The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 134
CH. 20 ṬĀHĀ PT. 16 يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا He knows all that is before. 111 يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا them and all that is behind them, but they cannot compass it with their knowledge. 2 2320 وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَ الْقَوْمِ وَقَدْ And all faces shall humble. 112. themselves before the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All- Sustaining God. And he shall indeed perish who bears the burden of iniquity. 2321 خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الصّلِحَتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ But he who does good. 113 فَلَا يَخْفُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمان works, being a believer, will fear neither injustice nor loss. 2322 وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْزَلْنَهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا وَ صَرَّفْنَا And thus have We sent it. 114 down the Quran in Arabic- فِيْهِ مِنَ الْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ اَوْ and We have explained therein يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا every kind of warning, that they may fear God or that it may arouse Divine remembrance in them. 2322A "2:256; 21:29. 10:10; 16:98; 21:95. 42:8; 43:4; 46:13. 2320. Commentary: The allusion in the verse seems to be to the great material achievements of the western nations. The words "all that is behind them" refer to the great accomplishments that they will already have made in the past and the words "that is before them" refer to the great achievements they will aspire to make in the future. 2321. Commentary: The theme of the preceding verses regarding destruction of the power of the great and powerful western nations and their abasement continues in this verse. The verse may also signify that these great nations will humble themselves before God—they will humbly accept God's true religion-Islam. 2048 2322. Important Words: Las (loss) is infinitive noun from means, he هضم الشيء. (hadama) هضم broke the thing. فلاناً means, he wronged him and was unjust to him. means, wrong; loss of one's right (Aqrab). 2322A. Commentary: The verse purports to say that if the