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 <mark>Allah</mark>, 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 <mark><mark>Lord</mark></mark>, 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 <mark>Allah</mark>" (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