The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 36
CH. 10 YŪNUS inmates of Heaven; therein shall they abide. 1302 PT. 11 وَالَّذِينَ كَسَبُوا السَّيَّاتِ جَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ And as for those who do. 28 evil deeds, "the punishment of بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ مَا لَهُمْ مِّن an evil shall be the like thereof اللهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ ۚ كَأَنَّمَا أُغْشِيَتْ and ignominy shall cover them. They shall have none to protect shall look as if their faces had وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِنَ الَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا them against Allah. And they أو ليكَ اَصْحَبُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَلِدُونَ been covered with dark patches of night. It is these who are the inmates of Fire; therein shall they abide. 1303 a42:41. 68:44; 75:25; 80:41, 42; 88:3, 4. 1302. Important Words: (the best reward) is derived from which means, he became good, beautiful or pleasing. is the feminine of and means, that which is better or best; the good ultimate state or condition appointed for the Faithful; Paradise; victory; sharpness or keenness or activeness (Aqrab & Lane). See also 7:181. رهق (shall cover) is derived from They say i. e. he or it covered him, or came upon him or reached or overtook him or drew near to him. ,means لايرهق وجوههم قتر The expression there shall not come upon or overspread their faces blackness, or darkness. (means, the time of Prayer came upon us (Lane). قتر (darkness) is derived from (qatara) which means, (1) it (meat, etc. ) exhaled its scent, smell or odour; (2) it was barely sufficient. They قتر عليه. i. e. the fire smoked قترت النار,say dj means, his means of subsistence were straitened or made scanty. (qatarun) means, dust, the dust of an army; a dust-colour overspread with blackness; blackness or darkness. (qatrun) sufficient to sustain life (Lane & what is barely Aqrab). means Commentary: Since the word means, a happy end, victory, keenness and activeness, the Arabic clause rendered as, For those who do good deeds there shall be the best reward, would mean that believers will come to a happy end; that they will attain success, and that God will make them keen and active. The word (yet more) signifies that believers will have God Himself as their reward, the word (also meaning the view or vision of God) confirming that inference. 1303. Important Words: (One who protects) is the 1244