The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 30 AL-KAUTHAR sense the father also of all the Prophets of God before and after him. This is the significance of the verse CH. 108 wives are as mothers to them (33:7). Thus, it was not the Holy Prophet but his enemies who died issueless, since by joining the fold of Islam | ما كان محمد أبا احد من رجالكم ولكن رسول الله و خاتم النبين i. e. Muḥammad is not (and will not be) the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; (33:41). And this also seems to be the significance النبي أولى بالمومنين من أنفسهم و أزواجه of the verse i. e. the Prophet is nearer to the believers than their ownselves and his their sons became the spiritual issues of the Holy Prophet, who felt a sense of shame and humiliation at their pedigree being attributed to their own fathers. The verse may also signify: "Surely, it is thy enemy who is cut off from all good or prosperity. " 3457