The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 58
CH. 10 YŪNUS 57. "He it is Who gives life and causes death, and to Him shall you be brought back. 1332 58. O mankind! There has come PT. 11 هُوَ يُخي وَيُمِيْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ يَايُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَ تُكُمْ مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبَّكُمْ وَشِفَاءُ لِمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى Lord and a cure for whatever وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ to you an exhortation from your disease there is in the hearts, and ba guidance and a mercy to the believers. 1333 "3:157; 7:159; 44:9; 57:3. '12:112; 27:3. of Islam would triumph in the face of the united opposition of his numerous and powerful enemies. This verse is intended to set their doubts at rest by pointing to the rise and fall of nations and individuals in this world and draws their attention to the fact that it is inconceivable that a Messenger of the All-Powerful God Who gives life and causes death should not succeed. belongs to Allah it is vain and foolish ordinary individual like the Prophet to try to please Him or His Messengers by offering them bribes (see the preceding verse). The Prophets of God cannot be prevented from carrying out their mission for the sake of bribes. The Meccans, desiring to stop the preaching of the Holy Prophet against idolatry, offered him every kind of bribe; but the only reply which all those bribes and temptations elicited from him was to the effect that even if they placed the sun on his right and the moon on his left, he would not give up his mission (Hishām & Zurqānī). The fact is that as kings and potentates need the things of this world, therefore bribes and ransoms please them, but God Himself being the Creator of all things, ransoms have no value for Him except that one should offer the sacrifice of one's own self, which finds ready acceptance with Him, for such sacrifice is a means of purification. self- 1333. Important Words: abc (an exhortation) is derived from be. They say abc, i. e. he reminded him of that which should soften his heart by the mention of reward or punishment; he exhorted or admonished or warned him; he gave him good advice or counsel; he reminded him of the results of affairs; he put him in fear. ac means, an exhortation or admonition or warning of the nature detailed above; sincere exhortation or warning; the exhortation which leads to repentance and reformation (Lane & Aqrab). 1332. Commentary: Disbelievers wondered how the hearts) is the plural of) الصدور an val which means, the breast, chest or 1266