RENAISSANCE JUNE 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 7 Monthly Renaissance June 2020 ٰ ﻵﻹﻳﻬۡﺪيۡ ﻣﻦۡ ﻫﻮﻛٰﺬبٌ ﻛﻔﺎرٌ ﴿ ﷲ ٣﴾ ٰ ﻟۡﻮ ﺣﺪ ﻫﻮ ﷲ < V ﺳﺒۡﺤٰﻨﻪ X ﻣﻤﺎ ﻳﺨۡﻠﻖ ﻣﺎ ﻳﺸﺂء EٰF ٰ نۡ ﻳﺘﺨﺬ وﻟﺪً ﻵﻹﺻۡﻄ ﻟﻮۡ ر د ﷲ ﻟۡﻘﻬﺎر﴿ ٤﴾ ﻳﻜﻮر ﻟ ^ ﺧﻠﻖ ﻟﺴﻤٰﻮٰتو ﻵۡﻹرۡضﺑﺎﻟۡﺤﻖ bc ﻟﻴۡﻞوﺳ Ad ﻟﻨﻬﺎروﻳﻜﻮر ﻟﻨﻬﺎرﻋ Ad ﻴۡﻞﻋ ﻵﻹﻫﻮ <eًf ﻞٌ ﻳﺠۡﺮيۡ ﻵﻹﺟﻞٍ ﻣﺴ j< ﻟﺸﻤۡﺲو ﻟۡﻘﻤﺮ ﻟۡﻌﺰﻳۡﺰ ﻟۡﻐﻔﺎر﴿ ٥﴾ they are differing. Indeed, God does not guide 6 those who are liars and ingrates. 7 (1-3) [These foolish do not think that] had God wanted children, He would have selected anyone from among His creatures [for His own self. 8 However,] He is exalted from this. He is the One God, dominant over all. (4) He has created the heavens and the earth for a purpose. 9 He covers the day with the night and the night with the day, and it is He Who has subdued the sun and the moon. Each is moving till an appointed time. 10 Listen! He alone is Powerful; very Forgiving. 11 (5) favour of their belief of polytheism. 6. Ie., neither guides them in this world nor makes them reach their destination in the Hereafter. 7. Ie., they impute falsehood to God that He has made such and such a person as His associate. The fact is that all favours they receive are from God, yet they extol and praise others. 8. Ie., God would not have waited for them to fabricate sons and daughters for Him; He would have decided for Himself and declared through His messengers that He had chosen such and such a being as His son or daughter. 9. Hence it is not possible that they reach their culmination in accordance with their superstitions and as a result no distinction remains at all between good and evil. 10. The implication is that He is not merely the creator, He also governs His creation. No one can dare interfere in His governance in any way. Thus the sun, the moon, the stars and other heavenly bodies all are punctually moving towards the destination that has been prescribed for them; no one can lead them away. 11. Ie., neither can anyone impede His intentions by prevailing over Him nor can anyone on one’s own give hope of forgiveness to others. If His servants make themselves worthy of forgiveness, He Himself is the greatest forgiver.