Ruku 553 ع
Section 553 of 556 • 6 Verses
المسد
Al-Masad
The Palm Fiber • makkah • 5 Verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1:1.
1:1.
See 1:1.
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1:1.
a
See 1:1.
a
1:1.
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
108:4.
阿布•拉赫卜 (اَبُوْ لَهَب, Abū Lahab,火焰之父) 是穆圣的叔父阿布杜勒•乌扎(عَبْدُ الْعُزَّی, ‘Abdul-‘Uzza) 的外号, 他是穆圣的宿敌和迫害者。他有这样的称号既是因为他的肤色和头发是红色的, 也因为他脾气暴躁。这一章使人想起穆圣早年传教的一件事。当时穆圣得到安拉的命令, 召集他的亲戚, 并向他们传播安拉的启示, 于是有一天他站在萨法山 (صَفَا, Safa) 上, 点了麦加不同宗族的名字--------卢怀 (لُؤی, Luwayy) 族、穆拉 (مُرَّة, Murrah) 族、凯拉布 (كِلَاب, Kilab) 族和古塞 (قُصَی, Qusayy) 族--------还有他们的近亲。他对他们说, 他是安拉的使者, 并且说, 如果他们不接受他传达的启示, 不放弃他们邪恶的行径, 他们将遭到安拉的惩罚。穆圣还没有把话说完, 阿布•拉赫卜就站起来说: “但愿你灭亡吧! 你召集我们就是为了这个吗?” («布哈里圣训实录») “火焰之父” 这个外号既可特指阿布•拉赫卜, 也可指任何脾气暴躁的伊斯兰教的敌人, 更可以指 “近代” 西方国家, 因为它们拥有并控制原子武器和核武器--------其中一个集团完全弃绝安拉, 另一个否认安拉的独一性, 可是两者同样反对伊斯兰教。在这个意义上, “双手” 的意思指这两个集团。这节经文的含义是, 伊斯兰教的敌人--------特别是西方强国及其卫星国--------的一切努力和计谋将彻底失败, 他们的一切邪恶计划反而害了他们自己; 他们会暴跳如雷, 因为眼看伊斯兰教蒸蒸日上, 而他们自己的财富、权力和他们占有的东西就在他们的眼前毁灭。
یا تو اَبُوْلَھَب کے رنگ کی طرف اشارہ ہے جو بہت سفید تھا یا اس کی طبیعت کی طرف اشارہ ہے جو بہت غصیلی تھی۔ یا ہر دشمن اسلام کی طرف اس کی باطنی حالت کی وجہ سے اشارہ ہے۔ یا امریکہ اور روس کی طرف اشارہ ہے‘ جن دونوں نے اپنے دو دو حلیف بنا چھوڑے ہیں تاکہ بوقتِ جنگ کام آئیں۔ اور حلیف ہاتھ کا ترجمہ بھی ہو سکتا ہے کیونکہ ہاتھ سے بھی مدد یا دفاع کا کام لیا جاتا ہے۔ اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ چونکہ یہ دونوں فریق غلطی پر ہوں گے۔ ایک فریق تثلیث پر قائم ہوگا اور دوسرا فریق دہر ّیت پر‘ اس لئے ہم نے ان دونوں فریق کے دونوں ہاتھوں کو شل کر دیا ہے۔ یعنی ان کے جودو بڑے بڑے ساتھی ہیں ان ک
108:4.
Abu Lahab (Father of Flame) was the nickname of ‘Abdul-‘Uzza, the Holy Prophet’s uncle and his inveterate enemy and persecutor. He was so called either because his complexion and hair were ruddy or also because he had a fiery temper. The Surah recalls an incident during the early preaching of the Holy Prophet. On being commanded by God to call together his relatives and to deliver to them the Divine Message, the Holy Prophet, one day, stood on mount Safa and called the different Meccan tribes by name—the tribes of Luwayy, Murrah, Kilab and Qusayy—and his near relatives, and told them that he was God’s Messenger, and that if they did not accept his Message and did not give up their evil ways, Divine punishment would overtake them. The Holy Prophet had hardly finished his speech, when Abu Lahab stood up and said, 'Ruin seize thee, is it for this that thou hast called us together' (Bukhari)? The nickname 'Father of Flame' may either refer particularly to Abu Lahab or to any hot-tempered ene
108:4.
