The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 455
PT. 30 AL-BURUJ CH. 85 do good works, for them are Gardens through which streams flow. That is the great triumph. 13. Surely, the grip of thy Lord is severe. b 14. He it is Who originates and reproduces; 46 اِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ لَهُمْ But those who believe and. 12 جَنَّتُ تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَرُ ذلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُة اِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِي وَيُعِيدُ وَهُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُودُ ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ فَعَالُ لِمَا يُرِيدُ هَلْ أَنكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِة 4665 15. And He is the Most Forgiving, the Loving; 16. The Lord of the Throne, the Lord of Honour; 4666 17. Doer of whatever He wills. 18. Has not the story of the hosts come to thee? 19. Of Thamud?4667 Pharaoh and فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُوْدَ a11:24; 31:9; 41:9; 98:8-9. 611:103; 22:3. 29:20; 30:12. d2:254; 22:15. 10:91; 28:40-41; 51:41. and the kingdom of the earth will be given over to the persecuted believers. 4665. Commentary: The verse means that God will punish the cruel and tyrannical persecutors of believers, in this world and in the life to come. 4666. Commentary: The word (Throne) signifying regal might, power and sovereignty (Lane), the verse means that God has the power to punish evildoers and to confer the kingdom of the earth on His righteous servants. He can do 3351 what He likes. 4667. Commentary: The believers are again comforted by this verse and the disbelievers warned. Both of them are told that not only will the followers of the Holy Prophet or, for that matter, the followers of the Promised Messiah, be subjected to persecution, but during the ages the votaries of Satan have harried and harassed men of God and in the long run were themselves destroyed. The cases of Pharaoh's hosts and of the tribe of Thamud are cited as instances of Divine retribution. These two peoples