The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 11
PT. 26 AL-AḤQĀF turn to Thee; and, truly, I am of those who submit to Thee. '3770 CH. 46 أوليك الَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا Those are they from whom. 17 We accept their good works and عَمِلُوْا وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْ سَم overlook their ill deeds. They shall be among the inmates of أَصْحُبِ الْجَنَّةِ وَعْدَ الصِّدْقِ الَّذِى the Garden, in fulfilment of the كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ true promise which was made to them. 3771 3770. Important Words: "17:109; 19:62; 73:19. (full maturity) is derived from. They sayi. e. he made the thing hard, firm, compact, strong, or he bound it fast. (ashudd) means, physical and intellectual and also spiritual maturity as gives evidence of rectitude of conduct or course of life: firmness or soundness of judgement produced by experience. (Lane). Commentary: The word seems to have been used in the sense of spiritual maturity in the present verse and in 12:23; and in the sense of intellectual and physical maturity in 6:153 and 18:83. Generally, Divine Messengers are invested with their divine mission at the age of forty. The belief that Jesus was made a Prophet at the age of 33 seems to be an historical anachronism, as recent research into Christian history has proved his birth to have taken place about six years earlier than generally understood (Enc. Brit. under "Chronicle"). the power) is grant me أوزعني وزع فلاناً أو بفلان They say. وزع derived from such a one and restrained him; he أوزع الله فلانا. urged or incited such a one means, God inspired or granted such a one the power to do a thing. See also 27:18. In verse 13 above a brief reference has been made to CA (doers of good). The present verse enjoins a believer to do good () to all his fellow beings, irrespective of caste, colour or clime, starting, however, with his parents, the mother having secured a special mention, as also in 31:15 because "she bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain". In 31:15, it was stated that the weaning of a child takes two years, but in the verse under comment the combined period of pregnancy and suckling is given as thirty months which leaves six months as the period of gestation, and that seems to be the period during which a pregnant woman feels the burden of pregnancy, the fourth month being the time when she begins to have such a feeling. 3771. Important Words: i. e. he hindered or led or drove forth from 2907 (We shall overlook) is derived. They say i. e. he