The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 780
CH. 37 AȘ-ṢĀFFĀT 85. "When he came to his Lord with a pure heart;3 3323 86. "When he said to his father and to his people, 'What is it that you worship?3324 87. A lie-gods beside Allah do you desire?3325 88. So what is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?' 3326 PT. 23 إِذْ جَاءَ رَبَّهُ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيْمِ إِذْ قَالَ لِاَ بِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ® ايفا الِهَةً دُونَ اللهِ تُرِيدُونَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ "26:90. 19:43; 26:71. means, a sound and healthy heart; a heart free from all dross and spiritual maladies; a heart at peace with God and man; a heart fully resigned to the will of the great Creator. Such a noble heart did Abraham really possess. (shayya'-hu) means, he went out with Commentary: him to see him off or to accompany him to his abode. means, a separate or distinct party or sect of men; any people that have combined in or for an affair. means, a man's followers and his helpers. (plural) is applied to any people or party whose affair or case is one, who follow one another's opinion. 3324. Commentary: For Abraham's account and his (which is plural. ) means, the likes oration against idolatry, see also (Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: The verse may mean that Abraham was a follower of the Law of Noah or that he belonged to the same category, i. e. the category of Divine Messengers, to which Noah belonged. 3323. Important Words: (sound) is derived from which means, he was safe and secure. all means, he was or became free from defect or safe or secure from calamity. a means, he submitted or resigned to God. therefore means, sound, healthy, safe and free from all defects and impurities; resigned to God's will (Aqrab). See also 2:113, 209; 4:95 & 10:26. 21:52-68. 3325. Commentary: Man is prone to worship false gods in the form of human beings to whom he attributes Divine powers, such as Jesus, Rama, etc. ; or objects of nature such as the sun, the moon and the stars; or inanimate things such as gods hewed out of wood and stone, or his own time-worn customs, usages, prejudices and superstitions, his desires, passions, etc. 2694 3326. Commentary: In these words Abraham rebukes his people for having such a poor conception of God, the Lord of all the worlds as to prefer worship of false gods to His worship.