The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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PT. 23 AS-SAFFAT CH. 37 وَنَجَّيْنُهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِن وَجَعَلْنَا ذُريَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَقِينَ وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِيْنَ سلم عَلَى نُوحٍ فِي الْعَلَمِينَ إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ اغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ وَاِنَّ مِنْ شِيْعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهِيمَه 77. "And We saved him and his family from the great distress;3320 78. And We made his offspring the only survivors. 3321 79. And We left for him a good name among the later generations. 80. Peace be upon Noah among the peoples! 81. Thus indeed do We reward those who do good. 82. He was surely one of Our believing servants. 83. Then We drowned the others. 84. And verily of his party was also Abraham;3322 وقف لازم a21:77; 26:120; 54:14. verse and is continued in the following verses. The account of these Prophets begins with the history of the Prophet Noah with whom the foundations of human civilised society were laid. See also 7:60-65 and 11:37-50. 3320. Commentary: The reference in the words "great distress" is to "Noah's Flood". 3321. Commentary: As stated in v. 76 above, Noah laid the foundations of human civilization and culture and it is an established fact of history that with the progress of a people in civilization their numbers tend to increase and a corresponding decrease takes place in the numbers of less civilised communities living with them in the same or surrounding lands. The descendants of Noah being more civilised and having more material resources at their disposal seemed to have spread to other lands and subjugated less civilized peoples, who in course of time became absorbed in them and consequently became extinct. 2693 3322. Important Words: (party) is derived from ε. They say εi. e. he followed him and helped him or was his companion.