The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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PT. 21 AL-'ANKABŪT CH. 29 تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُوْلُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ from above them and from تَعْمَلُونَ underneath their feet, and He will say, 'Taste ye the fruit of your actions. '2979 يُعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اِنَّ اَرْضِ وَاسِعَةٌ !O My servants who believe. 57 فَإِيَّايَ فَاعْبُدُونِ verily, My earth is vast SO worship Me alone. 2980 كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا Every soul shall taste of. 58 تُرْجَعُونَ death; then to Us shall you be brought back. 2981 وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصلحتِ And those who believe and. 59 do righteous deeds—them shall لَنُبَوِئَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تَجْرِى We surely house in lofty مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهرُ خُلِدِينَ فِيهَا mansions of Paradise, beneath نِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَمِلِينَ which rivers flow. They will abide therein. Excellent is the "3:186; 21:36. 25:76; 34:38. implied reference was made to the 2979. Commentary: The verse purports to say that God migration, the believers in this verse are comforted that if life in their own native place has been made unbearable for them, the earth of God is Compassionate and Merciful. He is very slow in sending down punishment. He delays and defers it. is vast and spacious and if they have But when the iniquity and transgressions of evildoers exceed all legitimate bounds and they throw all decency and propriety to the winds and set their face against God and His Prophets and His laws, then God's wrath is kindled and punishment overtakes them. It is sudden and swift and like a cataract overwhelms them from every direction. 2980. Commentary: As in the foregoing verses an to leave their hearths and homes for the sake of God, they will find "abundant place of refuge and plentifulness (4:101). " 2981. Commentary: 2489 Here the subject of the preceding verse continues. The believers are told that they should be prepared to sacrifice everything for the sake of God and should fear nothing, not even death, as death spares no one and knows no boundaries.