The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 132
CH. 20 ṬĀHĀ 'My lord will break them into pieces and scatter them as dust. 2315 107. 'And He will leave them as a barren level plain, 2316 108. Wherein thou wilt see no depression, or elevation. '2317 (a 2315. Important Words: (mountains) is the plural of mountain). Figuratively, the word means, (1) chief of a tribe community; (2) a learned man who or PT. 16 رَبِّي نَسْفَان فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفات لا تَرَى فِيْهَا عِوَجًا وَلَا أَمْتَان one side while walking. ε means, an even place; plain or level land that produces nothing; plain or soft land, low and free from mountain and herbage (Aqrab & Lane). (هو جبل) towers above those around him صف i. e. he is like a mountain and does not move from his place); (3) a niggard; (level plain) is derived from which means, he placed or stationed in a row. is means, a level or an even tract (4) a great hardship or calamity (Lane of land or ground. signifies, & Aqrab). See also 13:32. a smooth and level or even land or a Juwaterless desert (Lane). The reference in the word (mountains) here is to the powerful Christian nations of the west. The prophecy contained in this verse is that these great powerful nations will be scattered as dust. The decline of the west has already begun. The last two World Wars have considerably weakened the hold of the West over the East and eastern nations are gradually coming into their own. This decline of the West is too patent to be overlooked and western political thinkers themselves realize and admit it. The reader is referred to Spengler's "Decline of the West", and Toynbee's "A Study of History". See also 18:8, 9. 2316. Important Words: (barren and level) is derived from which means, he desisted, recoiled or drew back; he inclined to Commentary: The reference in the verse seems to be to the complete destruction of the material power and resources of the western nations. See also 18:8, 9. 2317. Important Words: or unevenness; (elevation) is infinitive noun from (amata). means, he measured it; he betook himself to it. (amtun) means, a measure of distance; doubt; curvity or crookedness ruggedness in one place and smoothness in another; one part being high or more prominent than another; an elevated place; a hillock, etc. (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: 2046 The allusion seems to be to the rise of socialism and democracy in our