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Book is on a wholly different plane from Allah's Mysteries, and that their physical natures cannot apprehend the
mysteries. They must wait. Truth will also wait. But the waiting in the two cases is in quite different senses. Cf. vi. 158
and ix. 52. (10.20)
10:102 - Do they then expect (anything) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed
away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I too will wait with you." 1484
1484 Cf. x. 20 and n. 1408. The argument about Allah's revelation of Himself to man was begun in those early sections of
this Sura and is being now rounded off towards the end of this Sura with the same formula. (10.102)
11:122 - "And wait ye! we too shall wait." 1625
1625 Cf. xi. 93, n. 1595, and x. 102, n. 1484. If the wicked only wait, they will see how Allah's Plan unfolds itself. As for
those who believe, they are glad to wait in perfect confidence, because they know that Allah is good and merciful, as
well as just and true. (11.122)
16:33 - Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them or there comes the Command of thy
Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went before them. But Allah wronged them not: nay
they wronged their own souls. 2056
2056 That is, until death comes to them, or some Punishment in this life, itself, which precludes them from repentance, and
the Mercy of Allah. (16.33)
20:135 - Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye therefore and soon shall ye know who it is that is
on the straight and even way and who it is that has received guidance." 26602661
2660 If people will not be true to their own lights, what further argument is left? The Prophet of Allah can only say: "Let us
wait the issue: my faith tells me that Allah's Truth must prevail." Cf. ix. 52. (20.135)
2661 Cf. xix. 43. The straight and even Way must endure, and show that the man who follows it has received true guidance.
All falsehood and crookedness must ultimately disappear. (20.135)
23:25 - (And some said:) "He is only a man possessed: wait (and have patience) with him for a
time." 2886
2886 I construe this to be a speech of another group among them. They thought he was mad, and best left alone. His
madness would run out, or he would come to an evil end. (23.25)
27:35 - "But I am going to send him a present and (wait) to see with what (answer) return (my)
ambassadors."
32:30 - So turn away from them and wait: they too are waiting. 3665
3665 Read vi. 158 and n. 984 as a commentary on this. There it is said to the Unbelievers: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."
Here the Righteous one is told: "Wait (thou): they too are waiting." The reversal of the order is appropriate: in each
case the person (or persons) addressed is mentioned first. Cf. also vii. 71. (32.30)
33:23 - Among the Believers are men who have been true to their Covenant with Allah: of them
some have completed their vow to (the extreme) and some (still) wait: but they have never
changed (their determination) in the least: 3697
3697 In the fight for truth were (and are) many who sacrificed their all-resources, knowledge, influence, life itself-in the
Cause, and never wavered. If they won the crown of martyrdom, they were blessed. Such a one was Sad ibn Mu'az,
the chief of the Aus tribe, the intrepid standard-bearer of Islam, who died of a wound he had received in the Battle of
the Trench. Other heroes fought valiantly and lived, always ready to lay down their lives. Both classes were staunch:
they never changed or wavered. (33.23)
33:53 - O ye who Believe! enter not the Prophet's houses until leave is given you for a meal (and
then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are invited enter; and when ye
have taken your meal disperse without seeking familiar talk. …
38:15 - These (to-day) only wait for a single mighty Blast which (when it comes) will brook no
delay. 41644165
4164 Cf. xxxvi. 29, n. 3973. (38.15)
4165 Fawaq: delay, the interval between one milking of a she-camel, and another, either to give her a breathing space or to
give her young time to suck,-or perhaps the milker to adjust his fingers. Such interval will be quite short. The derived
meaning is that when the inevitable just punishment for sin arrives, it will not tarry, but do its work without delay.
(38.15)
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