Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 23:109–111
The Believers (Al-Mu’minun)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(109) Among My servants, there were those who said, “Lord, We believe, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best one to show mercy.” (110) But you made a laughing stock of them to the point where it made you forget My remembrance; and you went on laughing at them. (111) I have rewarded them this Day for their steadfastness, and it is they who have triumphed.’
Commentary
(a) During the life of this world, when the realities of the Hereafter were still hidden, there were still some servants of God who had recognised God in all His Majesty and perfection. In spite of hearing the call for Truth in a purely abstract form, supported only by rational arguments, they believed in it. But they had to pay the price for believing in an alien Truth in that they became the subject of ridicule in their immediate surroundings. Despite this, they did not break off this attachment.
Such steadfastness in thinking is the greatest form of patience and the reward for this is paradise in the life hereafter.