The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 576
CH. 29 AL-'ANKABŪT reward of those who work good, 2982 PT. 21 الَّذِيْنَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ,Those who are steadfast. 60 and put their trust in their Lord. وَكَاتِنُ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا And how many an animal. 61 اللهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُم وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ sustenance! Allah provides for it الْعَلِيمُ there is that carries not its own and for you. And He is the All- Hearing, the All-knowing. 2983 وَلَبِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمواتِ And if thou ask them, Who. 62 has created the heavens and the وَالْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ earth and pressed into service لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۚ فَأَنَّى يُؤْفَكُوْنَ the sun and the moon?', they will surely say, 'Allah,' How then are they being turned away from the truth?2984 16:43. 11:7. 7:55; 13:3; 16:3; 31:30; 35:14; 39:6. 2982. Important Words: (lofty mansions) or is the plural of which is derived from (gharafa). They say i. e. he took the water with his hand. means, a handful of water; an upper hand; a chamber or a chamber in the upper or uppermost storey of a house (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: In this verse believers are promised in clear and unequivocal terms that those who leave their homes in the cause of God, and then remain steadfast in their belief and do good deeds, the reward they get far exceeds that which they lose for God's sake. This Divine promise was fulfilled to the very letter in the case of the Companions of the Holy Prophet. 2983. Commentary: In this verse the believers are further told that if they have to leave their hearths and homes, they should have no fear of poverty and starvation. When even animals and birds do not go without food, it is inconceivable that man who is God's noblest creation and its acme and he is prepared to suffer all this for the apex should starve, particularly when 2490 sake of his Creator. 2984. Commentary: In the present and the next two verses the point has been further stressed that God is the Creator and Source of all life, and for the continuity of this life He has pressed