The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 381
PT. 14 AL-HIJR CH. 15 b وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَهَا وَالْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ And the earth have We. 20 وَاثْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ caused and mountains spread out, and set therein firm everything to grow therein in proper proportion. 1726 a13:4. 16:16; 21:32. 1726. Important Words: derived from us. They sayi. e. have We spread out) is مددناها مد الارض. he spread out the thing God and His Chosen Ones. In 72:27, 28 we read: He is the Knower of the unseen; and He reveals not His secrets, to anyone, except him whom He chooses, namely, a Messenger of His. And then He causes an escort of guardian angels to go before him and behind him. This shows that the mere secrets of the unknown are revealed only to chosen Messengers of God. If these hidden secrets can be stolen by satans on the way, they cannot be said to reach the heavenly Messengers intact. Seventhly, satans cannot steal anything from the decrees of God because, according to the Quran, it is falsehood that they communicate to their friends. In 6:113, we read: And in like manner have We made for every Prophet an enemy, evil ones from among men and jinn. They suggest one to another gilded speech in order to deceive. The expression "gilded speech" according to Arabic idiom means, "lies. " Eighthly, the Quran says: The satans have not brought it down, nor is it meet for them, nor are they able to do so, for they are debarred from hearing (26:211-213). From the above it is clear that the secrets of the heavens are God's guarded treasure to which satans have no access and which are made known only to God's chosen ones. means, he added extraneous soil or fertilizer to the earth in order to enrich it. means, he helped the man (Aqrab). Commentary: mean, "We والارض مددناها ,The words have spread out the earth" or, "We have enriched it. " Both meanings are applicable here. The verse signifies that God has made the earth so large that in spite of its being round, man feels no discomfort on account of its roundness; or it means that God has enriched the earth with fertilizers. It is a well-known fact that the earth continues to acquire new strength and fertility from the stars. Astronomical researches have disclosed the important fact that particles of matter have ever continued to fall on the earth from the stars in the form of meteors or meteoric dust which serves to increase the fertility of the earth. Next to such food the earth needs a good supply of water. For this purpose God has created mountains, which serve as reservoirs of water, storing it in the form of snow and distributing it over the earth by means of rivers. 1589 Similarly, both the meanings of the