The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 99
CH. 51 كَذلِكَ مَا آتَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمُ PT. 27 ADH-DHĀRIYĀT 53. Even so there came no Messenger to those before or a madman!” & مِنْ رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونَ ,them, but they said, “A sorcerer ا تَوَاصَوْابِه بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمُ طَاغُونَ Have they bequeathed this. 54 attitude as a legacy to one another? Nay, they are all a rebellious people. 3925 55. So turn away from them; and there will be no blame on thee. فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُوْمٍ وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ And keep on exhorting for. 56 verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe. وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا And I have not created the. 57 لِيَعْبُدُونِ عبد البعير. easy to walk or ride upon Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me. 3926 3925. Commentary: So strikingly similar are the charges levelled against Divine Reformers by their opponents in all ages that it seems they bequeathed it as a legacy to their successors to go on repeating those accusations. means, he subdued or rendered the camel submissive (Lane, Aqrab & Mufradāt). Commentary: 3926. Important Words: to a (they may worship Me) is derived from The (abada). a means, he served, worshipped or adored God alone or he rendered to God humble obedience. ('abuda) means, he was or became a slave, his forefathers having been so before him. means, he clave to it or him. (abbada) means, he enslaved him; he subdued him so that he did the work of slaves. means, he trod the road so as to make it even or 2995 The primary signification of the word (Ibadat) as shown under Important Words above, is to subject oneself rigorous spiritual discipline, working with all one's inherent powers and capacities to their fullest scope, in perfect harmony with and in obedience to God's design, so as to receive the Divine impress and thus be able to manifest in oneself God's attributes. This is, as stated in the present verse, the great and noble aim and object of man's creation and this is exactly what worship of God means. The external