The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 799
PT. 23 ركوعاتها اتھا ٨٩ CH. 38 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ص وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِة بَلِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ (SAD) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 3372 2. Şad. By the Quran, full of exhortation, it is Our revealed word. 3373 3. But those who disbelieve are steeped in false pride and enmity. 3 3374 كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا How many a generation have. 4 We destroyed before them! They cried out for help, but it was no longer the time for escape. 3375 "Seel: 1. 43:45. 6:7; 19:75; 36:32; 50:37. 3372. Commentary: See. 1:1. 3373. Commentary: The letter may signify "the Truthful God" or "I am Allah, the Truthful" or "God has spoken the truth" (a). For an explanation of abbreviated letters see 2:2 & 19:2. ♫ means full of admonition and exhortation or possessing eminence and honour; or acting upon its teaching the believers will achieve honour, good name and eminence. The whole verse may mean that the Truthful God swears by the Quran that the followers of the Holy Prophet, by acting upon the teaching of the Quran and making it a rule of their lives, will achieve eminence and will come to occupy a most honoured place in the comity of nations. The وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصِ verse thus constitutes a great prophecy about the glorious future of Islam. 3374. Commentary: The root-cause of all sin and disbelief is false pride, conceit and arrogance. The first recorded sin was committed by Satan who refused to submit to Adam on the basis of his farcical superiority to him (Adam). disi. e. "I am better than he" (17:13) has always been the boast of disbelievers which has prevented them from accepting the truth in the time of every Prophet. They cannot persuade themselves to give their allegiance to one who, they say, is quite like themselves; even inferior to them in some respects. 3375. Important Words: لاته عن كذا it was no longer لات 2713 means, he withheld him or restrained