The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 173
PT. 12 HŪD CH. 11 decree of thy Lord. And such punishment is not far from the wrongdoers age. 1464 مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ وَمَاهِيَ مِنَ Marked for them in the. 84 of the present R. 8. 85. b And to Midian We sent الظَّلِمِينَ بَعِيدة وَإِلى مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا قَالَ يُقَوْمِ their brother Shu'aib. He said, اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اللَّهِ غَيْرُهُ وَلَا O my people, worship Allah تَنقُصُوا المِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ إِنِّي short You have no God other than Him. And "give not short measure and short weight. I see you in a state of prosperity and I fear for you the punishment of a destructive day. 1465 air and then fall down. أردكُمْ بِخَيْرِ وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ تُحيط “51:35. 7:86; 29:37. “26:182, 183. The expression, layer upon layer, suggests that the earthquake shocks were repeated over some length of time. 1464. Commentary: The words, marked for them, mean that it had been decreed from eternity that these stones should become the cause for the destruction of Lot's people. The latter portion of the verse points out that the account of the destruction of the people of Lot has not been given here as a story but is intended to give a warning that a similar destructive punishment would overtake the disbelieving people of the Holy Prophet's time if they persisted in rejecting him. It may also be noted here that there are some serious differences in the accounts about Lot as given in the Quran and the Bible: (1) The Bible represents Lot as a quarrelsome and jealous person, while the Quran says that he was a righteous servant of God. (2) The Bible says that the three visitors partook of the food presented to them by Abraham, declaring at the same time that one of them was God Himself, the other two being angels. The Quran denies all this. (3) According to the Bible, Lot offered his daughters for fornication, while the Quran declares that they were merely offered as hostages. (4) The Bible says that Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt but the Quran rejects all such puerile stories. Any sensible person can see which of 1381 the two accounts is more sensible and correct. 1465. Important Words: be (destructive) is derived from bb.