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CH. 13 AR-RA'D disbelieve, "disaster shall not cease to befall them for what they have wrought or to alight near their home, until the promise of Allah comes to pass. Surely, Allah fails not in His promise. 1643 PT. 13 إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَةُ "22:56. 1643. Important Words: J (mountains) is the plural of (the mountain). Figuratively, the word means: (1) chief of a tribe or community; (2) a learned man towering above those around him; (3) great hardship or calamity (Aqrab). be cut asunder) is formed قطعت from (qatta'a) which is derived from (qata'a), the former being the intensified form of the latter. They sayi. e. he cut the thing; or he cut it asunder. means, he crossed or went across the river. ✓✓ means, the birds migrated or journeyed from colder regions to warmer ones. ad means, he silenced him in argument (Aqrab). (come to know) is derived from which means (1) he despaired of the thing; (2) he knew. i. e. I have known that thou art a good door. means, he beat the man. means, the affair came on him all of a sudden. ac means, great calamity; sudden calamity; the Day of Resurrection or of Judgement; an marching forth quickly army and striking the enemy quickly (Aqrab & Tāj). Commentary: The words, And if there were a Quran by which mountains could be moved or by which the earth could be cut asunder or by which the dead could be spoken to, they would not believe in it, do not mean that the Quran does not possess these qualities but that even when these wonderful attributes of the Quran were demonstrated, disbelievers would not believe. A construction similar to the one used in this verse occurs in a saying of the Holy Prophet who is reported to have said, قد يئست انك رجل صدق An Arab would say if. . لو كان الايمان معلقا بالثر يا لنا له رجل من ابناء فارس افلم يايئس الذين آمنوا man. The clause means, have not the believers yet come to know? The expression means, the woman became barren i. e. despaired of bearing children (Lane & Aqrab). a (disaster) is derived from 3. They say i. e. he knocked at the faith were to ascend to the Pleiades, a man from among the sons of Persia would bring it back (Bukhārī, Kitābut-Tafsir). This ḥadīth does not mean that faith would not ascend to the Pleiades, or that a man from among the sons of Persia would not 1510