The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 203
PT. 27 AL-HADID CH. 57 اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ Know that Allah is now. 18 quickening the earth after its مَوْتِهَا قَدْ بَيَّنَا لَكُمُ الْايْتِ لَعَلَّكُمُ death. " We have made the Signs تَعْقِلُونَ manifest to you, that you may understand. 4160 إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِقِينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقْتِ وَاَقْرَضُوا As to the men who give. 19 alms, and the women who give اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضْعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ alms, and those who lend to Allah a goodly loan-it will be increased manifold for them, and theirs will be a noble reward 4161 أَجْرُ كَرِيمُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِةٍ أو لَيْكَ هُمُ And those who believe in. 20 Allah and His Messengers and الصَّدِيقُوْنَ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ they are the Truthful and the لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُوْرُهُمْ ، وَالَّذِينَ Witnesses in the sight of their Lord, they will have their reward "22:7:35:10. 2:246; 30:40. to bring home to them the realization of their all-round degradation and makes to them a pathetic appeal. "Has not the time arrived yet," it seems to say to them, "now that they have sunk to the lowest depths of degradation, they should turn to God and act upon the teachings of their religion which once raised them to the highest peaks of greatness, grandeur and glory. " 4160. Commentary: In the preceding verse Muslims were told that a time would come when, as the result of ignoring and neglecting the teachings of their religion, their hearts would become hardened and they would turn away from God and incur His displeasure and consequently would become degraded and disgraced. But God would not leave them in the lurch. In conformity with His time-honoured Law, viz. that when the earth becomes dry, He sends down rain from the heavens and gives a new life to it. He will raise among them a great Divine Reformer and through him will bring about the renaissance of Islam, and Muslims will again see better days. 3099 4161. Commentary: After the appearance of a great Divine Reformer among them as promised in the preceding verse, the Muslims will be called upon to make great sacrifices, especially in money