The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 835
PT. 23 R. 3. AZ-ZUMAR CH. 39 أَفَمَنْ شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ Is he then whose bosom. 23 Allah has opened for the عَلَى نُورٍ مِنْ رَّبِّهِ فَوَيْلٌ لِلْقَسِيَةِ acceptance of Islam, so that he possesses a light from his Lord, قُلُوْبُهُمْ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ أُولَكَ فِي like him who is groping in the darkness of disbelief? Woe, then, to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah! are in manifest error. 3451 They "6:126. water issued forth from the spring. means, a spring of water; a rivulet or streamlet in which there is much water. One would say: فجر الله ينابيع الحكمة على لسانه the Word of God. Then there is a long interval and God's Word is forgotten and His commandments are defied and disobeyed. Again, the earth becomes parched and dried up and again a i. e. God caused to flow springs of generation of evil men, who are as wisdom on his tongue (Aqrab). good as dry fuel fit to be thrown into fire, is born and takes the place of good men. Thus the circle goes on. lb (broken straw) is derived from which means, it broke or became broken into pieces. They say (3451. Commentary: ali. e. the family of such a one حطمته السن. rendered him a broken man means, age broke him or rendered him infirm. means, what is broken into pieces; fragments, pieces (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The verse means to say that when the earth becomes spiritually parched, God sends down rain in the form of Divine revelation and then it receives a new life and fruits and flowers of different hues, tastes and flavours grow, i. e. when a Divine Reformer appears, a community of righteous and God-fearing men is born, and pious and learned ‘ulema' teach men Whereas in the preceding verse reference was made to Divine revelation, in the present verse we are told that now that the Quran has been revealed those whose hearts God has opened for the acceptance of truth have accepted it but those who have chosen to grope in the darkness of disbelief have rejected it. These two classes of men cannot be equal. The verse further says that truth carries with it a strong conviction. The teaching of Islam has such depth and vastness that it makes the hearts of believers to expand and overflow with Divine knowledge and love. It certainly opens up new and endless 2749