The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 158
CH. 21 AL-ANBIYA' PT. 17 لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتُبَافِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ 11. We have now sent down to you a Book which makes provision for your glory and & eminence; will you not then understand?2352 R. 2. وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً And how many a township. 12 وَانْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا أَخَرِيْنَ that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people!2353 7:5; 22:46; 28:59; 50:37; 65:9. these prophecies are literally fulfilled. The truth of this fact has been demonstrated throughout the ages in the time of every Prophet of God. The verse purports to say that if what the Holy Prophet claims to have received from God are mere confused dreams and not Divine revelations and if he is an impostor and a liar then how could the great prophecies about the triumph of his cause and the failure of his opponents made at a time when there appeared no likelihood of their being fulfilled, come to be true? Moreover, as a poet the Prophet could only compose elegant verse or could play with the emotions of men as poets generally do, but he could not bring about a wonderful change in the lives of his followers as he did and could not see into the future and make prophecies which in the teeth of the opposition of his powerful enemies and in spite of his own utter helplessness were fulfilled to the very the letter. The answer seems to be as emphatic and effective as objections are foolish and flimsy. 2352. Important Words: remembrance, praise or eulogy; eminence or honour; renown, fame or reputation. See also 2:41; 6:69 & 15:7. Commentary: The argument begun in the previous verse is continued in the present one. The verse means to say that not only will the deniers of this message come to grief and its followers achieve progress and prosperity and will rise from the lowest rung of the ladder to the highest pinnacle of material and spiritual glory, but this fact will also constitute an infallible proof that the Quran is neither forgery nor poetry nor a collection of confused dreams but the true Word of God Almighty, the Creator of heavens and earth. The verse incidentally implies the refutation of the Christian doctrine that the Law is a curse, by forcefully asserting that through the Quran which is the final Book of Divine Law, its followers will achieve honour, glory and power. 2353. Important Words: (We utterly destroyed) is ,means ذكر (your eminence) ذكركم قصم الشيء They says قسم derived from 2072