Anwar Al-Quran

Verses 6–16

27. An-Naml · The Ant

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وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ

27:6Indeed you receive the Quran from One who is all-wise, all-knowing.1

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًۭا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍۢ قَبَسٍۢ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

27:7When Moses said to his family, ‘Indeed I descry a fire! I will bring you some news from it, or bring you a firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.’

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِىَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

27:8When he came to it, he was called: ‘Blessed is He who is in the fire and who is [as well] around it, and immaculate is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’

يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

27:9‘O Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.’

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّۭ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًۭا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

27:10‘Throw down your staff!’ When he saw it wriggling, as if it were a snake, he turned his back [to flee], without looking back. ‘O Moses! ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed the apostles are not afraid before Me,

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍۢ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

27:11nor those who do wrong and then make up for [their] fault with goodness, for indeed I am all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍۢ ۖ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ

27:12‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white and bright, without any fault—among nine signs meant for Pharaoh and his people. Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

27:13But when Our signs came to them, as eye-openers, they said, ‘This is plain magic.’

وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًۭا وَعُلُوًّۭا ۚ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

27:14They impugned them, wrongfully and out of arrogance, though they were convinced in their hearts [of their veracity]. So observe how the fate of the agents of corruption was!

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ عِلْمًۭا ۖ وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

27:15Certainly, We gave knowledge to David and Solomon, and they said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who granted us an advantage over many of His faithful servants.’

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

27:16Solomon inherited from David, and he said, ‘O people! We have been taught the speech of the birds, and we have been given out of everything. Indeed this is a manifest advantage.’

Tafsir

Commentary on this passage

Verse 10

1.It is an interpretation of state of affairs that this is human otherwise Moosa (a.s.) is an Apostle and according to Quran Apostles are never fearful.

Footnotes

Explanations of words and phrases in these verses

  1. 1

    Tolqa - It is being bestowed. It means that neither is this story prepared from self nor is it an ancient tale (legend). It is also not learnt from the Rabbis and Christian priests. All of it is the discourse of the Quran that is revealed by the All-knowing and Wise God. Since He is All-Knowing it could not be factually wrong and since He is wise it could not be useless talk. Rather the Muslims should learn from the teachings of Quran.

  2. Benefit

    When the deeds are beautified for man lawlessness becomes freedom for him, sexual evils are culture, aggression is strength, burial of daughter is modesty, lie is an art, deceit is diplomacy and injustice is the protection of human rights.

    Benefit: Disbelief is of five types according to Imam Sadiq (a.s.). One disbeliefs contradictory where in spite of being sure one denies. And its cause is injustice upon others and superiority complex or injustice upon oneself and the desire to become greater than others.

  3. 1

    It is the limit of manners that one does not consider himself better than all believers and just stated that from the servants of Allah are some who are better than the two of us.

  4. 2

    Dawood (a.s.) was from the progeny of Yaqoob, the son of Ishaq, son of Ibrahim (a.s.). Sulaiman (a.s.) was the son of Dawood (a.s.). Dawood (a.s.) was bestowed rulership and he was the second ruler of Jews after Taloot, who is even today referred to as King David. It is another matter that the Jewish scriptures have proved him to be of loose morals, that he had the husband killed to acquire the wife! God forbid!

    It should be clear that inheritance refers to the inheritance of this Kingdom and it not the inheritance of knowledge alone as suggested by some commentators who have kept the prophets out of the bounds of the laws of inheritance. Benefit: The story of Sui aim an (a.s.) proves that birds are capable of conversation and a disciplined system exists among the ants. It is another matter that not everyone knows about their affairs. And it was this Knowledge and power which prepared Sulaiman (a.s.) to be thankful to Allah, otherwise the worldly Kingdom is of no value for prophets.