The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 508
PT. 14 مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى وَهُوَ acts righteously CH. 16 AN-NAHL 98. "Whoso acts righteously, whether male or female and is a him a pure life; and We will مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيْوَةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ believer, We will surely grant أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ surely bestow on such their reward according to the best of their works. 1898 فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ And when thou recitest the. 99 الشَّيْطَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Quran, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected. 1899 "3:196; 4:125; 20:113. will confer on you will endure not only in this world but will extend to the next. The words, according to the best of their works, mean that while rewarding Muslims, God will take into consideration their best works and will reward them according to those works. In fact, the good works which a man does are of various recognizes the equality of rights of men and women and promises both equal share in the favours that God will confer on them, on the other it tells disbelievers that, as they have degraded women, dominion and authority would be taken away from them and would be given to a people-Muslims who will give women their due rights. degrees; some being of a higher 1899. Commentary: standard of excellence than others. For the purpose of rewarding Muslims God will not consider their deeds of the lower type nor even of the middling standard, but will take into consideration their best works and will reward them according to these. Nay, God's reward will exceed even their best works, for it will be at least ten times as much as their best deeds (6:161). But this great reward, it is added, will be conferred only on those who do not waver hardships nor barter away their faith for a paltry price. 1898. Commentary: under Whereas on the one hand the verse In v. 97 it was said that those who would remain steadfast under hard trials would be favoured with great rewards. The present verse tells believers that the best way by which they could guard heavenly boons is that they should seek the protection of God against the attacks of Satan. The reason why Muslims are bidden to seek the protection of God against Satan while beginning to recite the Quran is that it is a most precious treasure from which Satan tries to keep men away. Hence the necessity of seeking God's protection against Satan while beginning the recitation of the Quran lest worldly gains and 1716