The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 502
PT. 20 بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ CH. 27 AN-NAML Is there a god besides Allah? Nay, most of them know not. 2855 اَمَّن يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ the answers 63. Or, "Who وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ upon Him, and removes the distressed person when he calls evil, band makes you Successors الْأَرْضِ وَالُهُ مَعَ اللهِ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ in the earth? Is there a god besides Allah? Little is it that you reflect. 2856 أَمَّنْ يَّهْدِيكُمْ فِي ظُلمتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ Or, Who guides you in. 64 every kind of darkness of the وَمَنْ يُرْسِلُ الرِّيحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَى land and of the sea, and Who رَحْمَتِهِ وَ اِلةٌ مَّعَ اللهِ تَعلَى اللهُ عَمَّا sends the winds as glad tidings before His mercy? Is there a god besides Allah? Exalted is 2855. Commentary: 2:187; 7:56. 10:15. The argument begun in the preceding verse is here further developed and expanded. For an explanation of the expression "and put a barrier between the two waters" see 25:54. 2856. Commentary: are This verse gives the second argument in support of God's existence, His great and unlimited Powers and Unity. It purports to say that as God's great powers manifested in the marvellous working of the laws of nature, so are they manifested in man's inner conscience when he cries to God in the agony of his soul and God listens to his cry. The acceptance of prayers which is the pith and kernel of all religious belief constitutes one of the most important arguments to prove the existence of God. If man had not witnessed great miracles being performed in all ages through the acceptance of prayers by God of His dear ones, he would have justifiably ceased to believe in God's existence. ་་ The words, "Who answers the distressed when he calls upon Him,' may also refer to the extremely weak and distressed state of the Companions of the Holy Prophet when in their agony they prayed to God and He heard their prayers. The words, "and makes you Successors in the earth," lend support to this inference inasmuch as they implied a prophecy that the weak and distressed Muslims would one day become rulers in the land in which at that time there was no security and safety for them. 2416