The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 200
CH. 11 HUD PT. 12 among the generations before وَاصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ And be thou steadfast for. 116 الْمُحْسِنِينَ surely Allah suffers not the reward of the righteous to perish. 1496 فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ أُولُوا Why, then, were there not. 117 بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا possessed of قَلِيلًا مِمَّنْ أَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۚ وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِيْنَ persons ظَلَمُوا مَا اُتْرِفُوا فِيْهِ وَكَانُوا earth-except a few of those مُجْرِمِينَ you understanding who would have forbidden corruption in the whom We saved from among them? But the wrongdoers followed that by which they were afforded ease and comfort, and they became guilty. 1497 Vik "12:91. 13:34. If a person desires to get rid of an evil habit, he should begin to practise a corresponding virtue. In this way he will soon get rid of his evil habit. The words also tell us that to avoid the evil consequences of our misdeeds we should practise more and more virtue. The more virtue we practise, the more secure will we become from the consequences of our evil deeds. Incidentally, the verse also hints at the different times of Prayer prescribed for the Faithful. They are deducible from the words (two ends of the day) and (hours of the night that are nearer the day). 1496. Commentary: This verse tells us another great secret of individual and national success. This consists in constancy 1408 and steadfastness, which are essential conditions for success. 1497. Important Words: persons possessed of) اولوا بقية understanding). as it is derived from which means, he or it remained, lasted, endured and was or became permanent or perpetual. They say الشيء بقية i. e. a remnant, relic or residue of the thing retained. The ie such a one. فلان من بقية القوم Arabs say is of the best of people, for it is the best that lasts. means, persons possessed of excellence, or persons possessing a relic of judgement and intelligence, or persons of understanding and discrimination, or persons possessing a quality of watching or observing and, hence, of guarding and preserving (Lane & Aqrab). See also 11:87.