The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 296
PT. 29 b الرَّحْمَنُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ ) CH. 67 AL-MULK to swoop down upon the prey? None withholds them but the Gracious God. Verily, He sees all things well. 4298 21. Or who is he that can be an army for you to help you against the Gracious God? The disbelievers are only in آمَنْ هُذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَّكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِ الْكَفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورِة deception. 4299 أَمَّنْ هُذَا الَّذِي يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ Or who is he that will. 22 provide for you," if He should withhold His provision? Nay, but they obstinately persist in rebellion and aversion. 4300 رزقَهُ بَلْ لَجُوا فِي عُتُو نُقَورٍ أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبَّا عَلى وَجْهِ أَهْدَى What is he who walks. 23 grovelling upon his face better أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَى صِرَاطٍ guided or he who walks upright on the straight path?4301 "10:32; 34:25. 4298. Commentary: The verse as the context shows, refers to Divine punishment that is in store for disbelievers. It purports to say that if they continue to oppose truth, they will be destroyed by famines, earthquakes and particularly by wars, and the birds of the skies will feast on their dead bodies. The Merciful God grants them respite that they might accept the Heavenly | Message and save themselves from Divine punishment. See also 16:80. 4299. Commentary: The verse warns disbelievers that if on account of their persistent rejection of the Divine Message and opposition to, and persecution of, the believers they (believers) were allowed to take up arms against them, their armies will be entirely helpless against Heavenly forces that would come to the help of believers. 4300. Commentary: 3192 The reference may be to the terrible famine that held Mecca in its grip for several years till the Meccans begged the Holy Prophet to pray for their deliverance from the scourge. See also 44:13. 4301. Commentary: The verse means that disbelievers