Previously we discussed the meaning of the separate letters that appear in the beginnings
of some Surahs.
[كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَـهُ إِلَيْكَ]
((This is) a Book which We have revealed unto you...) Allah says, `This is a Book
that We have revealed to you, O Muhammad. This `Book', is the Glorious Qur'an, the
most honored Book, that Allah sent down from heaven to the most honored Messenger
of Allah sent to all the people of the earth, Arabs and non-Arabs alike,
[لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَـتِ إِلَى النُّورِ]
(in order that you might lead mankind out of darkness into light) We sent you, O
Muhammad, with this Book in order that you might lead mankind away from misguidance
and crookedness to guidance and the right way,'
[اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَـتِ إِلَى النُّورِ
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُ الطَّـغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ النُّورِ
إِلَى الظُّلُمَـتِ]
(Allah is the Wali (Protector or Guardian) of those who believe. He brings them
out from darkness into light. But as for those who disbelieve, their Awliya (supporters
and helpers) are Taghut (false deities), they bring them out from light into darkness.)
[2:257], and,
[هُوَ الَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ ءَايَـتٍ بَيِّنَـتٍ لِّيُخْرِجَكُمْ مِّنَ
الظُّلُمَـتِ إِلَى النُّورِ]
(It is He Who sends down manifest Ayat to His servant that He may bring you out
from darkness into light. ) [57:9] Allah said next,
[بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ]
(by their Lord's leave), He guides those whom He destined to be guided by the hand
of His Messenger , whom He sent to guide them by His command,
[إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيزِ]
(to the path of the All-Mighty,) Who can never be resisted or overpowered. Rather,
Allah is Irresistible above everything and everyone else,
[الْحَمِيدِ]
(the Praised.) Who is glorified and praised in all His actions, statements, legislation,
commandments and prohibitions and Who only says the truth in the information He
conveys. Allah's statement,
[اللَّهِ الَّذِى لَهُ مَا فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ]
(Allah to Whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth!),
is similar to,
[قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا الَّذِى لَهُ
مُلْكُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ]
(Say: "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah - to Whom
belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.) [7:158] Allah's statement,
[وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْكَـفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ]
(And woe unto the disbelievers from a severe torment. ) means, `woe to them on the
Day of Judgment because they defied you, O Muhammad, and rejected you.' Allah described
the disbelievers as preferring the life of the present world to the Hereafter, coveting
the former life and working hard for its sake. They have forgotten the Hereafter
and abandoned it behind their backs,
[وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ]
(and hinder (men) from the path of Allah), from following the Messengers,
[وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا]
(and seek crookedness therein) they seek to make Allah's path crooked, even though
it is straight itself and does not deviate on account of those who defy or betray
it. When the disbelievers do this, they become engulfed in ignorance and misguidance
far away from truth, and therefore, there is no hope that they will gain guidance
and correctness while on this state.
[وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ فَيُضِلُّ
اللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ]
(4. And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order
that he might make (the Message) clear for them. Then Allah misleads whom He wills
and guides whom He wills. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.)
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