The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 30 AL-'ALAQ 9. Surely, unto thy Lord is the return. " 10. Hast thou seen him who forbidsb 11. A servant of Ours when he prays?4788 12. Tell me if he (Our servant) follows the guidance 13. Or enjoins righteousness, what will be the end of the forbidder? 14. Tell me if he (the forbidder) rejects and turns his back, 4789 15. Does he not know that Allah sees him? CH. 96 ان إلى رَبَّكَ الرُّجْعَى 6 ارَعَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهى عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى ارءَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوى ارَءَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى اَلَمْ يَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرى كَلَّا لَ بِنْ لَّمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ ) Nay, if he desist not, We. 16 will assuredly seize and drag him by the forelock, 4790 a5:49; 21:36; 53:43. b2:115; 72:20. 90:8. 4788. Commentary: The verse is of general application. But it may in particular refer to the Holy Prophet. 4789. Commentary: (rejects) relates to beliefs and (turns his back) to actions and deeds, meaning that his beliefs are wrong and his deeds bad. 4790. Important Words: (we shall seize him and drag him). means, he made a mark upon it with hot iron; he struck or slapped his face. means, he seized his forelock and dragged him (Lane & Aqrab). 3411 Commentary: The verses (10-18) though generally applying to every haughty and hardened disbeliever, have been taken by some commentators to refer particularly to Abū Jahl, leader of the Quraish of Mecca. He was in the forefront in annoying, opposing and persecuting the Holy Prophet and the Muslims. Some of the slaves who had embraced Islam were dragged at his instance by the forelock in the streets of Mecca. After the defeat at Badr, the dead bodies of some of the leaders of the Quraish, Abū Jahl among them, were dragged by their forelocks and thrown into a pit dug