The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 921
PT. 25 ASH-SHŪRĀ CH. 42 وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِم And He it is Who accepts. 26 وَيَعْفُوا عَنِ السَّيَاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا and forgives sins. And He تَفْعَلُونَ repentance from His servants, knows what you do. 3621 وَيَسْتَجِيْبُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا And He accepts the prayers. 27 الصُّلِحَتِ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ good works, and gives them وَالْكَفِرُونَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدُ of those who believe and do more than their due reward out of His grace; and as for the disbelievers, they will have a severe punishment. وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوُا And if Allah should enlarge. 28 the provision for His servants, "9:104; 33:74. 2:187. forgers are sealed, but your heart has been opened (94:2) and you have scaled the highest peaks of spiritual eminence. All this shows that you are not an impostor but a true Prophet of God and are under His care and protection. " The verse may also mean: "If God has willed that your enemies should have been punished for calling you a liar and a forger, He would have sealed your heart i. e. He would have made your heart devoid of all mercy and solicitude for them, so that instead of being solicitous for their spiritual well-being, you would have invoked God's curses upon them, but He has chosen not to do so. " In fact, the Holy Prophet's heart was full of the milk of human kindness ever for his bitterest enemies and he never prayed against them as Prophets Moses and Noah had prayed (11:89 & 71:27). The words, But Allah is blotting out falsehood through thee and is establishing the truth by His words, may signify: Why should God make the Prophet's heart devoid of sympathy for his opponents when He has decreed that falsehood shall be vanquished and truth shall triumph and the Prophet's erstwhile enemies shall become his devoted followers; and why should the Prophet make use of forgery for the propagation of his ideals when disbelievers will certainly accept Islam by seeing divine prophecies being fulfilled before their very eyes. 3621. Commentary: 2835 The theme of the preceding verses is continued here. The verse purports to say that the Holy Prophet's enemies will repent of their sins and God will accept their repentance and that they will join the fold of Islam.