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CH. 70 AL-MA'ĀRIJ PT. 29 عَلَى أَنْ تُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ To bring in their place. 42 others better than they, and We cannot be frustrated in Our plans. 4382B 43. "So leave them alone to indulge in idle talk and play until they meet that day of theirs which they are promised, 4383 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ فَذَرُهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلْقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوْعَدُونَ ) يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا The day when they will. 44 come forth from their graves hastening, as though they were racing to a target, 4384 45. Their eyes cast كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوْفِضُوْنَ خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمُ ذِلَّةٌ ,down humiliation covering them. Such is the day which they are promised. 4385 ذلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوْا يُوعَدُونَ 23:55; 43:84; 52:46. '36:52; 50:45; 54:8. 10:28; 54:8. 4382B. Commentary: The opponents of the Holy Prophet are told here that it is an unalterable Divine decree that Islam shall succeed and prevail in Arabia and that if they rejected it, other people would enter its fold and inherit God's blessings. The old order would change and from its ruins would emerge a new and better order. 4383. Commentary: The expression, "that day of theirs which they are promised," means the day of the final triumph of Islam in Arabia and the complete defeat and discomfiture of disbelief the day of جدث a which means, a grave; houses of the disbelievers who were sepulchre (Lane), it stands here for the spiritually no better than dead. ✓ means, a thing set up; a mile- stone; a goal or target (Aqrab). Commentary: See next verse. 4385. Commentary: What a true and graphic picture of the leaders of the Quraish, after the Fall of Mecca, when they came to the Holy Prophet, completely dejected, dispirited and dismayed, their eyes cast down, and disappointment, and a sense of guilt and regret, writ large on their faces? They deserved a very severe punishment, but the Holy (graves) being the plural of Prophet forgave them out of such the Fall of Mecca. 4384. Important Words: 3226