The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 505
CH. 27 كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ AN-NAML PT. 20 the sinful! '2860 وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُنْ فِي ضَيْقٍ And grieve thou not for. 71 مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ them, nor be thou in distress because of what they plan. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ And they say, “When will. 72 صدِقِينَ this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?'2861 قُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ Say, It may be that a part. 73 الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ of that which you would hasten on may be close behind you. "2862 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلِ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ And, truly, thy Lord is. 74 اكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ gracious to mankind, but most of them are not grateful. 2862A a15:89; 16:128. 10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49. 22:48; 26:205; 29:55. d10:61; 40:62. 2860. Commentary: In this verse the disbelievers are warned that they will not be allowed to arrest or retard the progress of the Holy Prophet's noble cause; on the contrary, by opposing him they will only bring ruin upon themselves. The lesson is writ large on the pages of history that denial of truth has always led disbelievers to destruction and desolation. In the next verse the Holy Prophet is consoled and comforted that he should not feel distressed because of the plots and conspiracies of his enemies, as their evil designs can do him no harm and will only recoil on their own heads. 2861. Commentary: The disbelievers tauntingly ask the Holy Prophet not to refer to what had happened to other peoples in the past but to "let us know when the punishment about which you hold out to us a threat will overtake us. " 2862. Commentary: To the challenge of disbelievers referred to in the preceding verse as to when the promise about the will be fulfilled, they are told that a departure of their glory and greatness part of it will be fulfilled very soon. At another place in the Quran it is stated that the promise of punishment 2419 to the disbelievers will be fulfilled within a year after the Holy Prophet's flight from Mecca when "the glory of Kedar (Quraish) shall depart" (34:31). 2862A. Commentary: To the demand for punishment made by disbelievers and mentioned