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In the name
of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful |
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Hã M'ïm.[1] This Book is revealed by Allah, the All-Mighty, the
All-Wise.[2] We created the heavens and the earth and all that
lies between them to manifest the truth and to last for an
appointed term. Yet the disbelievers give no heed to Our
warning.[3] Ask them: “Have you pondered on those whom you
invoke besides Allah? Show me anything that they have created in
the earth, or do they have any share in the creation of the
heavens? Bring me any Book revealed before this, or some remnant
of divine knowledge in support of your beliefs if you are
telling the truth."[4] And who could be more astray than the one
who invokes those deities besides Allah who cannot answer him
till the Day of Resurrection - which, in fact, are not even
aware that they are being invoked?[5] And when mankind shall be
assembled on the Day of Judgment, they will become enemies of
those who invoked them and deny their worship altogether.[6]
46:[1-6] |
Allah created the heavens, earth and all that lies between them
to manifest the truth
Those deities to whom mushrikïn invoke, are not even aware that
they are being invoked. |
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When Our revelations are recited to them,
clear as they are, and the truth comes before them, the
disbelievers say: “This is plain magic.”[7] Do they say that the
Prophet has fabricated it himself? O Prophet, tell them:
“If I have fabricated it myself, then there is nothing that you
can do to protect me from the wrath of Allah. He knows
fully well what you say about it. Enough is He as a witness
between me and you. He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.”[8] O Prophet tell them: “I am no prodigy among
the Rasools; nor do I know what will be done with me or with
you. I follow only what is revealed to me, and I am no more than
a plain Warner."*[9] Further say: “Think, if this Qur’an
is indeed from Allah and you reject it, when a witness (a Jew)
from the Children of Israel has also testified to its similarity
with earlier scriptures and has believed (accepted
Islam), while you are showing arrogance, how unjust you
are! Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people."[10]
46:[7-10] |
The
Qur'an is the word of Allah, not of the Prophet
The Prophet is but a plain Warner |
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The unbelievers say about the believers: “Had there been any
good to believe in the message of the Qur’an, they would
not have believed in it before us (because the unbelievers
were strong and wealthy whereas believers were weak and poor)."
And since they reject its guidance, they say: “This is an
ancient falsehood."[11] Yet before it the Book of Musa was
revealed which was a guide and blessing; and this Book (Qur’an)
confirms it. It is revealed in the Arabic language to forewarn
the wrongdoers and to give good news to those who have adopted
the righteous conduct.[12] Indeed those who say: “Our Rabb is
Allah, and then remain firm shall have nothing to fear or to
regret.[13] They shall dwell in paradise forever as a reward for
their good deeds.[14]
46:[11-14] |
The Qur'an conforms the revelation of Torah given to the Prophet
Musa |
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We have enjoined upon man to treat his
parents with kindness. With much trouble his mother bore him,
and with much pain did she give him birth. His bearing and his
weaning took thirty months. When he reaches the age of full
strength and becomes forty years old, he says: “My Rabb! Grant
me the grace that I may thank you for the favors which You have
bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do good deeds
that will please You, and grant me good children. Surely I turn
to You in repentance and surely I am of those who are
Muslims."[15] Such are the people from whom We shall accept the
best of their deeds and overlook their misdeeds. They shall be
among the residents of paradise: true is the promise that has
been made to them in this life.[16] But he who rebukes his
parents and says: “Uff (as if to say, do not bother me)!
Do you threaten me with a resurrection, whereas many a
generations have passed before me and none has come back from
among them?” And they both cry for Allah’s help and say:
“Woe to you! Be a good believer. Surely the promise of Allah is
true." But he replies: “This is nothing but tales of the
ancients."[17] Such are the people against whom the verdict
of torment has proved true and they will be among the prior
people of the jinns and the men that have passed away before
them. Indeed they will be the losers.[18] All will be assigned
in ranks, according to their deeds, so that He may reward them
fully for what they have done and they shall not be wronged.[19]
On that Day when the disbelievers will be brought before the
fire, they will be told: “You squandered away your good
things in your earthly life and you enjoyed them for a while.
