The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 705
PT. 22 SABA' them, but they treated My Messengers as liars. So they shall see how terrible are the consequences of denying Me! 3167 & R. 6. CH. 34 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِه قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ أَنْ تَقُومُوا Say, “I only exhort you to do. 47 " only one thing: that you stand لِلّهِ مَثْنَى وَفَرَادَى ثُمَّ تَفَكَّرُوا مَا up before Allah in twos and بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِنْ جِنَّةِ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَى عَذَابٍ شَدِيدِ singly and then reflect. You will then realize that "there is no insanity in your companion; he is only a Warner to you of an impending severe punishment. " 3168 3167. Important Words: "7:185; 23:71. (a tenth) is derived from (ashara). They say alli. e. he took the tenth part of the property. means, he took one from them, they being ten. (ushrun) and and all mean, a tenth; a tenth part; one of ten parts. Some say means, a hundredth part, yet according to some others it means, a thousandth part (Lane). Commentary: excess of theirs were destroyed when they rejected their Prophets. How do they then expect to escape Divine punishment by rejecting the Holy Prophet? They should know that they failure will prove that he is a true will fail against the Prophet, and their Prophet of God. 3168. Commentary: In this and the next few verses, another kind of argument has been suggested to test the truth of the Holy Prophet. The present verse recommends an objective and detached examination of his claim. The disbelievers are urged to ponder, dispassionately, without prejudice, and being uninfluenced by crowd his mentality, whether the Holy Prophet suffers from insanity or unsoundness of mind. The Quran is convinced that if a person were to deliberate This verse demolishes the second objection of the disbelievers. It means to say that if they are proud of their wealth, power and position and are rejecting the Message of Islam because of the weakness and poverty of the Holy Prophet and followers, then they should know that peoples much more powerful than they and possessing resources far in 2619