The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 424
CH. 26 PT. 19 ركوعاتها ١١ سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاء مَكية ٢٦ باتها ٢٢٨ (ASH-SHU'ARĀ') 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2704 بسمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 2. Tā Sīn Mīm. 2705 "See 1:1. 2704. Commentary: See 1:1. 2705. Commentary: A (All- (All- The (abbreviated letters) amb may stand for the three Divine attributes, viz. Benignant, All- Hearing and All-Knowing; the letter b representing the Divine attribute (Benignant), representing Hearing) and standing for Knowing). These show that in the present and the following few Surahs, which are similar and subordinate to the present Surah, in subject-matter, light has been shed on the fact that God is humanity's Great Benefactor; He is Kind and Compassionate to His servants; He hears their prayers and supplications and knows the inmost secrets of their hearts and all their needs and requirements and fulfils them. They further show that light has also been thrown in these Surahs on the laws and rules which regulate and govern the universe and thus demonstrate Divine Majesty, Dignity and Glory and that sound and solid arguments have been given to support and substantiate what the Quran asserts and claims. These give such a beautiful and complete picture of Divine attributes as no other revealed Scripture has done and by implication exhort a Muslim to assimilate and develop in his person these attributes because God has created man in His own image and to the extent to which he assimilates Divine attributes, to that extent he rises morally and spiritually and becomes his Creator's manifestation. The present and next two Surahs form a special group known as the (Ṭā Sīn Mīm) group. These three Surahs bear a very close resemblance to each other in their subject-matter and were revealed in the same period at Mecca. As all of them deal particularly with the life-story of Moses in some detail, some commentators of the Quran have taken the abbreviated letters amb as standing for Mount Sinai and Moses; standing for (Mount Sinai) 2338 and for (Moses). A The fact that the present Surah and 28th Surah are prefixed with the abbreviated letters amb and give a much more detailed account of the different phases of Moses' chequered life, coupled with the fact that the 27th Surah has only placed in its beginning (the letter having been significantly omitted) and makes only A