SURAH 14
Ibrahim
(14:18) This is the example of those who disbelieve in their Lord: their works are like ashes upon which the wind blows
fiercely on a tempestuous day. They shall find no reward for their deeds.25 That indeed is the farthest point in straying
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(14:22) After the
matter has been finally decided
Satan
will say: "Surely whatever Allah promised
you was true; as for me, I went back on the promise I made to you.30 I had no power over you except
that I called you to my way and you responded to me.31 So, do not blame me but blame
yourselves. Here, neither I can come to your rescue, nor can you come to mine. I disavow your former act of
associating me in the past with Allah.32 A
grievous chastisement inevitably lies ahead for such wrong-doers."
30.
31.
32. This is a clear proof of shirk in
practice, as apart from shirk in creed. As Satan will charge his followers with
making him a partner with God, it is obvious that as far as creed is concerned
there is no one who makes Satan a partner with God in His Godhead or His
worship: nay, every one curses him for his evil ways. Nevertheless, people obey
and submit to him and follow him blindly, as if he were their god and that is
what has been termed shirk.
Let us now consider this thesis from the opposite
point of view. Someone might say that this does not hold good, for this is
based on a mere saying of Satan which has been cited here. First, this
objection is not sound because Allah Himself would have refuted it, had it been
baseless.
Secondly, this is not the only instance of shirk in
practice in the Quran. Here are a few more instances of this.
(a) It charges the Jews and Christians with shirk
because they set up their priests and monks as their Lords besides Allah. (Surah At-Tauba, Ayat 31).
(b) Those who follow the superstitious customs have
been called mushriks. (Surah Al-Anaam, Ayats 136-139).
(c) Those who follow their lusts have been charged
with making their selves as their god. (Al-Furqan, Ayat 43).
(d) Those who are disobedient to Allah have been
accused of worshiping Satan. (Suranh Saba, Ayat 60).
(e) Those who follow man made laws without Allah’s
sanction have been reproved for setting up the makers of the laws without
Allah’s sanction as partners with God. (Surah Ham-Sajdah, Ayat 21).
All the above instances are clear proofs of the
fact that shirk is not confined to this creed alone that one might set up a
partner with Allah in His Godhead as an article of faith. But it is also shirk
that one should follow and surrender to someone other than Allah without any
divine sanction or in spite of a divine prohibition. Such a one shall be guilty
of shirk even though the follower might be at the same time cursing him whom he
follows and obeys. The only difference between the two kinds of shirk may be
the extent of the crime and not its nature.
تَحِيَّتُهُمْ tahiyyatuhum The Arabic word tahiyyah
is literally a prayer for long life, but in usage it is a greeting at
meeting14:23
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(14:33) Who subjected
for you the sun and the moon and both of them are constant on their courses,
Who subjected for you the night and the day,44وَسَخَّرَ
لَـكُمُ
44.
The words sakh-khara-lakum of the text in (Ayats 32-33) have misled those people who have
translated these into “subjected to you”. So much so that some of them
interpret these verses to mean that the main aim of the life of man is to bring
the earth and heavens under his subjection, whereas their real meaning is “the
earth and heavens are subjected to certain laws and they serve you under these
laws.” As a matter of fact Allah has subjected all these things to such laws as
are beneficial for man. Had not a ship been subjected to certain physical laws,
there could have been no navigation at all. Had not a river been subjected to
certain laws, it could not have been possible to take out canals from them.
Likewise if the heavenly bodies (the sun and the moon, etc.) and the earth and
day and night had not been subjected to certain fixed laws, life could not have
been possible, not to speak of civilized life
(14:34) and Who gave
you all that you asked Him for.45 Were you to count the favours of Allah you
shall never be able to encompass them. Verily man is highly unjust, exceedingly ungrateful.
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35-41 The prayer
of Prophet Ibrahim for the city of Mecca and its residents and The prayer of
Prophet Ibrahim which is made a part of five daily prayersرَبِّ اجۡعَلۡنِىۡ مُقِيۡمَ الصَّلٰوةِ وَمِنۡ ذُرِّيَّتِىۡ ۖ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلۡ دُعَآءِRabbi ijAAalnee muqeema assalatiwamin thurriyyatee rabbana
wtaqabbal duAAa/
-(14:37)
"Our Lord! I have made some of my offspring settle in a barren valley near
Your Sacred House! Our Lord! I did so that they may establish Prayer. So make
the hearts of people affectionately inclined to them, and provide them with
fruits for their sustenance50 that they may give thanks.
50. Allah granted this prayer of
Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him). That was why
people from the whole of Arabia used to come there for Hajj and Umrah at the
time of the revelation of this Surah, and now people gather there from all over
the world.
Besides this, there is plenty of food and fruit in
all seasons of the year, though the valley is absolutely barren and no
vegetation grows in it even for animals.
(14:40)
My Lord! Enable me and my offspring to establish Prayer, and do accept, our Lord, this prayer of mine.
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(14:48) (Do warn them
of the) Day when the heavens
and the earth shall be altogether changed;57 when all will appear fully
exposed before Allah, the One, the Irresistible!
57.
It is obvious from this verse and some hints in the Quran that on the occasion
of Resurrection, the Earth
and the Heavens will not be totally destroyed but at the blowing of the First Trumpet, the
existing physical system shall be disarranged. After this, between the blowing
of the First and the Last Trumpet (Allah alone knows how long this interval
will last), the present form and aspect of the earth and the heavens shall be
transformed and a new physical system with new physical laws will come into
existence. That will be the world of the Hereafter. When the Last Trumpet will
be blown, all human beings from Adam to those born before the First Trumpet,
shall be brought to life and appear before Allah. The Quran calls this Hashr
which literally means “to muster and gather together”. It appears from the
wording of the Quran and some clear statements in the traditions that this will
take place on this Earth. The
Seat of Judgment and the Scales will be established on the Earth and the
decisions will be passed here. This is also clear from the Quran and the
traditions
that the life in the Hereafter will not merely
be a spiritual life but the very physical and spiritual life which we are
living now on this earth; and every individual shall receive his reward or
punishment exactly in that personality in which he or she is living in the life
of this world.
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