The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 866
CH. 40 AL-MU'MIN person who believes not in the Day of Reckoning. 3515 R. 4. PT. 24 وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ And a believing man from. 29 among the people of Pharaoh, يَكْتُمُ اِيْمَانَةٌ آتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا اَنْ who kept hidden his faith, said "Will you slay a man because , يَقُولَ رَ اللهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَ كُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ ,he says, “My Lord is Allah مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَاِنْ يَّكُ كَاذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? "And if كَذِبُهُ وَإِنْ يَكُ صَادِقَاتُصِبْكُمْ he be a liar, on him will be the بَعْضُ الَّذِي يَعِدُكُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَهْدِى sin of his lie; but if he is truthful, then some of that which he threatens you with will surely befall you. Certainly, Allah guides not one who exceeds the bounds and is a great liar. 3516 مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفُ كَذَّابٌ يُقَوْمِ لَكُمُ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ظُهِرِينَ فِي O my people, yours is the. 30 sovereignty this day, you being الْأَرْضِ فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنَا مِنْ بَأْسِ اللهِ اِن dominant in the land. But who 3515. Commentary: "69:45, 47. God is the last refuge of the Prophets and the Elect. They knock at His door when they see darkness all around them and when the powers of evil are determined to exterminate truth preached by them. 3516. Commentary: The good man kept his faith concealed in order to give expression to it on a suitable occasion. The bold manner in which he expressed his belief and spoke to the people of Pharaoh shows that the concealment was not due to fear. The verse also embodies an It seems that under the influence of infallible criterion to test the truth of Pharaoh's wife who the claim of a Divine Reformer viz. was a very righteous woman (66:12) some other that (1) a forger of lies is never members of his household had also allowed to grow and prosper and that believed in Moses and the "believing (2) the opponents of a Divine man" might have been one of them. | Reformer do not go unpunished. 2780