The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 430
CH. 81 AT-TAKWIR 22. Obeyed there, and faithful to his trust. 4607 23. "And your companion is not mad. 4608 24. And he assuredly saw him on the clear horizon³. 4609 25. And he is not niggardly with respect to the unseen. 4610 4607. Important Words: a34:47; 52:30. b53:8 means, there; yonder; syn. Sts. It is a noun of indication denoting a place that is remote from the speaker (Lane). Elsewhere the Quran says with respect to the Holy Prophet: "And We sent not a Messenger but that he should be obeyed by Allah's permission" (4:65). In the verse under comment it is added that he is also i. e. when the Holy Prophet will come to gain great power he will not lose his balance of mind, but will have proper regard for other peoples' rights and will give everyone his due. This word may also refer to the well- known title by which the Holy Prophet was known among compatriots. All the five attributes- noble Messenger, possessor of power, enjoying a high rank before the Lord of the Throne, the one obeyed, and faithful to his trust in the sight of God, quite fittingly apply to the Holy Prophet. 4608. Commentary: his The verse clearly shows that vv. 20-22 apply to the Holy Prophet and not to Gabriel as wrongly 3326 PT. 30 قُطَاعِ ثُمَّ آمِينٍ وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ وَلَقَدْ رَاهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ ® وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِيْنٍ understood by certain commentators of the Quran. 4609. Commentary: The pronoun "s" may mean "it" or "him. " In the first place it may signify the fulfilment of the prophecy about the glorious future of Islam. In the second, it may refer to the Holy Prophet himself, meaning that the Holy Prophet saw himself in the distant East in the person of the Promised Messiah. The words meaning the side of the East, the verse not only points to a remote future but to the distant East where the foundations for the renaissance of Islam would be laid through the Holy Prophet in his Second Coming in the person of the Promised Messiah. 4610. Important Words: (niggardly) is derived from ỏ, They say i. e. he was or became niggardly of it. means, niggardly; tenacious, stingy; or avaricious (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The verse means that it is not only the prophecy about the dawn of a