Transliteration:( Farrat min qaswarah )
46. This means that because of these infidels' stupidity and foolishness, they are like the donkey. They run away from the Holy Qur'aan and the Possessor of the Holy Qur'aan in such a way like how the donkey takes to flight out of fear for the lion in the jungle.
From this verse, two benefits have been outlined:
1. Although human beings are similar, in appearance, in nature they are different. Some are by nature like donkeys, some are like dogs, and some like lions and some possess a nature superior than that of the angels. The stones and animals would differentiate between Abu Jahl and the Holy Prophet ا
Thus, anyone who regards all human beings as equal is far less intelligent than stones and animals.
2. Allah Almighty has equated these leaders of the Quraish with donkeys who had been regarded in the world as intelligent leaders. This tells us that intelligence through which one cannot find Allah and His Beloved Prophet, is not intelligence, but rather stupidity. All the respect and honour, which is showered on them, is, in reality, disgrace. The same is the condition of knowledge, wealth etc.
The tafsir of Surah Muddaththir verse 51 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muddaththir ayat 38 which provides the complete commentary from verse 38 through 56.
37. This is an idiomatic expression in Arabic which depicts the character of wild donkeys who flee stupefied and stunned as soon as they smell a lion or hear a hunter.
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