The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 545
CH. 28 الَّذِيْنَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ ) PT. 20 AL-QASAS those whom you claimed to be My associates?"2929 وَنَزَعْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا And We shall draw from. 76 بُرْهَانَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّ الْحَقِّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ. shall say, Bring your proof عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ every people a witness and We Then they will know that the & truth belongs to Allah. And that which they used to forge will all be lost unto them. R. 8. إِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسى فَبَغَى Verily, Korah was of the. 77 عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَتَيْنَهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ إِنَّ behaved tyrannically towards مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُوا بِالْعُصْبَةِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِيْنَ people of Moses, but he them. And We had given him treasures of hoarded wealth so much that the stores thereof would have weighed down a party of strong men. When his people said to him, 'Exult not, surely Allah loves not those who exult. 2930 2929. Commentary: a4:42; 16:85. 29:40; 40:25. After a brief mention about the powers and favours of God, made in the preceding few verses, the present verse reverts to the subject of the futility of idol worship and puts forth these Divine powers and favours as an argument in support of the Unity of God. 2930. Important Words: (treasures of hoarded wealth) is the plural of which is noun-inf. from 3 (kanaza). They say Ji. e. he buried the property or treasure in the earth; he hoarded it, or stored, or he collected the property and treasured it. 35 therefore, means, treasure, property buried in the earth; property that is preserved in a receptacle; that receptacle in which property is buried or preserved or hoarded; treasure-boxes; anything abundant and collected together (Lane & Aqrab). 2459 مفتح stores) is the plural of) مفاتح (maftah) which is derived from. They say ✓i. e. he opened the door. (maftaḥ) means, a hoard; a treasure, a store or store room or