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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 05)
Verses 38-40OCCASION OF REVELATION VERSE NO.36-37

      When the idolaters threatened our prophet by their idols, the Divine answer was:-

      ``Is not Allah sufficient for His servant (i.e. Mohammad) that they try to frighten you by those apart from Him!?''

If all the swords of the world begin to move,

Not a vein is cut unless God wills.

      A Godly man finds Allah enough in all his needs; and particularly in his emergency cases. He finds all his happiness and supports in God. When Satans, False gods, Superstitions, and even his false imaginations attack him, even mentally to put a fear in his heart; he remembers God and puts his truth on Him; and he is definitely relieved. In his happiness as man of God will not forget his Merciful Lord, and in his affliction too, he is sure that God will not leave him unaided. He holds fast to God's truth, and nothing can mislead or harm him in treading the way God. Even if a believer's body is cut into pieces by a scissor or a knife, Allah will turn the matter to his own benefit!

      Then there follows the matter of guidance and misguidance, which is strictly controlled by God:-

      ``When Allah leaves a man to stray, no one can guide him, and whom Allah intends to guide, there is no one to misguide him.''

      It is evident that God's guidance, or leaving some one to stray is not unreasonableِHe who always tries to put off the light of God and to mislead whoever he can and has plunged into a sea of sinsِfrom tip to toe, is not in a mode to be directed in the right way. Why should Allah force him to be good when he doesn't want that, and has deliberately preferred evil over the righteousness and truth?

      God has bestowed on Man a Free Will, and Man has the option of being an angel or a demon. He is free to choose good or bad, and obey his Lord or his own caprices supported by Satanic Temptations.

      If anybody is willing to tread on Satan's heels, he must know that he is responsible for his own deeds. Allah does not force him to repent and return, unless he himself wants it. Allah does not change what is with us, unless we change what is within us.

      If any one is eager to tread the path of truth, Allah will take his hand and lead him to the right way.

      God's guidance will include the providence of the means and instruments of reaching the goal, which is salvation nd everlasting prosperity.

      The non-believers, oppressors, debauchers, liars, ungratefuls, and prodigals, are among those whom Allah will leave them to stray if they do not proceeds to repent and return, and insist upon their wrong deeds; but no creature is entirely deprived of God's General Mercy, that surrounds everything and everyone. Of course Allah Has a special Mercy and Grace too, which is reserved for His faithful and sincere servants.

 

 

Verses 38-40OCCASION OF REVELATION VERSE NO.36-37
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