The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 83
PT. 26 QAF CH. 50 God in private and came to Him with a penitent heart. مَنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمَن بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَاءَ Who feared the Gracious. 34 يقلب منيبة ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلْمٍ ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُودِ لَهُمْ مَّا يَشَاءُ وْنَ فِيْهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيْدُ وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا فَنَقَبُوا فِي الْبِلادِ هَلْ مِن than they in power, have We 35. "Enter ye therein in peace. This is the Day of Eternity. '3881 36. "They will have therein whatever they desire, and with Us is a good deal more. 3882 how many a 37. "And generation, who were greater destroyed before them. They went about the lands devising means to escape the punishment. Was there any place of refuge for them?3883 "14:24; 15:47; 36:59. 10:27. 17:18; 19:75; 21:12; 36:32. 3881. Commentary: However dreadful its punishments may appear, Hell, according to the Quran, is a temporary penitentiary, while Heaven is an eternal abode; its blessings know no limit or end (11:109). 3882. Commentary: The righteous will have in Paradise what they desire, to their hearts' content, but as man's desires at best مَّحِيْصٍ from Allah will be lifted and His Heavenly Glory disclosed to the soul, untrammelled by its earthy raiments is, according to some authorities, what is meant by the words slow, i. e. and with Us is a good deal more. 3883. Important Words: (went about) is the intensive form of (naqaba) which means, he made a hole through a wall; he perforated, pierced or made a hole are limited, they will be given much through anything. means, he more than what they desire or deserve, much more than what they would even contemplate or conceive. They will see the beautiful face of God and will bask in the warmth of His countenance. This beautiful vision in which the veil which divides man 2979 went or went away through the land or country or journeyed or traversed through the land. Commentary: Divine punishment, when it comes, is overwhelming and all- encompassing. There is no escape or