The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 465
PT. 30 8. "Except AL-A'LĀ as Allah wills. Surely, He knows what is manifest and what is hidden. 4686 9. And We shall provide for thee every facility. 4687 CH. 87 إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ "2:34; 20:8; 21:111; 24:30. 92:8. وَمَا يَخْفى وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَى Al-e-'Imrān or An-Nisa', were revealed piecemeal, and a period of several years had intervened between the revelation of different parts of each of those Surahs and yet the Prophet never for a moment fumbled or faltered in putting the revealed verses in their proper places. 4686. Commentary: been granted Divine protection very long Surahs such as Al-Baqarah, against interference, distortion or interpolation. The promise of protection has been given in emphatic and clear terms, viz. "Verily, We Ourself have sent down the Reminder, and most surely We will be its Guardian" (15:10). The last fourteen centuries have witnessed the fulfilment of this mighty prophecy, in that the Quran has become a part of the thought and life of the Muslims as a whole, so much, that at all times there is found in the world a section of Muslims who proclaim and uphold its true teachings and learn its text by heart. The Quran that we have with us today is the same, without the change of a word or letter, which was given to the world by the Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet was human and as such he was apt to forget and he did forget things as far as the affairs of life were concerned. But God, in His infallible wisdom, had SO arranged that despite the fact that the Prophet was not literate and sometimes long Surahs were revealed to him in one piece, the revelation remained so indelibly imprinted on his mind that he was never found to forget or falter in reciting the revealed portions. It is marvellous indeed that 3361 The expression "as God wills", pertains only to matters of ordinary everyday life. The words, "He knows what is manifest and what is hidden," mean that as God knew all the needs of was man of which man himself was unconscious and which he incapable of knowing, God provided those needs in the Quran, and so there could be no possibility of the Holy Prophet forgetting what was revealed to him. 4687. Commentary: The verse signifies: (a) that it is easy to commit the Quran to memory; (b) that its teachings possess an adaptability all their own, which makes them conform to, and meet, the exigencies of changing conditions and circumstances and the needs and requirements of men of different