The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 886
and did not reform themselves, they too will meet with no better fate and will be hauled up before God's great Judgement Seat and their ears, eyes and skins will bear witness against them and their ultimate destination will be Hell. The Surah then proceeds to say that whenever a new Prophet comes in the world, the leaders of disbelief try to stifle the voice of truth by raising commotion against it and seek to confuse people by using all sorts of guiles and subterfuges; but falsehood has never succeeded in drowning the voice of truth. Likewise will the efforts of opponents of the Holy Prophet against him fail. The angels of God will descend upon those who believe in him and stand by him through thick and thin, consoling and comforting them, blessing their endeavours with success and telling them that they will inherit Divine blessings in this world and will be God's guests in the next. Next, the Surah says that the teaching of the Quran will continue to advance by its own inherent qualities and strength. The votaries of darkness will try to put obstacles in its way but God will remove those obstacles and gradually truth will spread and the night of sin and iniquity will pass away and the sun of righteousness and God's Unity will begin to shine upon Arabia and a whole people, who for centuries had groped in the darkness of ignorance, will receive new life, and a bleak and barren land will bloom and blossom forth with green verdure all its own. This marvellous change will come about through the noble teachings of this wonderful Book—the Quran, revealed by God, Who is Wise and Worthy of all praise. Towards the close, the Surah makes a prophecy that Islam, after having been established in Arabia, will spread and expand to the farthest ends of the earth through the sincere and indefatigable efforts of the followers of Islam. God alone knows how and when the seed of truth that the Holy Prophet has sown in the soil of Arabia will develop and grow into a mighty tree, but grow it must and under its cool and comfortable shade great nations will rest. 2800