The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 479
PT. 19 AN-NAML CH. 27 وَ إِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ لَّدُنْ Verily, thou hast been given. 7 حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ الثلثة the Quran from the presence of One Wise, All-Knowing. 2816 إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِأَهْلِ اِنّى أَنَسْتُ نَارًا Remember when Moses said. 8 سَاتِيكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ أُتِيْكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُوْنَ ) to his family, 'I perceive a fire. I will bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a flame, a burning brand, that you may warm yourselves. '2817 فَلَمَّا جَاءَهَا نُودِيَ اَنْ بُيُرِكَ مَنْ So when he came to the. 9 was called by a voice, 'Blessed "20:11; 28:30. and righteous deeds and has made disbelief, transgression and disobedience hateful and repugnant (49:8). 2816. Important Words: (thou hast been given) is derived They say hi. e. he was or became burned by the fire or he endured the heat of the fire. means, he warmed or burned himself by the fire (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: It was not actual fire that Moses him, found him, saw him, came face had seen. Had it been so he would he met. . لقى فلان They say. لقی from. i. e انى آنست النار laqqa) | have used the expression) لقى فلانا الشيء. to face with him means, he threw the thing towards I have perceived the fire, instead of him, he made him meet or experience i. e. I have perceived a fire. it. See 2:38 and 24:16. Commentary: The verse is a clear denial of the charge that the Holy Prophet had his own ideas written down and collected in the form of a book and called it "the Quran. " It also constitutes an unequivocal declaration of the fact that the Prophet learnt the Quran direct from the Wise and All- Knowing God. 2817. Important Words: (warm yourselves) is derived from which is the same as In fact it was a vision that Moses had seen, fire symbolizing the love of God. It is worthy of note that most of the major incidents connected with Moses that have been mentioned in the Quran, were not incidents which actually took place in the material and physical world but were visions which symbolized great landmarks in his spiritual development and prophetic mission. Besides the vision about the rod (7:118) and that concerning the breaking of the mountain into pieces (7:144) there are other important instances of such 2393