The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 764
CH. 37 AȘ-ṢĀFFĀT 4. And they recite the Reminder the Quran³273 5. "Surely, your God is One, 3274 PT. 23 فَالثَّلِيتِ ذِكْرًا ل اِنَّ الْهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدة رَبُّ السَّمواتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا Lord of the heavens and the. 6 earth and all that is between a5:74; 16:23; 22:35. 19:66; 38:67; 44:8; 78:38. 3273. Important Words: ذكرا التاليات the (who recite Reminder―the Quran) may refer to Muslims reciting the Quran regularly. Commentary: among every people a group of righteous and God-fearing Muslims who, by word and deed and by precept and practice, bear testimony. i. e إن إلهكم لواحد to the great truth, viz God is One. As a prophecy, however, the verses signify that though at present the whole of Arabia is sunk deep in idol- worship and moral turpitude but a community of the Faithful will soon be born who not only will themselves glorify God and sing His praises and make the whole country resound with their hosannas but will also succeed in establishing Divine Unity in the land. These verses may have yet another interpretation, viz. that if a representative gathering of the The description given in this and the preceding two verses may apply to believers and as such the clause, "those who range themselves in close rows," may signify the believers who stand in rows behind their Imām in the five daily Prayers or those who stand in battle array facing the enemy. The next verse, "and they drive away the enemy vigorously," may refer to the believers who wage a veritable war against their own passions, and keep them under restraint, or to believers who hold the effectively in check. And the words "and they recite the Reminder the Quran" may mean Muslims who recite the Quran and remember God and glorify Him in the day and night Prayers, or even when they are engaged in fighting against the enemy. These verses read in conjunction deliberations of such a gathering will enemy with the verse that follows embody both a prophecy and a statement of fact. As a statement of fact, they signify that there live in all times and 2678 learned men of various Faiths were held in a peaceful atmosphere and the basic religious principles were discussed and debated impartially and dispassionately in a calm atmosphere, under the supervision of the custodians of law and order, the inevitable outcome of the be the affirmation of the doctrine that "God is One". 3274. Commentary: See preceding verse.