The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 660
CH. 18 AL-KAHF PT. 15 قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُةٌ ,His companion said to him. 38 while he was arguing with him, ا كَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابِ Dost thou disbelieve in Him "Who created thee from dust, then from a sperm drop, then fashioned thee into a perfect man?2078 ثمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوبَكَ رَجُلًان لكنَّا هُوَ اللهُ رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّي But as for me, I believe that. 39 احَدًا b Allah alone is my Lord, and I will not associate any one with my Lord. 2079 وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاء And why didst thou not say. 40 when thou didst enter thy الله " لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ garden; Only that which Allah مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّ وَلَدًان wills comes to pass. There is no power save in Allah. ' If thou seest "22:6; 23:13; 35:12; 36:78; 40:68. 13:37; 72:21. school will regard present life as the be-all and end-all of man's creation, and Resurrection and Paradise as only other names for national renaissance and prosperity. The other school will literally believe in Resurrection and the next life but they will also hold the belief that because Jesus had atoned for all their sins they will get salvation while non-Christians will be consigned to eternal perdition. 2078. Commentary: This verse constitutes the reply of the poor and depressed Muslim to his boastful Christian companion. He admonishes the latter not to deny God in his conceit. He seeks to rouse him from his state of self-complacency by drawing his attention to his very insignificant beginning and by 1868 implication to the transitoriness of the things of this world. 2079. Commentary: The verse administers an effective rebuke from the mouth of the poor, resourceless Muslim to the conceited, arrogant and rich Christian. The poor Muslim seems to say to his Christian companion that though he was poor and deprived of the good things of this life yet he was grateful to God whereas the other who had been given wealth, power and large following was ungrateful to God and had set up equals with Him. If at all anybody had any cause to be ungrateful to God it was he and not his rich companion who, on the contrary, had every reason to be grateful to Him.