The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 149
CH. 54 وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحِ بِالْبَصَرِ PT. 27 51. And Our command AL-QAMAR is carried out by only one word, like the twinkling of an eye. a 4039 have 52. And indeed We destroyed people before you- who were like unto you. But is there anyone who would take heed? 53. "And everything they have done is recorded in the Books. 4040 54. And every matter, small and great, is written down. 55. Verily, the righteous will be in the midst of Gardens and streams. 4041 وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ وَكُل شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ في الزبرة وَكُلُّ صَغِيْرٍ وَ كَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرُ إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّتٍ وَنَهَرٍ a7:188; 16:78. 18:50; 45:30. everything. It has an appointed time and place. It is when the cup of iniquities of disbelievers becomes full, that they are seized with Divine punishment. God alone knows when and how to punish the wicked people. For the pagan Quraish, the Day of Badr was the appointed hour of punishment. 4039. Commentary: the treatment the disbelievers meted out to God's Prophets and their followers and also of the sad end to which they came on account of their rejection of the Divine Message and their iniquities and evil deeds. The verse may also signify that the smallest action of man, good or bad, produces its inevitable result, according to the law of cause and The defeat of the Meccans at the effect, and, its indelible impress is preserved in the atmosphere. 4041. Important Words: battlefield of Badr came like a bolt from the blue, so sudden and swift it was and so complete and destructive. The glory of Kedar departed, as if in the twinkling of an eye. 4040. Commentary: The verse purports to say that the former Scriptures contain a record of 3045 besides the meaning given in the text, also means, amplitude; light (Aqrab). Commentary: After dealing with the punishment that overtakes disbelievers on account