The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 600
CH. 30 AR-RŪM PT. 21 قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ Say, “Travel in the earth. 43 and see how evil was the end of كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ those before you! Most of them كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّشْرِكِينَ were idolaters. '3021 فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيْمِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ So set thy face to the. 44 service of, the right religion, يَأْتِي يَوْمُ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ يَوْمَبِذٍ before there comes the day from يَصَّدَّعُونَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا Those who disbelieve will. 45 فَلِانْفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ Allah for which there will be no averting. On that day mankind will split up into parts. 3022 bear the consequences of their disbelief; and those who do righteous deeds will earn good for themselves, 3023 "16:37; 27:70; 40:83. 10:106; 30:31. flowing sap of devotion and reverence, but rotten to the core ("Emotion as the Basis of Civilization"). The words "land and sea," may signify: (a) such nations as had no experience of Divine revelation and those that believed in heavenly Scriptures; or (b) nations whose cultures and civilizations were based purely on reason and collective human experience and those whose cultures and civilizations were based on Divine revelation; (c) peoples living on the continents and those living in the islands. The verse means to say that the nations of the world had become corrupt to the very core-politically, socially and morally, and their corruption was the result of "what their hands had wrought. " 3021. Commentary: The verse warns disbelievers that would lead them to ruin. The fact that their rejection of the Holy Prophet the rejection and persecution of Divine Messengers has always resulted in the destruction of the rejecters is writ large on the pages of history. 3022. Important Words: (will split up) is derived from Eus (sada'a). as means, he clove, split or slit it. means, the people became separated or dispersed. means, they will become separated or split up (Lane & Aqrab). 3023. Important Words: يصد عون will earn good is derived يمهدون 2514