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PT. 17 الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَبِذٍ لِلهِ * يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ CH. 22 AL-HAJJ 57. "The kingdom on that day shall be Allah's. He will judge believe and do good deeds will فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ فِي between them. So those who جَنَّتِ النَّعِيمِ be in Gardens of Bliss. 2486 وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِايْتِنَا فَأُولَيكَ But those who disbelieve. 58 لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ and reject Our Signs, will have an humiliating punishment. 2487 R. 8. وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ قُتِلُوا And those who leave their. 59 homes for the cause of Allah, ª6:74; 25:27. 13:30; 14:24; 18:31; 30:16; 68:35; 78:32-37. º2:40; 7:37; 30:17; 57:20; 64:11; 78:22-27. 3:196; 8:75; 9:20-22; 16:42. I was finally broken. The fall took place quite suddenly. The Quraish had not had the least inkling of the approach of Muslim army till it reached the very gates of Mecca. The words, "the punishment of a destructive day," may refer to any form of punishment, preferably to the day of the Battle of Badr. This and the following two verses imply a prophecy about the ultimate triumph of Islam, and the defeat and discomfiture of disbelievers. 2486. Commentary: Besides being of general application the verse may particularly refer to the Fall of Mecca. On that day the Kingdom of God became established in Arabia and idolatry departed from its stronghold never to return, and Divine judgement was pronounced in the words, "Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Falsehood does indeed vanish away fast" (17:82). refer to the fertile lands of Iraq, Syria and Egypt which after the conquest of Arabia fell to the victorious arms of the Muslims. Here as also in 25:27 it is said that "The Kingdom on that day will be Allah's. " In 1:4 it is stated, "Allah is the Master of the Day of Judgement" and in 3:27, "He is the Lord of Sovereignty. " So God as represented by Islam is not only (Malik) meaning King, but He is also (Malik) i. e. Master and even All Al, which signifies that He is such a King that He has complete possession, and undisputed and undivided ownership of all those things of which He is the Master. 2487. Commentary: There could have been no greater and more humiliating and ignominious punishment for the enemies of the Holy Prophet than the fall of their capital which placed the whole of Arabia at the feet of him The words, "Gardens of Bliss" may whom they had turned out from his 2168