Verses 25–32
30. Ar-Room · The Romans
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وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ
30:25And of His signs is that the sky and the earth stand by His command, and then, when He calls you forth from the earth, behold, you will come forth.1
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّۭ لَّهُۥ قَٰنِتُونَ
30:26To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient to Him.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
30:27It is He who originates the creation, and then He will bring it back—and that is more simple for Him. His is the loftiest description in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.2
ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًۭا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌۭ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ
30:28He draws for you an example from yourselves: Do you have among your slaves any partners [who may share] in what We have provided you, so that you are equal in its respect, and you revere them as you revere one another? Thus do We elaborate the signs for people who exercise their reason.
بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ ۖ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ
30:29Indeed, the wrongdoers follow their own desires without any knowledge. So who will guide those whom Allah has led astray? They will have no helpers.
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًۭا ۚ فِطْرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
30:30So set your heart as a person of pure faith on this religion, the original nature endowed by Allah according to which He originated mankind (There is no altering Allah’s creation; that is the upright religion, but most people do not know.)3
۞ مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
30:31—turning to Him in penitence, and be wary of Him, and maintain the prayer, and do not be one of the polytheists
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ شِيَعًۭا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
30:32—those who split up their religion and became sects: each faction boasting about what it possessed.
Tafsir
Commentary on this passage
Verse 28
1.How unjust is man that if he becomes rich, he does not want his servant nor any of the other creatures to be an associate in his property. Creatures who have no status in comparison to Allah can be made as associates to Allah but he is not ready to give them status in his property, as if status is a requirement for him alone.
Verse 30
2.Islam is a religion based on nature but it does not mean that each person can prepare a law according to his innate nature and name it Islam or the religion of Allah. Innate means simplicity that has no politics, advisability, customs, way of living and presumption of temperament. If a man comprehends this innateness, all religious laws will be seen in light of this innateness. No law of Islam is against this innateness. It is the man’s own weakness that he does not keep his innateness perfect and that is why the laws of religion are viewed as incompatible to him.
Footnotes
Explanations of words and phrases in these verses
Benefit
Islam is a religion based on Nature. Nature is that where there is compatibility between action and reason. Action without contemplation is ignorance. Many kinds of interests are found in man - righteousness, goodness, beauty, religion. All these are in the nature of man. That is why irreligiousness has not been successful in any age.
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It is a pity when man is called on the earth, he does not even look back and when he shall be summoned below the earth, he would harken at once while that quick response would not be beneficial for him as it would be for the accounting of his deeds.
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Mithle Aala - They are the great qualities who have no equal. In this world there is an equal for every quality. However, the divine qualities are incomparable.
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Iqamat-e-wajh - It is an indication towards the sincerity of intention. Hanif denotes one who avoids falsehood.
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Qayyim is firm, solid etc. Shia - Groups.
Some dishonest commentators have by wrong pronunciation of the word misguided the people that Allah has chastised the Shias by it while it is very much clear that Shia is the name of a group while Allah has chastised the people who divide into many groups. Whether they are in four groups or more.