Ornaments of Gold
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[43:61]
AND, BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a means to know [that] the Last Hour [is bound to come]; hence, have no doubt whatever about it, but follow Me: this [alone] is a straight way.

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* v.61 : Whereas most of the commentators regard the pronoun hu in innahu as relating to Jesus and, consequently, interpret the above phrase as “he is indeed a means to know [i.e., an indication of the coming of] the Last Hour,” some authorities – e.g., Qatādah, Al-Hasan al-Basrī, and Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr (all of them quoted by Tabarī, Baghawī, and Ibn Kathīr) – relate the pronoun to the Qur’ān, and understand the phrase in the sense adopted in my rendering. The specific mention of the Last Hour in the above context is meant to stress man’s ultimate responsibility before the Creator and, therefore, the fact that worship is due to Him alone: and so this parenthetic passage follows logically upon the mention of the false deification of Jesus.