The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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CH. 52 AṬ-ṬŪR 6. And by the Elevated Roof; 3934 7. And by the Swollen Sea"; 3935 PT. 27 وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوع وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِة "81:7. the Ka'bah which is described in the Quran also as "a Resort" (2:126); "the Sacred House" (5:3); "the Sacred Mosque" (17:2); "the Ancient House" (22:30); and "the Town of Security" (95:4); etc. 3934. Commentary: 'The Elevated Roof may also refer to the tabernacle which Moses set up in the wilderness in the form of a canopy under which the Israelites worshipped. Or it may refer to the Ka'bah or to the sky or heaven the last reference being more appropriate and relevant. 3935. Important Words: intimately connected with Moses- the counterpart of the Holy Prophet. It was on the Ṭur that the revelation was vouchsafed to Moses which embodied his Law and the prophecies which spoke about the appearance of a great Divine Prophet from among the brethren of the Israelites. That and was to shine forth from mount Prophet was to be the like of Moses Paran and to come with ten thousand saints, holding in his right hand a fiery law (Deut. 18:18 & 33:2). Evidently, the Holy Prophet was the Divine Messenger spoken of in the prophecy. His advent is likened in the Quran to the advent of Moses (73:16). He shined forth from mount Paran, holding the Quran in his right. سجر swollen) is derived from) المسجور They sayi. e. the water filled the stream. (sajjara) means, he filled the oven with firewood and heated it. means, he made the water to flow forth whithersoever it would. means, filled; kindled; still or quiet, or still and full at the same time; empty (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: It is the characteristic of the Quran that when it has to make a firm declaration and impart emphasis and certainty to that declaration it swears by, or cites as witnesses, certain beings or objects or natural laws or phenomena. In the first few verses the Sūrah swears by certain things hand and entered Mecca at the head Surah then cites, as evidence, the of ten thousand saintly warriors. The "Inscribed Book" which is the Bible or the Quran, preferably the latter, and which stands as a standing and incontrovertible testimony to the truth of the claims of the Holy Prophet. "The Frequented House" the Ka'bah, more than anything else, shows that the religion of which it forms the citadel and the centre is God's Final Dispensation. The site where the Ka'bah stands was a dry barren waste where no sign of human or animal life was visible. Here, long centuries ago, a holy man of God- 3000