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PT. 29 R. 2. AD-DAHR CH. 76 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ تَنْزِيلًا Surely, We have revealed. 24 unto thee the Quran piecemeal. 4494 فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ So wait patiently for the. 25 judgement of thy Lord, and yield not to any sinful ungrateful one among them. or 26. "And remember the name of thy Lord morning and evening. أَثِمَا أَوْ كَفُورًان وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًان وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدُ لَهُ وَسَبِّحُهُ لَيْلًا And during the night. 27 طَوِيلًا prostrate thyself before Him, and extol His glory for a long part of the night. اِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ Verily, these people love. 28 وَرَاءَهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا the present life, and they neglect a heavy day before them. 4495 3:42; 48:10. 17:80; 50:41; 52:50; 73:3-5. 17:19. also apply to the great Divine favours that were bestowed upon the followers of the Holy Prophet in this very life. 4494. Commentary: The Quran was revealed gradually and piecemeal. Its revelation spread over a period of 23 years. This gradual process served two great purposes. It helped believers to learn, remember and assimilate it and to mould their lives in accordance with its teaching. The gradual process was also intended to meet the increasing needs of changing circumstances and to strengthen the belief and conviction of Muslims, since, during the interval, they had opportunities to witness fulfilment of prophecies made earlier in the Quran. The piecemeal revelation of the Quran also fulfilled the following Biblical prophecy, viz. "For it is precept upon precept; line upon line, here a little and there a little: for with strange lips and another tongue will he speak to this people" (Isaiah 28:11). The construction of the verse and the words used in the Biblical prophecy are expressive of Divine purpose in the gradual revelation of the Quran. 4495. Commentary: 3279 The verse purports to say that the hopes and fears of disbelievers are confined to this world. They have no thought for the Hereafter. They want to see promises of prosperity and progress made to Muslims and of those of punishment to themselves fulfilled here and now. But God is not