The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 966
CH. 44 AD-DUKHĀN PT. 25 مَا خَلَقَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ We created them not but for. 40 لَا يَعْلَمُونَ an eternal purpose, but most of them understand not. 41. Verily, the Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them. 3719 اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ) يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا The Day when a friend. 42 هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ shall not avail a friend at all, nor shall they be helped, إِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ Save those to whom Allah. 43 الرَّحِيمُن إنَّ شَجَرَتْ الرَّقُوم طَعَامُ الْآثِيُمن bthe tree of shows mercy. Surely, He is the Mighty, the Merciful. 3720 44. Verily, Zaqqūm3721 R. 3. 45. Will be the food of the sinful, "2:124; 70:11; 80:35-37. 37:63; 56:53. inborn powers of man are an indication that life is real and earnest. It is to this great principle that the creation of the heavens and the earth emphatically draws our attention. 3719. Commentary: Besides the final Day of Decision when all secrets of the unknown will be laid bare and human actions weighed in the balance and finally judged, there is a day of decision in the time of every Prophet in this very life when truth triumphs and false- hood is defeated. The reference in the verse is to both these Days of Decision. 3720. Commentary: Elsewhere the Quran says: "There 2880 is no shelter for anyone this day from the decree of Allah excepting those to whom He shows mercy" (11:44). It is one of the basic principles of Islam that salvation depends upon the grace and mercy of God. 3721. Commentary: In this and several succeeding verses a description is given of the consequences of rejection of the Divine Message and of its accep- tance, as unfolded in this and the next world. The description given is in terms of physical representation of the condition of dwellers of Hell and that of the inmates of Paradise.