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43:66 - Do they only wait for the Hour that it should come on them all of a sudden while they
perceive not? 4665
4665 Cf. xii. 107. What is there to wait for? The Hour of Judgment may come at any moment. It will come all of a sudden
before they realise that it is on them. They should make up their minds to give up misleading disputations and come to
the Straight Path. (43.66)
44:59 - So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
47:18 - Do they then only wait for the Hour that it should come on them of a sudden? But already
have come some tokens thereof and when it (actually) is on them how can they benefit then
by their admonition? 48394840
4839 Cf. xliii. 66, and n. 4665. (47.18)
4840 The sands of time are always running, and when a wrong is done, the time for its punishment is approaching every
moment. No one should therefore wait. The time for repentance is Now at any given time. When the punishment
comes, it is too late for repentance, and all admonition would be useless. Looking to the particular time when this Sura
was revealed, viz., about a year after the Hijrat, already there were Signs that the plans of the Pagans to crush Islam
were crumbling to pieces. The Hijrat showed how much good-will there was in Madinah for the holy Prophet of Allah,
and how many people from Makkah adhered to him, The battle of Badr showed that they could hold their own against
odds of three to one. (47.18)
52:31 - Say thou: "Await ye! I too will wait along with you!" 5065
5065 Cf. ix. 52. If the wicked wait or look for some calamity to befall the Prophet, the Prophet can with far more justice await
the decision of the issue between him and his persecutors. For he stands for right, and Allah will support the right.
(52.31)
52:48 - Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in our eyes: and
celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth. 50815082
5081 The messenger of Allah must strive his utmost to proclaim the Message of Allah: as for results, it is not for him to
command them. He must wait patiently, in the knowledge that he is not forgotten by Allah, but is constantly under
Allah's eyes,-under His loving care and protection. And he must glorify Allah's name, as he is a standard-bearer of
Allah's Truth. (52.48)
5082 The translators and Commentators nearly all understand taqumu in the sense of rising up from sleep. But the
rendering I have given is consistent with Quranic usage. In xxvi. 218, we have the same two words hina taqumu,
meaning "standing forth (in prayer)". In lvii. 25, we have "li-yaqum an-nasu bil-qisti", which obviously means "that men
may stand forth in justice," i.e., do all their business in justice. In lxxviii. 38, we have yaqumu used for the angels
standing forth in ranks. On my rendering the meaning will be: 'celebrate Allah's praises when you stand forth in prayer,
or at all times when you go about your business; but also for part of the night and at early dawn when worldly life is at
a standstill.' (52.48)
57:13 - One day will the Hypocrites men and women say to the Believers: "Wait for us! let us
borrow (a light) from your Light!" It will be said: "turn ye back to your rear! then seek a light
(where ye can)!" So a wall will be put up betwixt them with a gate therein. Within it will be
Mercy throughout and without it all alongside will be (wrath and) Punishment! 52905291
5290 Watchful preparation in Life, and the light of Faith, which reflects the divine Light, are matters of personal Life, and
cannot be borrowed from another. So, in Christ's parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. xv. 1-13), when the foolish ones
had let their lamps go out for want of oil, they asked to borrow oil from the wise ones, but the wise ones answered and
said, "Not so;...but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves". (57.13)
5291 The wall will divide the Good from the Evil. But the Gateway in it will show that communication will not be cut off. Evil
must realise that Good-ie., Mercy and Felicity-had been within its reach, and that the Wrath which envelops it is due to
its own rejection of Mercy. (57.13)
68:48 - So wait with patience for the command of thy Lord and be not like the Companion of the
Fish when he cried out in agony. 5629
5629 This was Zun-Nun, or Jonah, for whom see n. 2744 to xxi. 87-88. Cf. also xxxvii. 139-148 and the notes there. Jonah
was asked to preach to the people of Nineveh, a wicked city. He met with hostility and persecution, fled from his
enemies, and took a boat. He was caught in a storm and thrown into the sea. He was swallowed by a fish or whale,
but he repented in his living prison, and was forgiven. But the people of Nineveh were also forgiven, for they, too,
repented. Here is a double allegory of Allah's mercy and forgiveness, and a command to patience, and complete and
joyful submission to the Will of Allah. (68.48)
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 8.503 Narrated by
Abu Huraira
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