Al Islam

a. 7:188; 79:43. (close)

a. 7:188; 79:43. (close)

3900. Commentary:

The verse may mean: (1) They ask, in derision or scoffingly, when the Day of Judgement will be? (2) Their behaviour, conduct or attitude shows that they do not believe in the Day of Judgement. (close)

3901. Commentary:

In the preceding verse the disbelievers were mentioned as asking mockingly, "When will be the Day of Judgement?" Here they are answered with a retort that "It will be the day when they will be burned in the fire." (close)

b. 26:205; 27:72, 73; 29:54, 55. (close)

b. 22:48; 26:205; 27:72-73; 29:54-55. (close)

a. 15:46; 52:18; 68:35; 77:42; 78:32. (close)

c. 15:46; 52:18; 68:35; 77:42; 78:32. (close)

3902. Commentary:

As against those who flounder in the welter of wrong beliefs and evil deeds and deny the possibility of the Day of Judgement, the righteous and the God-fearing will reside in heavenly gardens, full of springs and streams—the spiritual embodiments of the good deeds they had done in this life. (close)

2829. A Muttaqi is one who discharges his obligations faithfully and fully to God and man, and a Muhsin is he who does more good to others than the good he receives from them and acts and behaves as though he is actually seeing God, or, in a lesser degree, he is conscious of God watching over him. Thus a Muhsin is a person of higher spiritual stature and calibre than a Muttaqi. (close)

3903. Commentary:

Two different words have been used in the preceding and the present verse for the righteous believers—متقین (God-fearing) and (those who do good). A متقی is one who discharges his obligations faithfully and fully to God and man, and a محسن is he who does more good to others than the good he receives from them and acts and behaves as though he is actually seeing God or, in a lesser degree, he is conscious of God watching over him. Thus a محسن is a person of higher spiritual stature than a متقی. (close)

b. 32:17. (close)

a. 32:17. (close)

3904. Important Words:

یھجعون (they used to sleep) is derived from ھجع which means, he slept or slept in the night. ھجوع is sleeping at night and ھجودis sleeping in the day time, or remaining awake (Lane & Aqrab). See also 17:80 and 73:7. (close)

c. 3:18. (close)

b. 3:18. (close)

d. 70:25, 26. (close)

2830. In the wealth of a rich Muslim, according to Islam, those who can express their needs, as also those who cannot, have a share, as of right. Thus a Muslim’s wealth is a trust to the benefit of which the poor are also entitled. So when he satisfies the need of a poor brother, he, in fact, does him no favour but only discharges the obligation he owes to him and returns to him what was his due. The word, al-Mahrum, not only includes in its connotation those poor people who, from a sense of self-respect or a feeling of shame, do not ask for alms (2:274), but also dumb animals. The word has been taken here as signifying a person who is debarred from earning his livelihood due to physical infirmity or some other similar cause. (close)

c. 70:25-26, (close)

3905. Commentary:

In the wealth of a rich Muslim, according to Islam, those who can express their needs also, as those who cannot, have a share, as of right. Thus a Muslim’s wealth is a trust to the benefit of which the poor are also entitled. Elsewhere the Quran says: "And give the relatives their rightful share in your property and to the poor and the needy" (17:26). So when a Muslim meets the needs of a poor brother, he does him no special favour but only discharges the obligation he owes to him and returns to him what was his due.

The word المحروم (those who cannot express their needs) not only includes in its connotation those poor people who, from a sense of self-respect or a feeling of shame, are prevented from asking (2:274), but also dumb animals. The word, therefore, has been taken here as signifying a person who is debarred from earning his livelihood due to physical infirmityor some other similar cause.

رزق (sustenance) signifies both physical as well as spiritual sustenance. The words "that which you are promised" may signify promises of triumph and prosperity to believers and warnings to disbelievers. (close)