The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 338
CH. 14 IBRAHİM PT. 13 وَيَضْرِبُ اللهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ Lord. And Allah sets forth يَتَذَكَّرُونَ similitudes for men that they may reflect. 1680 وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةِ هِ And the case of an evil word. 27 اجْتَنَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا is uprooted from above the مِنْ قَرَارٍ is like that of an evil tree, which earth and has no stability. 1681 يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي the strengthens 28. Allah الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ الله firmly established, both in the الظَّلِمِينَ ، وَيَفْعَلُ اللهُ مَا يَشَاءُ ن believers with the word that is present life and in the Hereafter; and Allah lets the wrongdoers go astray. And Allah does what He wills. 1682 1680. Commentary: See under the preceding verse. 1681. Important Words: "13:18; 29:44. . جث uprooted) is derived from) اجتثت They say i. e. he pulled it (i. e. a plant) out from its very root; he uprooted it; also gives the same meaning. means, the body or the dead body of a human being (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: Unlike the good tree described in the preceding two verses, a book which is forged by the hand of man is like an evil tree. It possesses no permanence, nor even stability. Its teachings are supported neither by reason nor by the laws of nature. It cannot stand criticism and its on principles and ideals keep changing with the change in human conditions and circumstances. It is a hotchpotch of teachings collected from doubtful sources. It fails to produce men who can claim to have established a true and real connection with God. It receives fresh life from no divine source and is subject to decay and degeneration. Such is the inevitable fate of books forged by pretenders and false prophets. For a detailed and beautiful exposition of v. 25, 26 and 27 the reader is referred to "Tafsir-e-Kabīr" by Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul Masīḥ II, Second Successor of the 1546 Promised Messiah. 1682. Commentary: The "firmly established word" is the same which is brought forth by