The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 54
CH. 10 YŪNUS PT. 11 قُلْ لَّا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا Say, "I have no power for. 50 or myself over any harm مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلُ إِذَا جَاءَ benefit, save that which Allah wills. "For every disbelieving أجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا people there is an appointed يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ term. When their term is come, they cannot remain behind a single moment, nor can they get ahead of it. '1325 قُلْ اَرَعَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَنكُمْ عَذَابُهُ بَيَاتًا اَوْ Say, Tell me, if His. 51 نَهَارًا مَّا ذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ punishment comes upon you by night or by day, how will the guilty ones run away from it?1326 a7:189. b7:35; 16:62; 35:46. 6:48; 7:98-99. disbelievers! In the preceding verse it was indirectly stated that rejection of, and separation from, a Prophet of God lead to ruin, while those who accept a Prophet are saved. At this disbelievers, instead of seeking God's mercy, at once begin to ask when the threatened punishment will come. They do not seem to be satisfied with anything except punishment. 1325. Commentary: This verse embodies a reply to the disbelievers' demand for punishment (mentioned in the preceding verse). The Holy Prophet is bidden to ask them how he could fulfil their demand for punishment when personally he possessed no power either to do good to, or avert evil from, himself. How clearly this and similar other verses show that the real object of the Quran is to uphold the Unity of God! The Quran cannot bear any human being, even the greatest of all the Prophets, to be regarded as equal to God. The word a (people) in this verse means those who disbelieve and not people generally as referred to in v. 48. The verse means to say that there comes a time when disbelievers meet their inevitable end and their place is taken by another people who follow the Divine Messenger. In other words, the Holy Prophet is made to say to disbelievers that, though it is not in his power to bring punishment on them, yet, as it is the immutable law of God that when a people take to evil ways they decline and fall, they will not be allowed to go unpunished and on their ashes a new people shall arise and a new era of truth shall 1262 dawn. 1326. Important Words: (Tell me) means, have you considered; or tell me you; or simply, tell me( Lane).