The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 134
CH. 53 AN-NAJM 61. And do you laugh, and weep not? 4003 62. And will you remain proudly heedless? 63. So prostrate yourselves PT. 27 وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ وَاَنْتُمْ سَمِدُونَ فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوان before Allah, and worship Him. " 4004 "7:206; 22:78; 41:38; 96:20. power in this Surah, and in much more forceful accents in the next (54:46). 4003. Important Words: (proudly heedless) is the plural of which is act. part. from dow which means, he was or became high and elevated; he raised his head in pride; he diverted himself, sported and played; he was or became negligent or heedless and went away leaving a thing; he was or became confounded, perplexed, amazed, and was unable to see the right course; he kept constantly to an affair (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: so that mercy might be shown to them. It seems that as the Holy Prophet finished reciting the Sūrah, before a mixed gathering of Muslims and disbelievers, and, along with his followers, he prostrated himself on the ground, the disbelievers too, having been deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion and being overawed by the august recitation of the Quranic words, as well as by God's Majesty and Glory, might also have fallen in prostration. This was not unlikely since they regarded God as the Supreme Lord and Creator and their own deities as mere intercessors with Him (10:19). By connecting this plausible incident, The warning contained in vv. 58-61 however, with the baseless legend is repeated here. 4004. Commentary: The verse seems to say to disbelievers, there is yet time that they should accept the Divine Message and worship God and repent woven round vv. 21-23 by some "inventive minds," the traducers of the Holy Prophet have persuaded themselves to detect in it a "lapse" on his part. But the lapse, if any, is the creation of their own imagination. 3030