The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 730
CH. 35 FĂŢIR PT. 22 وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَبِن And they swore by Allah. 43 their strongest oaths, that if a جَاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونَنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ Warner came to them, they would follow guidance better إحْدَى الْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ than any other people. But when مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُوْرَاة اسْتِكْبَارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئ And in being arrogant in. 44 وَلَا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ a Warner did come to them, it only increased them in aversion, 3209 the earth and plotting evil. But the evil plot encompasses none but the authors thereof. "Do they فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْأَوَّلِينَ then look for anything but Gods فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَبْدِيلًا : way of dealing with the peoples وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَحْوِيْلًا of old? But thou wilt never find any change in the way of Allah; nor wilt thou ever find any alteration in the way of Allah. 3210 اَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا Have they not travelled in. 45 كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِـ the earth and seen how evil was the end of those who were before them? And they were "6:158. 27:51-52; 35:11. 17:78; 33:63; 48:24. d12:110; 22:47; 30:10; 40:22; 47:11. 3209. Commentary: The verse gives another argument to bring home to disbelievers the sense of the guilt of rejecting the Holy Prophet. It purports to say to them that they used to taunt the Jews and the Christians for rejecting their own Prophets and revelations; and, by assuming an air of superiority, used to say to the latter that if ever a Prophet of God appeared among them they would at once accept him. But now that the greatest of the Prophets has been raised among them, they are opposing and persecuting him. 3210. Commentary: The verse warns disbelievers that if they persist in their disbelief, they will be punished like disbelievers of the Prophets of yore. It is an established and invariable Divine law that opposition to Divine laws never goes unpunished. This fact is writ large on the history of all revealed religions. This is God's way and God's ways never change. 2644