The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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CH. 108 AL-KAUTHAR 3. So pray to thy Lord, and offer sacrifice. 4856 4. Surely, it is thy enemy who is without issue. 4857 PT. 30 فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْن إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَبْتَرُة "111:2. were most الكوثر attainment of 4857. Important Words: (one without issue) is derived from which means, he cut off or cut off utterly or entirely. good, material and moral, bestowed upon the Holy Prophet in full measure. He, therefore, eminently deserved the title, "the successful of all Prophets" (Enc. Brit. ). The word also signifies, a man possessing much good and one who gives much and often (Lane). The having the tail cut off; a short-tailed Holy Prophet was given in this sense also, because God raised means, he cut off his tail. means, any beast serpent; one in want or poor; defective, deficient, imperfect; suffering loss; from whom all good or prosperity is cut off; having no offspring or no male issue (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: among his followers a galaxy of Divinely inspired Reformers who successfully defended him and Islam in every age and guided and led the erring Muslims to the right path. Hadrat Mirza Ghulām Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, was the most distinguished of these Reformers. He distributed most i. e. , having no male issue; while lavishly the treasures of divine wealth given to him by God, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the Holy Prophet about the Promised Messiah and It is very significant that in this verse enemies of the Holy Prophet have been emphatically referred to as the historical fact is that all the sons of the Holy Prophet himself born before and after the revelation of this Surah died and he left no male issue " ابتر " after him. This shows that يفيض المال حتى لا يقبله أحد. Mahdi, viz (Bukhārī) i. e. he will spend spiritual wealth so lavishly that there will be none left to accept it. So the Promised Messiah may be referred to in this verse. 4856. Commentary: The verse enjoins the Holy Prophet to turn to God with utmost devotion and be prepared to undergo all manner of sacrifice for the achievement of his great goal-the 3456 mentioned in the verse only means, one deprived of spiritual issues and not of sons commonly so called. In fact, it was God's own design that the Holy Prophet should leave no male issue as he was destined to be the spiritual father of a multitude of sons in all ages to the end of time, sons who were to be far more faithful, obedient and loving than the sons of any father. He was not only the spiritual father of the Faithful but in a