MAN'S INVISIBLE GUARDS (VERSE NO. 11)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 12-15Verse 11

      The pronoun, ©HIM¨ in the beginning of the above verse, returns to mankind, which implies that Allah is the protector and the guardian of His servants, and cares much for them. He surrounds man with His infinite knowledge and Mercy, and protects him from many hazards and fatal incidents, but His protection is not without condition. Man may go to throw himself into an abyss, or to commit suicide either physically or spiritually. Therefore God helps those who help themselves. It is not right for man to do all the evils he wants and then expect his Lord to take care of him not to fall!

      The verse implies that Allah our Merciful Lord has appointed a group of angels to attend to man's protection alternately in day and night, guarding man against accidents and afflictions by God's leave.

      Many calamities and disasterous events threatens man from all round him, and particularly during his childhood, when he has not enough information regarding the dangers round about, and yet we see them grown and matured sound and safe!

      Hazrat Imam Sadiq (AS) has said:ِ

      ``There lives no God's servant, unless two angels guard him and protect him from hazards and perils, but when God's decree is issued, the angels yield him to their fate.''

      The same tradition is also found among the saying of Hazrat Imam Ali (AS) in the NAHJOLBALÄGHEHِNO.201.

      The verse under discussion (NO.11) also implies that; as a universal Law of Allah, changes always begin in the inner self of man, and then extends to outside:ِ

      ``Allah will not change what is with a people until they change what is in them.''

      In other word, man's fate lays in his own hand, and his life is what he makes it. Any change in man's fortune or misfortune depends on his inner self. It is therefore a general Islamic Law that every external change in our life and condition of being, depends on our internal changes, and we should not look for the causes of our misfortunes and failures outside the realm of our self and soul.

 

 

 

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