The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 273
even as a man having eyes can overcome a host of blind men. Polytheism cannot stand against the doctrine of the Unity of God, nor can the votaries of false gods against the devotees of the True God. The enemies of truth will melt and vanish like foam or froth. Men of weak understanding see only the rising foam or froth but do not care to see the gold or pure water underneath. The foam and froth disappear and pure water and gold remain. Similarly, the superficial and trifling beliefs of the polytheists are bound to perish and the great and noble ideals preached by the Quran will endure and its teachings, being in harmony with human nature, will make their way into the hearts of men. They will gradually come to realize on which side lies the truth when they compare the moral stature of the believers with that of the disbelievers. Mighty signs will be shown and great miracles wrought by means of the Quran and human hearts, the strongest of all earthly citadels, shall fall. One of these signs will be that the Meccans will drive out the Holy Prophet from Mecca and will draw the sword against him. But Islam shall continue to make headway till Mecca, the centre of disbelief and opposition to Islam, shall fall to the victorious arms of the Holy Prophet. Idolatry shall disappear from Arabia for all time and Islam shall be firmly established there. The world shall witness all these signs wrought not by human agency but by the hands of the Almighty God Himself. The Surah contains many prophecies about the discomfiture and destruction of the leaders of disbelief and foretells a bright future for Islam. The Title The above constitutes the main theme of the Surah and it is in conformity with this theme that it has been named Ra'd or Thunder. Rain brings with it lightning and thunder and it is in the fitness of things that heavenly rain the Quranic revelation should also have been accompanied by thunder and lightning. Islam has brought with it thunderbolts. Those who draw the sword against Islam shall perish by the sword and those who owe allegiance to it shall sit on the thrones of power and glory. This is why the Surah has fitly been called Ra'd or Thunder. 1481