The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 536
CH. 28 AL-QASAS PT. 20 sistöabllisjöçükrök قُلْ فَأْتُوْا بِكِتَبِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ هُوَاهُدى Say, Then bring a Book. 50 from Allah which is a better guide than these two Books, that I may follow it, if you are truthful. '2912 مِنْهُمَا اتَّبِعُهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَدِقِينَ then know that they only follow فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا But if they answer the not. 51 يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ their own evil inclinations. And اتَّبَعَ هَومَهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ اللهِ follows his evil inclinations who is more erring than he who without any guidance from Allah? Verily, Allah guides not the unjust people. R. 6. A إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّلِمِيْنَ وَلَقَدْ وَصَلْنَا لَهُمُ الْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ ,And We have indeed. 52 thoroughly conveyed to them the Word, that they may be admonished. 2913 يَتَذَكَّرُونَ 2912. Commentary: "11:15. The verse alludes to the very high position which both the Quran and the Torah hold among heavenly Scriptures, the Quran being par excellence the best among the revealed Books and the Torah standing only second to it. It further says to disbelievers that if the revelations of the Quran and the Torah do not satisfy them, then let them produce a Book which is better suited to be humanity's guide and which has brought about greater transformation in the lives of men than these Books have done. 2913. Important Words: o (thoroughly conveyed) transitive verb from Jo, (waṣala). reached or attained the place. They say hi. e. he came, connected one thing with the other (waṣṣala) means, he joined or asallaho (waṣṣala-hu) means, he conveyed it to him (Aqrab). Commentary: In view of the two significations of the word given under "Important Words" the verse may have the following two interpretations: (1) We have joined one revelation with another, which means that God has been sending His Messengers and revelations one after the other. The Quran has also been revealed quite in harmony with this time-honoured is Divine practice. It has come after the 2450