We read in S 6:160: ``Whoever comes with a good deed, he shall have a tenfold the like of it, and whoever comes with a bad deed, he will not be oppressed.'' إِنَّ الَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرَادُّكَ إِلَى مَعَاد قُلْ رَّبِّى أَعْلَمُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْهُدَى وَمَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلاَل مُّبِين(( 85 )) [ 602 ] 85- VERILY HE WHO MADE THE QURA"N INCUMBENT UPON YOU, WILL BRING YOU BACK (TO THE PLACE OF RETURN) AGAIN.
SAY:- MY LORD KNOWS BEST, THAT WHO HAS COME WITH GUIDANCE, AND WHO IS IN MANIFEST ERROR. وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوا أَنْ يُلْقَى إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابُ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيراً لِّلْكَافِرِينَ(( 86 )) 86- AND YOU WERE NOT EXPECTING A BOOK TO BE INDUCTED TO YOU, EXCEPT BY A MERCY FROM YOUR LORD, SO BE NOT A SUPPORTER OF THE NON-BELIEVERS.
وَلاَ يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ وَادْعُ إِلَى رَبِّكَ وَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ(( 87 )) 87- AND LET THEM NOT BAR YOU FROM THE SIGNS OF ALLAH, AFTER IT HAS BEEN SENT DOWN TO YOU, AND CALL (PEOPLE) TO YOUR LORD, AND BE NOT OF THE POLYTHEISTS. وَلاَ تَدْعُ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهاً آخَرَ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ كُلُّ شَىْء هَالِكٌ إِلاَّ وَجْهَهُ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ(( 88 )) 88- AND DO NOT CALL BESIDES ALLAH OTHER GOD. THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE.
EVERYTHING IS PERISHABLE EXCEPT HIS FACE. FOR HIM IS THE ORDER (TO BE ISSUED). AND TO HIM YOU SHALL BE RETURNED. [ 603 ] THE COMMENTARY VERSE NO.85ِ88 OCCASION OF THE REVELATION When the prophet was forced to change his field of combat, and emigrate from Mecca to Medina, he left his home town (Mecca), in which was the Sacred Mosque built by his forefather Abraham. It was natural for him to love such a home town tenderly.
When the prophet set out and made for Medina, he reached a point which is called JOHFA, at a short distance from Mecca. He turned and cast a last look on that beloved Sacred city of God, and felt very sad in the heartِa heart that was strongly connected with that sacred place. In that condition Gabriel appeared to him and said:- ``Do you indeed love your home town so much?'' The prophet answered:- ``Yes!