The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 260
CH. 22 AL-HAJJ PT. 17 وَإِنْ جُدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا And if they contend with. 69 تَعْمَلُونَ thee, say, 'Allah knows best what you do. 2498 اللهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ فِيْمَا Allah will judge between. 70 you on the Day of Resurrection, concerning that about which you differ. '2499 2:114; 4:142. ceremonies of the Pilgrimage; animals of sacrifice; ways of worship; acts of devotion. See also 6:163 & 22:35. Commentary: Taking in the sense of animals of sacrifice or the rites of sacrifice the verse signifies (a) that the ritual of sacrifice in one form or another is common to all religions; and (b) that it was the sacrifice of animals that was at first enjoined by God and not human sacrifice which was invented afterwards. Taking the word in the sense of 'ways of worship,' the verse means that Divine worship is found in one form or another among all nations and peoples. This fact leads to another great truth which Islam, among all religions, was the first to proclaim, viz. that Divine Messengers appeared at different times among all nations and peoples to teach them the different forms and ways of worship. The words 3 (in the matter) mean, 'in the matter of Islam' or 'in the matter of the Quran. ' In this sense of the words the verse purports to say that when it has been made clear that Prophets were raised among all 2174 كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ ) peoples, the disbelievers have no right or justification to say that the Holy Prophet has brought a novel teaching. He has done no new thing and has introduced no innovation. See 46:10. 2498. Commentary: The verse purports to say that if in spite of the fact that Divine Prophets appeared among all nations and the advent of the Holy Prophet was not an innovation and in spite of the irrefutable arguments and innumerable signs that God had shown in his favour, the disbelievers prefer to doubt and dispute the truth of his mission, then let them wait and see what the future has in store for them and what evil consequences their rejection of the truth will lead to. 2499. Commentary: The argument commenced in the preceding verse is continued here. If the disbelievers, the verse purports to say, persist in their rejection of truth, God will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection i. e. the day of the triumph of Islam and of the discomfiture and destruction of disbelief.