The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 74
CH. 50 QAF PT. 26 بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ But they wonder that there. 3 has come to them a Warner from among a فَقَالَ الْكَفِرُونَ هَذَا شَيْءٍ عَجِيْب themselves. And the disbelievers say, 'This is a strange thing. '3857 وَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَلِكَ رَجُع What! when we are dead and. 4 بَعِيدُه have become dust, shall we be raised up again? That is a return far from possible. '3858 a7:64. 13:6; 23:36; 27:68; 37:17. been called the Quran full of wisdom (36:3), the Quran full of exhortation (38:2), the Noble Quran (56:78), the Quran which explains things fully (12:3). Commentary: The construction of this verse exactly resembles that of 38:2. Taking the abbreviated letter & as signifying 'the Powerful God,' the verse may mean that the Powerful God swears by the Quran, or that He cites the Quran as witness, that by acting upon its teaching and making it a rule of their lives, its followers will achieve glory, greatness and spiritual and material grandeur. And by taking the letter as signifying i. e. the Resurrection is an undoubted reality, that the verse would signify Resurrection will certainly take place and that the Glorious Quran can be cited as an evidence to prove this claim. The proof consists in the fact: (1) that the Quran has made two claims, viz. that by acting upon its teaching the weak, oppressed and persecuted followers of the Holy Prophet will achieve glory, greatness and spiritual and material eminence and an honoured place in the comity of the world's great nations; and (2) that Resurrection will undoubtedly take place. The fulfilment of the first prophecy, the verse implies, will substantiate and establish the truth of the second claim. 3857. Commentary: The verse purports to say that in spite of the fact that from time immemorial God has been sending His Messengers and Prophets to guide men to the path of truth and righteousness, the people, whenever there appeared a Prophet, wondered, and considered it highly improbable that God should commission as His Messenger an ordinary man from among themselves. This attitude of disbelievers towards Divine Messengers has been referred to at several other places also in the Quran 2970 (7:64; 10:3; 38:5). 3858. Commentary: Greater is the disbelievers' wonder at the idea, says the verse, that when they are dead and are reduced to dust, they will get a new life.