The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 135
PT. 16 ṬĀHĀ CH. 20 فَتَعَلَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَل Exalted then is Allah, the. 115 True King! And be not بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تُقْضَى إِلَيْكَ impatient for the Quran ere its وَحْيُهُ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا • Licemjerjeś وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَا إِلَى أَدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدُ لَهُ عَزْمان covenant revelation is completed unto thee, but only say, ‘O my Lord, increase me in knowledge. '2323 116. And verily, We had made a with Adam beforehand, but he forgot, and We found in him determination to disobey. 2324 no "23:117. western nations wish to escape the Divine punishment which they have incurred by their evil deeds, and which is in store for them; they can do so by accepting the message of Islam and by following the Holy Prophet. 2323. Commentary: The words O my Lord, increase me in knowledge show the great importance that the Quran attaches to the acquirement of knowledge. Even the Holy Prophet to whom was vouchsafed knowledge about the generations that have passed away and about those that are yet to be which is vouchsafed to man through revelation and which has found its perfect manifestation in the Quran which is the last and most perfect Divine teaching; (b) that which man acquires by his own effort and labour. It is this second kind of knowledge for the acquisition of which man is enjoined in the present verse to make ceaseless effort. The verse also implies that the Quran will come to be increasingly read and followed. 2324. Important Words: عهد. (We had made a covenant) عهدنا means, he عهد فلان وعده. taught to knew the affair أوتيت علم الاولين و الآخرين) born means, he promised. means, he guarded and fulfilled his promise. pray that his knowledge may be increased. He is further reported to means, he enjoined upon him or have said, "Seek knowledge though it commanded him and made it a may be found in a country as far condition for him (Lane & Aqrab). away as China" (Saghir vol. 1). Elsewhere in the Quran knowledge has been styled as "God's great grace" (2:270 & 4:114). The verse also implies that all knowledge is of two kinds: (a) that 2049 Commentary: The verse shows that Adam's lapse was only an error of judgement on his part. It was quite inadvertent and involuntary and not at all intentional