Helplessness of Adversary & Glad for Orthodox

 

Helplessness of opponents (L–44)

24. فَإِن لَم تَفعَلوا وَلَن تَفعَلوا فَاتَّقُوا النّارَ الَّتي وَقودُهَا النّاسُ وَالحِجارَةُ ۖ أُعِدَّت لِلكافِرينَ

24.  Fa-‘illam-  taf-‘aluu  wa lan-taf-‘aluu  fattaqun-Naarallatii  wa-quudu-han-naasu  wal-hijaa-ratu  ‘u-‘iddat  lil-Kaafiriin.

24.  But if you do not—and you will not—then beware the Fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

Wa-quudu-han-naasu wal-hijaa-ratu – (Its fuel is men and stones). It is indicated towards the Fire of the Hell, which will be very rigorous. It will burn the stones also in addition to the human beings. As though, the Idols of stones will be its fuel too. The indication from the word ‘Al-Hijaa-ratun may be towards the cruel mankind.

In the previous lesson, the opponents were invited for challenge against Holy Qur’an. Now, they are being informed: if you may not confront, and We say that you shall never be able to fulfill the demand of Qur’an, then it is obvious that it is the Word of God. And it has been manifested that the Messenger, Muhammad (ﷺ) is the True Prophet. Now if you do not have faith in the Prophet-hood of ‘Muhammad’ (ﷺ) and do not act upon the commandments of Holy Qur’an, it shall be the Base of torment for you in the Hell. So, you must arrange to escape from it, because the Fire of the Hell is not any normal fire. But that is such Fire; fuel of which will be men and stones. And that Fire has been prepared for such people; who oppose the commandments of God, Prophet-hood of Muhammad (ﷺ), the Truth of the Divine precepts of Islam and purity of Holy Qur’an.

 

Some more matters have also been cleared by this verse:

• The matter in which the enemies of Islam; particularly “the Qureysh” had great pretension, that is to say “Purity of the words and to cause its meanings to understand easily”, making them humble in the same; it was proved that this Word is of God.

• False gods; which the people have adopted instead of One God and ask them for their desires, those all were refuted.

• Punishment of infidelity was determined i.e. the Hell.

We must have no doubt in the Divinity of Holy Qur’an, the Truth of Islam, sincerity and honesty of the Messenger ‘Muhammad’ (ﷺ) because if the entire human beings try collectively to write any one, small chapter like the Chapters of Holy Qur’an, they cannot bring (in which all such excellences must exist which exist in this Word of God). Some of the excellences are: Pure words, eloquence and rhetoric, preaching of good manners, explaining the meanings excellently, material for relief and guidance of all people, instructions for the mankind in the entire fields of difficulties and problems, and useful equally for all the nations of the world etc. https://youtu.be/BUUacaSnUdQ