The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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CH. 74 PT. 29 AL-MUDDATHTHIR been given the Book as well as the believers may not doubt, وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَالْكُفِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ and that those in whose hearts is اللهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلاً كَذَلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللهُ مَنْ may say, “What does Allah يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَّشَاءُ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ disease and the disbelievers mean by such an illustration?'a Thus does Allah adjudge astray رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَاهِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرُى whom He pleases and guide whom He pleases. And none knows the hosts of thy Lord but He. And this is nothing but a Reminder for man. 4445 R. 2. 33. Nay, by the moon, 34. And by the night when it retreats, 35. And by the dawn when it shines forth,4446 لِلْبَشَرِة كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ وَالَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَةٌ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَة a13:28; 14:5. 33:10; 48:5. 081:19. 4445. Commentary: The apparently enigmatic "nineteen" may concern some great Divine design or purpose which, when unfolded, will, on the one hand, greatly add to the faith of the believers and, on the other, to the embarrassment and mental confusion of the disbelievers and of "those in whose heart is disease. " Otherwise the number of God's angels is legion, beyond human count or computation, just as the stages of man's spiritual progress in the Hereafter are number- less. 4446. Commentary: This and the preceding two verses as God's name the things mentioned therein as evidence to prove the Divine origin of the Quranic revelation and of the Holy Prophet's claim Messenger-the two principal themes dealt with in this as in all other Meccan Surahs revealed in the early years of the Call. These things are the "moon," the "retreating night" and the "bright dawn. " The "moon" may signify the Promised Messiah who, after borrowing heavenly light from the Holy Prophet had to spread it in the world; the "retreating night" may mean the night of spiritual darkness that would begin to retreat after the appearance of the Promised Messiah, 3259