The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 687
PT. 22 SABA' CH. 34 افْتَرى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِبًا اَمْ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ بَلِ Has he forged a lie against. 9 Allah or is he afflicted with believe not in the Hereafter are الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْآخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ madness? Nay, but those who وَالضَّلَلِ الْبَعِيدِ already suffering from the punishment and are too far gone in error. أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلى مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ Do they not see what is. 10 before them and what is behind وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ them of the heaven and the earth? If We please, We could اِنْ نَّشَأْنَخْسِفُ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسُقِط cause the earth to sink with them, or cause pieces of the sky عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ to fall upon them. In that verily لَآيَةٌ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ن is a Sign for every repentant servant of Allah. 3136 R. 2. وَلَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا دَاوُدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا يُجِبَالُ اَوِبِى And certainly, We bestowed. 11 مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَ ۚ وَالنَّالَهُ الْحَدِيدَة grace upon David from Us saying: "O ye mountains, repeat "17:11; 27:5. 6:66; 17:69; 67:17-18. 21:80; 38:19-20. in the sense in which it has been used in v. 4. viz. the day of their defeat and destruction in this world. The verse may also mean that disbelievers accuse the Holy Prophet of seeking to create a community of his own by causing discord and disharmony in their ranks, and implies the answer that these people who brag so much of their unity were never a united people. Their talk of unity is an empty talk and their charge that the Holy Prophet seeks to create disunity among them is altogether fake and unfounded. 3136. Commentary: The verse under continues the theme of the preceding verses and purports to say that there are evident signs in the heavens and the earth which constitute an unmistakable evidence of the fast approaching triumph of Islam and the downfall and disgrace of disbelievers. The words "We will make the earth sink with them" refer to the signs of the earth; and the words "or cause to fall upon them a portion of the heaven" allude to heavenly signs. Undoubtedly, the manner in which the forces of darkness and disbelief were put to rout in their combat against Islam showed that the victory comment of Islam was due solely to Divine 2601