The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 609
PT. 21 CH. 31 ركوعاتها ٤ سُورَةُ لُقْمَن مَكَّيَّةُ ٣١ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ المرة تِلْكَ أَيْتُ الْكِتَبِ الْحَكِيمِ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ ) Gracious, the Merciful. 3034 (LUQMAN) 1. "In the name of Allah, the 2. 'Alif Lām Mīm. 3034A 3. "These are verses of the Book which is full of Wisdom, 3035 4. dA guidance and a mercy for those who do good, and pay the Zakāh and who have firm faith in the Hereafter. الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكُوةَ Those who observe Prayer. 5 وَهُمُ بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ 6 أوليكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُولَيكَ it is they who follow. 6 هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ It guidance from their Lord, and it is they who shall prosper. sicile "See1:1. 30:2. 10:2; 31:3. d16:90; 27:3. 2:4; 5:56; 9:71; 27:4. 2:6. 3034. Commentary: See. 1:1. 3034A. Commentary: For an explanation of abbreviated letters see 2:2 & 19:2. 3035. Commentary: the The Quran has variously described itself as follows: "the illuminating Quran" (15:2); the Great Quran" (15:88); "the Quran full of wisdom" (36:2); "the Quran full of exhortation" (38:2); "the noble Quran" (56:78); "the wonderful Quran" (72:2); and "the glorious Quran" (85:22). The Quran is indeed such a wise, and wonderful Book that "not a single one of the great truths, principles, and ideals enumerated and proclaimed by it has been contradicted or falsified by ancient learning or science, nor by modern discoveries and inventions. " It has eminently held its own, and proved equal to the exigencies of time, in every age and period. "The Book full of wisdom" as in the present verse; "the Book of Allah" (2:102); "the Book" (5:16); "a Book whose verses have been made unchangeable and then they have been expounded in detail" (11:2); "an enlightening Book" (22:9); "a mighty Book" (41:42); "the Book inscribed" Like the abbreviated letters which (52:3); "a well-preserved Book" have been placed in the beginning (56:79); "the Quran in Arabic" (12:3); of different Surahs, the various 2523