The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 420
CH. 15 AL-HIJR PT. 14 بنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاتِية that is between the two but in accordance with the requirements of wisdom; and "the hour is sure to come. So turn away from them in a comely manner. 1789 فَاصْفَح الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيْلَ 1789. Important Words:. (safaha) صفح "20:16; 40:60. (So turn away) is derived from dic means, he turned away from and left him. This expression also means, he turned away from his sins or faults i. e. he forgave him. means, he watched and looked into the affairs and conditions of the people. (safhun) is the infinitive noun from it, meaning also the side of a thing. (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The word act (Hour) is used to signify both the post-mortal Day of Judgement and the time fixed in this life for the punishment of the enemies of truth and the triumph of believers. The verse means to say that a careful study of the creation or the universe and its working leads to the conclusion that a great purpose underlies it. It not only proves that there is inevitably going to be a day of ultimate reckoning after death, but that even in this world truth ultimately triumphs and falsehood comes to grief. If human life were really confined to a short and temporary existence on this earth, then the vast organization of the illimitable universe would be much too extravagant a provision. The creation of the universe and the wonderful design and purpose that pervades it surely leads to the one inescapable inference that human life is much more than the limited, temporary and short existence on this earth. It is an insult to human intelligence to think that man has been created just to eat, drink and be merry for a while and then die an 1628 eternal death. The wonderful creation of the universe strongly repudiates the such an idea. Human existence has a grand purpose to fulfil and fulfilment of that purpose presupposes that it should extend to a time when man should attain to that high spiritual state for which he is created. Study of the human mechanism shows that machinery of such infinite complexity could not have for its object only the preservation of the finite physical life. Similarly, a study of the creation of this universe and its mighty and wonderful working leads to the conclusion that in this life truth must ultimately prevail against untruth. The verse points out that just as it is impossible for the earth to subsist for one single day without the physical heavens, similarly, there could be no spiritual life divorced from the heaven of spiritual truths. Just as the