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Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
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Chapter
70 (Al-Ma‘arij- The Ways of
Ascent)
> Section 2 (Verses 36 to 44) Section/Ruku 2
[Verses 36 to 44]: A new nation to be raised up: 1. Translation: 37 On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties? 38 Does every man of them desire to be admitted to the Garden of bliss? 39 By no means! Surely We have created them for what they know.a 40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Eastern lands and the Western lands! that We are certainly Powerful 41 To bring in their place (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.a 42 So leave them alone to plunge in vain talk and to sport, until they come face to face with that day of theirs which they are promised — 43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as hastening on to a goal, 44 Their eyes cast down, disgrace covering them. Such is the day which they are promised.a 2.
Commentary: 39a. What is negatived here is the fact that the evildoers can enter the Garden of bliss. Min in mimma (originally min ma, "for what") signifies ajal or the end for which man has been created. It is to rise above sin, to be able to ascend to God, the Lord of the ways of Ascent; see 3a. The Garden of bliss stands clearly for the Ascension of man to God which is the real object of his life. [Back to verse 39] 41a. Note the clear prophecy that an evil generation will be brought to naught and another people, the righteous, shall inherit the land. The old order will be changed and a new order established instead of that. [Back to verse 41] 44a. Vv. 43 and 44 give us a clear statement as to the final triumph of Truth and the overthrow of opposition or the triumph of righteousness over the powers of evil. Being spiritually dead, their very homes were graves in a metaphorical sense. As in almost all chapters of this period, the final triumph of Truth runs along as an undercurrent in the mention of Resurrection. [Back to verse 44]
Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
>
Chapter
70 (Al-Ma‘arij- The Ways of
Ascent)
> Section 2 (Verses 36 to 44)
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