The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 750
CH. 36 YĀ SIN PT. 23 قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنُطْعِمُ Allah has provided you, those who disbelieve say to those who مَنْ لَّوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَةٌ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ إِلَّا believe, “Shall we feed him في ضَللٍ مُّبِين whom Allah would have fed, if He had so willed? You are but in manifest error. '3245 وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ And they say, “When will. 49 صدِقِينَ this promise be fulfilled, if indeed you are truthful?' مَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً They are waiting only for a. 50 single blast which will seize them while they are still disputing. 3246 51. And they will not be able to make a will, nor will they return to their families. R. 4. تأخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِضِمُونَ ) فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَا إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ & وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مِّن And the trumpet shall be. 52 فَ blown, and lo! from the graves "3:182; 5:65. 21:39; 34:30; 67:26. 21:40; 36:30; 38:16; d18:100; 39:69; 50:21; 69:14 3245. Commentary: strong western nations that the reference is made in the words "shall we feed him whom Allah would have fed, if He had so willed. " 3246. Commentary: The verse seems to imply that the Divine punishment referred to in the preceding verses which will overtake the materialistic Christian nations, will take the form of a revolt on the part of the suppressed and starved The punishment mentioned here nations of the east. The eastern will be like a bolt from the blue. It nations will rebel and revolt because will be so swift and sudden that, as the western nations will have mentioned in the next verse, the mercilessly exploited them and guilty people will not be able even to carried all their wealth to the west make a will. The reference may be to and denied them even bare the swift bombing attacks from the subsistence. It is to this exploitation air by which thousands die, as it of the weak eastern nations by the | were, in the twinkling of an eye. 2664