Translation: Blessed is He Who, 3064 if that were His will, could
give you better (things) than those,- Gardens
beneath which 3065 rivers flow; and He could give
you palaces (secure to dwell in).
Commentary:
3064 Cf. above, 25:1 The reminiscent phrase shows that the first argument, about
the Revelation and Prophethood, is completed, and we now pass on to the
contrast, the fate of the rejecters of both.
3065 This phrase is usually symbolical of the Bliss in the Hereafter. If it were
Allah's Plan, He could give his Messengers complete felicity and power in this life
also. Instead of being persecuted, mocked, driven out of their homes, and having
to exert their utmost powers of body, mind, and character to plant the flag of
Truth in an unbelieving world, they could have lived in ease and security. But that
would not have given the real lessons they came to teach struggling humanity by
their example.
3064 Cf. above, 25:1 The reminiscent phrase shows that the first argument, about the Revelation and Prophethood, is completed, and we now pass on to the contrast, the fate of the rejecters of both.
3065 This phrase is usually symbolical of the Bliss in the Hereafter. If it were Allah's Plan, He could give his Messengers complete felicity and power in this life also. Instead of being persecuted, mocked, driven out of their homes, and having to exert their utmost powers of body, mind, and character to plant the flag of Truth in an unbelieving world, they could have lived in ease and security. But that would not have given the real lessons they came to teach struggling humanity by their example.