The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 602
PT. 15 CH. 17 83. And "We BANI ISRĀ'ĪL revealing of the Quran that وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاء وَرَحْمَةٌ are gradually لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّلِمِينَ إِلَّا which is a healing and a mercy خَسَارًا to the believers; but it only adds to the loss of the wrongdoers. 2012 "10:58; 12:112; 16:90. weakened. means, the thing in fact, implies a prophecy of the perished, passed away or came to naught; became null, void or of no effect. means, his soul departed; he died (Lane & Aqrab). زهقت نفسه Commentary: This verse implies a beautiful hint that with the entry of the Holy Prophet into Medina his power would continue to grow and that of his enemy decline till it would be finally broken. So it came to pass when by the conquest of Mecca idolatry disappeared from Arabia forever. ultimate The word which has been translated as "has vanished away" actually conveys, as shown under Important Words, the sense of gradual weakening and disappearance. It is among the marvels of Quranic diction that to convey a certain sense it selects that particular word which points to a long sequence of events. In this particular instance the sense of the vanishing of falsehood might as well have been expressed by the word ells (perished) or (became useless, vain or ineffective) but neither of these words would have conveyed the sense of gradual weakening and ultimate disappearance which is expressed by the word. This word, gradual weakening and ultimate disappearance of idolatry from Mecca, which was literally fulfilled as foretold. It is another marvel of the style of the Quran that, without being poetry, and cadence without which it is not its verses possess that poetic rhythm possible to give full expression to feelings of extreme delight. The verse under comment furnishes one such example. After the conquest of Mecca when the Holy Prophet was busy clearing the Ka'bah of the idols which had desecrated it, he repeated as he struck each of the idols the following verse of the Quran:. i. e وقل جاء الحق وزهق الباطل ان الباطل كان زهوقا And say, Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Falsehood does indeed vanish away fast. One can imagine the deep emotion the Prophet's Companions must have felt when they watched him strike down the idols one after the other and repeat this Quranic natural that they spontaneously joined verse in a measured tone. It is only him in reciting this verse on that 1810 august occasion. 2012. Commentary: The verse purports to say that as to a jaundiced eye all objects appear