The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 255
PT. 17 AL-HAJJ CH. 22 أَوْ مَا تُوْا لَيَرْزُقَنَّهُمُ اللهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا and are then slain or die, Allah will surely provide for them a goodly provision. And surely, Allah is the Best providers. 2488 of وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرُّزِقِينَ لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُم مُّدْخَلا تَرْضَوْنَهُ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ He will surely cause them to. 60 لَعَلِيمٌ حَلِيمُ enter a place with which they will be well pleased. And Allah All-Knowing, is indeed Forbearing. 2489 native town, putting a price on his head. Eventual defeat and destruction is the inevitable lot of falsehood and its votaries. 2488. Commentary: In v. 57 above God had referred to the reward of believers in general. In this and the next verse the Quran particularly mentions the reward of those believers who left their hearths and homes, their belongings and their dear and near ones for the sake of God. To these "living" martyrs, the verse holds out a promise that they will be specially rewarded for their sacrifices. In fact those who leave their homes and all that is dear to them for the sake of God and spend their lives in serving His cause and then die in harness deserve to be classed with "the martyrs", for their sacrifice is as great as that of the actual martyrs, only, God in His infallible wisdom, spares their lives. This is the significance of the words, in the cause of God while the "living" martyrs live a life of perpetual sacrifice for His sake and then die a natural death. The verse under comment places both these classes of "martyrs" in the same category. Those who are slain, or those who die a natural death, serving the cause of God, will have the same reward- which they will be well-pleased. goodly provision and a place with -a Incidentally, the verse shows that it was revealed after the Hijrah, because it was after the Hijrah that fighting in self-defence was permitted and some of the Muslims were killed in the fighting. In fact, some parts of the Surah were revealed at Mecca and others at Medina. The Surah may thus be said to have been revealed both at Mecca and Medina. 2489. Important Words:. أدخل is pass. part. noun from مدخل "or die". In fact there are two categories of martyrs—"the dead martyrs" and "the living martyrs". The "dead" martyrs are actually slain 2169 They say ass i. e. he made him enter. It is used as syn. with J (to make one enter) and also as a noun of place and time (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The verse means to say that those