The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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CH. 69 PT. 29 (AL-ḤĀQQAH) 1. "In the name of Allah, the 2. The Inevitable! 4341 ٥٣ ركوعاتها ٢ سُورَةُ الْحَاقَةِ مَكِّيَّةُ ٦٩ بسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَةُ ) مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ن وَمَا أَدْرِيكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ) كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ) Gracious, the Merciful. 4340 3. What is the Inevitable? 4. And what should make thee know what the Inevitable is? 5. The tribe of Thamūd and the tribe of ‘Ād treated as a lie the sudden calamity. 4342 4340. Commentary: See 1:1. 4341. Important Words: "See 1:1. as (the Inevitable) is derived from which means, it was or became suitable to the requirements of wisdom, justice or truth; it was or حق الامر. became established as a fact means, he established it as a fact. a being synonymous with means, an inevitable event, reality or truth. See also 2:148, 181; 3:109; 23:63; 32:4. (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The word as having the sense of an established or inevitable fact, or a catastrophe which is sure to happen, or according to some authorities, the final overthrow of disbelief, the verse may refer to the Day of Judgement or to a calamitous event that would befall disbelievers. The calamitous event may particularly refer to the Fall of Mecca when Islam became firmly and finally established in Arabia and idol worship disappeared from the land for all time. The three brief opening verses of the Surah embodied a great prophecy that the overthrow of disbelievers was inevitable. The inevitability of their doom was declared at a time when Islam was yet in its infancy and was fighting for its very existence. The inevitable proved to be literally true, and thus set the seal on the inevitability of the Day of Judgement. See also 13:32. 4342. Important Words: al (the sudden calamity) is derived from ε3. They say i. e. he struck his head with a stick. ✓✓ means, he knocked at the door. all means, a great calamity which strikes terror into the hearts of people (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: 3208 Whereas, in the preceding three