The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 802
PT. 23 ṢĀD CH. 38 10. "Do they possess treasures of the mercy of thy أَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ the الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ Lord, the Mighty, the Great Bestower?3380 أَمْ لَهُمْ مُّلْكُ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا Or is the kingdom of the. 11 قف heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? So let them ascend with the means at their disposal. 3381 12. "They are among the confederates which بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْ تَقُوْا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ. جُنْدٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُوم من a host from الْأَحْزَابِ. will be routed here. 3382 "17:101; 52:38. b54:46. in 43:32 where the Meccan infidels are described as refusing to accept the Message of the Quran on the pretext, "why has not this Quran been sent to some great man of the two towns. " 3380. Commentary: In reply to the refusal of disbelievers to accept the Holy Prophet on the plea that he was a mere mortal like them and nothing more, the verse reproachfully asks them: Since when have they arrogated to themselves the possession of the treasures of Divine mercy? It is God's own special prerogative to select, in His infallible wisdom, whom He deems fit to be the bearer of His Message and the conveyer of His will to His creatures. 3381. Commentary: The present verse continues the argument embodied in the preceding verse and purports to say that disbelievers pose as if the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to them. Then let them gather, it says, all their means and resources against the Holy Prophet and multiply them as much as they can and use them against him. They will find to their mortification that they cannot arrest or impede the progress of the new Message. 3382. Important Words: هزم routed is derived from) مهزوم They say i. e. he broke and defeated the enemy. means, he dug the well. means, he killed him. means, a defeated and broken army (Aqrab). Commentary: a The verse at once contains prophecy and a challenge. The challenge is to the forces of evil to muster all their resources and form themselves into a strong confederacy to stop the onward march of Islam. And the prophecy is to the effect that the combined forces of disbelief shall be put to an ignominious rout if they 2716