The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 523
PT. 30 AL-BAYYINAH CH. 98 وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَبَ إِلَّا مِنْ And those to whom the Book. 5 بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيْنَةُ 6 وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللهَ مُخْلِصِينَ not لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلوةَ in وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكُوةَ وَذَلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ was given did not become divided" until after clear evidence had come to them. 4801 6. And they were commanded but to serve Allah, being sincere to Him obedience, and being upright, and to observe Prayer, and pay the Zakāh. And that is the right religion. 4802 b a42:15; 45:18. 31:33; 40:15. conducted or superintended the affair. means, he put it right or made it straight. means, true, perfect; superintendent; guardian (Lane, Mufradāt & Aqrab). Commentary: The Quran is the compendium of all that is good, lasting and imperishable in the teachings of former revealed Scriptures, with a good deal more which those Scriptures lack but which man needed for his moral and spiritual development. All those right ideals and principles and ordinances and commandments which were of permanent utility to man have been incorporated in it. The Quran stands, as it were, not only as a guardian over those Books but comprises additional teachings that guard and protect man from moral decline and degeneration and teaches him how to make right use of his God-given faculties. pure) صحفا مطهرة In the words Scriptures) stress is laid on the fact 3419 that the Quran has steered clear of all those defects and impurities which were found in the former Scriptures. In the expression (right religion) the emphasis is on those lasting and unalterable teachings which are its exclusive possession. 4801. Commentary: The verse means to say that the People of the Book had eagerly awaited the coming of a great Prophet about whom clear prophecies were found in their scriptures, but when he appeared in fact, then instead of accepting him they rejected him. 4802. Commentary: ✓ (religion) means obedience; mastery; command; plan; righteousness; habit or custom; behaviour or conduct (Lane & Aqrab). The verse may signify: (1) They should have rendered full and sincere obedience to Divine commandments. or (2) When they got mastery ascendancy, they should have devoted