The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 537
PT. 20 AL-QAŞAŞ CH. 28 الْكِتَبَ مِن قَبْلِهِ هُمُ Those to whom We gave the. 53 الَّذِيْنَ أَتَيْنَهُمُ بِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَإِذَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا أَمَنَابِةٍ إِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مُسْلِمِينَ Book before it—they believe in it. 2914 54. "And when it is recited unto them, they say, 'We believe in it. Verily, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed, even before it we had submitted ourselves to God. '2915 £ أوليك يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا These will be given their. 55 reward twice, for they have صَبَرُوا وَيَدْرَءُوْنَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ been steadfast and they repel وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ evil with good, and spend out of what We have given them. 2916 "13:37; 39:12-13; 72:21. '13:23; 23:97; 41:35. Torah which had made a prophecy about it (Deut. 18:18) and whose prophecies it has fulfilled and whose basic principles it supports. (2) The Word of God, i. e. the Quran, has been fully conveyed to the Meccans and thoroughly explained to them. 2914. Commentary: The word referring to Torah or to every revealed Book, the verse may either mean, (1) that those who have been given a right understanding of the Book the Torah, and ponder over it are sure to believe in it-the Quran; or (2) that from among the followers of every revealed Book,- the Jews, the Christians the Zoroastrians, the Hindus, etc. , a large section will believe in the Quran and join the fold of Islam during the ages. In this sense the verse embodies a 2451 prophecy about the eventual triumph of Islam over all other Faiths. 2915. Commentary: The verse means to say that when prophecies about the revelation of the Quran and the Holy Prophet are recited to them—"the People of the Book," the God-fearing among them believe in it the Quran-saying that they had already expected such a revelation to come. 2916. Commentary: The verse means to say that such persons from among the "People of the Book" as believe in the Quran will have double reward for the belief both in the Torah and the Quran and also for suffering patiently for the cause of truth and for their perseverance and steadfastness under trials and tribulations.