The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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CH. 21 AL-ANBIYA' is to be sought against that which you assert. '2435 to be fulfilled. 2435. Commentary: The Holy Prophet is commanded to offer the prayer contained in this verse as a protection against the onslaughts of the powers of evil that were to be let loose upon the world in the latter days in the form of Gog and Magog. It is clear from the Bible that in the time of Gog and Magog physical force will not be the only danger. There will be other factors which will constitute a far greater source of danger to Islam. Islam will suffer more from the attacks of the pen and the tongue than from physical attacks. These attacks will excite God's anger against the guilty. النصف >Q=> PT. 17 تَصِفُونَ ة In Ezek. 39:7 we have: "I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathens shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. " Again, "I will be jealous for my holy name" (Ezek. 39:25). These, quotations show that Gog and Magog will profane God's holy name and against this profanation of God's name the Prophet is commanded to seek Divine help. The Holy Prophet may also be that the duration of the possession of represented as praying in this verse Palestine by the Jews may be as short as possible and that it may revert to its legitimate heirs—the Muslims. 2126