The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 11
CH. 10 إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعْدَ اللهِ حَقًّا PT. 11 YŪNUS 5. "To Him shall you all return. The promise of Allah is true. creation; then He reproduces it, إِنَّهُ يَبْدَوُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ لِيَجْزِيَ Surely, He originates the الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصلحتِ بِالْقِسْطِ that He may reward those who وَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمُ شَرَابٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ believe and do good works, with equity; and as for those who disbelieve, they shall have a drink of boiling water, and a painful punishment, because they disbelieved. 1280 "6:165; 11:5; 21:94; 39:8. 10:35; 27:65; 29:20; 30:12, 28. (intercession) than this baseless notion. According to Islamic teaching only those good people who lack a requisite number of good works to make them heirs to the grace and mercy of God but who, at the same time, have a true spiritual connection with His Prophet can avail themselves of intercession; and not those habitual sinners who deliberately break the commandments of God and have no true connection with His Prophet. 1280. Commentary: The purpose for which man has been created is that he should attain nearness to God. It is to this fact that the words, The promise of Allah is true, refer; and we are told that at last all men will attain nearness to God and thus will be fulfilled the real object for which man has been created. In the words, He originates the creation, then He reproduces it, the reproduction spoken of refers firstly, to the fact that, after death, man will be given a new life in which his 1219 actions in this life will be rewarded; and, secondly, that even in the present life one generation of men will succeed another so that the good deeds of a preceding generation may not be wasted and may benefit their successors. (good) which, The word besides meaning good and righteous, also means proper and suitable to the occasion (see 2:26), points to a great secret of individual as well as national progress. It is not only good works that lead to the material and moral well-being of individuals and communities but deeds done at suitable occasions conforming to the exigencies of time and circumstances are also essential. The present-day degradation of Muslims supplies an apt through tragic illustration of the neglect of this hard truth. At a time when strong intellectual effort was needed, Muslim divines confined their attention to mere outward acts of religious devotion and neglected other activities which were equally