The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 470
PT. 19 إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُوْنَ ) فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهَا أَخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذِّبِينَ CH. 26 ASH-SHU ARĀ' 213. "Surely, they are debarred from hearing. 2805 214. 'Call not, therefore, on any other god beside Allah, lest thou become one of those who are punished. 2806 215. And kinsmen, 2807 warn thy nearest 216. "And lower thy thy wing of mercy to the believers who وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيْرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ follow thee. فَإِنْ عَصَوكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِى مِمَّا Then if they disobey thee. 217 تَعْمَلُونَ say, 'I repudiate all connection with what you do. ' a11:21. 17:23, 40; 28:89. 15:89. like thereof, even though they should help one another" (17:89). Moreover, the Quran contains mighty prophecies about the ultimate triumph of truth which only God, the Knower of the unseen could make. The satans could not make them as they have no knowledge of the future. 2805. Commentary: This verse embodies the third argument to show that sinful and vicious people can have no access to the sources of such sublime and noble teachings as are contained in the Quran. The secrets of the unknown are revealed only to God's Elect and His chosen Messengers and satans descend only on liar and wicked people. 2806. Commentary: argument in support of the claim that the Quran could not have been the Devil's work. A satanic production could not have laid so much stress on the Unity of God as has been laid in the Quran. 2807. Commentary: It is on record that when this verse was revealed the Holy Prophet stood on Mount Şafā and called every Quraish tribe by name and warned them of the Divine punishment that would overtake them if they did not accept his message and give up their evil ways. He is also reported to have told his daughter Fatimah, his aunt Safiyya and other members of his household that no relationship with him but only their own righteous deeds would save them from Divine This verse contains the fourth wrath (Bukhārī, Kitābut-Tafsir). 2384