The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 515
God's Prophets, mock them and persecute them, ignoring the patent fact that the good things of this world are but transient and temporary. But such is the tragedy of human life that man has always consigned to oblivion the supreme moral lesson which is writ large on the pages of history that the rejection of truth has never been allowed to go unpunished and disbelief has always landed its protagonists into ruin. Towards its close the Surah makes a pointed reference to a mighty prophecy which was implied in Moses' flight from Egypt to Midian, his sojourn there for ten years and in his subsequent return to Egypt and in delivering the Israelites from the bondage of Pharaoh. The prophecy was to the effect that like Moses the Holy Prophet of Islam also will have to leave his native place and go to live in a strange place for ten years and then will come back to the cradle of his Faith and will conquer Mecca and establish Islam on a firm footing. The last few verses of the Surah sum up its subject matter and the Holy Prophet is told that he never had the remotest idea that he will ever be made the bearer of the Divine Message, but now that he has actually been entrusted with the onerous and noble task of preaching the truth, he should call all mankind to the ways of the Lord and trusting in God and refusing to be discouraged or dismayed, should fight his way to success like a great soldier. 2429