The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 969
PT. 25 AD-DUKHĀN CH. 44 E الأولى وَوَقْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ "And He will save them from the punishment of the blazing Fire, 3728 فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ As an act of grace from thy. 58 العظيم Lord. "That is the supreme triumph. 3729 فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْتُهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ (And We have made it (the. 59 Quran) easy in thy tongue that they may give heed. 60. So wait thou; they too are waiting. 3730 17 يَتَذَكَّرُونَ فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُونَ & a52:28. 37:61. 19:98; 54:18. woman having wide, black eyes. See Prophet has been enjoined to wait. also 37:49. 3728. Commentary: The verse unmistakably shows that life in the next world would be eternal and continuously progressive; not a life of inaction or lassitude. 3729. Commentary: The Sūrah ends with the enunciation of the basic doctrine of Islam that salvation depends on the grace and mercy of God. 3730. Commentary: Twice in this brief Surah the Holy The Surah was revealed at Mecca. This shows that the Holy Prophet was to wait for some time before Divine punishment was to overtake the Quraish. The Muslims had to wait for 14 long years before heavenly punishment visited their persecutors and tormentors in the form of the latter's ignominious defeat at Badr. The God of Islam is a Merciful and Compassionate God. He is quick to forgive and slow to punish. 2883