The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 459
PT. 30 AT-TARIQ 5. That there is no soul but has a guardian over it. 4673 6. So let man consider from what he is created. 7. "He is created from a gushing fluid,4 4674 8. Which issues forth from between the loins and the breastbones. 4674A 9. "Surely, He has the power to bring him back to life 10. On the day when secrets shall be disclosed. 4675 CH. 86 إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظُقُ فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ خُلِقَ مِنْ مَّا دَافِقٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَابِ إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرُةُ يَوْمَ تُبْلَى الشَّرَابِرَة a24:46; 25:55. 17:100; 36:82; 46:34. 10:31. dispelling it. means, a man of sound and penetrating judgement. ✓ means, a famous, exalted lineage (Lane & Aqrab). 4673. Commentary: "Soul" signifying the souls or. i. e النجم الثاقب persons of the class of the bright stars that dispel spiritual darkness, the verse means that God will guard and protect the Promised Messiah, the (the Morning Star) or (the Star of Piercing Brightness) of Islam. The verse has also been taken to mean that God has appointed a guardian over every person who records his good or bad deeds. For this meaning of the verse see 50:19. 4674. Commentary: The fact that man has been created from a fluid which gushes forth may signify that he has been endowed with great natural faculties to make 3355 rapid progress, but he is also likely to sink to the lowest depths of degradation, if he does not make use of those God-gifted powers. Thus the verse means that man's spiritual development is subject to alternate periods of progression and retrogression, like the seminal fluid that gushes forth and falls. 4674A. Commentary: It is characteristic of the Quranic style that it substitutes mild or vague words or expressions for harsh and blunt ones. "From between the loins and the breastbones," is one of such euphemisms used by the Quran. Or the verse may mean that man is born of the water that comes out of the loins of his father and is fed by the breast of his mother. 4675. Commentary: The verse means that all the evil designs of the enemies of the