The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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CH. 31 PT. 21 23. "And he who LUQMAN himself wholly to Allah, and is وَمَنْ تُسْلِمُ وَجْهَةَ إِلَى اللهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ submits فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى وَإِلَى اللهِ a doer of good, he has surely عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ grasped the firm handle. With Allah rests the end of all affairs. 3049 24. And disbelieves, let not his disbelief وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنُكَ كُفْرُهُ إِلَيْنَا as for him who مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّتُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوا إِنَّ اللهَ grieve thee. Unto Us is their عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ return and We shall tell them what they did. Surely, Allah knows well what is in the breasts. نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْرُّهُمْ إلى We shall let them enjoy. 25 عَذَابِ غَلِيظ themselves a little; then shall We drive them to severe torment. وَلَبِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَوتِ And if thou ask them, Who. 26 b وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ) created the heavens and the earth?', they will surely answer, ‘Allah. ' Say, 'All praise belongs to Allah. ' But most of them know not. 3050 "2:113. 3:177; 35:40. 29:62; 39:39; 44:8. that the latter would not give up their old ancestral ways and beliefs. Old superstitions indeed die hard. 3049. Commentary: The words, "With Allah rests the end of all affairs. " mean that it is God alone Who causes all actions to produce their results. 3050. Commentary: The verse purports to say that an intelligent study of the creation of the universe and of the perfect design and order that pervade and permeate it, leads to the one inevitable conclusion that there must be a Creator of this creation. This inference is inescapable. The words signify that disbelievers will have no option but to admit that it is Allah Who brought the whole universe into being. But in spite of this unwilling admission on their part, the perverse rejecters of truth refuse to admit the simple fact that when God has made so much provision for the physical and material needs of man, He could not have failed to make similar 2531