Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 29:4–7
The Spider (Al-‘Ankabut)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(4) Do those who do evil imagine that they will escape Us? How ill they judge! (5) He who hopes to meet God should know that God’s appointed hour is sure to come. He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing. (6) And whoever strives, strives only for himself—God is independent of all His creation— (7) as for those who have faith and do good works, We shall certainly cleanse them of their evil deeds and reward them according to the best of their actions.
Commentary
(a) To be a believer is often synonymous with going against the trend of the times. This amounts to being a God-worshipper in an atmosphere of hero-worship; to subscribe to principles in an atmosphere where importance is given to desires; to endeavour to live for the Hereafter in an atmosphere where people live for worldly interests.
This kind of life requires an earnest struggle, and only those who have absolute faith in God and who have made God’s expected reward their sole focus, are capable of remaining steadfast on this thorny path.