An Enlightening Commentary to the Holy Quran - EC_TLHQ_vol_15_sura_34_through_sura_38

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All rights reserved by the Amir-uI-Mu’mineen Ali (a.s.) Library Title: An English Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur’an Compiler: A Group of Muslim Scholars and " Copyright 1998 Kamal Faghih Imani " Translator: Mr. Sayyid ‘Abbas Sadr~‘amelT Published by: The Scientific and Religious Research Center Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Ali (a.s.) Public Library, under the direction of Ayatullah Allamah Mujahid Al-Haj Sayyid Kamal Faghih ImdnT Address: Shekar Shekan Crossroads, Ahmadabad Street, Post Ofice Box 81465/5151 Esfahan, Islamic Republic ofIran, Telephone: 2281000, 2282000, 2296478 Fax: 98-311-2297028

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Page Commentary, verse 16 ...................................................... 66 Commentary, verse 17 ...................................................... 68 Commentary, verses 18-19 ............................................... 69 & Commentary, verses 20-21 ............................................... 74 Section 3: The holy Prophet Muhammad, the Apostle for humanity as a whole.............................................. . 77 . 77 Commentary, verse 22 .............................................. Commentary, verse 23 .............................................. . 80 . 83 Commentary, verse 24 .............................................. . 86 ?g5 Commentary, verses 25-26 ....................................... . 89 Commentary, verse 27 .............................................. . 91 Commentary, verse 28 .............................................. . 93 Commentary, verses 29-30 ....................................... . 97 Section 4: The disbelievers and their leaders.......... Commentary, verse 31 .............................................. . 97 100 Commentary, verse 32 .............................................. (§* Commentary, verse 33 .............................................. 101 104 Commentary, verses 34-35 ....................................... 107 Commentary, verse 36 ............................................... & 108 Section 5: Wealth and Children shall be of no avail 108 Commentary, verse 37 ............................................... 112 Commentary, verses 38-39 ........................................ 116 Commentary, verses 40-41 ........................................ 119 Commentary, verse 42 ............................................... 121 Commentary, verse 43 ............................................... 125 Commentary, verse 44 ...............................................

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Commentary, verse 45 ............. . Section 6: The triumph of Truth Commentary, verse 46 .................................................... Some traditions upon the importance of contemplation Commentary, verses 47-48 ............................................. Commentary, verses 49-50 ............................................. Commentary, verses 51-52 ............................................. Commentary, verses 53-54 The End of Sura As-Saba \

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Sura Al-Fatir, No. 35......................................................... 152 The Feature of Sura Al-Fatir........................................... 152 Section 1: Humanity exhorted to hold Satan as its enemy

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..................................... 153 Commentary, verse 1 ..................................... 154 Note........................................... 155 Commentary, verse 2 ..................................... 160 Commentary, verse 3 ..................................... 162 Commentary, verse 4 ..................................... 164 Commentary, verse 5 ..................................... 165 167 Commentary, verses 6-7 ............................... . 172 sJfcrM-' Section 2: The sufferings of the Guilty Commentary, verses 22-24 ................ ;/v Commentary, verses 25-27 ................ Commentary, verses 28-29 ................ Commentary, verses 30-31 ................ . Commentary, verses 32-33 ................. Commentary, verses 34-36 ................. Commentary, verses 37-39 ................. Commentary, verses 40-44 ................. Commentary, verses 45-47 ................. . A Commentary, verses 48-49 ................. Commentary, verses 50-52 ................. Commentary, verse 53 ......................... Commentary, verses 54-55 .................. Commentary, verses 56-57 .................. Commentary, verses 58-61 .................. verses 62-64 .................. MJ Commentary, Commentary, verses 65-68 .................. Commentary, verses 69-70 .................. Commentary, verses 71-74 .................. Section 3: The Great sacrifice shifted . ..-Co Commentary, verses 75-79 '■'A'1; Commentary, verses 80-82 (< iV


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3. “And those who disbelieve say: ‘The Hour (of Judgment) . shall not come upon us.’ Say: ‘Yes! By my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it shall certainly come upon you, from Him is not hidden the weight of (even) an atom in the heavens nor in the earth, and neither is aught smaller than that, nor greater, but (all) is in a manifest Book.” Commentary:

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It does not matter that the blasphemous words and A L - expressions may be cited in order to criticize or nullify them. 1- The rejecters of the resurrection often merely claim something and they have no reasoning for it. J* The former holy verses, though referred to Unity and the £3 attributes of Allah, contained something about the subject of t Resurrection, because, as we will see later, the problems of the v.-A| Yfi subject of Resurrection will not be solved except by the way of , N) infinite knowledge of Allah. That is why, the verse under discussion at first says: “And those who disbelieve say: ‘The Hour (of Judgment) (S' shall not come upon us.’ ...” Not only for us, but also for neither of human beings there ^5 will be a Resurrection. MS By this way they wanted to get ‘freedom of action’ and perform whatever they could do, hoping that there is no w? reckoning and no justice at the end.

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Sura As-Saba’, No. 34

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But, in view of the fact that the evidences of Hereafter are j manifest, by means of a decisive sentence, and in the form of stating the conclusion, the Qur’an orders the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) etBi to declare: “... Say: ‘Yes! By my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it shall certainly come upon you,...” The emphasis is on the word ‘Lord’, because the Hereafter is one of the affairs of Lordship. How is it possible that Allah is the cherisher of human beings and makes them progress 7-0 alongside the path of development but in the midway He $ leaves them and, by death, everything comes to an end, while man’s life becomes aimless and his creation would become naught. This very subject has been emphasized on in Sura At’V-s Taqabun, No. 64, verse 7, where it says: “The unbelievers M think that they will not be raised up (for Judgment). Say: ‘Yes, by my Lord, you shall surely be raised up; then shall you be told (the Truth) of all that you did. ...” And since one of the objections of the opponents of lbs Resurrection was that when the man’s body becomes dust and t/A its particles will be scattered around, who can recognize them, & and gather them, and return them to life again? On the other hand, who can keep the account of all the deeds of the servants, hidden and manifest, inward and outward, and reckon them in a proper time? So, in the continuation of the verse, the Qur’an adds: “... from Him is not hidden the weight of (even) an atom in .^,.1 the niv nvu>viu heavens iiui nor >11 in the mv vaim, earth,... ...” The Qur’anic word /ya‘zub/ is derived from /‘uzub/ which 7 originally means: ‘going far from the family for finding a | pasture’. The verse continues saying: A

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5. “And those who strive hard in invalidating Our signs, challenging (us), for such will be a chastisement of a painful wrath.”

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