a thing; corner or angle; a stay or support of any kind; a thing whereby one is strengthened; near relations or clan or tribe by whom one is aided and strengthened; a noble or high person; also might and resistance; a thing or event of great magnitude (Lane). Commentary: Lot says that if he had possessed any power, he would have resisted these mischievous people; but he was powerless against them. The words, I should betake myself to a mighty support for shelter, mean that now the only course left to him was that he should seek refuge with God and beg Him to send upon them His punishment.