The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 419
PT. 30 15. Exalted, purified, 16. In the hands of writers, 4578 17. Noble and virtuous. 4579 18. Ruin 'ABASA seize man! how ungrateful he is!4580 19. From what does He create him? 20. "From a sperm drop! He creates him and proportions him;4581 21. Then He makes the way easy for him, "18:38; 35:12; 36:78; 40:68. constitutes, as it were, a collection of all heavenly Books. This is the significance of the words "Contained in honoured Books. " The verse further says that the Quran will be written in the form of a Book, will be honoured and respected and will be protected and preserved against every kind of interpolation and interference. 4578. Important Words: (writers) is derived from which means, he travelled. They say i. e. he wrote the book. means, the morning shone forth (Lane & Aqrab). 4579. Commentary: As against three prominent characteristics of the Quran mentioned in the preceding vv. 12-15 above, three equally marked qualities of the bearers of its Message have CH. 80 مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامِ بَرَرَةٍ قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا اكْفَرَهُ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ ثُمَّ السَّبِيْلَ يَسَّرَهُ ) been mentioned in this and the preceding verse. The bearers of the Quranic Message are not only noble and virtuous but travel far and wide to explain and spread it. 4580. Commentary: 3315 How ungrateful are disbelievers, says the verse, that they should reject such a great and noble Book as the Quran which has been revealed to raise them from the dust and squalor of moral turpitude to the heights of spiritual glory. 4581. Commentary: The verse draws pointed attention to the very humble beginning of man, so that it may be brought home to him that God having created him from such an insignificant thing as a sperm drop, did not endow him with an infinite capacity for progress or