The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 631
PT. 15 AL-KAHF CH. 18 مَّاكِثِينَ فِيْهِ أَبَدًال 4. Wherein they shall abide for ⚫2044 ever;2 وَيُنْذِرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًان And that it may warn those. 5 "who say, 'Allah has taken unto Himself a son. '2045 Šúguje "17:112; 19:36; 21:27; 25:3; 39:5; 72:4. generations of men because it takes upon itself their spiritual up-bringing and guides them to the paths which lead to the realization of the sublime object of their life. Quran is first spoken of as 'giving warning', next as 'giving glad tidings' (v. 3) and then again as 'giving warning' as in the present verse. Disbelievers have been warned twice The believers have been promised and in between these two warnings (good reward) in the verse. the believers have been given glad The significance of "good reward" tidings. This seems rather strange and being implicit in the word ☑the words appear to have been used (reward) which in many places in the Quran has been promised to believers, the addition of the qualifying word (good) points to the fact that the reward of the believers would be productive of particularly good results. It would not spoil them, but would make them deserving of still greater reward as they would turn God's favours to good account. 2044. Commentary: If the verse be taken as referring to the reward of believers in Paradise, it would mean that that reward will last forever and will know no end or diminution. But if it refers to the good reward of this world, then the verse would mean that believers will get a good reward so long as they do good deeds. The continuity of their good reward would depend upon the continuity of their good and righteous deeds. 2045. Commentary: haphazardly. But it is not so. They serve a very useful purpose. The two 'warnings' and the one 'glad tidings' point to three important periods of the history of Islam. The first 'warning' mentioned in v. 3 pertains to the disbelievers of Mecca and all those people in the time of the Holy Prophet who had rejected his Message and were punished for their rejection and opposition. The 'glad tidings' spoken of in the same verse applies to Muslims who after their enemies had been destroyed enjoyed Divine favours for a very long time and this fulfilled the Divine promise embodied in the words, "Wherein they shall abide forever. " For long centuries Muslims ruled over a large part of the globe and enjoyed great power and prestige. The 'second warning' embodied in the present verse refers to Christian nations of "the latter days" and implies a prophecy that after Muslims had enjoyed power and dominion for a It is worthy of special note that the long time, their glory would depart 1839