The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 147
PT. 27 AL-QAMAR CH. 54 أَكُفَّارُ كُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَيكُمُ أَمْ لَكُمْ Are your disbelievers better. 44 بَرَاءَةُ فِي الزِّبُرِ أمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيع مُنتَصِرُ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَتُونَ الدُّبُرَ than those? Or have you an immunity in the Scriptures?" 4033 45. Do they say, 'We are a victorious host?' 46. "The hosts shall soon be routed and will turn their backs in flight. 4034 بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَده Aye, the Hour is their. 47 أَدْهَى appointed time; and the Hour will be most calamitous and most bitter. 4035 وَأَمَرُّ 2:81. 3:13; 8:37; 38:12. 4033. Important Words: The verse repeats a warning to the pagan Quraish in another form. "Are you in any way better," it asks them, "than those who rejected Noah, Hud, Lot or Moses. Or have you received a Divine promise recorded in the Divine Scriptures that you will not be punished for your rejection of the Holy Prophet"? 4034. Commentary: The emphatic prophecy embodied in the verse is definitely about the crushing defeat which the Meccan army suffered at the hands of Muslims in the Battle of Badr. The odds were so heavy against the Muslims that when fighting began the Holy Prophet prayed to God in utmost humility and extreme agony, in a tent set up for him for this purpose, in the words: "O Lord, I humbly beseech Thee to fulfil Thy covenant and Thy promise. If this small band of Muslims were destroyed, Thou wilt never be worshipped again on this earth" (Bukhārī & Muslim). After having finished the prayer, the Holy Prophet came out of the tent and facing the field of battle recited the i. e. the hosts shall soon be routed and shall turn their backs in flight. الجمع و يولون الدبر verse 4035. Important Words: (most calamitous) is derived e what has. مادهاک They say. ده from befallen thee. The Arabs say i. e. a calamity befell him. means, more or most calamitous (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: a The defeat at Badr was indeed a most formidable and calamitous misfortune for the Quraish. Their power and prestige sustained crushing blow. Most of their leaders and prominent chiefs were killed. Having suffered a crushing defeat at the 3043 hands of a handful of