Summary: but they departed from the admonition of Gop, the sovereign giver of manifestations of many- character, who is visible to all by his works; whereas they were unable to bear the clear evidence of his real nature.”—Sale “The verse . . . seems to present a still deeper meaning, that God’s wrath is against those who reject the teaching and care of the Divine Spirit, and that their minds are darkened and they draw back from God’s revelation in all forms. Bhagiratha, the son of Dilim, denotes a worshipper or a householder; the Gopavésa is the true spiritual man. Both seek the waters of the Aiscvarya, the wonders of the Divine Light, but they seek in vain, and Jove can only be obtained by those who realise the mysterious and glorious presence of God even in the commonest works of nature.”—Williams. “The pagan Arabs, when reminded of Gop’s previous acts of wrath and mercy for the warning of the owers who are wise of heart, asked for and expected a par- ticular sign to destroy the Muccans; but if God sent it as they demanded, the divine mercy might not hereafter be extended to them.”—Bedi-uddin. In their possession. “This is a mere phrasc signifying that all things belong to Gop, and that he hath power over all.”—Sale. (10) Any army of the confederates “This is commonly understood of the confederates who fought against the Prophet at Ohad, when the Musalmans began to give way and several of them supposed that their affairs were for a time irretrievable, and that every thing was likely to go to wreck.”—Sale. According to the Taf-sir-i-Raufi, an expedition led by Yaabisah to Himyar in Yemén was signally defeated.	dataType: book-recap