Wabaneena shuhooda (surah Muddathir: 13)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(74:13) and sons ever present with him, *12

Wa baneena shuhoodaa

*12) Walid bin al-Mughirah had ten or twelve' sons of whom Hadrat Khalid bin Walid became most famous. For these sons the word shuhud has been used, which can have several meanings: (1) That they do not have to run about and go abroad in search of their livelihood: they have enough provisions at home; therefore, they can always remain at the beck and call of their father; (2) that all his sons are prominent and influential people: they sit in assemblies and conferences with him; and (3) that they are the people of high rank and position and their testimony is accepted in all matters of life.