The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 23
PT. 11 YŪNUS CH. 10 وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَنْتِ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ And when Our clear Signs. 16 are recited unto them, "those لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَ نَا انتِ بِقُرانِ غَيْرِ هَذَا who look not for the meeting with Us say, "Bring a Quran أَوْ بَدِلْهُ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِلَهُ مِنْ. other than this or change it تِلْقَآئِ نَفْسِي إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُولى Say, It is not for me to change اِلَى إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ it of my own accord. I only "follow what is revealed to me. Indeed, I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of an awful day. '1291 "See 10:8. 17:74. 6:51; 7:204; 46:10. principal causes of the decline of nations is that, while they are ready to undergo all sorts of sacrifices in order to attain honour and greatness, they do not make similar efforts to preserve and perpetuate the same willingness for sacrifice and the same love for righteousness among their posterity. The result is that with the passing of one or more deserving generations the process of decay and degeneration sets in, till at last the doomed nation falls into the abyss of ruin and destruction. If Muslims had borne this great truth in mind, they would not have sunk to their present degradation. If even now they hearken to the voice of God and His Messenger and act upon the great truth embodied in this verse, they may yet regain their lost glory. 1291. Important Words: (accord) is derived from They say i. e. he came face to face with him; he found or met him. means, he went in the direction of the fire, or towards the fire. means, he sat facing him or opposite to him. mesmeans, he did it himself; he did it of his own accord, i. e. without being led to it by someone else or without being forced to do it (Aqrab). Commentary: or Signs (1) are of two kinds: (1) simple signs, and (2) clear manifest signs. To the first class belong all things, even the smallest atom of the universe, because every one of these things points to the existence of a Creator, though it is our own faculty of reasoning that draws the inference that every created thing must have a Creator. But the signs shown at the hands of Prophets speak for themselves. They are shown to establish the truth of things hidden from our eyes, viz. the existence of God, the Day of Resurrection, the truth of the Prophets, and the nature of Divine attributes. As these signs serve as evidence for matters that 1231