Important Words:
یدان (two hands), is the dual form of ید which among other things means, power, influence; assistance, help, protection; troops, host, army; possession; wealth (Lane). See also 5:65, & 38:46.
تب (perish) means, he suffered loss; he became lost; he perished; he died. تباب , تبیب and تب (tabbun) are all infinitive nouns meaning, loss; death; destruction; perdition. They say تباله i.e. may he perish; may perdition be his lot. تبت یدہ also means, may he perish (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
ابولھب (Father of Flame) was the nick name of ‘Abdul-‘Uzza, the Holy Prophet’s uncle and his inveterate enemy and persecutor. He was so called either because his complexion and hair were ruddy or because he had a fiery temper. The Surah recalls an incident during the early preachings of the Holy Prophet. On being informed by God to call together his relatives and to deliver to them the Divine Message the Holy Prophet stood on the Mount Safa and called the different Meccan tribes by name—the tribes of Lawwi, Murra, Kilab and Qussayy, and his near relatives, and told them that he was God’s Messenger, and that if they did not accept his Message and did not give up their evil ways, Divine punishment would overtake them. The Holy Prophet had hardly finished his speech, when Abu Lahab stood up and said, تبالک ألھذا جمعتنا ھذا الیوم i.e. ruin seize thee, is it for this that thou hast called us together (Bukhari).
The sobriquet "Father of Flame" may either refer to the Holy Prophet’s uncle or to any hot tempered enemy of Islam or better still it may apply to the western powers of the latter days who own and control atomic and nuclear weapons—one group of them repudiating God altogether, and the other denying His Unity but both being equally opposed to Islam. In this sense "the two hands" would signify these two groups.
The verse purports to say that all endeavours and machinations of the enemies of Islam, particularly of the two groups of western powers and their satellites, would utterly fail and all their nefarious designs would recoil on their own heads; they would burn with rage at seeing Islam progressing, and their own wealth, power and possessions (أید) perishing before their very eyes.
b
108:4.
1812
阿布•拉赫卜 (اَبُوْ لَهَب, Abū Lahab,火焰之父) 是穆圣的叔父阿布杜勒•乌扎(عَبْدُ الْعُزَّی, ‘Abdul-‘Uzza) 的外号, 他是穆圣的宿敌和迫害者。他有这样的称号既是因为他的肤色和头发是红色的, 也因为他脾气暴躁。这一章使人想起穆圣早年传教的一件事。当时穆圣得到安拉的命令, 召集他的亲戚, 并向他们传播安拉的启示, 于是有一天他站在萨法山 (صَفَا, Safa) 上, 点了麦加不同宗族的名字--------卢怀 (لُؤی, Luwayy) 族、穆拉 (مُرَّة, Murrah) 族、凯拉布 (كِلَاب, Kilab) 族和古塞 (قُصَی, Qusayy) 族--------还有他们的近亲。他对他们说, 他是安拉的使者, 并且说, 如果他们不接受他传达的启示, 不放弃他们邪恶的行径, 他们将遭到安拉的惩罚。穆圣还没有把话说完, 阿布•拉赫卜就站起来说: “但愿你灭亡吧! 你召集我们就是为了这个吗?” («布哈里圣训实录») “火焰之父” 这个外号既可特指阿布•拉赫卜, 也可指任何脾气暴躁的伊斯兰教的敌人, 更可以指 “近代” 西方国家, 因为它们拥有并控制原子武器和核武器--------其中一个集团完全弃绝安拉, 另一个否认安拉的独一性, 可是两者同样反对伊斯兰教。在这个意义上, “双手” 的意思指这两个集团。这节经文的含义是, 伊斯兰教的敌人--------特别是西方强国及其卫星国--------的一切努力和计谋将彻底失败, 他们的一切邪恶计划反而害了他们自己; 他们会暴跳如雷, 因为眼看伊斯兰教蒸蒸日上, 而他们自己的财富、权力和他们占有的东西就在他们的眼前毁灭。
1
یا تو اَبُوْلَھَب کے رنگ کی طرف اشارہ ہے جو بہت سفید تھا یا اس کی طبیعت کی طرف اشارہ ہے جو بہت غصیلی تھی۔ یا ہر دشمن اسلام کی طرف اس کی باطنی حالت کی وجہ سے اشارہ ہے۔ یا امریکہ اور روس کی طرف اشارہ ہے‘ جن دونوں نے اپنے دو دو حلیف بنا چھوڑے ہیں تاکہ بوقتِ جنگ کام آئیں۔ اور حلیف ہاتھ کا ترجمہ بھی ہو سکتا ہے کیونکہ ہاتھ سے بھی مدد یا دفاع کا کام لیا جاتا ہے۔ اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ چونکہ یہ دونوں فریق غلطی پر ہوں گے۔ ایک فریق تثلیث پر قائم ہوگا اور دوسرا فریق دہر ّیت پر‘ اس لئے ہم نے ان دونوں فریق کے دونوں ہاتھوں کو شل کر دیا ہے۔ یعنی ان کے جودو بڑے بڑے ساتھی ہیں ان ک
