The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 877
PT. 24 AL-MU'MIN CH. 40 الْمُسِيءُ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ® إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَكِنَّ ;The Hour will surely come. 60 اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ ) deeds equal to those who do evil. Little do 3536 reflect. 3 you there is no doubt about it; yet most men believe not. 3537 b b وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ And your Lord says: Pray. 61 unto Me; I will answer your إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي prayer. But those who are too proud to worship Me will surely enter Hell, despised. '3538 R. 7. & سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دُخِرِينَ ® the night for you that you may rest therein, and the day to enable you to see. Verily, Allah اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ It is Allah Who has made. 62 وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ is Bountiful to mankind, yet لَا يَشْكُرُونَ most men are ungrateful. 353 a15:86; 20:16. 2:187; 6:42; 25:78; 27:63. 17:13; 36:38; 41:38. 3536. Commentary: The verse means to say that those who accept the truth and do good deeds are not like those who do evil deeds, because the former are gifted with spiritual sight while the latter are deprived of it; and the seeing and the blind can never be equal. 3537. Commentary: This verse reinforces the argument given in the previous verse and means to say that the "Hour" of the ultimate vanquishment of the forces of darkness and the triumph of Islam is fast approaching. It is as certain as anything, but most men are SO constituted that they would not believe in the "Hour" unless they actually feel its impact. 3538. Important Words: داخر despised) is the plural of) داخرين which is derived from which means, he was or became abject, mean, contemptible or despicable. therefore means, abject, mean, despicable, etc. (Lane). 3539. Commentary: Night is the time of rest and day that of work. In the life of a people, however, "night" represents the period of moral stagnation when they remain in a state of spiritual torpor, while "day" represents the time when a Divine Reformer has made his 2791