Topic: Advanced And Prosperous Nation
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Important Words:
ریع (high place) is derived from راع which means, it increased or augmented; it prospered or throve, it was in flourishing circumstances. ریع means, a high or elevated place; a road of any kind; or a mountain-path; the channel of the torrent of a valley from any high place (Lane, Aqrab & Mufradat).
For تعبثون (seeking vainglory) see 23:116.
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Important Words:
ریع (high place) is derived from راع which means, it increased or augmented; it prospered or throve, it was in flourishing circumstances. ریع means, a high or elevated place; a road of any kind; or a mountain-path; the channel of the torrent of a valley from any high place (Lane, Aqrab & Mufradat).
For تعبثون (seeking vainglory) see 23:116.
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
This, the preceding and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the West, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilisation. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warnings of their Prophet to mend their ways, they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning. See {1323}.
Important Words:
مصانع (palaces) is the plural of مصنعة which is derived from صنع . They say صنع الشیء i.e. he made, wrought, constructed or manufactured the thing or he made it skilfully or well. مصانع means, a kind of tanks or reservoirs for collecting rainwater. The word also means towns, fortresses or palaces. They say ھو من اھل المصانع i.e. he is of the people of the towns. It also signifies factories and great chemical works (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This, the preceding, and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the west, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilization. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warning of their Prophet to mend their ways, so they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning.
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Important Words:
مصانع (palaces) is the plural of مصنعة which is derived from صنع . They say صنع الشیء i.e. he made, wrought, constructed or manufactured the thing or he made it skilfully or well. مصانع means, a kind of tanks or reservoirs for collecting rainwater. The word also means towns, fortresses or palaces. They say ھو من اھل المصانع i.e. he is of the people of the towns. It also signifies factories and great chemical works (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This, the preceding, and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the west, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilization. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warning of their Prophet to mend their ways, so they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning.
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This, the preceding and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the West, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilisation. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warnings of their Prophet to mend their ways, they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning. See {1323}.
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
جَبَّار کا لفظ جب اللہ تعالیٰ کے لئے استعمال ہو تو اس کے معنے مصلح کے ہوتے ہیں لیکن جب انسانوں کے لئے استعمال ہو تو اس کے معنے دوسرے کو نیچے گرا کر آپ ترقی کرنے کے ہوتے ہیں (مفردات) پس ہم نے ترجمہ ’’ظالم‘‘ کا کیا ہے۔
Commentary:
This verse shows that the Adites were a highly powerful people of the time. They had developed imperialistic tendencies and had sought to subjugate weaker communities and destroy their cultures. This seems to be the significance of the words, "And when you lay hands upon anyone, you lay hands as tyrants."
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جَبَّار کا لفظ جب اللہ تعالیٰ کے لئے استعمال ہو تو اس کے معنے مصلح کے ہوتے ہیں لیکن جب انسانوں کے لئے استعمال ہو تو اس کے معنے دوسرے کو نیچے گرا کر آپ ترقی کرنے کے ہوتے ہیں (مفردات) پس ہم نے ترجمہ ’’ظالم‘‘ کا کیا ہے۔
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Commentary:
This verse shows that the Adites were a highly powerful people of the time. They had developed imperialistic tendencies and had sought to subjugate weaker communities and destroy their cultures. This seems to be the significance of the words, "And when you lay hands upon anyone, you lay hands as tyrants."