The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 335
PT. 18 CH. 24 ركوعاتها 9 سورة النور مدينة ٢٤ باتها ٦٥ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (AN-NUR) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2590 سُوْرَةٌ اَنْزَلْتُهَا وَفَرَضْنَهَا وَاَنْزَلْنَا فِيهَا This is a Surah which We. 2 اتٍ بَيْنَتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ) have revealed and which We have made obligatory; and We have revealed therein clear Signs, that you may heed. 2591 take 2590. Commentary: See 1:1. 2591. Important Words: "See 1:1. decreed or adjudged; he assigned or appointed a particular time for doing a thing or he determined or defined or (chapter) is infinitive noun from i. e. God has made the commandments فرض الله الاحكام على عباده limited it. They say فرضناها. he scaled the | obligatory on His servants. . . سار الحائط They say. سار Commentary: wall. means, he jumped upon means, in which We have set down him and attacked him. means, the obligatory statutes (Lane & Aqrab). trace, mark, sign; rank, dignity, degree, excellence; a very high and beautiful building; a thing complete and perfect; part or portion of a thing; a chapter of the Quran. They say a i. e. he has a rank or dignity عندك سورة with you, i. e. you respect him. ¿d means, he possesses a degree or ,means فأتوا بسورة من مثله. rank in dignity so bring a chapter like it (Lane, Aqrab & Qurtubi). All the different chapters of the Quran are called Surahs. But the present chapter has been specifically called a Surah because it draws pointed attention to the importance of its contents. The implication of the use of the word Surah-also meaning rank or dignity is that Muslims by acting upon the commandments and ordinances embodied in this Surah would make great social progress and attain national eminence, glory and dignity. The emphasis on the words, "which We have revealed and which We have made obligatory," also points to the great importance of the (We have made it obligatory). means, he made a notch or an incision in it, namely, a piece of wood. means, (1) He (God) made a thing or prayer or statutes or ordinances obligatory or binding upon men, (2) he (the Prophet) instituted or prescribed a thing as an ordinance or statute; (3) he (a judge) | inasmuch as all other Quranic Surahs 2249 commandments of this Sūrah