The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 26 AL-FATH CH. 48 هُوَ الَّذِى اَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدے He it is Who has sent His. 29 ط Messenger, with guidance and وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ the Religion of Truth, that He وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًان may make it prevail over all other religions. And "sufficient is Allah as a Witness. 3838 30. Muhammad is Messenger of Allah. And those مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَةَ the أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُمُ who are with him are hard against the disbelievers and تَريهُمْ رُكَّعًا سُجَّدًا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ tender among themselves. Thou seest them bowing and prostrating themselves in اللهِ وَرِضْوَانًا سِيمَاهُمْ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ ذلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِى Prayer, seeking Allah's grace and pleasure. Their mark is التَّوْرَيةِ : وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ upon their faces, being the traces of prostrations. This is كَزَرْعٍ أَخْرَجَ شَطْئَهُ فَازَرَهُ their description in the Torah فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى سُوقِهِ يُعْجِبُ And their description in the Gospel is like unto a seed- الزّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظُ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَ وَعَدَ اللهُ produce that sends forth its الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ مِنْهُمْ sprout, then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and stands "61:10. 4:167; 6:20; 13:44; 29:53. 9:123. 459:9. in this frame of mind when, on the Iway back to Medina, this Surah was revealed and the Prophet called for him and recited it to him. The Surah was clear and emphatic that the Prophet's vision was true and that the Muslims would most certainly | 3838. Commentary: enter the Ka'bah and perform the ceremonies of the Lesser Pilgrimage. The Prophet's journey, besides serving other useful purposes to which reference is already made, established an important precedent that sometimes even great Prophets of God are liable to place seemingly erroneous interpretations on their visions. 2953 In the preceding verse reference was made to the vision of the Holy Prophet which had brought about the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah which in turn