The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 77
PT. 26 QAF CH. 50 رِزْقًا لِلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا As a provision for Our. 12 كَذلِكَ الْخُرُوجُ servants; aand We quicken thereby a dead land. Even so shall be the Resurrection. 3864 13. The people of rejected the truth before them كَذَبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَبُ Noah and so did the People of the Well, and Thamūd. 3865 الرَّسِ وَثَمُودَة وَعَادٌ وَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَ اِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ b وَأَصْحَبُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبِعْ كُلٌّ And the Dwellers of the. 15 14. And ‘Ād, and Pharaoh and the brethren of Lot. 3866 Wood, and the people of Tubba. All of them rejected the Messengers with the result كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَ وَعِيْدِ "25:50; 43:12. 9:70; 14:10; 38:13; 40:32. 15:79; 26:177; 38:14. 15:80; 26:140; 38:15. gen. of which is act. part. from They say i. e. the palm trees were or became tall or exceedingly tall and full grown or they bore fruit. means, he overcame them, excelled them or was superior to them. means, he excelled in his knowledge or learned the whole means, the sun rose بسقت الشمس. of it ,means باسق الاخلاق. high a person endowed with noble, moral and mental qualities. a means, an exceedingly tall palm tree or palm tree bearing fruit (Lane & Aqrab). piled one above the) منضود or نضيد other) is derived from. They say i. e. he put goods one upon the other or set them together in regular تنضدت الاسنان order or piled them up means, the teeth were set in regular order (Lane & Aqrab). 3864. Commentary: sends down rain from heaven and The verse means that just as God causes a dry dead land to bloom and blossom and pulsate with a new vigorous life, and brings forth from the earth all sorts of flowers and fruits, similarly He can and will give a new life to man after he is dead so that he might account for and be rewarded or punished for the actions good or bad he might have done in this world. 3865. Commentary: For the People of Noah see 11:26- 49; for (Companions of the Well) 25:39, and for Thamūd 11:62-69. 2973 3866. Commentary: For Ād see 11:51-61.