The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 187
PT. 17 AL-ANBIYA' CH. 21 وَنَجَّيْنَهُ وَلُوْطًا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي And We delivered him and. 72 بُرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَلَمِينَ. b Lot and brought them to the land which We had blessed for the peoples. 2404 وَوَهَبْنَالَةَ إِسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةٌ And We bestowed upon. 73 وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صِلِحِينَ him Isaac, and as a grandson, Jacob, and We made all of them righteous. 2405 وَجَعَلْتُهُمْ أَبِمَّةً يَّهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا And We made them leaders. 74 وَاَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ sent who guided people by Our command, and We revelation to them enjoining the الصَّلوةِ وَ إِيْتَاءَ الزَّكُوةِ ۚ وَكَانُوا doing of good works, and the है observance of Prayer, and the giving of alms. And Us alone they worshipped. 2406 11:72; 19:50; 29:28; 37:113; 51:29. 2:125; 32:25. God of the whole universe. 2404. Commentary: By the words, the land which We blessed for the peoples, is meant Canaan to which country the great Patriarch migrated with his nephew, Lot. Abraham journeyed from Ur (Mesopotamia) to Harran and from there, by God's command, to Canaan, which God had decreed to give to his posterity. This journey had a precise objective and aim. In pursuance of Divine plan and design, all the great Prophets or their followers, at one time or another, have to migrate from their homes. Abraham accompanied by Lot migrated from Mesopotamia to Canaan; Moses had to flee with his people from Egypt to the Promised Land; Jesus had to quit Palestine after لنا عبدِين his escape from the cross and journeyed to the east in search of the ten lost tribes of Israel and last of all the Holy Prophet had to migrate from his native city, Mecca, and adopt Medina as his home. 2101 2405. Commentary: Ishmael, the eldest son of Abraham has not been mentioned here. He has been mentioned separately in v. 86 below on account of his being the head of a distinct and more important line. 2406. Commentary: God chose leaders of religious movements from among the progeny of Abraham in fulfilment of his prayer referred to in 2:125. A similar promise in regard to the raising of Divine Reformers in every age from