What an appealing and significant expression. If we reflect correctly, the Glorious Qur'an is the source of all Divine Blessings and the means to attain to any Blessing and benefiting from all material and spiritual Blessings. The other point is that the blessed Verse is a response to Arab polytheists who upon hearing the Noble Prophet S calling them to prostrate before the Most Gracious Allah asked:. Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you command us? In other words, specific mercy in its feeble form may be found among mankind and other creatures.
In other words, the former is a specific name but is all-encompassing, namely, it is a Divine Attribute reflecting that His Mercy is All-Encompassing. Some maintain that Gabriel, angels, the Noble Prophet S , and all mankind and even jinn received it.
Since the blessed Chapter in question treats of Divine Blessings bestowed upon jinn and mankind, and the question:. It goes without saying that the word "man" insan designates mankind rather than Prophet Adam as , since he rather than the Noble Prophet of Islam S will be mentioned in the following Verses, though the Noble Prophet of Islam S is a man par excellence.
The All-Encompassing Blessing of speech which will follow serves as another argument substantiating the general application of the word "man. Indeed, creation of man as the most wondrous creature in the world of existence, i. It is worthy of note that man begins its being as an unworthy semen, narrowly speaking, a microscopic being afloat in that unworthy drop of semen. Nonetheless, the being, thanks to Divine Lordship, proceeds on the path of evolution and development such that he may be promoted to the state of the most exalted and the noblest being in the world of existence.
The blessed Verse in question makes a reference to one of the most significant Blessings second to the creation of man, saying:. Thus, it not only encompasses speech but also it connotes script, writing, and different intellectual and logical arguments clarifying complicated and sophisticated issues.
The word encompasses all, though the core meaning is speech. Since men are habitually inclined toward speech, they underestimate it, but the fact is that speech is one of the most sophisticated and the most delicate of human acts. It may even be said that nothing is as sophisticated and delicate as speech, since sound production systems work together to produce different sounds.
Lungs pump down the air and emit the same in time through larynx. Vocals tracts reverberate and produce totally different sounds to reflect satisfaction, wrath, requesting assistance, love, and hate.
Then such sounds are produced with speed and particular delicacy through the tongue, lips, teeth, and the oral cavity. In other words, the monotonous and prolonged sound emitting from the larynx is fashioned in different forms and measures thereby different sounds are produced.
On the other hand, the coinage of words is raised such that owing to intellectual developments, man coins different words to meet his material and spiritual requirements. It is a source of surprise that there exists no limit as to the quantity of vocabulary and the number of languages spoken in the world is so large that it evades determination.
Novel words and languages are formed in time. Some say that the languages of the world run to three thousand, but some even maintain that the number exceeds the same. Another point is the rules of syntax governing clauses and also expression of arguments and feelings are carried out through intellect and reason as the soul of speech.
Thus, speech is peculiar to man. It is true that many animals produce sounds to communicate but the sounds produced by them is so limited in number and they are rather vague compared to human speech which is of wide application and boundless, since God Almighty has provided man with the required faculty of speech. Furthermore, with due consideration of the role of speech in the developments of human life and the emergence and developments of civilizations, one may certainly believe that it is solely thanks to this great Blessing that mankind may pass down their knowledge and experience from one generation to the following one and thereby cause the advancement of knowledge and science and the developments in civilizations, religions, and ethics.
Put the case that such great Blessing is withheld, human societies will rapidly move towards regression. Now it becomes crystal clear why mention is made of God Almighty teaching man speech following the creation of man treated in the blessed Chapter in question which encompasses a compendium of Divine Blessings.
The blessed Verse is saying that the sun and the moon follow their courses with measured out calculation. The existence of the sun is one of the greatest Divine Blessings bestowed upon man, since life would be unimaginable in the solar system without the light and heat of the sun.
It was mentioned above that any motion on the earth springs from the solar light and heat. Growth of plants and production of provision, precipitation, and blowing of winds are all thanks to this Divine Blessing. The moon, in its turn, plays a key role in human life.
It is the light of his dark nights, its gravity is the sources of ebb and flow in oceans result in life in seas and watering of rivers flowing onto seas. Besides, the fixed course of the twain circulations, that of the moon round the earth and that of the earth round the sun results in the orderly emergence of nights and days, years, months, and seasons. They make human life order through which man may make use of the same for his commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities. Without such order, human life could never have any order.
It is worthy of note that not only the movement of these celestial bodies are precisely measured out, but also the quantity of their mass and gravity and their distance from the earth and from each other are all well calculated, without which great disruptions would occur in the solar system and consequently in human life.
It is also worthy of note that although the sun is seemingly motionless in the solar system, but it should be kept in mind that it, along with all its planets is moving in the milky way galaxy toward a specific point, the star known as Vega, and such movement follows a certain order and speed. That is the Decree of the Omnipotent, the Omniscient.
And the moon, We have measured for it mansions to traverse till it returns to like the old dried curved date stalk. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit. It is common knowledge that all the food used by mankind originally derives from plants, some of which are directly consumed by man and some are used to feed those animals constituting human dietary ingredients.
