The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 105
PT. 27 AṬ-ṬŪR 8. The punishment of thy Lord shall certainly come to pass;" 3936 9. There is none that can avert it. 10. On the day when the heaven will be in a state of terrific commotion, 3937 “51:6. the Patriarch Abraham, aided and assisted by his son, Ishmael, while raising its foundations, had prayed that the place may become a haven of safety and security and may constitute the centre from where God's Unity and Oneness may be proclaimed and preached. It was "this barren waste that didst not bear and didst not travail with child" which gave birth to the greatest son of man, as was spoken of old (Isa. 54:1). Here it was (as was foretold) that "the glory of God rose and shone; the multitudes of camels came, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, all came from Sheba and brought gold and incense and shewed forth the praises of the Lord" (Isa. 60:1-6). The reference in the words "the Elevated Roof," being to heaven, the verse (v. 6) signifies that the disbelievers are so unwise as not to see this simple fact that whereas the Prophet continuously receives Divine help and his cause progresses and prospers, failure dogs their footsteps and all their designs and plans against the Prophet prove abortive. In the words "the Swollen Sea," the reference may be to the CH. 52 انَ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِع ) قَالَهُ مِنْ دَافِع ن يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءِ مَوْران Mediterranean Sea where Pharaoh and his mighty hosts were drowned while pursuing the Israelites or they may refer to the battlefield of Badr where all the great leaders of the Quraish were killed, as it was known as i. e. the sea (Niḥāyah). The words may also apply to the Quran which like a fathomless sea of spiritual knowledge continues to throw out treasures of divine knowledge. "Why do not the disbelievers," the verse purports to say, "take a lesson from these patent facts and realize that opposition to God's Messengers does not pay and will end in their ruin?" 3001 3936. Commentary: All the facts mentioned in the preceding six verses show that if disbelievers do not give up their evil ways and opposition to the Holy Prophet, Divine punishment would descend upon them and would break them to pieces. "The punishment of thy Lord," may also refer to the punishment of the Day Resurrection. 3937. Commentary: of The verse may signify that on that