The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 323
CH. 14 PT. 13 IBRAHİM 10. "Have not the tidings come to you of those before you, the اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ people of Noah, and the tribes of ‘Ād and Thamūd, and those بَعْدِهِمْ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا اللهُ جَاءَتْهُمْ after them? None knows them save Allah. Their now رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ فَرَدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي Messengers came to them with أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَقَالُوا إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَا clear Signs, but they turned أَرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ وَإِنَّا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّمَّا said, “We disbelieve in what تَدْعُونَنَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ their hands to their mouths, and you have been sent with and surely, we are in disquieting doubt concerning that to which you call us. '1664 "9:70; 40:32; 50:13-15. taken to mean that the acceptance of Divine guidance by man in any way conduces to God's own good. It is all for the good of man himself, for God is Self-Sufficient and above all needs. 1664. Important Words: i. e. means, (tidings) is the noun-infinitive, from (naba'a). They say he informed him of it. information or a piece of information; an announcement; news or tidings; an account; a narrative or story; an announcement of great utility, from which results either great knowledge or predominance of opinion; news which fills the heart of a person with horror and makes it tremble (Lane, Aqrab & Kulliyāt). joint to the extremities of the fingers; palm of the hand; honour; dignity; power; predominance or mastery; good or favour done to a person (Aqrab & Lane). See also 5:65; 9:29. Commentary: The words, and those after them. None knows them now save Allah, clearly indicate that Prophets were also raised among nations other than the progeny of Abraham, for, as the verse makes clear, the tribes of ‘Ād and Thamūd were followed by some about whom None knows now save Allah, whereas the Prophets that appeared among the progeny of Abraham have been mentioned both in the Quran and the Bible. So the words, None knows them now save (their hands). Sy is the plural Allah, evidently refer to Prophets which among other things other than those that appeared among means, the arm from the shoulder- the descendants of Abraham. The of يد 1531