The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 699
PT. 22 SABA' CH. 34 قُل لَّكُمْ مِّيْعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَأْخِرُونَ عَنْهُ Say, “For you is the promise. 31 of a day from which "you cannot remain behind a single moment nor can you get ahead of it. '3155 R. 4. سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهَذَا And those who disbelieve. 32 say, 'We will never believe in الْقُرْآنِ وَلَا بِالَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَوْ تَرَى this Quran, nor in what is before ANKAN NAلِمُونَ مَوْقُوقُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضِ الْقَوْلَ يَقُوْلُ it;' and couldst thou see when the wrongdoers will be made to stand throwing back the blame one to another. Those who before their Lord, considered weak will say to those who were proud, ‘Had it not been for you, we should surely have been believers. '3156 الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا were لَوْلَا أَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُ وا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا Those who were proud will. 33 say to those who were a7:35; 10:50. 7:39; 14:22; 28:64; 33:68; 40:48. 07:40; 14:22; 28:64; 40:49. 3155. Commentary: yet to come. In this sense the may mean "the If v. 27 above is taken as referring expression to the Battle of Badr, the word (day) in the present verse would signify 'a year'. The Battle of Badr was fought in about a year after the Hijrah. 3156. Commentary: يديه The expression revelation which is yet to come. " It is human nature that when a guilty person is face to face with the punishment of his guilt, he tries to excuse himself by seeking to shift the responsibility for his misdeeds to another person. It is to this aspect of human nature that reference has been made in this and the next two verses. In these verses the deceivers and the deceived are shown as engaging in mutual recrimination when they see punishment overtaking them, seeking to throw the responsibility of their 2613 Cliterally meaning "between his two hands" is used in the sense of "before him or it. " It has been used in this sense in 5:47 and 46:22. But it is also used in the sense of "in his presence" as in v. 13. Sometimes, however, this expression refers to a thing which is