The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 69
PT. 26 AL-HUJURĀT CH. 49 قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا The Arabs of the desert say. 15 'We believe. ' Say, “You have وَلكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ not believed yet, but rather say الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يَلتُكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا your hearts. But if you obey اِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمُ 'We have submitted', for true belief has not yet entered into " Allah and His Messenger, He will not detract anything from your deeds. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. 3852 b إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ The believers are only. 16 وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتَابُوا وَجُهَدُوا and His Messenger, and then those who truly believe in Allah doubt not, but strive with their "9:20; 61:12. brotherhood of man inculcated in this verse in his own inimitable way on the occasion of the Last Pilgrimage at Mecca, a short time before his death. Addressing a vast concourse of Muslims the Prophet said, "O ye men! Your God is One and your ancestor is one. An Arab possesses no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab over an Arab. A white is in no way superior to a red, nor, for that matter, a red to a white, but only to the extent to which he discharges his duty to God and man. The most honoured among you in the sight of God is the one who is most righteous" (Baihaqi). These noble words spoken by the Prophet during his Farewell Pilgrimage which have resounded through the centuries epitomize one of Islam's loftiest ideals and strongest principles. It goes to the credit of the Holy Prophet that in a society riven with class distinction, he preached a message intensely democratic. 3852. Important Words: (will not detract) is derived from which means, it (a thing) decreased, diminished, lessened; it became defective or deficient: incomplete or imperfect. ad at means, he diminished to him his right or due or defrauded him of a portion of it (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: All Muslims form an integral part of Islamic brotherhood. Islam confers equal rights on the unlettered and uncultured sons of the desert as it does on the civilized and cultured dwellers of cities and towns; only it exhorts the former to make greater efforts to learn and assimilate the teachings of Islam and make them the rule of their lives. 2965