The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3)

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CH. 18 R. 2. AL-KAHF PT. 15 نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَاهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُمْ We will relate to thee their. 14 فِتْيَةٌ أَمَنُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنُهُمْ هُدًى story with truth: They were young men who believed in their Lord and "We increased them in guidance. 2054 hearts, when they stood up and وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا And We strengthened their. 15 رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَنْ نَّدْعُوَاْ said, “Our Lord is the Lord of مِنْ دُونِةِ الهَا لَقَدْ قُلْنَا إِذًا شَطَطًان the heavens and the earth. Never shall we call upon any "8:3; 47:18. They say i. e. he assigned or Commentary: appointed for him or it a term or limit. means, he or it reached or attained his or its utmost or extreme extent, term etc. means, time considered with regard to its end; the utmost or the extreme extent, term, limit, point or reach; the period of life which one has reached; each of the two terms of the life of a man, i. e. the time of his birth and the time of his death; the starting place and the finish (of horses in a race); any space of time; a space of time of unknown limit; a particular time etc. The difference between and is that whereas the former is time considered with regard to its end, the latter is time considered with regard to both its end and its beginning. Similarly, the difference between and that while the former means time limited in duration, the latter means time everlasting. The Arabs say و is i. e. the present state of existence is limited in duration, but the final state of existence is everlasting (Lane & Mufradāt). There were two parties among the early Christians: (a) Those who did not like to dissemble or dissimulate and knowing no compromise with unbelief and idolatry suffered persecution for their faith with patience and fortitude. These people had to seek refuge in caves: (b) Those who thinking prudence to be the better part of valour, concealed their faith and saved themselves from persecution. Of these two parties the one which suffered most were in a better position to remember the duration of the period of their persecution. Or it may be that the words "two parties" refer to the persecutors and the persecuted. 2054. Commentary: The verse shows that many fantastic stories were current about the Dwellers of the Cave in the Holy Prophet's time. The truth about them, however, is that they were young men of noble conduct who had staked 1850