The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 74
CH. 19 MARYAM PT. 16 فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدَّان So be not thou in haste with. 85 يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ الْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ وَفَدَان Remember the day when. 86 regard to them; We are keeping full account of their doings. 2224 "We shall gather the righteous before the Gracious God as honoured guests. 2225 Commentary: "39:74. The words mean:(a) satans incite disbelievers to acts of disobedience; (b) they continue to incite disbelievers to acts of disobedience till they enter Hell; and (c) they incite disbelievers against Muslims that they should attack the latter, and persecute them. disbelievers) here signifies a) الكافرين particular class of disbelievers i. e. those disbelievers who by their persistent transgression and evil deeds deprive themselves completely of Divine protection. 2224. Commentary: will have the power to fight them) may perhaps have been derived from this Divine command. The words (mean: (a) We are keeping full account of their wicked deeds; and (b) We are keeping account of the time when their punishment will be due. The verse means to say that their doom is already decreed and it will overtake them when the appointed time arrives. 2225. Important Words: , (honoured guests) is the plural of, which is active participle from i. e. he وفد الى او على السلطان They say. وفد Muslims are فلا تعجل عليهم In the words enjoined not to lose patience if Divine punishment is slow in overtaking Western Christian nations. The words also seem to enjoin Muslims not to be so impatient as to indulge in such foolish dreams as waging jihad against disbelievers because they (Muslims) do not possess the necessary means to fight them successfully, but should adopt only spiritual means for this purpose such as praying and preaching and disseminating the teachings of Islam. The warning contained in the Holy no one لا يدان لاحد لقتالهم Prophet's words 1988 came to the king as an ambassador, envoy or messenger; or to convey gifts and ask aid; he went forth to the king (Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: This verse has provoked discussion as to whether the righteous will be assembled before God or will merely be admitted to Paradise. There seems to be no real difference between the two alternative senses, because Paradise is the House of God and going to Paradise is as good as going before God. The verse may also apply to two resurrections; the one in this world and the other in the next. Resurrection in the next world will