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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا
34:28; 46:5.
34:28; 46:5.
34:28; 46:5.
Commentary:
As the Arabs, who were the first addressees of the Message of the Quran, were steeped in worst form of idolatry, God has exposed the futility of their polytheistic beliefs again and again in the Quran. In the present verse the idolaters are asked, why do they worship other gods beside Allah when these false gods have neither created any earthly thing nor have they made any contribution to the creation of the celestial bodies? They are further asked whether they have a revealed Book which gives them the authority to preach and promulgate their false beliefs. They should at least possess some reason or authority for their idolatrous beliefs and practices.
b
34:28; 46:5.
a
34:28; 46:5.
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Commentary:
As the Arabs, who were the first addressees of the Message of the Quran, were steeped in worst form of idolatry, God has exposed the futility of their polytheistic beliefs again and again in the Quran. In the present verse the idolaters are asked, why do they worship other gods beside Allah when these false gods have neither created any earthly thing nor have they made any contribution to the creation of the celestial bodies? They are further asked whether they have a revealed Book which gives them the authority to preach and promulgate their false beliefs. They should at least possess some reason or authority for their idolatrous beliefs and practices.
b
34:28; 46:5.
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
b
See 44:2.
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Commentary:
و (by) may also mean, We cite as witness. See 41:4.
هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
7:204.
یعنی اگر تاریخ انسانی پر غور کریں تو معلوم ہوگا کہ ظالم ہمیشہ ظالموں کی مدد کرتے آئے ہیں۔ اور اللہ تعالیٰ ہمیشہ ہی متقیوں کی مدد کرتا آیا ہے۔ اور ان کو پناہ دیتا آیا ہے۔
7:204.
7:204; 12:109.
Commentary:
The verse means that just as the Torah "was a guidance and mercy for the Israelites" (see v. 17 above); similarly, this Book, the Quran, is a guidance and mercy for the whole of humanity for all times to come.
a
7:204.
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یعنی اگر تاریخ انسانی پر غور کریں تو معلوم ہوگا کہ ظالم ہمیشہ ظالموں کی مدد کرتے آئے ہیں۔ اور اللہ تعالیٰ ہمیشہ ہی متقیوں کی مدد کرتا آیا ہے۔ اور ان کو پناہ دیتا آیا ہے۔
c
7:204; 12:109.
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Commentary:
The verse means that just as the Torah "was a guidance and mercy for the Israelites" (see v. 17 above); similarly, this Book, the Quran, is a guidance and mercy for the whole of humanity for all times to come.
c
7:204.
لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ
اس آیت میں صاف طور پر اہلِ کتاب کا نام بھی کافر رکھا ہے۔
مطلب یہ کہ اہلِ کتاب چونکہ غلط یا صحیح طور پر ایک آسمانی صحیفہ سے وابستہ ہیں اس لئے جب تک محمد رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم قرآن لے کر نہ آتے ان کی اصلاح کا کوئی امکان نہ تھا۔
The Qur’an has divided all disbelievers into two categories—the People of the Book and the idolaters (those who do not believe in any revealed Scripture).
16:34.
Important Words:
منفکین is derived from انفک. They say انفک الشیء عن الشیء i.e. the thing became separated from another thing. ما انفک یفعل کذاmeans, he continued to do so or did not cease to do so or did not desist from doing so (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The Quran has divided all disbelievers into two categories—the People of the Book and the idolaters, i.e. those who do not believe in any revealed Scripture. The verse purports to say that before the advent of the Holy Prophet those who had received revealed guidance as well as those who were complete strangers to it were all sunk in immorality and iniquity and had held false beliefs and wrong ideals and principles, and that if the Holy Prophet had not come and the Quran had not been revealed, they would have continued to flounder in darkness. It is to this universal moral decline that the Quran has referred in the words ظھر الفساد فی البر والبحر i.e. corruption had appeared on land and on sea (30:42).
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اس آیت میں صاف طور پر اہلِ کتاب کا نام بھی کافر رکھا ہے۔
3
مطلب یہ کہ اہلِ کتاب چونکہ غلط یا صحیح طور پر ایک آسمانی صحیفہ سے وابستہ ہیں اس لئے جب تک محمد رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم قرآن لے کر نہ آتے ان کی اصلاح کا کوئی امکان نہ تھا۔
b
16:34.
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Important Words:
منفکین is derived from انفک. They say انفک الشیء عن الشیء i.e. the thing became separated from another thing. ما انفک یفعل کذاmeans, he continued to do so or did not cease to do so or did not desist from doing so (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The Quran has divided all disbelievers into two categories—the People of the Book and the idolaters, i.e. those who do not believe in any revealed Scripture. The verse purports to say that before the advent of the Holy Prophet those who had received revealed guidance as well as those who were complete strangers to it were all sunk in immorality and iniquity and had held false beliefs and wrong ideals and principles, and that if the Holy Prophet had not come and the Quran had not been revealed, they would have continued to flounder in darkness. It is to this universal moral decline that the Quran has referred in the words ظھر الفساد فی البر والبحر i.e. corruption had appeared on land and on sea (30:42).
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The Qur’an has divided all disbelievers into two categories—the People of the Book and the idolaters (those who do not believe in any revealed Scripture).