The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 462

PT. 19 وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَذِبِينَ CH. 26 ASH-SHU ARĀ' 187. And thou art only a man like ourselves, and we believe thee to be one of the liars. فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ So cause fragments of the. 188 مِنَ الصَّدِقِينَ قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ) فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ اِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ sky to fall on us, if thou art one of the truthful. ' 189. He said, 'My Lord knows best what you do. '2793 190. So they declared him to be a liar. "Then the punishment of the day of overshadowing gloom overtook them. That was indeed the punishment of a dreadful day. 191. In that verily there is a Sign, but most of these would not believe. وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ And surely thy Lord He. 192 is the Mighty, the Merciful. 2794 "7:92; 11:95; 29:38. temper; innate or natural disposition; idiosyncrasy; numerous company of men; a nation or people (Lane). 2793. Commentary: Prophets of God are great lovers of mankind. Their hearts are full of the milk of human kindness. The people of Shu'aib challenged him to bring down Divine punishment on them if indeed he was a true Messenger of God. To this insolent challenge Shuaib replied that his knowledge being imperfect it was not for him to decide if and when the punishment should and would overtake them and that it was God, their Lord and Creator, Who being fully acquainted with the nature of their deeds knew whether or not they had rendered themselves deserving of the God has reserved to Himself the right punishment they demanded. In fact, when and whom to punish and whom to spare. If it had been left to the Prophets to decide who was deserving of punishment, many prospective believers would have died as disbelievers. 2794. Commentary: 2376 The verse signifies that God is Mighty, i. e. He has the power to give victory to the poor and resourceless