CHAP. CX.
Intitled, Affiftance; revealed at Mi c e a.
In the name of the moft merciful G o d .
WH E N t h e a f f i f t a n c e o f G o d f h a l l c o m e ; a n d t h e v i ' & o r y * ; a n d t h o u
f t i a l t f e e t h e p e o p l e e n t e r i n t o t h e r e l i g i o n o f G o d b y t r o o p s b : c e l e b r a t e
t h e p r a i f e o f t h y L o r d , a n d a s k p a r d o n o f h i m c ; f o r h e i s i n c l i n e d t o f o r g
i v e .
a When the ajjifiance of G od fhall' com, and
the viSloryi ] i. e. When G od lhall caufe thee
to prevail over thy enemies, and thou fhalt take
the city of Mecca.
b And thou Jbalt fee the people enter into the
religion of G od by troops',]; Which-happened m
the ninth year of the Hejra, when, Mohammed
having made himfelf mailer of Mecca, and obliged
the Koreijh to fubmit to him, thé reft of the
Arabs came in to him in great- numbers, arid
profefled IJlam *.
c Celebrate the praife of thy L ord, See. ] Moft
of the commentators agree this chapter to have
been revealed before the taking of Mecca, and
fuppofe it gave Mohammed warning of his death:
for they fay that when he read it al Abbas
wept, and being asked by the prophet, what
was the reafon of his weeping, anfwered, Be-
■ caufe if bidddthj thee to prepare for death; to
which Mohammed replied, It is as thou fayeft *.
And hence, adds Jallalo'ddin, after the revelation
of this chapter, the prophet was more frequent
in praifing and asking pardon of G od ; becaufe
he thereby knew that his end approached : for
Mecca was taken in the 8th year of the Hejra,
and he died in the beginning of the.ioth,
Zee the Prelim. Difc. §. II. j». 55* a A I 'B e id a .w i .
C H A P. CXI.
In filled , A b u L a h e b ; revealed at M e c c a ,.
In the name of the moft merciful G od,
i r j - I H E h a n d s o f A b u L a h e b f h a l l p e r i f h a , a n d h e f h a l l g e r i l h b . H i s
r i c h e s
» <T},e hands of Abu Laheb fhall perifh i f
Abu Laheb was the furname of Abd'al JJzza,
one of the fons of Abd'almotalleb, and uncle to
Mohammed. He was a moft bitter enemy to
his nephew, and oppofed the eftablifhmen^ of
his new religion to the utmoft of his porter.
When that prophet, , in-obedience to the command
he had received to admonifh his near relations
i , had called them all together, and told
them that he was a warner fent unto them before
a grievous chaflifement, Abu Laheb cried out,
Mayefi thou perifh ! haß thou called us together
for this? and took up a ftone to caft at him.
Whereupon this paffage was revealed *.
By
r i c h e s I h a l l n o t p r o f i t h i m , n e i t h e r t h a t w h i c h h e h a t h g a i n e d 2 . H e f h a l l
g o d o w n t o b e b u r n e d i n t o f l a m i n g f i r e b ; a n d h i s w i f e alfo0, b e a r i n g w o o d d ,
having o n h e r n e c k a c o r d o f t w i f t e d f i b r e s o f a p a l m - t r e e .
By the hands of Abu Laheb . fome commentators,
by a fynecdoche, underftand his perfon ;
pthers, by a metonymy, his affairs in general,
they being tranfa6ted with tkofe members j or
his hopes in this world, and the next.
b AndL.be fhall perifh ; ] He died of grief and
vexation at the defeat his friends had received at
Bedr, furviving that misfortune but 7 days 1.
They add, that his corpfe was left aboveground
three days, till it ftank, and then fome negro’s
were hired to bury him 2.
a His riches fhall not profit him, &c.] And accordingly
his great polfeffions, and the rank and
efteem in which he lived at Mecca, were of no
fervice to him, nor could protedl him againft the
vengeance of God. Al Beidawi mentions alfo
the lofs of his Ion Otba, who was torn to pieces
by a lion, in the way to Syria, though furround-
wed by the whole caravan.
1 A bulf. vit. Mob. p. 57. a ^
b Flaming fire, ] Arab, ndr dbat laheb ; alluding
to the furname of Abu Laheb, which
fignifies the father of flames.
~c His wifej ] Her name was Omm Jemil:
fhe was the daughter of Harb, and lifter of
Abu Zofidn.
d Bearing wood; ] For fewel in hell; becaufe
flie fomented the hatred which ■ her huf-
barid bore to Mohammed i or, bearing a bundle
of thorns and brambles, becaufe Ihe carried fuch,
and ftrewed them by night in the prophet’s ,
way V
U Beidawi . 3 Idem, Ja l l a l ,
CHAP. CXII.
Intitled, The Declaration of G od’s- Unity3; where it was
revealed is difputed.
In the name of the moft merciful G od.
SAY» G od i s o n e G o d ; t h e e t e r n a l G o d : h e b e g e t t e t h n o t , n e i t h e r i s h e
b e g o t t e n : a n d t h e r e i s n o t a n y o n e l i k e u n t o h i m .
« This chapter is held in particular veneratt- to have been revealed in anfwer to the Koreijh,
on by the Mohammedans, and declared, by a who asked Mohammed concerning the diftinguilh-
tradition of their prophet, to be equal in value ing attributes of . the God he invited them to
to a third part of the whole Koran. It is faid worfhip I. .
11 Iidem.
CHAP. CXIII.
Intitled, The Day-break; where it was revealed is difputed.
In the name of the moft merciful G od.
SA Y , I f l y f o r r e f u g e u n t o t h e L o r d o f t h e d a y - b r e a k a , that he may deliv
e r
a <Tbe day-break i ] The 'original word pro- Beidazoi, the produ£lion of all things in gene-
perly fignines a cleaving, and denotes, fays al ral from the darknefs of privation to the light