The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 662
CH. 33 with those who AL-AḤZĀB PT. 22 have passed away before and the command of Allah is a decree ordained- 3105 الَّذِيْنَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسُلتِ اللهِ وَيَخْشَوْنَهُ Those who delivered the. 40 Messages of Allah and feared وَلَا يَخْشَوْنَ اَحَدًا إِلَّا الله وَكَفَى بِاللهِ Him, and feared none but حَسِيبًا مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ اَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ Muhammad is not the father. 41 Allah. And sufficient is Allah as a Reckoner. 3105A of any of your men, but he is the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah has full knowledge of all things. 3106 & وَلكِنْ رَّسُوْلَ اللهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّنَ the Messenger of Allah, and وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمَان 3105. Commentary: "67:13. The reference in the words, "that which Allah has made incumbent upon him," and "the command of Allah is a decree ordained," is to the Holy Prophet's marriage with Zainab. The words show that this marriage took place in obedience to express Divine command. 3105A. Commentary: Though the Holy Prophet knew that Zainab being the divorced wife of Zaid known to be his adopted son, his marriage to her would give rise to much criticism among the Arabs, he did not at all hesitate to marry her when he found that it was God's command to do so. In the performance of his sacred mission the Holy Prophet never cared for the feelings and susceptibilities of anybody. In fact, God's Prophets do not fear anyone in the discharge of their duties. So, the words "thou didst fear men" in v. 38 should be taken as signifying that the Holy Prophet did not fear men but he feared for them, lest by regarding Zainab's marriage with Zaid a miscalculation of the Prophet, they might injure their own souls. 3106. Important Words: خاتم (Seal of the Prophets) خاتم النبيين (Khātam) is derived from. They say i. e. he sealed, stamped, impressed or imprinted the thing or he put the seal on it. This is the primary signification of this word. Or the primary signification of (khatmun) is the act of covering over the thing. It also signifies the protecting of what is in a writing by marking or stamping a piece of clay 2576