The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 471
PT. 30 AL-GHASHIYAH CH. 88 16. And cushions beautifully ranged in rows, 17. And carpets tastefully spread. 4699 18. Do they not then look at the camels, how they created?4700 are 19. And at the heaven, how it is raised high?4701 20. And at the mountains, how they are set up?4702 "13:3; 55:8. 50:8. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ وقفه beneficence and goodness will flow have infinite patience under trials and unceasingly. 4699. Commentary: The Surah contains a contrast between the heavenly rewards that the righteous will receive and the severe punishment which will be meted out to the sinful for rejecting the Divine Message. The construction of this and the preceding eight verses shows that Muslims collectively will share in the gifts and rewards mentioned in them. 4700. Important Words: (camels) used as plural means, camels; a herd of camels; clouds (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The verse means that the believers, like camels, going straight in a line all behind the one that leads them, give unquestioning obedience to their Leader. Or like camels which can go on for days without water in the hot sandy desert of Arabia, the believers go on their spiritual journey without complaining. ✓ as meaning clouds, the verse would signify that God will spread the teachings of the Quran which is spiritual water over the whole of the earth. 4701. Commentary: And just as the heaven has been raised high, so will the Holy Prophet, the spiritual heaven, be exalted. Or the verse may mean that just as God has placed the sun, the moon, the stars and planets in the physical heaven and through them He sustains the physical world, so will the spiritual sun (the Holy Prophet), the spiritual moon (the Promised Messiah), the spiritual planets and stars (Muslim divines) sustain the spiritual world. 3367 4702. Commentary: The verse may signify that like mountains the believers are firm in