RENAISSANCE SEPTEMBER 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 10 Monthly Renaissance September 2020 ﴿ ٍiۡj ﻣﻦۡ و('ٍ و ﻵﻹ ﻧﺼ ٨﴾ و ﻫﻮ t'ٰuۡ ﻟۡﻤﻮ +ۡv ٰ ﻫﻮ ﻟۡﻮ(' و ﻫﻮ ﻳ ﻓﺎﷲ w م ﺗﺨﺬوۡ ﻣﻦۡ دوۡﻧﻪٖۤ وۡﻟﻴﺂء ۡءٍ ﻗﺪﻳۡﺮٌ xy ﻞ z'ٰ5 ﻋ ﴿٩﴾ ٰ ذ 7 ٰ ۤ (' ﷲ 2 ۡءٍ ﻓﺤﻜۡﻤﻪ xy ۡ وﻣﺎ ﺧۡﺘﻠﻔۡﺘﻢۡ ﻓﻴۡﻪﻣﻦ ٰ ر}'ۡ ﻋﻠﻴۡﻪ ﻟﻜﻢ ﷲ و ﻟﻴۡﻪ ﻧﻴۡﺐ﴿ ~ ﻠۡﺖ z ﺗﻮ ١٠﴾ ﻢۡ S ﻳﺬۡرؤ w ۡﻌﺎم زۡو ﺟًﺎ ƒ ۡﻔﺴﻜﻢۡ زۡو ﺟًﺎ و ﻣﻦ ﻵۡﻹ ƒ ۡ ﺟﻌﻞﻟﻜﻢۡ ﻣﻦ 7 ﻟﺴﻤٰﻮٰتو ﻵۡﻹرۡض `„ ﻓﺎ w ٌ ۡء xy ٖ ﻟﻴۡﺲﻛﻤﺜۡﻠﻪ 7 ﻓﻴۡﻪ وﻫﻮ ﻟﺴ ﴿iۡj ﻤﻴۡﻊ ﻟۡﺒﺼ ١١﴾ w ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻴۡﺪ ﻟﺴﻤٰﻮٰتو ﻵۡﻹرۡض 2 ﻟﻪ ﻳﺒۡﺴﻂ will neither have any guardian nor any helper. Have these people set up other guardians besides God? So, they should keep in mind that only God is the guardian; it is only He Who will bring the dead back to life and [this is not the slightest difficult for Him;] He has power over all things. In 13 whichever things you have any differences [whether it is monotheism or the hereafter,] its decision rests with God. He only is my Lord. I have put my trust in Him alone and I turn to Him only. (8-10) It is He Who is the creator of the heavens and the earth. It is He Who has created your spouses for you from your species and also made pairs among beasts from their species. He cultivates you in this land. 14 Nothing is like Him 15 and He alone hears and sees. 16 Only He has the keys of the heavens and the earth. 17 He gives 13. From here onwards, the speaker is Mu ḥ ammad (sws). Earlier it had been stated that his responsibility is only the communication of the message and after that the matter of the people rests with God. It is as if here the Prophet (sws) has complied with this directive. 14. The actual words are: ﻢۡ ﻓﻴۡﻪ S ﻳﺬۡرؤ . The antecedent of the genitive pronoun in them is not found in a specific word; it refers to the meaning which emanates from these words. It emanates from the words, ie. the system of creation among human beings and animals which is like a farm or cultivated land from which they keep sprouting. In Arabic, pronouns occur in this way. 15. This is the consequence of what is stated immediately earlier: how can someone be a peer to someone who has made such great things and instituted this amazing system of creation? Certainly, nothing is like Him. 16. Ie., He is in fact, the real hearer and the real listener because only a creator equipped with these qualities can create such a vast universe and maintain it. 17. Ie., when He is the creator, then He is master also. After creating the heavens and the earth, He did not hand over their keys to someone. He alone has them. Hence all hopes of mercy and favour should be pinned on Him. No one else has anything to have expectations