The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 943
PT. 25 AZ-ZUKHRUF CH. 43 وَزُخْرُفًا وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذلك لَمَّا مَتَاعُ And ornaments of gold. But. 36 ذَلِكَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ temporary provision of the لِلْمُتَّقِينَ all that is nothing but a present life. And the Hereafter with thy Lord is for the righteous. 3664 R. 4. وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَنِ نُقَيِّضُ لَهُ And he who turns away. 37 شَيْطَنَّا فَهُوَلَهُ قَرِيْنٌ from the remembrance of the Gracious God, We appoint for him a satan, who becomes his companion. وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ And surely they hinder. 38 وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُونَ them from the way of God, but they think that they are rightly guided;3665 "20:101, 102; 72:18. 8:35; 16:89; 22:26; 48:26. 3664. Commentary: The verse purports to say that were 3665. Important Words: عشا turns away) is derived from) يعش means, he عشى & عشا عشى يعشى and يعشو it not that by the obliteration of was or became blind or weak-sighted, he did not see by night or by day. Lac dis means, he turned away from him. (1) and he who turns away from the admonition of the Gracious God; (2) and such as is blind to the admonition of the Gracious God; (3) and such as feigns or pretends blindness (Lane & Aqrab). disparity of means, wealth and position, all men would have become of one type and human society would have ceased to function, God would therefore would mean, have provided all disbelievers with houses made of silver, having doors and stairways of silver, and would have given them couches of silver on which to recline and other ornaments of gold, because these things possess no worth or value in His sight or at the most are a temporary embellishment of this worldly life which itself is of very short duration. But the life eternal and everlasting, whose blessings will know limitation or diminution is only for the righteous and God-fearing. no Commentary: In the preceding verse it was stated that worldly wealth and material gains are mere trash that turn men away from God. The present verse warns those who turn away from God and are blind to Divine admonition that they would fall a victim to the 2857