The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 49
PT. 11 YŪNUS هُ مَّنْ يَسْتَمِعُوْنَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنْتَ And among them are some. 43 who give ear to thee. But canst thou make the deaf hear, even though they understand not?1318 CH. 10 تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ يَّنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنْتَ And among them are some. 44 تَهْدِى الْعُمْيَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يُبْصِرُونَ who look towards thee. But canst thou guide the blind even though they see not?1319 "6:26; 17:48. 27:81. 07:199. be allowed to go further, and one party should not compel the other party to accept its views. The verse declares that when it is well known that believers and disbelievers are two distinct and separate parties and there is no likelihood of the one being mistaken for the other, and when their ways of working are also different, then there is no reason why compulsion should be resorted to. Compulsion may only be exercised when the conduct of one party is likely to bring discredit to the other party. But, situated as they are, the works of a Prophet and of his followers bring no discredit to disbelievers, nor do the actions of disbelievers bring any discredit to believers. Therefore, there is no justification for either of the two classes to bring compulsion to bear on the other. The verse is also capable of another interpretation. It may mean that the works of the Holy Prophet are quite distinct from those of the disbelievers and there is no similarity between the two. This being so, the result would show whose works are right and whose wrong. When there is 1257 similarity between the works of two parties, it is difficult to determine definitely the cause of the progress or degeneration, as the case may be, of one party or the other. But when there exists absolutely no similarity between the works of two parties, everybody is in a position to fix responsibility for the result. 1318. Commentary: This and the following verses give the reason why disbelievers reject the truth. We are told that their rejection is not based on any sound ground or solid reason but is due only to their bigotry and perverseness. Disbelievers appear to listen to the Holy Prophet, but they listen merely with the intention of finding fault with him. The verse further says that even a deaf person who is otherwise intelligent may be made to understand a thing by means of signs but disbelievers are like a person who is both deaf and devoid of understanding. So they cannot be made to understand even by means of signs. 1319. Commentary: In this verse the expression