The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 556
CH. 29 AL-'ANKABŪT PT. 20 وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصلحت And as to those who believe. 8 and do righteous deeds, We لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيّاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ shall surely remove from them أَحْسَنَ الَّذِي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُوْنَ وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا وَإِنْ their evils, and We shall surely give them the best reward of their works. 2945 9. "And We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; but جَاهَدُكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ if they strive to make thee عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا إِلَى مَرْجِعُكُمْ thou hast no knowledge, then associate that with Me of which obey them not. Unto Me is your return, and I shall inform you of what you did. 2946 فَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ) 2:83; 3:58; 13:30; 22:57; 30:16; 35:8; 42:23; 47:13. 2:84; 4:37; 6:152; 17:24; 19:15; 31:15; 46:16. deliberately placed on jihad by some prejudiced Christian orientalists, the primary significance of this word, as is apparent from this verse, is 'to strive. ' It is in this sense that the word has been frequently used in the Surahs revealed at Mecca where fighting with the sword was out of the question. As to the significance of jihad by the sword and the circumstances under which it is allowed and the conditions that govern its conduct and continuance, see 22:40. 2945. Commentary: This verse gives a brief but very apt description of a Mujāhid,—a true striver in the way of God. High and noble ideals and consistent and constant effort to carry out those ideals into actual practice is what in Islamic terminology is called Jihad, and the person who possesses these noble ideals and lives up to them is a Mujahid in the true sense of the word. Man's good actions are of different degrees. Some are better than others, yet some others are of the noblest quality. The expression not asso signifies that God will reward all the good works of the believers whether good, better or of the highest quality as if they belonged to the last degree, i. e. He will reward the good deeds of a believer, taking the best of them as the basis of reward. 2946. Commentary: 2470 The alpha and omega of all religious teachings is God's Unity. Man's loyalty, first and last is to his Creator. All other loyalties proceed from, and are subject to, this supermost of all loyalties. Even man's loyalty to his parents is not allowed to clash with it. No other Divine Scripture has laid so much emphasis