The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 493
PT. 14 AN-NAHL CH. 16 وَاللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنَّا And Allah has made for. 81 you, in your houses, a place of وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْأَنْعَامِ بُيُوتًا rest, and has made for you of the skins of cattle, abodes which تَسْتَخِقُوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ضَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ you find light at the time when إقَامَتِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَاشْعَارِهَا أَثَاثًا وَ مَتَاعًا إِلَى حِينٍ you travel and at the time when you halt; and of their wool, and their furs, and their hair, He has supplied you with household goods and articles of use for a time. 1881 وَاللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظللًا وَجَعَلَ And Allah has made for. 82 لَكُم مِّنَ الْجِبَالِ اَكْنَانَا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ created, things affording shade سَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابِيلَ you, of that which He has and He has made for you, in the mountains, places of shelter; the enemy killed and left on the field of battle. The great poet Nābighah says: اذا ما غدى بالجيش حلق فوقه عصا تب طير تهتدى بالعصائب be eaten by the birds which they see flying in the sky. 1881. Important Words: became abundant or plenteous and tangled or luxuriant. means, goods; or utensils and furniture of a house or tent; household goods; all property consisting of camels, and sheep or goats and slaves and utensils and furniture or household goods or abundant property (Lane). (household goods) is derived from the word which means, it was or became much in quantity; abundant i. e. When he marches out, flocks of or numerous and great or large. birds attend his victorious army, means, the herbage was or knowing that he will surely defeat his enemy and thus would provide a good feast for them. So the hovering of birds according to Arabic idiom is symbolic of the defeat and destruction of a people. Verses 105:2-5 contain a clear reference to this significance of the Arabic idiom. The verse under comment means to say that God has withheld Muslims from waging war against disbelievers. But once they were given permission to fight, the disbelievers will be defeated and destroyed and their dead bodies will 1701 Commentary: Disbelievers are told here not to excite the displeasure of God by rejecting His Prophet and thus deprive themselves of His great