The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 201
PT. 27 AL-HADID CH. 57 يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنْفِقُونَ وَالْمُنْفِقْتُ On the day when the. 14 men and the hypocritical لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا انْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسُ مِنْ hypocritical women will say to those who believe, 'Wait a نُّورِكُمْ ۚ قِيْلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ while for us that we may borrow b فَالْتَمِسُوا نُورًا فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ ,to them, Go back if you can بِسُورِنَّهُ بَاب بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ will be set up between them a وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ from your light,' it will be said and seek for light. ' Then there, wall with a door in it. The inside of it, will be all mercy and outside of it, in front, will be torment. 4156 يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُنْ مَّعَكُمْ قَالُوابلي They will call out to them. 15 saying, 'Were we not with you?' وَلَكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُم They will answer, “Yea, but you وَارْتَبْتُهُ وَغَرَّتُكُمُ الْاَمَانِ حَتَّى جَاءَ and you hesitated and doubted led your selves into temptation and your vain desires deceived "divine light" see 6:123. "4:142; 9:98. 4156. Important Words: It is characteristic of the Hypocrites that in time of trials and tribulations they seek to dissociate themselves from believers but in the hour of and victory they loudly profess faith and ask for their share in the benefits of victory. success the present life. The last part of the verse may also mean that God's mercy and grace would accompany the believers wherever they go and Divine punishment would dog the footsteps of disbelievers and, try as they might, they will find no refuge from it. SO were "A wall" referred to in the verse might signify the wall of Islam or of the Quran. The disbelievers remained outside this wall and deprived of Divine mercy which was granted to believers; and were seized with punishment in this life. Their having remained outside the fold of Islam will take the form of a wall in signifying the Hereafter. "Light", as mentioned in the preceding verse, is bestowed upon believers in consequence of their good works in this life also, and the Hypocrites are told in the present verse that the only way they could have received light in the Hereafter was by good actions in the present life; the expression 3097