The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 27 AL-HADID CH. 57 وَأَنْفَقُوا لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرُ And those of you who believe and spend will have a great reward. 4151 وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَالرَّسُولُ Why is it that you believe not. 9 in Allah, while the Messenger يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ اَخَذَ calls you to believe in your مِيثَاقَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ Lord, and He has already taken a covenant from you, if indeed you are believers?4152 هُوَ الَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ عَلَى عَبْدِه أَيتِ بَيِّنَتِ He it is Who sends down. 10 لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمتِ إِلَى النُّورِ He may bring you out of every وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمُ clear Signs to His servant," that b kind of darkness into the Light. ” b And verily, Allah is Compassionate and Merciful to you. وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ And why is it that you spend. 11 وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَاتُ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَا Allah belongs the heritage of not in the way of Allah, while to the heavens and the earth? Those of you who spent and fought يَسْتَوِى مِنْكُمْ مَّنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَتَلَ أُولَيكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِّنَ before the Victory are not equal to those who did so later. They الَّذِينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَقَتَلُوا وَكُلًّا are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. "22:17; 24:35; 58:6. 14:6; 33:44; 65:12. 4:96; 9:20. and the day of its ascendance and them and must be prepared to "spend progress is about to dawn. 4151. Commentary: in the way of Allah out of that to which He has made you heirs. " The expression In the preceding verse Muslims | 4152. Commentary: were promised power, prestige and prosperity. In the present verse they are told that they will have to fulfil certain conditions to establish their title to the great favours promised to them. They must have firm faith in the truth of the Message the preaching of which is entrusted to besides the meaning given in the text may also signify: "There is no earthly reason that. . . " 3095 "The covenant" spoken of in the verse signifies the faith-in-God implanted in the nature of man, and the longing to get near to Him.