The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 308
CH. 23 53. And know "that AL-MU'MINÜN PT. 18 وَإِنَّ هَذِةٍ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَا this community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord. So take Me as your Protector. 2546 رَبُّكُمْ فَاتَّقُوْنِ فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمُ ال But they (the people have. 54 برا cut up their affairs among themselves forming themselves into parties, each group rejoicing in what they have. 2547 55. So leave them in their confusion for a time. حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُوْنَ ى حِينٍ فَذَرْهُمْ فِي غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتَّى 21:93. 2:94. 70:43; 73:12. includes their followers also. The commandments given to the Messengers and Prophets of God are meant for their followers also. 2546. Commentary: The verse purports to say that all the Messengers of God formed one brotherhood, i. e. they came from the same Divine Source and their basic teachings were more or less identical and the object and purpose of their advent was one and the same and that object was to establish upon earth the Unity of God and oneness of humanity, and also to teach men to look up to God as their only Lord and Protector. But mankind which had started as one community became split up into sects and sections at variance with one another, till God in His own good time raised the greatest of the Prophets Muḥammad, and entrusted him with the great mission of uniting all the warring religions and Faiths and of welding them into one. Thus the object of the advent of all Divine Messengers found its complete consummation in the mission of the Holy Prophet. 2547. Commentary: as It is a sad story repeated again and again in the history of every religion that after the departure of a prophet his followers begin to differ among themselves and become split up into sects and sections, every sect regarding itself as the true follower of their prophet and other sects devoid of all truth, while the fact remains that every sect possesses some elements of truth. This is one meaning of the verse. The other meaning may be that the followers of every Prophet have always looked upon the followers of other religions as devoid of all truth while the truth is that all religions have proceeded from the same Divine Source and therefore their teachings possess a substantial measure of truth, though the whole and perfect truth is to be found in a religion which combines in 2222