The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 342
CH. 72 AL-JINN would never raise any PT. 29 اللهُ أَحَدًان Messenger. 4401A وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَهَا مُلِئَتْ And we sought to reach. 9 heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and shooting stars. 4402 10. And we used to sit in some of its seats to listen. But whoso حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهبان وَانَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعُ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِع الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا وَصَدَّال listens now, finds a shooting JE VIEŠ star in ambush for him. 4403 "15:17-19; 37:7-9. their protection increase their conceit and arrogance. 4401A. Commentary: The Jews had ceased to believe as early as in the time of the Prophet Joseph that no Divine Messenger would ever appear after him (40:35). 4402. Important Words: حرس (guards) is derived from which means, he guarded, took care; he stole or stole by night. (harasun) is the plural of which means, a guard or guardian; a thief, used ironically because guardians are sometimes found to be thieves (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The verse shows that when a Divine Reformer is about to make his appearance in the world, an unusual shooting of stars takes place. It is to this exceptional natural phenomenon that reference is made in this verse. "Seeking to reach heaven," means, trying to steal the secrets of the unknown. See next verse. 4403. Important Words: o (in ambush) is noun-infinitive from (rasada). They say schovi i. e. he watched or waited for him; lay in ambush for him. and her and all mean, a hiding place; an he lay in ambush for him. An Arab ,means كان له بالمرصد or تعد له با لمرصد ambush e verily. إن المنايا للرجال بمرصد :poet says deaths are lying in ambush for men (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: Before the appearance of a Divine Reformer, soothsayers and diviners dabble in occult sciences, and with the help of their questionable practices seek to hoodwink simple people by posing to be able to have access to the secrets of the unknown, and as they are generally quite adept in the art of cheating they succeed in playing upon people's credulity. But with the advent of the heavenly Reformer they are exposed and their counterfeit knowledge of the unseen becomes unmasked as only a superficial and fragmentary acquaint- 3238