The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 178
CH. 11 HUD PT. 12 Ṣāliḥ; and the people of Lot are not far from you. 1470 مِنْكُمْ بِبَعِيد وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ And seek forgiveness of. 91 your Lord; then turn to Him whole-heartedly. Verily, is Merciful, Lord Loving. '1471 my Most "See 11:4. unabated zeal in all circumstances till God crowns his efforts with success. 1470. Commentary: This verse shows that Shu'aib came after Noah, Hud, Ṣāliḥ and Lot (and for that matter after Abraham also), but lived before the time of Moses. for he does not here speak of the people of Moses, although Moses lived with his people in the very territory of the people of Shu'aib. See also note on v. 85 above. 1471. Important Words: >> (Most Loving) is derived from ». They say », i. e. he loved him or it. 135 ☺☺», means, I wished that it had been so. » (wud) » (wid), », (wad) and الو ود وداد,(widad وداد mawaddat) as also) مورة ور ور ور (wadad) and (wudād) are all infinitive nouns meaning love and affection. (wid), (wud) and (wad) also mean, a person loved, an object of love. >> means, a person who loves much; very loving or affectionate. >> is an attribute of God meaning, the Loving towards His servants; Very Loving or Most Loving; also He Who is beloved in the hearts of His servants (Tāj Aqrab). & Commentary: رَبِّي رَحِيمُ وَدُودُ on a It is often asserted by the opponents of Islam that it encourages sin as it keeps open the door of repentance. This objection is based misunderstanding of a i. e. Islamic repentance does not consist in merely uttering the words "I regret" or "I repent" and then thinking that one's sins will be forgiven. Such is not the Islamic conception of repentance. Islam does not recognize that transition from evil to virtue or ascent from a lower grade of virtue to a higher one can be attained in one jump. These conditions are attained through many stages of spiritual development. When a sinner turns to God, he begins by subjecting himself to a sort of inner stock-taking which makes him feel a sense of shame or contrition as a result of which he endeavours to seek shelter in God. This is the stage of Then comes the stage of i. e. seeking Divine protection from the evil consequences of one's misdeeds. Finally there is the stage of a (repentance) which signifies turning to God and loving Him with heart and soul and establishing a true connection with Him. In short, as (repentance) does 1386