The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 903
PT. 25 ḤĀ MĪM AS-SAJDAH gone before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided between them; and certainly they are in a disquieting doubt about it. 3594 CH. 41 بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ Whoso does right, it is for. 47 the benefit of his own soul; and whoso does evil, it will only go against it. And thy Lord is not at all unjust to His servants. فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ To Him alone is referred the. 48 knowledge of the Hour. And no مِنْ ثَمَرَتٍ مِنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ fruits come forth from their b spathes, nor does any female أنْثَى وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ وَيَوْمَ bear a child, nor does she give يُنَادِيهِمْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَاعِى قَالُوا أَذَتك it, but with His مَا مِنَّا مِنْ شَهِيدة لا birth to knowledge. And on the day when He will call unto them, saying, C""Where are My 'partners'?" they will say, 'We declare unto Thee, not one of us is a witness thereto. '3595 "3:183; 8:52; 17:8; 22:11. 13:9; 35:12. 18:53; 28:63. 3594. Commentary: The words, the matter would have been decided between them, signify that the guilt of disbelievers was so serious and patent that they would have been destroyed long ago, had it not been for the fact that God had created mankind for spiritual progress and that men might receive His mercy. The Divine punishment is deferred and postponed also because during the interval many of the enemies of truth may have an 2817 opportunity to accept the same. See also 7:157 & 11:111, 120. 3595. Commentary: The "Hour" signifying the hour of the disbelievers' doom, the verse means to say that God alone knows how the seed that the Holy Prophet has sown in the soil of Arabia would grow, and what kinds of fruit it would bear. If the fruits were rotten they would be destroyed but if they were wholesome and delicious they would be preserved with care, i. e. God alone