The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 366
CH. 74 AL-MUDDATHTHIR 53. Nay, every man them desires to have open sheets of revelation given to him. 4453 PT. 29 بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِيُّ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُؤْتُى among صُحُفًا مُّنَشَرَةً b كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ 54. Never! verily, they fear not the Hereafter. 4454 55. Never! verily this is an exhortation. 4455 56. Let him, then, who will, remember it. فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا اَنْ يَّشَاءَ اللهُ And they will not remember. 57 unless Allah so please" He هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَ alone is worthy to be feared and He alone is worthy to forgive. 4456 "18:25; 76:31; 81:30. 4453. Commentary: The reference here may be to the impudent demand of disbelievers mentioned elsewhere in the Quran, viz. that they would not believe unless God spoke to them direct (2:119), or unless the Prophet should bring down a Book for them from heaven which they could read (17:94). 4454. Commentary: The disbelievers reject the Divine Message because they have no faith in the Hereafter where they shall have to render an account of their actions. 4455. Commentary: The demand of disbelievers can never be accepted as the Quran has fully satisfied all needs and requirements of man. It is a Reminder and an Exhortation par excellence, and through it the nations that will accept its Message and act upon its teaching will rise to great eminence. 4456. Commentary: The verse may mean, as elsewhere stated, that disbelievers will not benefit by the Quran unless they make their will conform to the will of God, i. e. they subordinate all their desires to the Divine Will (76:31). Or it may signify that it is not possible for man to find the right way unless God sends down His Word for his guidance. The words "He alone is worthy to be feared," mean that we should take God alone as a shield for protection against sins (the root word 3 meaning, to guard or shield oneself). Or it may mean, that God alone can grant forgiveness when a man falters or falls. 3262