The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 181
PT. 17 AL-ANBIYA' CH. 21 قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا أَبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَبِدِينَ 54. "They replied, 'We found our fathers worshipping them. قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي He said, Indeed, you. 55 ضَلالٍ مُّبِينٍ yourselves as well as your fathers have been in manifest error. ' قَالُوا اَجِثْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنْتَ مِ They said, “Is it really the. 56 اللوبين مِنَ truth that thou hast brought us, or art thou one of those who jest?' 2393 قَالَ بَلْ رَّبِّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ He replied, Nay, your Lord. 57 الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَاَنَا عَلَى ذُلِكُمْ ;the earth, He Who made them مِّنَ الشُّهِدِينَ is the Lord of the heavens and and I am one of those who bear witness to that. 2394 "26:75; 43:24. 60:5. generally followed by J. We say ¿Abū Ṭālib, the Holy Prophet's uncle, ki. e. he stayed in the place. means, he stuck to the affair (Aqrab). The word beside meaning 'father' also means paternal uncle. The person mentioned in the above verse was Abraham's uncle and not his father who is said to have died before Abraham was invested with the divine mission of a Prophet. See also 6:75. The verse points to a very close resemblance between Abraham and the Holy Prophet. The fathers of both had died before they were made Prophets. Both were brought up by their uncles. Both preached the message of Unity of God to their uncles. Both the uncles refused to accept the Divine Message with this difference that whereas Abraham's uncle opposed and persecuted him, though he did not accept his message, stood by him through thick and thin to the last moment of his life and even suffered for him. 2393. Commentary: The people of Abraham were such confirmed idolaters that when they saw Abraham preaching against idol- worship they did not at first believe that he was serious and earnest about his preaching. In this verse they have been depicted as asking him whether he was really convinced of the truth of his mission or whether he was only joking and jesting with them. 2095 2394. Commentary: The verse points to the supreme truth that Divine Messengers, when they talk about God, speak from personal experience. They do not