The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 299
CH. 23 فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا And they said, “Shall We. 48 وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَبدُونَ PT. 18 AL-MU'MINŪN we believe in two men like ourselves while their people are our servants?'2543 فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوْا مِنَ الْمُهْلَكِيْنَ So they called them liars. 49 and they were of those who were destroyed. وَلَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتُبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ And We gave Moses the. 50 يَهْتَدُونَ Book, that they might be guided. وَجَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَاُمَّةٌ أَيَةً And We made the son of. 51 Mary and his mother a Sign, و أَوَيْنُهُمَا إِلَى رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ and gave them refuge on an وَمَعِينٍ elevated land having meadows and springs of running water. 2544 2:88; 17:3; 32:24; 40:54. after them talk of them as people who found rest and satisfaction therein. once lived on this earth, because no trace of their existence or work remains behind. 2543. Commentary: As mentioned at several places in the Quran it is pride and conceit that have proved the undoing of many a people to whom a Divine Messenger was sent. A sense of false superiority stood in their way. In this and the preceding two verses the same story is told. Pharaoh and his chiefs said in false pride and arrogance how they could believe in persons whose people had served them as slaves. 2544. Important Words: (āwā) means, he lodged him in the house, he gave him shelter, refuge or asylum in the house. is used when a person finds protection, asylum, satisfaction and comfort in a place after he has been through hardships and privations (Lane & Arqab). See also 8:73; 11:44; 12:70 & 93:7. رابی (elevated land) is derived from which means, it increased; it became high; he grew up. means, a hill or elevated ground or an elevated place (Lane & Aqrab). See also 2:266; 22:6. ✓ (meadows) is inf. noun from 3. They say ki. e. he settled or (We gave them refuge) is became established; rested; resided in the place. means, a state or place or time of rest, permanence derived from. They say i. e. he lodged in the house and 2213 or