The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 30
CH. 10 YŪNUS PT. 11 وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ And they say, “Why has not. 21 a Sign been sent down to him بهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيِّبُ لِلَّهِ فَانْتَظِرُوا from his Lord? Say, The إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ unseen belongs only to Allah. So wait; I am with you among those who wait. ' 1296 & "6:38. through Divine Messengers but then differences arise among them. God sends someone as His Messenger among them and, through him brings them to the path of truth but again they begin to differ. (3) That in their opposition to the Divine Messenger disbelievers always take the same course and thus form one community. All through the ages people have opposed the Prophets and have differed and disagreed with them. The latter part of the verse points out that if God had not laid it down as a law that He always sends a Prophet before punishing the wicked, or that He has created mankind for guidance and spiritual progress, He would have quickly punished evildoers and destroyed all of them. 1296. Commentary: spiritual eyes can see them. It should be remembered that whenever disbelievers demand a sign, they mean a sign in the form of "Divine punishment," except when the words used by them clearly refer to something else. In the verse under comment too the word means Divine punishment. Another important point that emerges from this verse is that it is not necessary that the time of the fulfilment of a prophecy should be defined and announced beforehand. If it had been necessary to do so, the Quran would not have said that God alone knew the time when Divine punishment would come and that people should wait for it even as the Prophet does. The words, I am with you among those who wait, contain a beautiful reply to the disbelievers' demand for the coming of a speedy punishment. The Holy Prophet is made to say to disbelievers that it is he and not they who should have been impatient at the delay in the coming of the threatened punishment; for it is he who is being subjected to mocking for this delay and when he is patiently waiting for God's decree, why should It is the invariable practice of the opponents of the Prophets of God to accuse them of having brought no sign. In spite of the fact that this Surah opens with the words, These are the verses (lit. signs) of the Book that is full of wisdom, the Holy Prophet's opponents charged him with having shown no sign. This shows that it is not given to everybody to see and realize heavenly signs. Only those who possess not they? 1238