b
108:4.
4863
Important Words:
یدان (two hands), is the dual form of ید which among other things means, power, influence; assistance, help, protection; troops, host, army; possession; wealth (Lane). See also 5:65, & 38:46.
تب (perish) means, he suffered loss; he became lost; he perished; he died. تباب , تبیب and تب (tabbun) are all infinitive nouns meaning, loss; death; destruction; perdition. They say تباله i.e. may he perish; may perdition be his lot. تبت یدہ also means, may he perish (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
ابولھب (Father of Flame) was the nick name of ‘Abdul-‘Uzza, the Holy Prophet’s uncle and his inveterate enemy and persecutor. He was so called either because his complexion and hair were ruddy or because he had a fiery temper. The Surah recalls an incident during the early preachings of the Holy Prophet. On being informed by God to call together his relatives and to deliver to them the Divine Message the Holy Prophet stood on the Mount Safa and called the different Meccan tribes by name—the tribes of Lawwi, Murra, Kilab and Qussayy, and his near relatives, and told them that he was God’s Messenger, and that if they did not accept his Message and did not give up their evil ways, Divine punishment would overtake them. The Holy Prophet had hardly finished his speech, when Abu Lahab stood up and said, تبالک ألھذا جمعتنا ھذا الیوم i.e. ruin seize thee, is it for this that thou hast called us together (Bukhari).
The sobriquet "Father of Flame" may either refer to the Holy Prophet’s uncle or to any hot tempered enemy of Islam or better still it may apply to the western powers of the latter days who own and control atomic and nuclear weapons—one group of them repudiating God altogether, and the other denying His Unity but both being equally opposed to Islam. In this sense "the two hands" would signify these two groups.
The verse purports to say that all endeavours and machinations of the enemies of Islam, particularly of the two groups of western powers and their satellites, would utterly fail and all their nefarious designs would recoil on their own heads; they would burn with rage at seeing Islam progressing, and their own wealth, power and possessions (أید) perishing before their very eyes.
b
108:4.
3458
Abu Lahab (Father of Flame) was the nickname of ‘Abdul-‘Uzza, the Holy Prophet’s uncle and his inveterate enemy and persecutor. He was so called either because his complexion and hair were ruddy or also because he had a fiery temper. The Surah recalls an incident during the early preaching of the Holy Prophet. On being commanded by God to call together his relatives and to deliver to them the Divine Message, the Holy Prophet, one day, stood on mount Safa and called the different Meccan tribes by name—the tribes of Luwayy, Murrah, Kilab and Qusayy—and his near relatives, and told them that he was God’s Messenger, and that if they did not accept his Message and did not give up their evil ways, Divine punishment would overtake them. The Holy Prophet had hardly finished his speech, when Abu Lahab stood up and said, 'Ruin seize thee, is it for this that thou hast called us together' (Bukhari)? The nickname 'Father of Flame' may either refer particularly to Abu Lahab or to any hot-tempered ene
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
یعنی وہ بڑے مالدار ہوں گے لیکن ان کا مال ان کو کوئی فائدہ نہیں دے گا۔ بڑے بڑے سائنٹفک سامان ان کو حاصل ہوں گے لیکن وہ بھی ان کو کوئی فائدہ نہیں پہنچائیں گے۔
3:11; 58:18.
