The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 833
CH. 39 قُلِ اللهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ دِينِي PT. 23 AZ-ZUMAR 15. "Say, 'It is Allah I worship, being sincere to Him in my religion. 3 3446 فَاعْبُدُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ قُلْ إِنَّ So worship what you like. 16 beside Him. ' Say, 'Surely, the الْخَسِرِينَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ losers will be those who ruin وَاَهْلِيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ ، أَلَا ذَلِكَ هُوَ the Day of الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ their souls and ruin their families on Resurrection. ' Beware! that is surely the manifest loss. 3447 لَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ They will have over them. 17 coverings of fire, and beneath تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلُ ذلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ الله به them similar coverings. It is this عِبَادَهُ يُعِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ against which Allah warns His servants. O My servants, take Me, then, for your Protector. ' وَالَّذِيْنَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهَا And those who eschew the. 18 worship of false gods and turn وَاَنَابُوا إِلَى اللهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَى فَبَشِّرُ to Allahfor them is glad عِبَادِة tidings. So give good tidings to My servants, الَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ Who listen to the Word and. 19 احْسَنَة follow the best thereof. It is أُولَيكَ الَّذِينَ هَدهُمُ اللهُ they whom Allah has guided 3446. Commentary: a40:65; 98:6. b7:42; 18:30. 07:205. Medina singly, or in small groups. The verse warns idolatrous In the brief space of four verses, | 3447. Commentary: viz. 3rd, 4th, 12th and 15th, the Holy Prophet has been enjoined to be sincere to God in religion. These verses seemed to prepare Muslims for the severe trials that lay ahead of them in Medina. The Surah was revealed in the later Meccan period, when Muslims were leaving for | Mecca. 2747 disbelievers that the day was fast approaching when they will discover to their mortification that they had ruined themselves. That day dawned with the Prophet's departure from