Allah says: the seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, meaning
the creatures that dwell therein, sanctify Him, exalt Him, venerate Him, glorify
Him and magnify Him far above what these idolators say, and they bear witness
that He is One in His Lordship and Divinity. In everything there is a sign of
Allah indicating that He is One. As Allah says:
[تَكَادُ
السَّمَـوَتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الاٌّرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ
هَدّاً - أَن دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَـنِ وَلَداً ]
(Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the
mountains fall in ruins, That they ascribe child to the Most Beneficent)
(19:90-91).
[وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ
إِلاَّ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدَهِ]
(and there is not a thing but glorifies His praise.) there is no created
being that does not celebrate the praises of Allah.
[وَلَـكِن لاَّ
تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ]
(But you understand not their glorification.) means, `You do not understand
them, O mankind, because it is not like your languages.' This applies to all
creatures generally, animal, inanimate and botanical. This is the better known
of the two opinions according to the most reliable of two opinions. It was
reported in Sahih Al-Bukhari that Ibn Mas`ud said: "We used to hear the Tasbih
of the food as it was being eaten. '' Imam Ahmad recorded that [Mu`adh bin Anas
said that] the Messenger of Allah came upon some people who were sitting on
their mounts and talking to one another. He said to them:
«ارْكَبُوهَا
سَالِمَةً وَدَعُوهَا سَالِمَةً، وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوهَا كَرَاسِيَّ لِأَحَادِيثِكُمْ
فِي الطُّرُقِ وَالْأَسْوَاقِ، فَرُبَّ مَرْكُوبَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رَاكِبِهَا،
وَأَكْثَرُ ذِكْرًااِللهِ مِنْه»
(Ride them safely then leave them safely. Do not use them as chairs for you
to have conversations in the streets and marketplaces, because the one that is
ridden may be better than the one who rides it, and may remember Allah more than
he does.) An-Nasa'i recorded in his Sunan that `Abdullah bin `Amr said: "The
Messenger of Allah forbade us from killing frogs.''
[إِنَّهُ كَانَ
حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا]
(Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.) means, He does not hasten to
punish those who disobey Him, rather He gives them time and waits, then if they
persist in their stubborn Kufr, He seizes them with a punishment of the
All-Mighty, All-Capable. It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that:
«إِنَّ اللهَ
لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»
(Allah will let the wrongdoer carry on until, when He does seize him, He will
never let him go.) Then the Messenger of Allah recited:
[وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ
رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ]
(Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the (population of) towns
while they are doing wrong. ) [11:02] Allah says:
[وَكَأَيِّن مِّن
قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ]
(And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrongdoing.)
[22:45] until the end of two Ayat.
[فَكَأَيِّن مِّن
قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ]
(And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing.)
[22:48] Whoever gives up his disbelief and disobedience, and turns back to Allah
in repentance, Allah will accept his repentance, as He says:
[وَمَن يَعْمَلْ
سُوءاً أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ]
(And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allah's
forgiveness) [4:110] Here, Allah says:
[إِنَّهُ كَانَ
حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا]
(Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.) At the end of Surah Fatir, He
says:
[إِنَّ اللَّهَ
يُمْسِكُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ أَن تَزُولاَ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ
أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيماً غَفُوراً ]
(Verily, Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away
from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not
one that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing,
Oft-Forgiving...) until His saying;
[وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ
اللَّهُ النَّاسَ]
(And if Allah were to punish men)(35:41-45)
[وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ
الْقُرءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ
حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا - وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ
وَفِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى الْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُ
وَلَّوْاْ عَلَى أَدْبَـرِهِمْ نُفُوراً ]
(45. And when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who believe
not in the Hereafter, an invisible veil.) (46. And We have put Akinnah over
their hearts, lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And
when you make mention of your Lord Alone in the Qur'an, they turn on their
backs, fleeing in extreme dislike.)
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