The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 448
PT. 19 E وَمَا اسْلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ أَجْرِى إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَأَطِيعُوْنِ CH. 26 ASH-SHU'ARĀ' 110. And I ask of you no reward for it. My reward is only with the Lord of the worlds. 111. So fear Allah, and obey me. ' 112. They said, 'Shall we believe thee, when it is the meanest that follow thee?'2766 113. He said, 'And what knowledge have I as to what they have been doing? قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْاَرْزَلُونَ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ Their account is only with. 114 my Lord, if you knew!2766A only 10:73; 11:30. 11:28. issued from time to time by the Prophet and to follow his precept and example. 2766. Commentary: It is an established fact of history that in the beginning of their missions only poor people follow the Messengers of God. This is quite in keeping with Divine plan. In this way God wants to show that the subsequent triumph of the Prophets predicted long before by them was due solely to God's help and not to any combination of worldly circumstances. The acceptance of the Divine Message by poor people not only does not add to the material strength of the new Movement but also repels the wealthy and the powerful from it, inasmuch as they refuse to associate with those whom they regard as lowly and humble. But 2362 such has always been the Divine practice that these very humble and lowly people eventually prevail upon the wealthy and the powerful disbelievers. 2766A. Commentary: The Quran has used five different words at different places and in different contexts to suit the particular occasion and to explain fully the meaning. In a general sense they are all alike but as regards their finer shades of meaning they are different. The words are ✓i. e. perceiving a thing by means of any of the senses to know its minute particulars (2:155); Ji. e. withholding or restraining a person from adopting an evil course (12:3); i. e. reflecting upon and calculating a thing (6:51); i. e. applying oneself to the acquisition of knowledge and