The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 633
PT. 21 AS-SAJDAH CH. 32 وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْفَتْحُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ And they say, “When will. 29 صدِقِينَ this victory come, if you are truthful?' قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا Say, “On the day of victory. 30 اِيْمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ the believing of the disbelievers will not avail them, nor will they be granted respite. '3074 فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانْتَظِرُ إِنَّهُمُ So turn away from them. 31 مُنتَظِرُونَ and wait. They are also waiting. T 13 10:103; 11:123. disbelieving Quraish have rejected the Divine Message on the plea that they "have never heard of the like of this in their forebears of yore" (28:37). But don't they see, the verse seems to say to them, that before their very eyes there takes place in the physical world the phenomenon that when the earth becomes parched and scorched, God sends down rain from heaven and the dead earth begins to vibrate with new life. In the same way when the world suffers from spiritual and moral death, God sends down spiritual rain from heaven i. e. Divine revelation, to resuscitate it. 3074. Commentary: "The day of victory" mentioned in this verse is the day of the Battle of Badr. That day has also been called the Day of Decision in the Quran (8:42) because on that day God gave His judgement which the disbelievers had sought in the words: "O Allah, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment" (8:33). 2547