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CH. 26 ASH-SHU'ARĀ' PT. 19 down to them a Sign from the heaven, so that their necks will bow down before it. 2708 إِن نَّشَأْنُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ايَةً If We please, We can send. 5 فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَضِعِيْنَ وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحْدَثِ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِيْنَ 6. "And there comes not to them a new Reminder from the Gracious God, but they turn away from it. 2709 "21:3, 43. He knew that if his people did not desist from opposing him and did not give up their evil ways, Divine wrath would descend upon them. The realization of this fact lay very heavy upon his heart. God's Messengers and His Prophets are full of the milk of human kindness. They cry and weep and grieve for mankind. But such is human ingratitude that those people for whom they feel so deeply persecute them and seek to kill them. 2708. Important Words: very (necks) is the plural of ('unuqun) which is derived from ('aniqa) which means, his neck became tall. means, neck, a portion of good; the upper portion of an elevated tract of land; the leaders or chiefs of a people, a company or a large company of men. They say الناس i. e. a party of men came to me. The word also means, the first part of everything. They say i. e. such a one died in the ,means هم عنق الیک beginning of summer they are inclined and listening to thee or expecting thee (Lane & Aqrab). therefore means, (a) different parties; (b) leaders; (c) those who are waiting for a sign to come. Commentary: The verse means to say that the Holy Prophet's grief for his vain. If they do not cease opposing disbelieving people will not be in him, they will be visited with the sign of punishment which will humiliate and debase their leaders. That great sign was witnessed by the Quraish in the Battle of Badr when they suffered a most humiliating defeat at the hands of a small number of poor and ill- equipped Muslims and when almost all their great leaders were killed. Again they witnessed it in the Fall of Mecca when the cause of Islam triumphed fully and completely and the Quraish saw that they had to seek pardon from one whom they had hunted out of his native city and upon whose head they had placed a heavy price. 2340 2709. Commentary: The word "new" means, "in a new form" or "with new details". In fact, all Divine Laws are similar in their fundamentals and basic teachings. It is only in details that they differ. Or a new Law is revealed in a changed form in order to suit the ideas, needs and requirements of the particular