The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 29 CH. 67 AL-MULK will become grief-stricken, and كَفَرُوا وَ قِيْلَ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِه تَدَّعُونَ it will be said, 'This is what you used to ask for. '4305 قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ اللهُ وَمَنْ مَّعِيَ Say, Tell me, if Allah. 29 should destroy me and those اَوْ رَحِمَنَا ۚ فَمَنْ يُجِيرُ الْكَفِرِينَ مِنْ who are with me, or have mercy عَذَابِ البيه on us, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?' قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ أَمَنَّا بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا Say, He is the Gracious. 30 God; in Him have we believed and in Him have we put our trust. And you will soon know who is in manifest error. '4306 فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَللٍ مُّبِيْنٍ قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا Say, Tell me, if all your. 31 فَمَنْ يَّأْتِيْكُمْ بِمَاءٍ مَّعِينٍ water were to disappear in the depths of the earth, who then & will bring you pure flowing water?'4307 4305. Commentary: It is characteristic of disbelievers that as long as punishment does not overtake them, they boast and brag and hurl jibes and railleries at believers, but when they are face to face with it, they are seized with a sense of extreme frustration, dismay, and dejection. 4306. Commentary: mentioned in the Surah because all the Divine gifts and favours mentioned in it, whether pertaining to or his man's physical sustenance spiritual development, are the direct result of God's beneficence (aslar). 4307. Commentary: All life, whether physical or spiritual depends on water, the former, on rainwater and the latter on The Divine attribute (the the water of Divine revelation. Beneficent) has been repeatedly 3194