Commentary:
This verse appropriately may also apply to the wealthy western powers who have great material resources at their disposal. The words "his wealth" may mean the wealth produced in their own countries, and "what he has earned" may signify the riches they have earned by exploiting weaker nations and despoiling them of their natural resources.
c
3:11; 58:18.
1813
“他的财富” 的意思可以是他们本国所出产的财富; “他所获得的” 可以指他们剥削弱小国家和掠夺他们的自然资源所积累的财富。
2
یعنی وہ بڑے مالدار ہوں گے لیکن ان کا مال ان کو کوئی فائدہ نہیں دے گا۔ بڑے بڑے سائنٹفک سامان ان کو حاصل ہوں گے لیکن وہ بھی ان کو کوئی فائدہ نہیں پہنچائیں گے۔
a
3:11; 58:18.
4864
Commentary:
This verse appropriately may also apply to the wealthy western powers who have great material resources at their disposal. The words "his wealth" may mean the wealth produced in their own countries, and "what he has earned" may signify the riches they have earned by exploiting weaker nations and despoiling them of their natural resources.
c
3:11; 58:18.
3459
The words, 'his wealth', may mean, the wealth produced in their own countries, and 'what he has earned' may signify the riches they amass by exploiting weaker nations and despoiling them of their natural resources.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
阿布•拉赫卜这用语的意思也可以指一个发明会引起火与焰的东西的人, 也可指一个自己在火焰中焚毁的人。根据后一种意思, 可以把这节经文解释为一种预见, 即 “近代” 两个主要政治集团将毁于它们自己生产的炮火武器, 诸如原子弹和其他核武器。这节经文也说明, 这些国家的结账日不远了。
یعنی وہ آخر میں ضرور دنیوی یا اُخروی عذاب میں پڑ کر رہیں گے جو ویسی ہی شعلہ مارنے والی آگ ہوگی جیسا کہ ان کا دل اسلام کے خلاف بغض سے شعلے مارتا ہے۔
The expression, Abu Lahab, may also mean, one who invents things which produce fire and flames, or one who himself is consumed in the flames of fire. In the latter sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the Latter Days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off.
Commentary:
The expression أبولھب may also mean, one who invents something which produces fire and flames, or one who is himself consumed in the flames of fire. In this sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the latter days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off. It seems to have already arrived.
1814
阿布•拉赫卜这用语的意思也可以指一个发明会引起火与焰的东西的人, 也可指一个自己在火焰中焚毁的人。根据后一种意思, 可以把这节经文解释为一种预见, 即 “近代” 两个主要政治集团将毁于它们自己生产的炮火武器, 诸如原子弹和其他核武器。这节经文也说明, 这些国家的结账日不远了。
3
یعنی وہ آخر میں ضرور دنیوی یا اُخروی عذاب میں پڑ کر رہیں گے جو ویسی ہی شعلہ مارنے والی آگ ہوگی جیسا کہ ان کا دل اسلام کے خلاف بغض سے شعلے مارتا ہے۔
4865
Commentary:
The expression أبولھب may also mean, one who invents something which produces fire and flames, or one who is himself consumed in the flames of fire. In this sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the latter days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off. It seems to have already arrived.
3460
The expression, Abu Lahab, may also mean, one who invents things which produce fire and flames, or one who himself is consumed in the flames of fire. In the latter sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the Latter Days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off.
