The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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CH. 45 AL-JĀTHIYAH PT. 25 مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ Whoso does good, does it. 16 for his own soul; and whoso does wrong, does so to its detriment. Then to your Lord will you all be brought back. فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمُ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ) وَلَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَاء الكتب And verily, We gave the. 17 وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنهُم مِّن ;sovereignty, and prophethood children of Israel the Book, and and "We provided them with good and pure things, and We exalted them over the peoples of the time. 3741 الطَّيِّبَتِ وَ فَضَّلْتُهُمْ عَلَى الْعَلَمِيْنَ وَأَتَيْنَهُمْ بَنْتِ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا And We gave them clear. 18 الْعِلْمُ * Signs regarding this affair. "And إلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِ they did not differ but after true ط knowledge had come to them, بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ through mutual envy. Verily, thy الْقِيمَةِ فِيْمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection "6:161; 29:7. 6:90. 10:94. d42:15; 98:5. when God helped the Muslims against their enemies and punished the latter. 3741. Commentary: The mention Muslims were being persecuted. It was at that time that Muslims were enjoined to forgive those who persecuted them and who did not fear the punishment of God. The verse clearly embodied a great prophecy of prophethood, that the time was fast approaching separate from "the Book" (which when the persecutors of the poor and means the Law or the Shari'ah), defenceless Muslims would be at the shows that while Moses was given latter's mercy. So Muslims were told the Law, the Prophets who came after in advance that in such an eventuality him brought no new Law but they should forgive their persecutors followed the Torah-the Book of and forget the wrongs done to them, Moses. Elsewhere, the Quran says: and leave them to God to deal with Surely, We sent down the Torah them as He, in His infallible wisdom, wherein was guidance and light. By it deemed fit. did the Prophets who were obedient The words a signify the days to this judge for the Jews (5:47), 2890