The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 737
CH. 36 تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ PT. 22 YĀ SĪN 6. "This is a revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful, 7. "That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and SO they are heedless. 3216 لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنْذِرَابَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غفِلُونَ لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ Surely, the word has proved. 8 لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ true against most of them, for they believe not. إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمُ اللَّا فَهِيَ إِلَى We have put round their. 9 JIES VERGEETEBUKLE necks collars reaching unto the chins, so that their heads are forced up. 3217 الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُّقْمَحُونَ "20:5; 32:3; 40:3; 41:3; 45:3; 46:3. 28:47; 32:4. 13:6; 76;5. to God. All other paths that formerly led to Him have now been closed and shall remain closed till the end of time. The fact that after the advent of the Holy Prophet there has not appeared among the followers of any other religion a single claimant to Divine revelation, while there have been living among the followers of Islam in every age, persons to whom God spoke and revealed Himself, is a proof positive of the Holy Prophet's path being now the only right and straight path, and of the Quran being the only revealed Book which can lead man to God. The verse makes a fine distinction between a Prophet and a philosopher. A philosopher takes a long time to find out truth and often gets lost in the quest, but a Prophet of God discovers it by the shortest route and in the shortest period of time. Unlike philosophers he is guided to it direct by Divine revelation without wandering in the labyrinth of abstract 2651 and abstruse ideas. 3216. Commentary: The Arabs were the immediate addressees of the Holy Prophet and them no Divine Messenger among had appeared for a long time. But in His infallible wisdom God selected them for preaching to mankind the last Divine Message. The Quran has incontestibly laid claim to being that Message. The following verses of the Quran speak of its finality and universality: "Say, O mankind, truly I am a Messenger to you all from Allah" (7:159); "And We have sent thee not but as a mercy for all peoples" (21:108); "Blessed is He Who has sent down the Discrimin- ation to His servant, that he may be a Warner to all the worlds" (25:2); "And We have not sent thee but as a Bearer of good news and as a Warner to all mankind" (34:29). 3217. Important Words: their heads are forced up is) ممحون