The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 629
become divided into two hostile camps and wedded to two opposite ideologies. Sin and iniquity would prevail and injustice and tyranny become rampant. When things came to such a pass God would create circumstances which would finally check the seemingly irresistible onrush of the flood threatening to engulf the entire world. While dealing with this subject the Surah clearly hints that the same people would play an important part in arresting and stopping this flood as had once before broken the political power of Gog and Magog-true followers of the Holy Prophet. In fact, the Surah is complementary to, and has a deep and beautiful connection with, its predecessor Surah Bani Isrā'īl. Its subject matter and the incidents mentioned therein do not lack cohesion as some commentators have mistakenly inferred but, in fact, possess an exquisite order. 1837