Transliteration:( Wa kam ahlaknaa min qaryatim batirat ma'eeshatahaa fatilka masaakinuhum lam tuskam mim ba'dihim illaa qaleelaa; wa kunnaa Nahnul waariseen )
149. What is meant is there is peace and security in the obedience to the Holy Prophet, while opposing to him will bring about destruction. These people took a lopsided view that by obeying the Prophet will bring destruction and by opposing him there will be peace and security. The testimony of history is completely opposite to this view. Read the history of the previous people.
150. Some traces of whom are still to be found and these ruins are visible to you at all times during your journey to there.
151. Some travellers and wayfarers take shelter in these ruins for a while then move on leaving them empty. It does not mean that these destroyed nations take shelter in these while opposition to him ruins for a short while
152. This means no heir of theirs was left behind who could have rebuilt their houses .there will be instability and after destruction
153. From this emerge two points:
1. Divine punishment does not come without the curse of the Prophet.
2. It is not necessary that a Prophet should come to every establishment. The coming of the Prophet to one large establishment is sufficient for all the neighbouring small establishments.
58. And how many a town have We destroyed, which was thankless for its means of livelihood! And those are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them except a little. And verily, We have been the heirs. 59. And never will your Lord destroy the towns until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Ayat. And never would We destroy the towns unless the people thereof are wrongdoers.
Referring to the people of Makkah, Allah says:
(And how many a town have We destroyed, which was thankless for its means of livelihood!) They were arrogant transgressors who denied Allah’s blessing of giving them ample provision. This is like the Ayah, o
(And Allah puts forward the example of a township, that dwelt secure and well-content: its provision coming to it in abundance from every place) until:
(So the torment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.) (16:112-113) Allah said:
(And those are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them except a little.) Their land became empty and desolate, and you can see nothing but their dwellings.
(And verily, We have been the heirs.) Their towns became ruins, with none remaining. Then Allah tells us of His justice and that He does not destroy anyone unjustly; on the contrary, He destroys those whom He destroys after establishing proof against them. So, he says:
(And never will your Lord destroy the towns until He sends to their mother town) i.e., Makkah —
(a Messenger reciting to them Our Ayat.) This indicates that the Unlettered Prophet, Muhammad was sent from the Mother of Cities as a Messenger to all cities and towns, Arab and non-Arab alike. This is like the Ayat:
(so that you may warn the Mother of Towns and all those around it) (6:92).
(Say: “O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah.”) (7:158),
(That I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach.) (6:19)
(but those of the sects that reject it, the Fire will be their promised meeting place.) (11:17).
(And there is not a town but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe torment.) (17:58). Allah tells us that He will destroy every town before the Day of Resurrection, as He says:
(And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.) (17:15). Allah has sent the Unlettered Prophet to all the towns (all of mankind), because he has been sent to the Mother of Cities, their source to which they all return. It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that the Prophet said:
(I have been sent to the red and the black.) Prophethood ended with him, and there is no Prophet or Messenger to come after him, but his way will remain as long as night and day remain, until the Day of Resurrection.
(28:58) And how many a town did We destroy whose inhabitants exulted on account of their affluence. These are their dwellings in which very few dwelt after them. Eventually it is We Who inherited them.[82]
82. This is the second answer to their excuse. It means to imply this: The worldly wealth and prosperity of which you are so proud and whose probable danger of loss makes you stick to falsehood and turn away from the truth. This was also possessed once by Aad and Thamud and Saba and the people of Lot. Then, did it save them from destruction? After all, a high standard of living is not the only aim in life that man should endeavor to pursue it regardless of every consideration for truth and falsehood, and refuse to accept the right way only because there was a risk of losing it if one did so. Do you have any guarantee that if you persisted in the errors and evils that ruined the prosperous peoples of the past, you would remain safe and never meet the doom that they met?
[1114]- By travelers seeking temporary shelter. The reference is to the ruins which were visible to the Quraysh during their journeys.
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