The Setting Star (Al-Najm)
Verses 50-55 GROUP_1414 53.50-55
50
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَى
It was He who totally destroyed the former ‘Ad
51
وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَى
and Thamud tribes,
52
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَى
and before them the people of Noah who were even more unjust and insolent;
53
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَى
and He overthrew the subverted cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah]
54
فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّى
and then covered them from sight forever.
55
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَى
On which then of your Lord’s signs do you cast doubt?
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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?