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
这节经文提到的似乎是指阿布•拉赫卜的妻子, 乌姆•贾米尔(اُم جَمِيْل , Umm-e-Jamil), 她在穆圣经常行走的路上撒尖刺, 并到处诽谤他。 حَطَب(Hatab) 的意思也就是诽谤 (Lane)。这节经文也可以用来指那些对伊斯兰教和穆圣进行诽谤、造谣中伤的人。
بیوی سے اس جگہ تابع لوگ مراد ہیں۔ یعنی ملکی رعیت اور مطلب یہ ہے کہ جو بیرونی دوست وہ بنائیں گے وہ بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور ان کے اموال بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور سامان بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور رعایا بھی تباہ ہو جائے گی اس وجہ سے کہ رعایا بھی ان کی بھڑکائی ہوئی آگ میں مزید ایندھن ڈالتی جاتی تھی اور ان کو جوش دلاتی جاتی تھی۔
The reference in the verse seems to be to Abu Lahab’s wife, Umm-e-Jamil who strew the Holy Prophet’s path with thorns and would go about spreading calumnies against him; Hatab also meaning calumny (Lane). The verse may also apply to those people who spread calumnies and false accusations against Islam and the Holy Prophet.
Commentary:
حمالة الحطب (the carrier of firewood). حطب is inf. noun from حطب (hataba) which means, he collected firewood, حطب به means he slandered him. They say ھو یحمل الحطب بین الناس i.e. he goes about spreading calumny or slander among the people (Lane & Aqrab).
امرأته (his wife) is syn. with زوج which among other things means, an associate, a comrade, wife (Lane).
Commentary:
The reference in the verse seems to be to Abu Lahab’s wife, Ummi Jamil who strewed the Holy Prophet’s path with thorns and went about spreading calumnies against him. The verse may also apply to people in Western democracies or in the Communist bloc who spread calumnies and false accusations against Islam and urge their leaders to break its power. The verse may also signify that these nations would be constantly engaged in manufacturing weapons for their own destruction.
1815
这节经文提到的似乎是指阿布•拉赫卜的妻子, 乌姆•贾米尔(اُم جَمِيْل , Umm-e-Jamil), 她在穆圣经常行走的路上撒尖刺, 并到处诽谤他。 حَطَب(Hatab) 的意思也就是诽谤 (Lane)。这节经文也可以用来指那些对伊斯兰教和穆圣进行诽谤、造谣中伤的人。
4
بیوی سے اس جگہ تابع لوگ مراد ہیں۔ یعنی ملکی رعیت اور مطلب یہ ہے کہ جو بیرونی دوست وہ بنائیں گے وہ بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور ان کے اموال بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور سامان بھی تباہ ہو جائیں گے اور رعایا بھی تباہ ہو جائے گی اس وجہ سے کہ رعایا بھی ان کی بھڑکائی ہوئی آگ میں مزید ایندھن ڈالتی جاتی تھی اور ان کو جوش دلاتی جاتی تھی۔
4865A
Commentary:
حمالة الحطب (the carrier of firewood). حطب is inf. noun from حطب (hataba) which means, he collected firewood, حطب به means he slandered him. They say ھو یحمل الحطب بین الناس i.e. he goes about spreading calumny or slander among the people (Lane & Aqrab).
امرأته (his wife) is syn. with زوج which among other things means, an associate, a comrade, wife (Lane).
Commentary:
The reference in the verse seems to be to Abu Lahab’s wife, Ummi Jamil who strewed the Holy Prophet’s path with thorns and went about spreading calumnies against him. The verse may also apply to people in Western democracies or in the Communist bloc who spread calumnies and false accusations against Islam and urge their leaders to break its power. The verse may also signify that these nations would be constantly engaged in manufacturing weapons for their own destruction.
