The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 466
CH. 16 AN-NAHL PT. 14 الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَ عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ Those who are steadfast. 43 and put their trust in their Lord. 1844 44. "And We sent not as Messengers before thee except men to whom We revelation, so ask those who possess the Reminder, if you know not. 1845 وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِ اِلَيْهِمْ فَسْتَلُوا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ sent لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ) "29:60. 12:110; 21:8. sake of God and God promised them a goodly abode wherever they went. History amply testifies to the truth of this statement. The great results which followed the flight of Muslims to Medina are too well known. Dwellers of the desert and drivers of camels came to rule over vast empires. But what they got in this world was not the full recompense of their noble deeds. They will get their full reward in the life after death. The fact that the first part of the prophecy met with a wonderful fulfilment constitutes an infallible proof of the fact that the second part would also be fulfilled, incidentally providing an irrefutable proof of the inevitability of Resurrection. 1844. Commentary: This verse develops further the theme of the previous verse. It purports to say that the people to whom the rewards mentioned in the previous verse have been promised were of such strong and noble character that they remained steadfast under very bitter persecution. They had to leave their homes and hearths and fly to a foreign place for refuge but never wavered in their loyalty to their Faith. The presence of such fine qualities in a people is sure to draw the mercy of God upon them. 1845. Commentary: Disbelievers laboured under the misconception that the Holy Prophet was an ordinary man like themselves, so there was little to fear from his them that all the previous Prophets rejection. The present verse warns succeeded in their mission and their were also ordinary mortals but they opponents met with complete discomfiture and destruction. So they too would invite their ruin if they rejected him. The words, So ask those who possess the Reminder, contain a sound rebuke to the Meccan disbelievers. They took pride in the fact that they were the descendants of great Prophets, Abraham and Ishmael, and were well acquainted with their history. They are here told that they seem to have forgotten the history of their ancestors of whom they are so proud. They should consult some other people who happen to know and thus realize that 1674