It is applied to sea animals, since they feed on minute plants growing in millions throughout water under sun light floating in between waves. Thus the word najm is applied to small, creeping plants like pumpkin and cucumber and the word shajar designates types of plants with stems, stalks, and trunks, like crops and fruit bearing trees. The Arabic verbal form yasjudan; "the two prostrate themselves" connotes unconditional submission against the rules of creation in vein with human benefits, a Divinely appointed fixed course which they follow without any alteration.
It also alludes to their monotheistic secrets since each leaf or seed contain wondrous Signs of Divine Greatness and Omniscience;. Some also maintain that the Arabic word najm may connote stars, but the aforesaid exegesis is more consistent with the contextual meaning of the blessed Verse. And the heaven: He raised it high, and He set up two Balances.
In order that you may not transgress Balance. Following a treatment of Divine Graciousness and the blessings of teaching, speech, calculation of the sun, the moon, and prostration of creatures which implies Divine relation with man and nature, the blessed Verses in question discuss the manner of man's relation with society. Maintaining the balance refers to moderation as per which immoderation and inflicting loss is unjustifiable. It is worthy of note that the fifth creature upon which Divine Graciousness and Mercy are bestowed is the heaven that enjoys an exalted state.
The point is that man is the synopsis of all earthly and heavenly creatures and nobler and more exalted that most of the existent beings. Balance is employed for weighing and assaying something by something else like balance and scale, even if the thing happens to be immaterial, like assaying knowledge by something else. It also connotes the equality and equilibrium between the constituent elements of the thing, as it is said that the constituents of these two things are in equilibrium.
Some maintain that balance is used for weighing and assaying and maintaining perceptible and immaterial equilibrium, since balance is a polysemous word with different implications. Balance may be applied in all matters like beliefs and ethics and whatever may be assayed in everyday and natural issues in human society and civilization so that people may not be wronged in transactions and they may not incur loss and damage but the balance be maintained, namely justice be administered in human society.
It may entail what exists in equilibrium like limitation of the irascible and concupiscent faculties. The blessed Verse 8 provides an interesting conclusion of the same adding that the goal of setting up balance in the world of existence is that you may maintain the balance and refrain from transgressing the bounds.
You are also a part of this great world and you may never live inconsistently with it. There is a system and a balance in this world and you have to have the same. Without such balance and order, the world will perish. If you lack order and balance in your lives, you will tread the path to perdition. The truth behind monotheism is that the prevailing principles of it are all the same everywhere. And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient. Failing to attend to balance, equity, fairness, and justice in respect to the rights of people will lead man to immoderation and injustice.
Islam provides people with significant and precise injunctions for the maintenance of justice and balance such that according to traditions, a judge wearing tight shoes is not supposed to issue verdicts lest the tightness of the shoes may affect his judgment and lead him to haste and intemperance thereby he may err as to the administration of justice. Ask God Almighty for good. Find Divine Blessing in being lenient toward people. Refrain from telling lies in transactions. Abstain from injustice.
Be not involved in usury. In order that you may not transgress the balance. And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
Allah raised the heavens and put down, or laid, the earth and balanced it with firm mountains, so that it would be stable for its residents that live on it, i. Allah mentioned the date tree here specifically because of its benefit, both fresh and dry. Similar was said by more than one of the scholars of Tafsir, it refers to the stalks that the seeds grow in to become a cluster of dates, unripe green dates then they ripen and ripen more.
Allah said,. The meanings here, and Allah knows best, are the various crops that produce straw, such as wheat and barley, and Rayhan are the leaves that grow on the stems.
Meaning the favors that are obvious to youwhile you are surrounded by them, you cannot deny or rej ect them. None of Your favors do we deny. All praise is due toYou. Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire.
Muslim also collected this Hadith. He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests. Allah said in another Ayah,. So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west. The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee. And it is He Who has let free the two seas: one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress. Out of them both come out pearls and Al-Marjan. As for Marjan they say it means small pearls. It was also said that it means large, precious pearls, this was mentioned by Ibn Jarir from some of the Salaf.
What falls in them, the drops, turns into pearls. Since this type of adornment is a favor from Allah to the people of earth, He reminded them of it,. This means, they are like mountains with their great size, and it also refers to the trade and commercial services they make possible, transporting cargo from one area to another and from one province to another. Ships provide various benefits for people, including transporting different types of goods they need. Allah states that all the residents of earth will perish and die.
The residents of the heavens will die, except whomever Allah wills. O You Who created the heavens and the earth without precedence. O You, Who Owns the glory and the honor, none has the right to be worshipped except You. We seek refuge with Your mercy. Grant Us success in all of our matters.
Please, do not abandon us to rely on ourselves even for an instant nor on any of Your creation. Everything will perish save His Face. And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His Face. Whosoever is in the heavens and on the earth begs of Him. Every day He is engaged in some affair. In this Ayah, Allah affirms that He is Rich, Free of all wants for anyone else and that all creatures stand in need of Him, in all conditions and situations.