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The reference in the verse seems to be to Abu Lahab’s wife, Umm-e-Jamil who strew the Holy Prophet’s path with thorns and would go about spreading calumnies against him; Hatab also meaning calumny (Lane). The verse may also apply to those people who spread calumnies and false accusations against Islam and the Holy Prophet.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
虽说这些国家显然是自由的, 但是它们死抱住各自的政治思想和制度不放, 以致于无法从中解脱。也可以说就像乌姆•贾米尔一样, 这些国家将毁于他们力图消灭别国所用的手段。据说乌姆•贾米尔就被她那用来运送柴火的绳索所勒死的。
چونکہ یہ جمہوری حکومتیں ہوں گی۔ اس لئے ان کی رعایا اپنے سیاسی سرداروں سے بڑا گہرا جوڑ رکھتی ہوگی۔ ایسا جوڑ جس کو توڑا نہیں جاتا۔ اس لئے یہاں کھجور کے رسّے کا ذکر کیا ہے۔ کیونکہ وہ ٹوٹا نہیں کرتا اور یہ بتایا گیا ہے کہ ان کی رعایا ہمیشہ ان کو اکساتی رہے گی۔ کہ لڑائی کے لئے اور سامان پیدا کرو۔ جس کی طرف حَمَّالَۃَ الْحَطَب میں اشارہ ہے۔
Though apparently free, these nations will be so strongly tied to their respective political ideologies and systems that they will not be able to break away from them. Or, like Umm-e-Jamil, who is said to have become strangled by the very rope by which she carried fire-wood, these nations will perish by the very means by which they would seek to destroy others.
Commentary:
Though apparently free, these nations will be so strongly tied to their respective political ideologies and systems that they will not be able to break away from them. Or like Ummi Jamil who is said to have become strangled by the very rope by which she carried firewood, these nations would perish by the very means by which they would seek to destroy others.
As a fitting postscript to the Surah two of the prophecies, one from the Quran and the other from the Bible which speak of the terrible fate of these nations may be given below:
But when the promise of My Lord shall come to pass, He will break it into pieces. And the promise of my Lord is certainly true. And on that day We shall leave some of them to surge against others and the trumpet will be blown. Then shall We gather them all together. And on that day We shall present Hell, face to face, to disbelievers (18:99-101).
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My face. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I spoken. Surely, in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel. So the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground…And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood: and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands and upon the many people that are with him an overflowing rain, and great pestilence, fire and brimstone (Ezek. 38:18-22).
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虽说这些国家显然是自由的, 但是它们死抱住各自的政治思想和制度不放, 以致于无法从中解脱。也可以说就像乌姆•贾米尔一样, 这些国家将毁于他们力图消灭别国所用的手段。据说乌姆•贾米尔就被她那用来运送柴火的绳索所勒死的。
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چونکہ یہ جمہوری حکومتیں ہوں گی۔ اس لئے ان کی رعایا اپنے سیاسی سرداروں سے بڑا گہرا جوڑ رکھتی ہوگی۔ ایسا جوڑ جس کو توڑا نہیں جاتا۔ اس لئے یہاں کھجور کے رسّے کا ذکر کیا ہے۔ کیونکہ وہ ٹوٹا نہیں کرتا اور یہ بتایا گیا ہے کہ ان کی رعایا ہمیشہ ان کو اکساتی رہے گی۔ کہ لڑائی کے لئے اور سامان پیدا کرو۔ جس کی طرف حَمَّالَۃَ الْحَطَب میں اشارہ ہے۔
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Commentary:
Though apparently free, these nations will be so strongly tied to their respective political ideologies and systems that they will not be able to break away from them. Or like Ummi Jamil who is said to have become strangled by the very rope by which she carried firewood, these nations would perish by the very means by which they would seek to destroy others.
As a fitting postscript to the Surah two of the prophecies, one from the Quran and the other from the Bible which speak of the terrible fate of these nations may be given below:
But when the promise of My Lord shall come to pass, He will break it into pieces. And the promise of my Lord is certainly true. And on that day We shall leave some of them to surge against others and the trumpet will be blown. Then shall We gather them all together. And on that day We shall present Hell, face to face, to disbelievers (18:99-101).
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My face. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I spoken. Surely, in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel. So the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground…And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood: and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands and upon the many people that are with him an overflowing rain, and great pestilence, fire and brimstone (Ezek. 38:18-22).
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Though apparently free, these nations will be so strongly tied to their respective political ideologies and systems that they will not be able to break away from them. Or, like Umm-e-Jamil, who is said to have become strangled by the very rope by which she carried fire-wood, these nations will perish by the very means by which they would seek to destroy others.