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c. 84:7. (close)

3346. The prophecy, that the Holy Prophet will be expelled from Mecca and will come back to it as a conqueror and Mecca will submit to him and its inhabitants will enter the fold of Islam, will be fulfilled only after he and his followers will have gone through great hardships, that is to say, great toil and incessant struggle will be demanded of them to achieve their great goal. (close)

a. 84:7. (close)

4726. Important Words:

کبد (toil). کبده means, he smote his liver or stomach. کبد means, difficulty; distress; affliction; the middle of the sky. فی کبدmeans, in a state in which he has to work hard. It also means, in a right and just state; in just proportion; in an erect state (Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse purports to say that the prophecy made in the foregoing verses, viz. that the Holy Prophet will be expelled from Mecca but will come back to it as a conqueror and that Mecca will submit to him, and its inhabitants will enter his fold, will be fulfilled only after he and his followers had gone through great hardships, that is to say, great toil and incessant struggle will be demanded of them to achieve their great goal. (close)

a. 96:15. (close)

3347. God is aware of the evil designs of disbeliever and He has the power to, and will bring them to naught. (close)

a. 96:15. (close)

4727. Commentary:

The verse warns disbelievers that if they think that they can suppress Islam and by means of their wealth and influence can arrest its progress, they labour under a serious misconception. God is aware of their evil designs and He has the power and will bring them to nought. (close)

3348. Let the opponents of Islam use all their means (the verse purports to say) and spend heaps of wealth to prevent Islam from spreading, they will not succeed in their evil designs and Islam will continue to make both spiritual and political conquests. (close)

4728. Important Words:

لبد (enormous) means, much wealth; wealth so abundant that there is no fear of its being exhausted; wealth collected in heaps (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

Let the opponents of Islam use all their means (the verse purports to say) and spend heaps of wealth to stop spread of Islam, they will not succeed in their evil designs and Islam will continue to make both spiritual and political conquests. (close)

4729. Commentary:

The verse means that God sees deep into the hearts of opponents of the Holy Prophet. All their endeavours and designs to bring about the failure of his Movement will prove abortive. (close)

b. 76:4. (close)

3349. An-Najdain means the two highways of good and evil, of truth and falsehood, of spiritual and material progress. God has provided man with all those means by which he can find out the right path, can sift right from wrong and truth from falsehood. He has been endowed with both spiritual and physical eyes by which he can distinguish good from evil and has been given a tongue and two lips that he might ask for guidance, and above all God has placed before him a supreme object that he may devote all his faculties and energies to achieve it. (close)

b. 76:4. (close)

4730. Important Words:

النجدین (two highways). نجد is inf. noun from نجد (najada). نجدہ means, he helped him. أنجد البناء means, the building rose high. نجد (najdun) means, high and elevated land; an elevated or conspicuous road; a road in a mountain; a plain or evident affair; a skilful guide (Lane & Aqrab). النجدین signifies, the two high or conspicuous ways of good and evil, of truth and falsehood, of spiritual and material progress (Aqrab).

Commentary:

God has provided man with all those means by which he can find out the right path, can sift right from wrong and truth from falsehood. He has been endowed with both spiritual and physical eyes that he may distinguish good from evil. He has been given a tongue and two lips that he might ask for guidance, and above all God has placed before him a supreme object that he may devote all his faculties and energies to achieve it. (close)

3350. Through the Holy Prophet, God had opened up all the ways and means by using which man could make unlimited spiritual and material progress, but he refused to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve this object. (close)

4731. Important Words:

اقتحم (attempted). They say اقتحم فی الامر i.e. he rushed or plunged into the affair without consideration. اقتحم المنزل means, he entered the place suddenly and without permission; rushed suddenly upon the place; he invaded or attacked the place. اقتحم العقبة means, he ascended or attacked or rushed upon عقبه which means, hill; mountain; high place; steep road (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse means that through the Holy Prophet God had opened up for the Arabs all the ways and means by using which they could make unlimited spiritual and material progress but they refused to make the necessary sacrifices required to achieve the two objectives. See also next verse. (close)