They all seek His help willingly or unwillingly. Everyday, He is engaged in some affair. Surely, nothing will busy Allah from attending to anything else. Everyone will be able to hear it, except the Thaqalayn.
In another narration that explains it, the Prophet said,. O assembly of Jinn and men! If you are able to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond them!
But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority from Allah! You will never be able to avoid or avert His rule and judgement over you, you are surrounded by it wherever you may be. None of the creatures will be able to escape on that Day,. There is no refuge!
Unto your Lord will be the place of rest that Day. And those who earned evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed is the like thereof, and humiliating disgrace will cover them. No defender will they have from Allah. Their faces will be covered as it were with pieces from the darkness of night. They are the dwellers of Fire, they will abide therein forever. There will be sent against you both, Shuwaz of fire and Nuhas, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
Ibn Jarir said that the Arabs used to call the smoke of the fire, Nuhas and Nihas. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny. Then when the heaven is rent asunder, on the Day of Resurrection; this meaning is clear in this and similar Ayat, such as,. And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it the heaven will be frail and torn up. And remember the Day when the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand descending.
When the heaven is split asunder, and listens to and obeys its Lord — and it must do so. This means they will melt just as sediment and silver are melted when heated.
And they will be colored, just as dies stain something, sometimes red, sometimes yellow, or blue, or green. This demonstrates the extent of the horrors of the Mighty Day of Resurrection. So on that Day he will not be questioned about his sins, neither human nor Jinn. That will be a Day when they shall not speak, and they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse. Allah said;. So, by your Lord, We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do. The criminals will be known by their marks, i.
This is the Hell which the criminals denied. They will go between it and Hamim An! When the iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along, in the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire.
An meaning hot, due to the fierce and intense heat that is impossible to bear. In the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire. They will be given to drink from a spring, Aniyah.
So His saying;. Hamim An. Hamim, that is very hot. His warnings against His torment and punishment, such as mentioned in these Ayat, should encourage all creatures to abandon the Shirk and disobedience they engage in, and this is why Allah reminded them of this favor;.
And restrained himself from the desires. He who knows that the Hereafter is better and more lasting, so he fulfills what his Lord ordered him and stays away from His prohibitions, then he will earn two gardens from his Lord on the Day of Resurrection.
There are two gardens made of silver — their vessels and all that they contain. And there are two gardens made of gold — their vessels and all that they contain. This Ayah is general and applies to both humans and Jinns, providing proof that those among the Jinns who believe and have Taqwa will enter Paradise, for Allah is reminding the Ath-Thaqalayn of this favor, as He says;.
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny Then He describes these two gardens, by saying,. With Afnan. In them both will be two springs flowing. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that one of these springs is called Tasnim, and the other called As-Salsabil.
In them both will be every kind of fruit in pairs. Therein, there are delights that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard and no heart has ever imagined,.
And the shade thereof is. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny After Allah mentioned the couches, He then said,.
Qasirat At-Tarf chaste females, wives restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands, seeing them as the most beautiful men in Paradise.
I neither see anything in Paradise more handsome than you nor more beloved to me than you. So praise be to Allah Who made you for me and made me for you. This is also a proof that the believers among the Jinns will enter Paradise. The Jinns will have Jinn women and the humans will have female humans. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny Then Allah describes these women for the proposed:.
Verily, the first group that will enter Paradise will look like the moon when it is full, and the next batch will be as radiant as the radiant star in the sky. Each one of them will marry two wives. The marrow of the bones of their shins will be seen through the flesh.
None will be unmarried in Paradise. This Hadith was recorded in the Two Sahihs. Imam Ahmad recorded that Anas said that the Messenger of Allah said,. And a place in Paradise as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you, is better than the world and whatever is on its surface.
If one of the women of the people of Paradise looks directly at the earth, she will fill what is between Paradise and earth with a good scent and all of it will become delightful. Verily, the veil over her head is better than this life and all that is on its surface.
Al-Bukhari also collected a similar narration. Allah the Exalted said,. Is there any reward for good other than good Allah declares that in the Hereafter, all that is good and righteous is the only befitting reward for those who do good deeds in this life,.
For those who have done good is best reward and even more. And below these two, there are two other Gardens. We previously mentioned the Hadith stating that there are two gardens made of gold, their vessels and all they contain, and there are two gardens made of silver, their vessels and all they contain. The first two are for the near believers Muqarribin and the latter two are for those on the right Ashab Al-Yamin. Allah mentioned the former two gardens before the latter two, thus indicating their significance, then He said,.
And this is an obvious form of honoring the first two gardens over the latter two. Legacy Quran. Ar-Rahman The Beneficent. Verse 2. Verse 3. Verse 4. Verse 5. Verse 6. Verse 7. Verse 8. Verse 9. Verse Translations Reading Surah Info. The Most Compassionate — Dr. The Most Merciful — Saheeh International. Created man, — Saheeh International.
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