The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 59
PT. 16 MARYAM CH. 19 وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ مِنْ رَّحْمَتِنَا أَخَاهُ هُرُونَ And We bestowed upon. 54 نبيَّان him, out of Our mercy, "his brother Aaron as a Prophet. 2196 وَاذْكُرُ فِي الْكِتَبِ اسْمعِيْلَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ And relate the story of. 55 صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّان Ishmael as mentioned in the Book. He was indeed strict in keeping his promise. And he was a Messenger, a Prophet. 2197 "20:30, 31; 25:36; 28:36. for opening to him the avenues of divine knowledge and secrets of the unknown; (b) when We drew him near to Us, he came to Us hastening; (c) when We drew him near to Us, We Ourselves hastened to him. In the verse under comment the word has been used with regard to Moses while with regard to the Holy Prophet the word (blessed) is used. This word has a deeper and more comprehensive meaning than. The Quran has been called to i. e. a blessed Book (6:93,156; 21:51). The place where the Holy Prophet was born was i. e. blessed (3:97), and so was his landing in Medina (23:30). The divine light which he received has also been described as (blessed) (24:36) and the word of. i. e ليلة مباركة God came to him in blessed night (44:4). 2196. Commentary: In 20:30 Aaron has been described as helper () of Moses and in the present verse it is said that God bestowed Aaron upon Moses. This shows that Aaron was a follower of the Law revealed to Moses and held a subordinate position to him. It can safely be inferred from this that one Prophet can be subordinate to another Prophet. 2197. Commentary: God was well pleased with Abraham. He chose him and his seed for the bestowal of His special favours and blessings and for that purpose He established a covenant with him. The covenant is given in the Bible as follows: 1973 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation (Gen. 17:19, 20). The covenant began with Isaac and in fulfilment of it God raised a long line of Prophets among his descendants, and also gave them worldly dominion, power and wealth.