The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 29 R. 2. AL-MA'ĀRIJ CH. 70 فَمَالِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ But what is the matter with. 37 those who disbelieve, that they come hastening towards thee," 38. From the right hand and from the left, in different parties?4381 39. Does every man among them hope to enter the Garden عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِيْنَ اَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئُ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍة كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنُهُمْ مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُوْنَ of Bliss? 40. Never! We have created them of that which they know. 4382 فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ But nay! I swear by the. 41 Lord of the Easts and of the Wests, that We have power4382A the إِنَّا لَقَدِرُونَ a14:43-44. pleasure of God which in the Quran is termed as well (23:12) or a (the Garden). See also 23:12. 4381. Commentary: pagan This and the preceding verse give a prophetic description of the coming triumph of Islam when the tribes of Arabia, from every part of the country, hastened to wait in deputations upon the Holy Prophet, begging to be taken into the fold of Islam. Or the verses may refer to the highly alluring offers made by the leaders of the Quraish to the Holy Prophet, if only he should give up preaching against their idols. By some authorities, however, the verses have been taken to refer to the dangerous attacks that were made on the Holy Prophet in different forms by his opponents. 4382. Commentary: Taken along with its predecessor, the verse would mean that a man cannot hope to be received into God's favour by mere expression of a pious wish. He has first to discharge his obligations to God, and his fellow- beings, and by making full use of God-given powers and faculties he has to traverse all the different stages of spiritual progress before he can hope to enter "the Garden of Bliss. " and faculties with which God has The word signifies natural powers 3225 endowed him. 4382A. Commentary: See 37:6.