• The Prophet An Open Warner

• Reminding Of The Truth, Profits The Believers

• The Human Beings And The Jinn Were Not Created But To Serve God

Adh-Dhariyat Verses 47 - 60

وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

“And the heaven, We did raise it up with (Our) Might, and verily We are the expanders (of it) expanse1?” (51:47)

وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ

“And the earth, We did spread it out (like a carpet), how Excellent (are We) the Spreaders (thereof)?2“ (51:48)

وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

“And of everything have We created in pairs, that ye may reflect3?” (51:49)

فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

“So fly4ye unto God! Verily I am unto you a plain5Warner” (51:50)

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

“Set ye not with God any other god; Verily I am unto you a plain6Warner” (51:51)

كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

“Even so there came not unto those before them an apostle but said they (of him): ‘A sorcerer or a mad man’7“ (51:52)

أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

“Have they charged this unto one another? Nay! they are rebellious8people” (51:53)

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ

“Then turn thou thy back upon them for thou art not to be blamed” (51:54)

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“And remind thou, for verily reminding profiteth the believers9“ (51:55)

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

“And created not I, the Jinn and the humans, but that they may worship10(Me)” (51:56)

مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ

“I desire11not from them any sustenance, nor do I desire that they should feed Me” (51:57)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ

“Verily, God He (alone) is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of the unbreakable strength” (51:58)

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

“So, verily those who are unjust shall have a share (of the burden) like unto the share (of the burden) which had their fellows (of old), Therefore, let them ask Me not to hasten it on12“ (51:59)

فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

“Therefore, Woe unto those who disbelieve because of their day which they are promised!” (51:60)

Commentary

Verse 47

This indicates that although the frontiers of space are confined, they are not fixed. They can be expanded (A.P.).

Verse 49

What is created is in pairs. The parity may refer to the composite nature of the created beings or the positive and the negative in phenomenon in the order of creation (A.P.).

Verse 50

So that ye may remember that the Absolute One from all respects and aspects, is God (A.P.).

Verse 52

The ways of evil in dealing with the messengers of Allah were similar in all ages13.

Verse 54

Verse 54 gives the impression that Allah might send a destructive visitation as manifestation of His wrath, but the next verse quells this apprehension. The guidance may be general in appearance, but it is directed towards man as an individual so that free from collective opinion or pressure, he may submit to the commands of Allah according to his ability and achieve success by following the divine plan (A.P.).

Verse 55

This indicates that the guidance may be general in appearance but actually meant for particular persons who get benefited (A.P.).

Verse 56

The Sixth Holy Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq said that God did not create men but to know, mho with the proper knowledge, automatically surrenders himself to Him – and without knowledge the adoration could never, in the true sense of it, be an adoration. Besides the actual meaning of adoration, is not the performance of any rituals or only the few prescribed formal prayers recited by the mouth but the actual surrender of the ego in an individual, disciplining it, to act only in consonance with the expressed will of the Lord, through abiding with His prescribed law.

The whole life-activity of the individual, should be nothing but the fulfilment of the will of the Lord. It is best given in verse:

قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

“Say my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death (all) are for the Lord of the Worlds.” (6:162).

This is the object of creation, in the Holy Book, to act according to the will and Command, the most perfect form of it, is the absolute submission to His will, i.e., Islam. Therefore, of the creatures, whoever is better in manifesting his will and His command in his life, will be closer to the object of the creation, hence nearer to Him. Therefore, the more perfect in obedience, will be the nearer to the Creator. Hence the closer to Him, will be more perfect in the order of creation (A.P.).

Verse 57

Providing sustenance for the creatures, is equal to feeding God Himself for the creatures, all put together, constitute one family of God’s creation. Hence serving the creation is serving God.

It clears that the object of creation - worship and obedience, is of no advantage or benefit to God. On the contrary, it is in the interest of the creatures to become the manifestation, of His will and Command (A.P.).

Verse 59

Those who did not comply to the requirement of obedience.

‘Dhanoob’ literally a bucket full of water tied to the end of a rope like a tale figuratively used as the consequence of misdeeds and disobedience tied to the rope of one’s life (A.P.).

• 1. This indicates the expandability of the Space - discarding the fixity of the present limitations (AP).
• 2. Refer to Verse 2:22.
• 3. Refer to Verse 36:36.
• 4. Seek refuge, Turn to.
• 5. Open.
• 6. Open.
• 7. Refer to Verses 38:4; 44:14 and 51:39.
• 8. Inordinate transgressors of the law – applicable also to those who break the Islamic Laws.
• 9. Refer to Verses 21:16; 38:27; 67:2.
• 10. To live in submission to the Lord.
• 11. Demand.
• 12. Those who do not comply to the requirement of perfect obedience.
• 13. Refer to Verses 38:4; 44:14 and 51:39.