The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 654
CH. 18 AL-KAHF PT. 15 قف وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ شَاءَ And say, “It is the truth. 30 from your Lord; wherefore let فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرُ إِنَّا him who will, believe, and let him who will, disbelieve. ' أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّلِمِينَ نَارًا اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ Verily, We have prepared for ۖ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِنْ يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ flaming canopy shall enclose كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى الْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا the wrongdoers a fire whose them. And if they cry for help, they will be helped with water like molten lead which would burn the faces. How dreadful the drink, and how evil is the Fire as a resting place! 2070 "2:257; 10:100. 25:38; 42:46. and ascendancy of Christian nations there will be living in the world a people who, as true representatives of Islam, will be engaged night and day in prayer and Divine worship. The so- called Muslims will, at that time-the time of Imām Mahdi pin all their hopes about the future political glory and greatness of Islam on the employment of material means and will look down upon the poor and politically unimportant followers of the Imām Mahdi for concentrating on prayer and worship. The verse warns Muslims that on prayer and Divine worship alone will depend the eventual salvation and success of Islam. of material comforts and a life of luxury. But their deliverance will lie in a complete change of their outlook and the programme of their life. 2070. Important Words: whose tent is derived) سرادقها from. They say i. e. he covered the house with an awning over its interior court. means, an awning extended over the interior court of a house; a tent of cotton or hair-cloth; a tent; smoke rising high and surrounding a thing; dust rising or spreading itself. They say adlı üsl سر i. e. the canopy of glory is علیک ممدود The verse further mentions the following three main causes of the misfortunes and miseries of Muslims at that time: (a) they will be neglectful of prayer and Divine worship; (b) love of the world will be their overpowering passion; and (c) they will be wholly lost in the pursuit 1862 extended over thee (Lane & Aqrab). (resting place) is derived from i. e. he was or became gentle or he acted or behaved gently means, he bought or demanded aid or help or he profited by him or it (a thing) or he made use of it; he leaned upon his elbow; and, it was or became full. means, a place or thing upon which one leans, hence a place of rest (Lane & Aqrab).