The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 461
PT. 19 ASH-SHU ARĀ' CH. 26 وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِلَّةَ الْاَوَّلِينَ And fear Him Who created. 185 قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَخَّرِينَ you and the earlier peoples. '2792 186. They said, 'Thou art but one of the bewitched. Ṣāliḥ gloried in their power, prestige and wealth. Lot's people shamelessly indulged in most unnatural and depraved sexual vice, while those of Shuaib were dishonest in their commercial dealings. Each one of these vices has been separately dealt with in the account of the Prophet whose people particularly suffered from it. This is the way of Divine Prophets that, besides stressing the basic principles of religion, they lay special emphasis on the particular vice from which their people are found to suffer. In our own time, in view of mad hankering after material wealth and physical comforts which has held all the nations of the world (2) "fear Allah and obey me; " and (3) "I ask you no reward for it. " These three strikingly similar statements lead to three very important conclusions, namely, (1) that every Prophet is the first believer in the truth of his mission; (2) that having become himself first convinced of his truth he proceeds to convey his message to his people; and (3) that his services to his people are quite sincere and selfless and are born of no motive of self-interest and self-seeking. Similarly, like chapters 7th and 11 a detailed reference has been made in the present Surah to these five Prophets in the same order. In addition to the two fundamental teachings of all religions, viz. Unity | in its firm grip and in view of callous of God and obedience to the Prophet of the time, great emphasis has been laid in the case of each Prophet on the vice from which his people particularly suffered. Noah's people seemed to have been divided into th water-tight compartments and the socially well-to-do among them suffered from an exaggerated notion of false superiority. They would not mix with the poorer sections of the society and the main cause of their rejection of Noah was that persons of poor social status and low intellect had accepted him. The Adites or the tribe of Hūd took great pride in their military exploits, architectural achievements and in their factories and chemical works. The people of 2375 indifference towards spiritual matters, Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, used to take from every new convert a pledge to the effect that he would prefer religion to material interests. 2792. Important Words:. جبل peoples is derived from) جبلة They say ale i. e. He (God) created him. 185 al means, He (God) created him with an adaptation or a disposition to such a thing. The Holy Prophet is reported to have said ele i. e. hearts have been created with a disposition to the love of him who does good to them (Hilya Abū Nu‘aim). means, من he compelled him against his will to do the thing. als means nature or