Allah tells us that Ibrahim, peace be upon him, showed them the proof of life
after death, which they denied, in their souls. For Allah created them after
they had been nothing at all, then they came into existence and became people
who could hear and see. The One Who originated this is able to repeat it, it is
very easy for Him. Then he taught them to contemplate the visible signs on the
horizons and the things that Allah has created: the heavens with their stars and
planets, moving and stationary, the earth with its plains and mountains, its
valleys, deserts and wildernesses, trees and rivers, fruits and oceans. All of
that indicates that these are themselves created things, and that there must be
a Creator Who does as He chooses, Who merely says to a thing "Be!'' and it is.
Allah says:
[أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ
كَيْفَ يُبْدِىءُ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ إِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ
يَسِيرٌ ]
(See they not how Allah originates the creation, then repeats it. Verily,
that is easy for Allah.) This is like the Ayah:
[وَهُوَ الَّذِى
يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ]
(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this
is easier for Him) (30:27). Then Allah says:
[قُلْ سِيرُواْ فِى
الاٌّرْضِ فَانظُرُواْ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ يُنشِىءُ النَّشْأَةَ
الاٌّخِرَةَ]
(Say: "Travel in the land and see how He originated the creation, and then
Allah will bring forth the creation of the Hereafter.'') meaning, the Day of
Resurrection.
[إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى
كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ]
(Verily, Allah is able to do all things.)
[يُعَذِّبُ مَن
يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ]
(He punishes whom He wills, and shows mercy to whom He wills;) He is the
Ruler Who is in control, Who does as He wishes and judges as He wants, and there
is none who can put back His judgement. None can question Him about what He
does; rather it is they who will be questioned, for His is the power to create
and to command, and whatever He decides is fair and just, for He is the
sovereign who cannot be unjust in the slightest. According to a Hadith recorded
by the Sunan compilers:
«إِنَّ اللهَ لَوْ
عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِم
لَهُم»
(If Allah willed to punish the dwellers of His heavens and His earth, He
would do so, while He would not be unjust to them.) Allah says:
[يُعَذِّبُ مَن
يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ ]
(He punishes whom He wills, and shows mercy to whom He wills; and to Him you
will be returned.) You will return to Him on the Day of Resurrection.
[وَمَآ أَنتُمْ
بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَلاَ فِى السَّمَآءِ]
(And you cannot escape on the earth or in the heaven. ) No one in heaven or
on earth can flee from Him, for He is the Subduer Who is above His servants, and
everything fears Him and is in need of Him, while He is the One Who is
Independent of all else.
[وَمَا لَكُمْ مِّن
دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلاَ نَصِيرٍوَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ
وَلِقَآئِهِ]
(And besides Allah you have neither any protector nor any helper. And those
who disbelieve in the Ayat of Allah and the meeting with Him,) Those who
disbelieved in the signs of Allah and denied the Resurrection,
[أُوْلَـئِكَ
يَئِسُواْ مِن رَّحْمَتِى]
(such have no hope of My mercy) they will have no share in it,
[وَأُوْلَـئِكَ
لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ]
(and for such there is a painful torment.) meaning, extremely painful, in
this world and the next.
[فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ
قَوْمِهِ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ اقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرّقُوهُ فَأَنْجَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ
النَّارِ إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لاَيَـتٍ لّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا
اتَّخَذْتُمْ مّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْثَـناً مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ
الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ
بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مّن نَّـصِرِينَ]
(24. So nothing was the answer of people except that they said: "Kill him or
burn him.'' Then Allah saved him from the fire. Verily, in this are indeed signs
for a people who believe.) (25. And (Ibrahim) said: "You have taken idols
instead of Allah. The love between you is only in the life of this world, but on
the Day of Resurrection, you shall deny each other, and curse each other, and
your abode will be the Fire, and you shall have no helper.'')
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