The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 17
PT. 11 YŪNUS CH. 10 دَعْوبُهُمْ فِيهَا سُبْحَنَ اللهُمَّ Their prayer therein shall. 11 E وَتَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَمُ وَأَخِرُ دَعُونَهُمُ and their greeting therein shall آنِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِيْنَ be, 'Glory be to Thee, O Allah!' be, 'Peace. ' And the conclusion of their prayer shall be, 'All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. '1286 "14:24; 36:59. actions and holds "faith" to be sufficient. What Islam emphasizes is that good works should be accompanied by faith, which is another name for the purification of the heart. It is impossible for a man with a pure heart to fail to do good works. The heart of man is beyond all external control. His actions can be controlled, but not his heart; God has, therefore, made guidance dependent on something which is entirely in one's own power and totally beyond the control of others. So, by adding the words, because of their faith, the Quran alludes to the fact that a man's actions will be rewarded according to the degree of his faith. The deeds of two persons may be equal and analogous to all outward appearance, but their rewards may be entirely different according to the measure of the faith, sincerity and love which inspire their actions. This is indeed a point worth remembering. The word (beneath) is also used figuratively, denoting subordination. Taken in this sense, the expression, beneath them, would signify that the inmates of Heaven will be masters and owners of its rivers and not merely their users as tenants or occupiers. It 1225 may also be incidentally noted here that the word (beneath) is also used as a noun meaning a person of low status and poor origin. The Holy Prophet is reported to have said, لا تقوم الساعة حتى تظهر التحوت وتهلك الوعول i. e. "the Hour of Resurrection will not come until those belonging to the poor and labouring class shall prevail and the rich classes shall perish," which means that the truth of the Promised Messiah whose time has been stated as marking the approach of the "Hour of Resurrection," shall not prevail unless workers and labourers have ascendency over the rich and wealthy (Tāj under the word. (تحت This prophecy has been wonderfully fulfilled by the rise of the labour class in most countries, particularly in Soviet Russia. 1286. Commentary: The verse purports to say that on having been endowed with the rewards of Heaven and on experiencing its supreme bliss, the believers will at once cry out, Glory be to Thee, O Allah. This glorification will be spontaneous and instinctive, because in Heaven the true reality of things will become manifest to all.