The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 959
PT. 25 CH. 44 7. ركوعاتها سُورَةُ الدُّخَانِ مَكّيَّةٌ ٤٤ بسمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْكِتَبِ الْمُبِينِ معانقة عند المتقدمين (AD-DUKHĀN) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 3698 2. 'Ḥā Mīm. 3699 3. By this perspicuous Book. 3700 4. Truly, We revealed it in a blessed Night. Truly, We have ever been warning against evil. 3701 5. In it all wise things are decided,3702 إِنَّا اَنْزَلْنَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبُرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ فيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيون "Seel:1. 40:2. 97:2. d97:5. 3698. Commentary: See. 1:1. spiritual darkness enshrouds the entire face of the earth and mankind wallows in the quagmire of sin and 3699. Commentary: See 40:2. 3700. Commentary: See 26:3; 27:2 and 28:3. 3701. Commentary: In this verse the Quran is stated to have been revealed in the blessed night which elsewhere is called all i. e. the "Night of Destiny" (97:2). According to authentic traditions of the Holy Prophet, the "Night of Destiny" falls in the last ten nights of Ramadan, the month in which the Quran began to be revealed (2:186), to be exact, on its 24th night (Masnad & Jarir). The blessed night, or the "Night of Destiny", is the Quranic metaphor for a period of time when 2873 iniquity. It is then that a Divine Reformer is raised to reclaim and regenerate corrupt humanity. The night which gave to humanity its greatest Teacher and the last and most perfect Divine Law, was indeed a "Night of Destiny" for it. The blessed night or the "Night of Destiny" may also be taken as covering the whole period in which the Quran continued to be revealed. 3702. Commentary: The "Night of Destiny" or the time of the advent of a great Divine Reformer heralds a new era, a new order of things, when, in fact, the future of humanity is decreed and decided. The time when the Quran