Today you shall be recompensed with a punishment of humiliation
because you behaved with arrogance for which you had no right
during your life on earth and because of the transgressions you
committed."[20]
46:[15-20] |
Those
who treat their parents with kindness shall be rewarded and
those who rebuke their parents shall be punished |
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Tell them the story of ‘Ad’s brother, the Prophet Hüd,
when he warned his people, the residents of Ahqãf - in fact
Warners came to them before him and after him - saying: “Worship
none but Allah. Surely I fear for you the torment of a mighty
Day."[21] They replied: “Have you come to turn us away from our
gods? Bring us the torment that you threaten us with, if you are
telling the truth.”[22] The Prophet Hüd said: “The
Knowledge of when it is going to come is only with Allah. I am
only conveying the Message with which I have been sent, however,
I can see that you are ignorant people."[23] Then when they saw
the torment in the shape of a cloud coming towards their
valleys, they said: “This cloud will bring us rain." - "Nay! It
is what you were asking for, a fierce wind bringing you a woeful
torment.[24] It is going to destroy everything by the command of
its Rabb. Consequently by the morning, there was nothing to be
seen except the ruins of their dwellings. Thus did We
reward those guilty people.[25] We had established them much
better than We have established you, O Qureysh of Makkah,
and endowed them with the faculties of hearing, seeing,
and intellect. Yet their faculties of hearing, sight and
intellect availed them nothing since they denied the revelations
of Allah; and they were completely hemmed in by the same thing
that they used to mock at.[26]
46:[21-26] |
Nation of 'Ad rejected Allah's message, as a result she faced
destruction |
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We have destroyed the towns which once flourished around you -
and We repeatedly sent them Our revelations so that they may
turn to the Right Way.[27] - Then Why did not those whom they
worshipped besides Allah help them who they regarded as a means
of attaining nearness to Him? But those deities utterly forsook
them, because those were nothing but their lies and their false
inventions.[28]
46:[27-28]
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No deity can save people from the wrath of Allah |
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Tell them how We brought to you a group of
jinns, who when they reached the place where you were
reciting and listened to the Qur’an, said to each other: “Be
silent." When the recitation was over, they returned to their
people as warners.[29] They said “O our people! We have just
listened to a Book that has been revealed after Musa which is
confirming that what came before it, and it guides to the truth
and to the Right Way.[30] O our people, answer the one who is
calling you towards Allah and believe in him! Allah will
forgive you your sins and save you from a painful
punishment.[31] He that does not answer the one who is calling
towards Allah, shall neither escape in the earth, nor shall have
any to protect from Him. Surely such people are in manifest
error."[32] Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, has the
power to raise the dead to life? Why not! Surely He has the
power over everything.[33] On the Day when the unbelievers will
be brought before the fire, Allah will ask: “Is this not
real?” “Yes, by our Rabb!” They will answer. “Well, then taste
the punishment now,” Will He reply, "in consequence of your
disbelief."[34]
46:[29-34] |
A
group of jinns embraced Islam after hearing The Qur'an and
became the preachers to their folk |
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Therefore, bear with them with patience, as
did the Rasools endowed with firmness of purpose before you, and
do not be in haste about them. On the Day when they shall see
that which they are being threatened with, their life on
earth will seem to them as if they had lived no more than an
hour of a day. The Message of forewarning has been
conveyed. Shall any be destroyed except the transgressors?[35]
46:[35]
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Keep
on passing the message of Allah and bear the disbelievers with
patience |
Major Issues, Divine
Law and Guidance:
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* Those deities whom mushrikïn invoke are
not even aware that they are being invoked.
* The Qur'an is the word of Allah, not of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
* The Prophet is but a plain Warner.
* The Qur'an confirms the revelation of the Torah given to the
Prophet Musa.
* Those who treat their parents with kindness shall be rewarded
and those who rebuke their parents shall be punished.
* No deity can save people from the wrath of Allah.
* A group of jinns embraced Islam after hearing The Qur'an.
* Pass on the message of Allah and bear with the disbelievers
patiently.
