The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 495
PT. 30 AL-LAIL 5. Surely, your strivings are diverse. 4753 6. Then as for him who gives for the cause of Allah and is righteous, 7. And testifies to the truth, of what is right, 4754 8. "We will provide for him every facility 4755 "87:9. guide, and there are also spiritual females their followers who receive and benefit by the Divine teaching. The verse embodies a hint that by the coming together of the perfect teacher the Holy Prophet― and the ideal pupils his Companions a new world is about to be born. 4753. Important Words: (diverse). They sayi. e. he disunited or dispersed the things. means, a broken or disorganized state of affairs. means, a people separated or consisting of sundry bodies. means, they came separate (Lane). Commentary: CH. 92 اِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَين فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَالقَين وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرى The results of the two efforts must inevitably be different. 4754. Commentary: This and the preceding verse mention three characteristics of persons who are successful in life, viz. they spend in the cause of truth out of what God has bestowed upon them, and are always on their guard against doing anything that may harm others. Over and above this, they adopt good principles and right ideals. Briefly, right action, right feeling and right thinking are the three essential prerequisites for national progress and prosperity which believers possess in an ample measure. 4755. Commentary: The verse draws attention to the widely divergent goals of believers The verse means that the person and disbelievers, and also to the who possesses the three characteristic disparity in the endeavours they make qualities mentioned in the preceding to achieve their respective goals. two verses, will find that his actions Whereas the efforts of believers are are productive of the desired results. devoted to the dissemination of truth, Or it may mean that the doing of those of disbelievers are directed good deeds will become easy for such towards opposing it and putting a person and he will enjoy doing obstacles and impediments in its way. | them. 3391