The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 73
CH. 10 PT. 11 73. But if you turn YŪNUS remember, I have not asked of فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَمَا سَأَلْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَجْرٍ اِن back ORŠTOTEKÍNÁLJEVI اَجْرِى إِلَّا عَلَى اللهِ وَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ you any reward. My reward is with Allah alone, and "I have been commanded to be of those who are resigned to Him. "1346 74. But they rejected him, so "We saved him and those who مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْتُهُمْ خَلَفَ وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا were with him in the Ark. And بِايْتِنَا فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ favours, while We drowned We made them inheritors of Our those who rejected Our Signs. "6:91; 11:30. 29:16. their truth; but the blind will not see nor will the deaf hear. 1346. Commentary: It is a common objection against the Prophets of God that they seek to gain ascendency over men by raising the standard of revolt against the existing order of things with a view to establishing a new order under their own leadership. It is this baseless charge that is refuted in this verse. God's Prophets never seek self- aggrandizement. On the contrary, they choose the path of suffering and service. They pass their days in hardship and privation. Their life is a model of rigid discipline willingly undergone. Had their activities been prompted by a desire to gain power and dominion over men, they would not have subjected themselves to a hard and disciplined life, a life of prayer, fasting and renunciation. They ambitions in the service of their Lord and of humanity. It is not the desire for power but the passion for service of them. This is not and self-abnegation that has mastery an empty assertion, unsubstantiated by the established facts of history; for though the Prophet Noah, in whose mouth are put the words, I have not asked of you any reward, did not get the opportunity to subjugate his enemies, yet the Holy Prophet of Islam who was, like Noah, a Prophet of God, did show by actual practice that God's Prophets desire no reward for their service in the form of riches or dominion. The fact is too well- known to need a reference that when Mecca lay prostrate at the Prophet's feet, he forgave his most inveterate enemies with a magnanimity unparalleled in the history of the world. He demanded no fine and asked for no indemnity from the defeated Meccans or their allies. The do demand obedience of others, but they themselves are always the first to forego their desires and their only words he uttered were: "Go, you 1281