Allah tells us that He is the Creator of what is in the heavens and on earth,
and what is between them. He is the Sovereign and Controller alternating the
night and day.
[يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْـلَ
عَلَى النَّهَـارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّـهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ]
(He makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night.)
means, He has subjugated them and He causes them to alternate without ceasing,
each seeking the other rapidly, as He says:
[يُغْشِى الَّيْلَ
النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا]
(He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly) (7:54).
This is the meaning of that which was narrated from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be
pleased with him, Mujahid, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.
[وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ
وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّـى]
(And He has subjected the sun and the moon. Each running for an appointed
term.) means, for a period of time that is known to Allah, then it will come to
an end on the Day of Resurrection.
[أَلا هُوَ
الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ]
(Verily, He is the Almighty, the Oft-Forgiving.) means, beside His might,
greatness and pride, He is Oft-Forgiving to those who disobey Him but then turn
to Him in repentance.
[خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن
نَّفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ]
(He created you (all) from a single person;) means, He created you, with all
your varied races, types, languages and colors, from a single soul, who was
Adam, peace be upon him.
[ثُمَّ جَعَلَ
مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا]
(then made from him his wife.) who was Hawwa', peace be upon her. This is
like the Ayah:
[يَـأَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ
مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيراً وَنِسَآءً]
(O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord, Who created you from a single person,
and from him He created his wife, and from them both He created many men and
women) (4:1).
[وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ
مِّنَ الاٌّنْعَـمِ ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ]
(And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs.) means, He has created
for you from among the cattles, eight pairs. These are the ones that are
mentioned in Surat Al-An`am, eight kinds -- a pair of sheep, a pair of goats, a
pair of camels and a pair of oxen.
[يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى
بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـتِكُـمْ]
(He creates you in the wombs of your mothers,) means, He forms you in your
mothers' wombs.
[خَلْقاً مِّن بَعْدِ
خَلْقٍ]
(creation after creation). Everyone of you is originally a Nutfah, then he
becomes an `Alaqah, then he becomes a Mudghah, then he is created and becomes
flesh and bones and nerves and veins, and the Ruh (soul) is breathed into him,
and he becomes another type of creation.
[فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ
أَحْسَنُ الْخَـلِقِينَ]
(So Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators) (23:14).
[فِى ظُلُمَـتٍ
ثَلَـثٍ]
(in three veils of darkness) means, in the darkness of the womb, the darkness
of the placenta which blankets and protects the child, and the darkness of the
belly. This was the view of Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid,
`Ikrimah, Abu Malik, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd.
[ذَلِكُـمُ اللَّهُ
رَبُّـكُمْ]
(Such is Allah your Lord.) means, the One Who created the heavens and the
earth and everything in between, and created you and your forefathers, is the
Lord. To Him belong sovereignty and control over all of that.
[لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ
هُوَ]
(La ilaha illa Huwa.) means, no one else should be worshipped except Him
alone with no partner or associate.
[فَأَنَّى
تُصْرَفُونَ]
(How then are you turned away) means, how can you worship anything besides
Him What has happened to your minds
[إِن تَكْفُرُواْ
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنكُمْ وَلاَ يَرْضَى لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ وَإِن
تَشْكُرُواْ يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ إِلَى
رَبِّكُمْ مَّرْجِعُكُـمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُـمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ إِنَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ - وَإِذَا مَسَّ الإِنسَـنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ
مُنِيباً إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِىَ مَا كَانَ
يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَاداً لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ
قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلاً إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـبِ النَّارِ ]
(7. If you disbelieve, then verily, Allah is not in need of you; He likes not
disbelief for His servants. And if you are grateful, He is pleased therewith for
you. No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is
your return, and He will inform you what you used to do. Verily, He is the
All-Knower of that which is in breasts.) (8. And when some hurt touches man, he
cries to his Lord, turning to Him in repentance. But when He bestows a favor
upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before, and he
sets up rivals to Allah, in order to mislead others from His path. Say: "Take
pleasure in your disbelief for a while, surely, you are (one) of the dwellers of
the Fire!'')
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