Anam 12-16
12- SAY: TO WHOM BELONGS ALL THINGS IN THE HEAVENS AND EARTH? SAY: TO ALLAH, HE ORDAINED MERCY FOR HIMSELF, HE WILL GATHER YOU ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, ABOUT WHICH THERE IS NO DOUBT, THOSE WHO LOST THEMSELVES ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE.
13- AND HIS IS EVERY THING INHABITING THE NIGHT AND DAY, AND HE IS THE ONE WHO HEARS AND KNOWS EVERY THING.
14- SAY: WOULD I TAKE ANY ONE FOR ALLY AND SUPPORTER OTHER THAN ALLAH, HE IS THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND EARTH, AND HE FEEDS AND IS NOT BEING FED, I AM COMMANDED TO BE THE FIRST TO SUBMIT, AND DO NOT BE OF THOSE WORSHIPPING PARTNERS BESIDES ALLAH.
15- SAY: I FEAR THE PUNISHMENT IN A GREAT DAY, SHOULD I DISOBEY MY LORD.
16- WHOEVER IT IS MOVED AWAY FROM HIM, HE HAS BEEN TREATED MERCIFULLY, AND THIS IS THE GREAT SUCCESS.
Allah the Highest, first of all asserts that all the heavens and Earth and what is in them belongs to Allah the Highest alone, with no partners. Then Allah the Highest asserts a principle and rule He ordained for himself, is that He is and will always be merciful. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “When Allah created the creation, he wrote in a book he put over the throne saying: ‘My Mercy comes before my anger”. (Bukhari & Muslim)
In our lives, we conduct many transactions every day. We transact our time to work and earning our livelihood, and we transact our labour for pay, and so on, we always transact one thing for another. Allah the Highest is telling us that on the Day of Resurrection, the disbelievers will know the great loss them made when they did not transact disbelief against belief. Then they will know how much they lost when they did not do the transactions. They will see the great difference is would have made for them, had they believed.
“AND HIS IS EVERY THING INHABITING THE NIGHT AND DAY, AND HE IS THE ONE WHO HEARS AND KNOWS EVERY THING”
Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Allah the Highest, who is self sufficient, and does not need any of His creation or his creatures. He feeds us, but we do not feed Him. He can benefit us, but we can not benefit Him, He can harm us, but we can not harm Him. Allah the Highest does not have needs from His people, whatever good we do we do for ourselves, even fighting in the cause of Allah, when we do, we do it really for ourselves. Allah the Highest said: “AND WHOEVER DOES THE JIHAD, HE IS DOING IT FOR HIMSELF, FOR ALLAH IS NOT IN NEED FOR ANY ONE”. (S: 29 A: 6)
As every thing belongs to Allah, what can we possibly give Him, if we want to give Him something?
How could we trust Allah the Highest to feed us, if Allah has to feed Himself? If this is the case, there might come a time when man and God became in conflict over food, or Allah the Highest will take his needs first, then give the extra to man. But Allah the Highest is free of needs of any kind.
A man of the Ansar of the inhabitants of Qubaa, invited Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, to eat. After he ate and washed his hands he said: “Praise and thanks to Allah who feeds but is not fed, He bestowed His bounty upon him by guiding us, and fed us and watered us”. (Ibn Haban)
Allah the Highest is telling us not to take any one else for ally and supporter, and which ally and supporter is better than the one who does not need anyone, Allah the Highest. In our present day each country tries to take a superpower for an ally. We have the Greatest Power, Allah the Highest prepared to be our ally should we desire that. We do not take Allah the Highest for an ally because:
- We do not believe his promise.
- Are not sure that He can or will protect us.
The answer to that it we have to have faith in Allah the Highest first, and then obey Him second.
“I AM COMMANDED TO BE THE FIRST TO SUBMIT” Submission to the will of Allah the Highest is the hallmark of belief. Then we should not worship partners beside him. Worshipping partners does not necessarily mean that one will have an Idol to worship, but it is to consider that something or someone else is as important, and worthy of obeying as Allah the Highest or perhaps more worthy of obeying.
One might, show such respect and reverence to ideology, or to particularly way of life, or money, and will do any thing they demand of him. They will be his god, the god a person obeys, more than the God who created him.
The Punishment of the Day of Judgement is very severe, and will affect many or even most of mankind. To escape this punishment and escape being a loser on that day, it the greatest success, for then one will go to Paradise. Allah the Highest said: “BY THE AFTERNOON * MANKIND IS A LOSER * EXCEPT THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND DO GOOD DEEDS, AND ENJOINED THE TRUTH AND ENJOINED PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE”. (S: 103)
May Allah the Highest save us all from that punishment, Ameen.
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