The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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CH. 24 AN-NŪR PT. 18 وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ And when they are called. 49 بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مُّعْرِضُونَ ) to Allah and His Messenger that he may judge between them, lo! a party of them turn away. right to be on their side, they وَاِنْ يَّكُنْ لَهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ And if they consider the. 50 مُذْعِنِينَ come to him running in all submission. 2627 افِي قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ اَمِ ارْتَابُوا Is it that there is a disease in. 51 their hearts? Or do they doubt, أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيْفَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ or do they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust to وَرَسُولُهُ بَلْ أُولَبِكَ هُمُ الظَّلِمُونَ them? Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers. 2628 52. The R. 7. response of إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا the believers, when they are called order that he may judge إلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُم بَيْنَهُمْ to Allah and His Messenger in اَنْ يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَأُوليك between them, is only that they هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ say: 'We hear and we obey. ' And it is they who will prosper. 2628A a3:24. same is the case with the spiritual suffer from one or all of the three travellers. 2627. Important Words: cris (running in all submission) is active participle from which is derived from. They say i. e. he was or became quick in obedience to him or it; he was or became humble to him; he confessed to him. The Quranic words mean, they come quickly in obedience (Lane & Aqrab). 2628. Commentary: The verse signifies that disbelievers 2286 spiritual diseases or that some of them suffer from one disease and others from other diseases. In fact, the three main things that stand in the way of a man's spiritual progress and retard and arrest it, are doubt, fear and envy. These must be conquered before any real and substantial progress is possible. 2628A. Commentary: The present and adjacent verses point to a basic and most fundamental Islamic principle, viz. that Islam is a