The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 267
PT. 13 R. 12. YUSUF CH. 12 وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ آيَةٍ فِي السَّمواتِ وَالْأَرْضِ And how many a sign is. 106 STÝKONU QBs, there in the heavens and the يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ earth, which they pass by turning away from it. 1605 107. And most of them believe not in Allah without also attributing partners to Him. 1606 وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُمْ مشْرِكُونَ أَفَأَمِنُوا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَاشِيَةٌ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اللهِ اَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمُ overwhelming punishment from لَا يَشْعُرُونَ 108. Do they, then, feel secure from the coming on them of an b Allah or the sudden coming of the Hour upon them while they are unaware?1607 "21:33;23:67. 10:51; 22:56; 43:67. as his people came to inherit power and glory through him, just as Joseph's brothers became honoured and respected through him. 1605. Commentary: The verse points to a fundamental difference between the attitude of a believer and a disbeliever. Whereas the former goes about with his eyes open and is ready to grasp the slightest divine hint, the latter behaves like a blind man, refusing to benefit even from clear and manifest signs. Both of them are endowed with identical faculties and natural powers, but whereas the believer makes proper use of them, the disbeliever does not. verse. This attitude is born of their anxiety and endeavour to explain away all divine signs in a polytheistic manner. They always try to ascribe the signs in favour of truth, the rapid progress and prosperity of believers and their own degradation and downfall to this or that cause, always declining to attribute these signs to the real cause i. e. to Divine help and succour which attends Prophets and their followers on all occasions. 1607. Important Words: (an overwhelming punishment) غاشية is derived from. They say, i. e. it covered or concealed him; it overcame or overwhelmed him, etc. al means, a covering; a calamity or misfortune; a certain disease attacking This verse gives some causes of the the belly or the chest; a punishment unthinking and blind attitude of the that overwhelms and is general in its disbelievers referred to in the preceding | extent (Lane). See also 7:42. 1606. Commentary: 1475