The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 558
CH. 17 BANI ISRĀ'ĪL PT. 15 مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا Whoso desires the present. 19 نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ تُرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ what We will-for such of them يَصْلَهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُوْرًا life, We hasten for him therein as We please; then have We appointed Hell for him; he shall burn therein, condemned and rejected. 1948 وَمَنْ اَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا And whoso desires the. 20 فَأُولَبِكَ Hereafter and strives for it as it وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَي كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ should be striven for, and is a مَّشْكُورًا believer these are the ones whose striving shall find favour with God. 1949 a3:146; 42:21. 3:146; 42:21. these Prophets have always come to grief. God cannot punish men for going astray without first sending His Messengers to lead them to the right path. grace and pleasure because people who are devoid of all Divine love and are even under the displeasure of God may also succeed in achieving material prosperity by making proper use of the material resources at 1948. Important Words: a (the present life) is the their disposal. Such prosperity is feminine of which is derived from which means, he hastened, made haste or speed; he was or became hasty, quick or expeditious. عاجل means, present; ready, not delayed; and is the contrary of which means, delayed, postponed, not present, future, etc. a signifies the present hour or time; the present abode, world, life or state existence (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: of The verse admonishes us not to confine our efforts to the achievement of the paltry material benefits of this life, which are easy to get, and not to regard these gains as a mark of God's 1766 never the result of God's grace. Only that prosperity can be regarded as the result of God's grace which is accompanied by spiritual advancement. True believers, therefore, should look more to lasting spiritual blessings though they may be late in coming. 1949. Commentary: The pronoun (it) in the expression (as it should be striven for) refers to the Hereafter, the meaning being that only such efforts as are calculated to secure the good of the Hereafter will be productive of really good results. The words, and is a believer, have