The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3)

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CH. 18 AL-KAHF PT. 16 قَالَ أَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ He said, “As for him who. 88 does wrong, we shall certainly يُرَدُّ إِلى رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا punish him; then shall he be brought back to his Lord, Who will punish him with a dreadful punishment, 2125 89. "But as for him believes and acts righteously, he وَأَمَّا مَنْ مَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُ جَزَاء who الْحُسْنَى وَسَقُوْلُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا will have a good reward, and We shall speak to him easy words of Our command'. 2126 a7:166. b2:26; 3:58; 6:49; 19:61; 25:71; 34:38. Minor and refer to the Black Sea because it formed the north-western boundary of the Empire of Cyrus. The verse refers to the expedition which Cyrus undertook against his enemies in the west. "Soon after the conquest of the Median empire Cyrus was attacked by a coalition of the other powers of the East-Babylon, Egypt and Lydia, joined by Sparta, the greatest military power of Greece. In the spring of 546 Croesus of Lydia began the attack and advanced into Cappadocia, while the other powers were still gathering their troops. But Cyrus anticipated them; he defeated Croesus and followed him to his capital. In the autumn of 546 Sardis was taken and the Lydian kingdom became a province of the Persians. . . During the next few years the Persian army suppressed a rebellion of the Lydian. The King of Cilicia voluntarily acknowledged the Persian supremacy "(Enc. Brit. , & Historians' History of the World, under Cyrus). The words, "he found it (the sun) setting in a spring of murky water," signify that it is not a small pool to which they refer. The waters referred to are so extensive that if one were to take his stand on the shore at the time of sunset, the sun would appear to be setting in the sea. 2125. Commentary: The words, then shall he be brought back to his Lord, indicate that Cyrus believed in life after death. He was a follower of Zoroaster and of all Zoroastrianism has laid the greatest religions, second only to Islam, stress on life after death. "There can be no doubt that Cyrus and his Persians, like Darius at a later period, were faithful believers in the pure doctrine of Zoroaster, and disdainfully regarded foreign cults" (Jew. Enc. , vol. 4, p. 404). 2126. Commentary: 1906 This verse sheds some light on the humanity of Cyrus and on his kind and benevolent treatment of the races he conquered. See also 18:84.