The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 366
CH. 24 AN-NŪR PT. 18 رِجَالٌ لا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَنْ By men, whom neither. 38 BEGVIZELETY merchandise nor traffic diverts ذِكْرِ اللهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلوةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكُوةِ from the remembrance of Allah and the observance of Prayer, يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ and the giving of the Zakah وَالْأَبْصَارُة They fear a day in which hearts and eyes will be agitated,2620 لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللهُ اَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا So that Allah may give. 39 وَيَزِيدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَاللهُ يَرْزُقُ deeds, and give them increase مَنْ يَّشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ them the best reward of their out of His bounty. And Allah does provide for whomsoever He pleases without measure. "63:10. 9:121; 16:98. prophecy. It is a prophecy in the sense that house illumined by the light of the Quran will be exalted and the fulfilment of this prophecy will constitute a proof that they are illumined by the light of Allah. How wonderfully the prophecy was fulfilled! The doorless and windowless hovels and huts of the poor Companions of the Holy Prophet became so honoured and respected that they became the objects of attraction and admiration for the whole world; and this fact testified to the Quran being the ambitions and aspirations, their professions and avocations. They are not monks and hermits cut apart from the world. Yet amidst all their material pursuits and engagements they do not neglect to discharge their duties to God and man. This certificate of merit which the Companions of the Holy Prophet received from Allah, their Divine Lord and Master, has been referred to in several other places in the Quran, viz. "Those who, if We establish them in the earth will observe Prayer and pay the Zakāh and enjoin good and forbid evil" (22:42), and "Their sides keep away from their beds; and they The verse constitutes a great call upon their Lord in fear and hope, testimonial to the righteousness and and spend out of what We have goodness of the Holy Prophet's bestowed upon them" (32:17). It is Companions and to their love for God because of this life of righteousness and their liking for His remembrance. and service of humanity that "Allah They are men, says the verse, of flesh was well pleased with them, and they and bones. They have their worldly | were well pleased with Him" (58:23). revealed Word of God. 2620. Commentary: 2280