The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 29 AL-MUDDATHTHIR 44. They will say, 'We were not of those who offered Prayers," 45. Nor did we feed the poor'. 4451 46. 'And we indulged in idle talk with those who indulge therein. 47. And we used to deny the Day of Judgement, 48. Until US'd 4452 49. So the intercessors e them. 4452A death overtook intercession of will not avail 50. Now what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the Exhortation, 51. As if they were frightened asses 52. Fleeing from a lion? CH. 74 قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَابِضِيْنَ وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ حَتَّى أَثْنَا الْيَقِين فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّفِعِيْنَ فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ الشَّاكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَ كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌ فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ a75:32. 69:35; 89:19; 107:4. 75:33. 15:100. 20:110; 34:24. 4451. Commentary: Offering of Prayers and feeding the poor constitute the two pillars on which the whole edifice of Islam stands. They represent man's duties to God and to his fellow beings. 4452. Important Words: means, certainty; security (Lane & Aqrab). It also means, death, because death is as certain as anything. 4452A. Commentary: The verse means that nobody will dare intercede for disbelievers, their sins of omission and commission heinous being many and of a | يقن death is derived from) اليقين They say i. e. the matter became clear and established. or means, he knew it; he was or became certain or sure or he made sure of it, intuitively and inferentially. character. Elsewhere the Quran says that sinners will not be allowed to approach near the threshold of God, i. e. they will be completely denied. God's grace | يقين 3261