The 10th year of the Prophethood was a
year of extreme persecution and distress in the prophet’s life.
The Qureysh and the other tribes had continued their boycott of
the Bani Hashim and the Muslims for three years and the Prophet
and the people of his family and companions lay besieged in
Shi‘b Abi Tãlib. The Qureysh had blocked up this area from all
sides so that no supplies of any kind could reach the besieged
people. Only during the Hajj season were they allowed to come
out and purchase some articles of necessity. But even at that
time, whenever Abu Lahab noticed any of them approaching the
marketplace or a trading caravan he would call out to the
merchants exhorting them to announce forbidding rates of their
articles for them, and would pledge that he himself would buy
those articles so that they did not suffer any loss. This
boycott which continued uninterrupted for three years had broken
the backs of the Muslims and the Bani Hashim, so much so that at
times, they were forced to eat grass and the leaves of trees. At
last, when the siege was lifted, Abu Tãlib, the Prophet’s uncle,
who had been shielding him for ten long years, died. Hardly a
month later his wife, Sayyidah Khadijah, who had been a source
of peace and consolation for him ever since the beginning of the
call, also passed away. Because of these tragic incidents which
closely followed each other, the Prophet used to refer to this
year as the year of sorrow and grief.
After the death of Sayyidah Khadijah and Abu Tãlib, the
disbelievers of Makkah became even bolder in their campaign
against the Prophet. The Prophet decided to go to Ta’if and
approach the chiefs and nobles of the Bani Thaqïf. But, not only
they refused to listen to him, they asked him to leave. When he
was leaving, the chiefs of Thaqïf sent their slaves and
scoundrels after him. They screamed at him, abused him and
pelted him with stones for most of the way from both sides of
the road until he broke down, wounded and bleeding. The degree
of his injuries were such that his shoes were filled with blood.
Wearied and exhausted, he took shelter in the shade of a wall of
a garden outside Ta’if, and prayed:
“O Allah, to You I complain of my weakness, little resource, and
lowliness before men. O Most Merciful, You are the Rabb of the
weak, and You are my Rabb. To whom will You confide me? To the
one who will misuse me, or to an enemy to whom You have given
power over me? If You are not angry with me, I care not. Your
favor is wide for me. I take refuge in the light of Your
countenance by which the darkness is illuminated, and the things
of this world and the next are rightly ordered, lest Your anger
descends upon me or Your wrath lights upon me. It is for You to
be satisfied until You are well pleased. There is no power and
no might except Yours.” (Ibn Hisham: A. Guillaume’s Translation,
p. 193).
Grief stricken and heart broken when he returned near Qarn al-Manazil,
he felt as though the sky was overcast by clouds. He looked up
and saw Gabriel in front of him, who called out: “Allah has
heard the way your people have responded. He has, therefore,
sent this angel in-charge of the mountains. You may command him
as you please.” Then the angel of the mountains greeted him and
submitted: "If you like, I will overturn the mountains from
either side upon these people.” The Holy Prophet replied : “No,
but I expect that Allah will create from their seed those who
will worship none but Allah, the One.” (Bukhãri, Dhikr al
Mala’ikah; Muslim: Kitab al-Maghazi; Nasa’i :Al-Bauth). One
night when he was reciting the Qur’an in Prayer, a group of the
jinn happened to pass by and listened to the Qur’an, believed in
it, and returned to their people to preach Islam. Thus, Allah
gave His Prophet the good news that, if people were running away
from his invitation, there were many jinn, who had become
believers, and they were spreading the message among their own
kind. Anyone who keeps this background in view, and studies this
Sürah will have no doubt left in his mind that this is not at
all the composition of Muhammad (pbuh), but “a Revelation from
the All Mighty, All Wise Allah.” For nowhere in this Sürah, from
the beginning to end, does one find even a tinge of the human
feelings and reactions, which are naturally produced in a man
who is passing through such hard conditions. Considering the
Prophet's prayer that is cited above which contains his own
language, one can clearly note that its every word is saturated
with the feelings that he had at the time.
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