Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 47:31–32
Muhammad (Muhammad)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(31) Most certainly We will try you until We have discovered those among you who strive their hardest, and those who are steadfast, and will test your record. (32) Surely, they who are bent on denying the truth and on barring [others] from the path of God, and oppose the Messenger when they have been shown guidance, cannot harm God in any way. He will cause all their deeds to come to nothing.
Commentary
(a) When a man struggles for the cause of religion, he has to undergo different experiences, which are a test of his Faith: he must prove his steadfastness of belief by making sacrifices, crush his self, ignore his material interests, tolerate harassment; and remain steadfast in his devotion to God, even at the cost of his life and property.
In order to place the believer in such circumstances, it is necessary for non- believers to have full freedom, so that they may indulge in all sorts of activities against the people of Faith. These activities, on the one hand, establish the guilt of opponents beyond doubt and, on the other, give the opportunity to the people of Faith to show that, by being steadfast in their Faith under the most trying circumstances, they are real believers and are entitled to be selected for the eternal afterlife in God’s ideal world.