The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 826
success who accept and live up to its teaching as it contains all eternal truths. God has decreed that principles and ideals taught by the Quran will become established in the world and that the Holy Prophet has been commissioned to spread its teaching. So why should he seek any reward from men when God Himself is his Rewarder? Subject Matter The Surah opens with the subject of Quranic revelation and proceeds to deal with the need, purpose and supreme object of all revealed Books and Divine Prophets which is the establishment of Unity of God on earth. The greatest impediment that bars the way to the achievement of this great and noble object, lies in the fact that man is prone to worship false gods—the idols of his own creation. Of all forms of idolatry, perhaps the most hideous and most prevalent, and which has done the greatest injury to man's spiritual development, is the belief that Jesus is the son of God. God, however, being the sole Creator and Controller of the whole universe, does not need a son to help Him in the conduct of affairs of the world. The Surah cites the most beautiful and consummate design and order in the universe as a further argument in support of the belief that there is only one Designing Mind behind all existence. Three stages of the (sperm drop), a (clot) and a (lump of flesh) through which a man passes before his birth, are adduced as an additional argument. It is such a God, says the Surah, Who deserves and demands our adoration and to Whose worship man is invited by the Quran. It is to be regretted, however, that whenever a Prophet had invited men to God, only a small minority accepted his message. After having briefly discussed the need and purpose of Divine revelation the Surah proceeds to give two very strong and sound arguments in support of that phenomenon: (1) That those who invent lies against God, and those who reject truth, never succeed in life. Failure and ignominy dog their footsteps. (2) The Prophets of God and those who accept them and follow their lead always meet with success and their cause prospers. These two arguments constitute an infallible criterion to judge the truth of a claimant to Divine revelation. Judged by these standards, the claim of the Holy Prophet as a Divine Messenger, and of the Quran as heavenly revelation, stands unchallenged and proved beyond doubt. The Sūrah gives one more argument in support of the truth of the Quran and of the Holy Prophet, viz. that while their true followers succeed in winning the pleasure of God and worldly power, prosperity, and prestige, disbelievers meet with failure, frustration and disgrace in life and end by drawing upon themselves the wrath of God. After having warned them of the consequences of a sinful life, the Surah holds out to the sinners a message of hope and good cheer that, 2740