Verses 58–68
25. Al-Furqaan · The Criterion
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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا
25:58Put your trust in the Living One who does not die, and celebrate His praise. He suffices as one all-aware of the sins of His servants.
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًۭا
25:59He, who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days, and then settled on the Throne, the All-beneficent; so ask someone who is well aware about Him.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا ۩
25:60When they are told: ‘Prostrate yourselves before the All-beneficent,’ they say, ‘What is ‘‘the All-beneficent’’? Shall we prostrate ourselves before whatever you bid us?’ And it increases their aversion.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًۭا وَقَمَرًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا
25:61Blessed is He who appointed houses in the sky and set in it a lamp and a shining moon.1
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةًۭ لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًۭا
25:62It is He who made the night and the day alternate for someone who desires to take admonition, or desires to give thanks.
وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا
25:63The servants of the All-beneficent are those who walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them, say, ‘Peace!’
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًۭا وَقِيَٰمًۭا
25:64Those who spend the night for their Lord, prostrating and standing [in worship].
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا
25:65Those who say, ‘Our Lord! Turn away from us the punishment of hell. Indeed its punishment is enduring.
إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا
25:66Indeed it is an evil station and abode.’
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًۭا
25:67Those who are neither wasteful nor tightfisted when spending, but balanced between these [two extremes].
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًۭا
25:68Those who do not invoke another deity besides Allah, and do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and do not commit fornication. (Whoever does that shall encounter its retribution,2
Tafsir
Commentary on this passage
The auspicious verse of the Holy Quran mentions about the different signs of the believers of Allah. If a man wants to invoke Allah and wants to move to the right path, leaving the worship of Shaitan, he should create such attributes in him for without them, it is impossible to enter in the row of devotees of Allah. (a) Walk on the earth in humility because pride is the attribute of Shaitan and believers have no concern with it. It is the warning for the people whose necks are always bent from pride and set foot violently on the ground to show their personality. (b) They should feel ignorance of ignorant people and give the message of safety instead of arguing over their foolish talk and create distance from them after salutation, so that they can understand of their ignorance and became adept at following the right path. (c) Pray in the darkness of the night and seek protection from the chastisement of hell. Those who spend night in fun and sport and who remove the connection of hell from the mindset can be the worshippers of Shaitan but not the believers of Allah. (d) The Holy Quran says to adopt the middle way in spending and do not waste property without any reason and do not also be greedy. The miser leads the life of a pauper but has to give an account like the rich in the hereafter.
Footnotes
Explanations of words and phrases in these verses
Benefit
According to some commentators this expectation or distinction is continuous and the intention of the way of Allah is the whole reward for the labours of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.). if this intention is accompanied with love for Aale Muhammad (a.s.) it shall be the zenith of choosing the path of Allah.
- 1
Allah has compared the Sun to a lamp and the Moon to a lighted object. According to some scholars ‘Nur’ is a reflected light while a lamp has its own light. Hence the Sun is referred to as a lamp while the light of Moon is reflected one. Here an intellectual point is also notable. Allah has called the Sun, Siraaj and the Moon as Muneer. While He called His beloved Prophet (s.a.w.s.) Siraajul Muneer. This indicates that the personality of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has both the luminosities, that of the Sun as well as the Moon.
- 2
All killings are not crime in Islam, only killing without purpose is a crime. It is not prohibited if it is in retaliation or capital punishment for an apostate a homosexual or one who is creating corruption etc. The religious judge has the right to put an end to these lives. Because man deserves to be alive as long as he is human. He does not deserve to live if he becomes a beast or worse than that.
Benefit
Here twelve qualities of a Servant of the Beneficent are mentioned. Some of them are concerned with belief and some with ethics. However, no one can become a servant of Beneficent without these characteristics.