The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 412
CH. 25 AL-FURQAN PT. 19 the disbeliever is a helper of Satan against his Lord. 2687 and kindred by marriage; and thy Lord is All-Powerful. 2686 Allah that which can do them وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ And they worship beside. 56 وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَكَانَ الْكَافِرُ عَلَى رَبِّهِ no good nor harm them. And ظهيران وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا قُلْ مَا اسْتَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا 57. And We have not sent thee but as a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner. 58. Say, 'I ask of you no recompense for it, save that whoso chooses may take a way unto his Lord. '2688 "6:72; 10:107; 21:67; 22:13. b2:120; 5:20; 11:3; 35:25. 38:87; 42:24. 2686. Important Words: (kindred by descent). They say i. e. he mentioned his (i. e. another person's) relationship (lineage or genealogy); he traced up his (i. e. another person's) lineage to his greatest ancestor; he asked him to tell him his lineage or genealogy. means, he referred or attributed his lineage or origin to such a one. ✓ means, origin, genealogy, pedigree, parentage with respect to father and mother or with respect to father only (Lane). (kindred by marriage) is derived from (sahara). They say all so i. e. he brought or drew the thing to ,means صهر القوم او بالقوم او صهر فيهم او اليهم. him he took to himself a wife from among ,means أصهر بهم or أصهر اليهم. the people he connected himself with them; and became or made himself, an object of inviolable respect, by a covenant of صهر means, mutual protection or by relationship or by marriage. relationship; nearness with respect to kindred; a kinsman or kinswoman of a man's wife; and of a woman's husband or the father or brother or other kinsman of a woman's husband and the father or brother or other kinsman of a man's wife; the sacred tie of relationship by marriage (Lane & Aqrab). 2326 2687. Commentary: The particle meaning "against" would كان الكافر على ربه ظهيرا the expression signify that the disbeliever helps and aids those who fight and combat the cause of God the true religion. 2688. Important Words: (save) is used to signify the sense of exception () and in Arabic l (exception) is of two kinds: (i) it! a i. e. an exception in which the