Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 53:50–55
The Setting Star (Al-Najm)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(50) It was He who totally destroyed the former ‘Ad (51) and Thamud tribes, (52) and before them the people of Noah who were even more unjust and insolent; (53) and He overthrew the subverted cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah] (54) and then covered them from sight forever. (55) On which then of your Lord’s signs do you cast doubt?
Commentary
(a) A nation makes superb progress and surpasses other nations. It is apparently impossible for it to be overpowered. Thereafter, certain factors come into play and that nation is destroyed or faces decline and fades into oblivion. This indicates that there is a Super Power over human beings that decides about the future of nations. If even such events of history do not impart a lesson to a human being, what will?