The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 141
PT. 16 ṬĀHĀ CH. 20 ثُمَّ اجْتَمَهُ رَبُّهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَى Then his Lord chose him. 123 for His grace, and "turned to him with mercy and guided him. 2331 b. you, from here, some of you قَالَ اهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا بَعْضُكُمْ He said, Go forth, both of. 124 ج لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى being enemies of others. And if there comes to you guidance فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَى from Me, then whoso will follow My guidance, will not go astray, nor will he come to grief. 2332 وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً But whosoever will turn. 125 away from My Reminder, his ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ أَعْلَى will be a strait life, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall raise him up blind. '2333 "2:38. 2:37-39; 7:25. 18:102. 2331. Commentary: The words, Then his Lord chose him, also indicate that Adam's act of disobedience was inadvertent and unconscious, for an act of deliberate disobedience could not have been followed by the great honour of his being selected by God for His favour. The verse means to say that when Adam realized his mistake and repented of it and sought God's forgiveness, God took pity on him, chose him for His grace, and revealed to him the right plan by employing which he could successfully foil and defeat Satan's machinations. 2332. Commentary: The words "both of you", signify two groups of people i. e. the followers of Adam and the followers of Satan. The word (you) and (all of you) also show that the verse refers not to two persons but to two groups of persons or parties. This is also clear from 7:25 where the plural number (go forth all of you) has been used instead of (go forth both of you). It appears that Adam migrated from Iraq, the land of his birth, to a neighbouring country. The migration was perhaps a temporary one, and he must have returned to his native land not long after. The words, a provision for a time, contain a hint about the migration being a temporary one. 2333. Commentary: 2055 The verse means to say that a