The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 613
PT. 15 BANI ISRĀ'ĪL CH. 17 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَوتِ Have they not seen that. 100 "Allah Who created the heavens وَالْأَرْضَ قَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ and the earth has the power to وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ فَأَبَى الظَّلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًات create the like of them? And He has appointed for them a term; there is no doubt about it. But the wrongdoers would reject everything but disbelief. 2028 101. Say, 'Even if possessed the treasures of the قُلْ تَوْاَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَابِن رَحْمَةِ. you. رَبِّي إِذَا لَا مُسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنْفَاقِ mercy of my Lord, you would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man is ۱۱ હૈ ۱۱ niggardly. '2029 وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ قَتُوْرَان "36:82; 46:34; 86:9. consequence. death when they would have to down upon as of no worth and render an account of their deeds. All rejection of religion and truth is, in fact, the result of denial of the next life. This is why the Quran has laid so much stress on the life after death and reverts to this all-important subject time and again. 2028. Commentary: The verse embodies an invincible argument to prove the existence of life after death. It does not straightaway say to disbelievers that they would be born again because God has the power to give them a new birth. Such a statement would If this seemingly impossible prophecy about their complete destruction and the rise to power of the poor Muslims turned out to be true, the claim that there is a life after death and that they will be punished for their misdeeds and rejection of truth will also have to be accepted as true. Now history bears eloquent testimony to the fact that within a few years after the above prophecy was made, the powerful Empires of Persia and Rome fell into dust before the irresistible onrush of Islam and the half-starved camel- drivers of Arabia became the leaders 2029. Commentary: have been an empty assertion. It says and teachers of mankind. to them that if it is difficult for them to believe in a life after death, they would as well disbelieve if they were told that they would lose their power and prestige to those very weak and poor Muslims whom they now look 1821 This verse reverts to the subject of the human soul dealt with in v. 86 and purports to say that the treasures of