The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 157
PT. 27 AR-RAHMAN 16. And the Jinn He created from the flame of fire. a 4057 17. Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny? 18. The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests! 4058 b 19. Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny? 20. He has made the two bodies of water flow. They will one day meet. 4059 CH. 55 وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَ مِنْ مَّارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍة فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّ بْنِ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِ بَيْنِ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّ بْنِ مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِينِ 7:13; 15:28; 38:77. b2:116; 26:29. 25:54; 27:62; 35:13. of the creation, and of the spiritual development of man. The first stage is expressed by the words i. e. God created him out of dust (3:60). The second stage is described by the expressioni. e. He created you from clay (6:3), which means that after having received a sprinkling of Divine Word man attained the power of discrimination by which he could distinguish between right and wrong. At the third stage which is called the stage of (baked pottery) man is tested and tried and is made to pass through the fire of trials and tribulations. So it is after he has successfully passed the tests and has attained spiritual maturity that he is received into Divine Presence. 4057. Commentary: For a detailed note on the creation of the jinn from fire, see 15:28. 4058. Commentary: Every spot on earth, in relation to other spots, is an east and a west. This phenomenon is described as the two easts and the two wests. Moreover, the earth being round, the east of the Eastern Hemisphere is the west of the Western Hemisphere and the west of the Western Hemisphere is the east of the Eastern Hemisphere and thus there are two easts and two wests. In the modern political parlance the two easts may be the Near East and the Far East, and the two wests, Europe and America. The verse seems to signify that, God being the Lord of the whole world, the light of the Quran will first spread in the east and then will illumine the west and thus the "whole earth will shine with the light of her God" (39:70). 3053 4059. Commentary: See next verse.