The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 329
PT. 13 IBRAHİM CH. 14 مِنْ وَرَابِهِ جَهَنَّمُ وَ يُسْقَى مِنْ Before him is Hell; and he. 17 مَاءِ صَدِيدِ "shall be made to drink boiling water. 1671 "69:37; 78:25, 26. 1671. Important Words: vouchsafed definite Divine promises that they would succeed, in no way reflects on Divine promises or on the Prophets' belief in the Divine origin of those promises. In fact, the Divine promise given to a Prophet about the final triumph of his cause does not mean that he should give up making; or it ran with such matter. necessary efforts for the success and (boiling water) is derived from the. They say so which means, he hindered or prevented him. und means, the wound contained or generated matter, such as is termed means, thin water of a wound mixed with blood before the matter becomes which is a mixture of red and white; or matter or pus mixed with blood in a wound; what flows from the skins of the inmates of Hell or what flows from their insides and is mixed with matter and blood; hot water boiled until it thickens (Lane). Commentary: triumph of his mission or soliciting thick; or matter or pus, like water in Divine assistance. On the contrary, it becomes all the more incumbent on a Divine Messenger to do his best lest, through some lapse on the part of some of his followers or a weakening of his own efforts, the final victory may be delayed. That Muslims are enjoined to pray for the assistance of God even after definite and positive Divine promises of victory are given to them is clear from the Quran (3:195). Nor are these two things contradictory to each other. The Holy Prophet was given a clear promise of his triumphant return to Mecca (28:86), yet he continued to pray and work hard for the fulfilment of this Divine promise. If, however, the words, they prayed for victory, be applied to disbelievers, they would mean that they sought by all means to win victory over the Prophets, but it was foolish on their part to do so, for those who oppose the Prophets of God never meet with success. Their prayers are doomed "to come to naught. " Hot water (e) is possibly meant to be used as a sort of cure for some spiritual diseases in the life to come, as it is sometimes used as a cure for certain physical diseases in this life. The verse hints that, in spite of the fact that disbelievers have in their possession all the necessary means to attain their object, they will not be able to make use of them, just as hot water cannot be used for the purpose of drinking and quenching thirst. The verse may also mean that in the life to come, the internal animal passions of disbelievers will assume the visible form of water mixed with pus and blood flowing from wounds, for the words also mean pus 1537