The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 58
CH. 19 MARYAM PT. 16 وَنَادَيْنَهُ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ And We called him from. 53 وَقَرَّبْنَهُ نَجِيَّان the right side of the Mount and We made him draw near to Us for special communion. 2195 "20:81; 28:31. office and two functions of the same person. A Divine Reformer is a Jr inasmuch as he receives messages from God (meaning a message) and he is a in the sense that he conveys those Messages to the people to whom he is sent ( meaning the conveying of a message). Thus every J (Messenger) is a (Prophet) because after receiving Divine Messages he conveys them to his people and every is a J because he conveys to his people those Messages which he receives from God. Only the functions of those of Jy. In his capacity as he first receives messages from God and then in his capacity as he conveys them to his people. This is why here and everywhere in the Quran when these two words—J and نبی follow occur together, invariably the 2195. Important Words: They يمن. right) is derived from) أيمن الله فلاناً يمن say i. e. God blessed such a one means, (1) blessed; (2) right as opposed to left (Aqrab). The word may qualify both or For ✓ (Mount) see 2:64. derived from. They say i. e. he (for special communion) is discoursed secrets with the man, or simply he discoursed with him. G means, he talked with the man in him. See also 4:115 & 12:81. private, or he discoursed secretly with means, one with whom secrets are discoursed or simply one who is discoursed or talked with. It also means, one who walks quickly. means, a quick-footed she-camel (Aqrab). Commentary: رسول follows the word نبی word because that is the natural order. See also 7:158, 159; 19:31, 55. The bringing of a new Book or a new Law, therefore, is not the necessary concomitant of a or a Jews. A Jawor a may or may not bring a new Law. All Messengers (Jr) and Prophets (✓✓) are of two categories―(a) those that bring a new Book and a new Law and (b) those that do not. This classification of and into two categories is supported by the Quran itself. See 5:45. 1972 According to the two meanings of given under "Important Words" above, the first part of the verse would mean:(a) We called him from the right side of the Mount; (b) We called him from the blessed side of the Mount; or (c) We called him from the side of the blessed Mount. Taking into consideration all the three meanings of the word the expression would mean: (a) We drew him near to Us in order to hold a discourse with him, i. e. We selected him for Our special communion and