أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Book#988)
[The gods of the Idolators will disown]
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Sura:25
Para:18
Sura: Al-Furqaan
Ayat: 17-20
25:17
وَ یَوۡمَ یَحۡشُرُہُمۡ وَ مَا یَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ فَیَقُوۡلُ ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِیۡ ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ اَمۡ ہُمۡ ضَلُّوا السَّبِیۡلَ ﴿ؕ۱۷﴾
And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, “Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?”
The gods of the Idolators will disown Them on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us about what will happen on the Day of Resurrection, when those whom the idolators used to worship instead of Allah, angels and others, will rebuke them.
Allah says:
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ
And on the Day when He will gather them together and that which they worship besides Allah.
Mujahid said,
“This means `Isa, `Uzayr and the angels.”
فَيَقُولُ أَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِي هَوُلَاء
He will say:”Was it you who misled these My servants…”
Allah will say to those who were worshipped:`Did you call these people to worship you instead of Me, or was it their own idea to worship you, without any call to that on your part!’
This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يعِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَءَنتَ قُلتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَـهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَـنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِى أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـمُ الْغُيُوبِ
مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلاَّ مَأ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِ
And when Allah will say:”O `Isa, son of Maryam! Did you say unto men:`Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah!”‘
He will say:”Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner self though I do not know what is in Yours; truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden. Never did I say to them aught except what You did command me to say.” (5:116-117)
أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا السَّبِيلَ
or did they stray from the path!”
Describing how those who were worshipped will respond on the Day of Resurrection,
Allah says
25:18
قَالُوۡا سُبۡحٰنَکَ مَا کَانَ یَنۡۢبَغِیۡ لَنَاۤ اَنۡ نَّتَّخِذَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِکَ مِنۡ اَوۡلِیَآءَ وَ لٰکِنۡ مَّتَّعۡتَہُمۡ وَ اٰبَآءَہُمۡ حَتّٰی نَسُوا الذِّکۡرَ ۚ وَ کَانُوۡا قَوۡمًۢا بُوۡرًا ﴿۱۸﴾
They will say, “Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined.”
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنبَغِي لَنَا أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاء
They will say:”Glorified be You! It was not for us to take (Nattakhidh) any Awliya’ besides You…”
Most of the scholars recite a Fathah on the Nun of the word Nattakhidh in His saying:
نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاء
“…for us to take (Nattakhidh) any Awliya’ besides You,”
meaning, `it is not right for any created being, neither us nor them, to worship anyone except You; we did not call them to do that, but they did it of their own accord, without us telling them to do it or accepting what they did. We are innocent of them and their worship.’
This is like the Ayah,
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَـيِكَةِ أَهَـوُلَاءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُواْ يَعْبُدُونَ قَالُواْ سُبْحَـنَكَ
And (remember) the Day when He will gather them all together, then He will say to the angels:”Was it you that these people used to worship” They (the angels) will say:”Glorified be You!” (34:40-41)
Other scholars understand this phrase to mean:
`it is not proper for us to take anyone except You as protectors or helpers (Awliya’),’
meaning, `it is not proper for anyone to worship us, for we are Your servants and in need of You.’
This meaning is close to the first.
وَلَكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَابَاءهُمْ
but You gave them and their fathers comfort,
means, `You made such a long period of time pass that they forgot the Reminder,
i.e., they forgot what had been sent down to them through the Messengers, calling them to worship You alone with no partner or associate.’
حَتَّى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَ
till they forgot the warning,
وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا بُورًا
and became a lost people.
Ibn Abbas said,
“This means, they were destroyed.”
Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Malik narrated from Az-Zuhri:
“There was no good in them.”
And Allah says
25:19
فَقَدۡ کَذَّبُوۡکُمۡ بِمَا تَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ۙ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِیۡعُوۡنَ صَرۡفًا وَّ لَا نَصۡرًا ۚ وَ مَنۡ یَّظۡلِمۡ مِّنۡکُمۡ نُذِقۡہُ عَذَابًا کَبِیۡرًا ﴿۱۹﴾
So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you – We will make him taste a great punishment.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ
Thus they will deny you because of what you say;
meaning, `those whom you used to worship besides Allah will show you to be liars in your claims that they were your helpers and protectors bringing you closer to Allah.’
This is like the Ayat:
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لاَّ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَأيِهِمْ غَـفِلُونَ
وَإِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُواْ لَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَكَانُواْ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـفِرِينَ
And who is more astray than one who calls on besides Allah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are unaware of their calls to them. And when mankinds are gathered, they will become their enemies and will deny their worshipping. (46:5-6)
فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا
then you can neither avert nor find help.
means:they will not be able to avert the punishment from themselves, nor will they be able to help themselves.
وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ
And whoever among you does wrong,
means by associating others in worship with Allah,
نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا
We shall make him taste a great torment
25:20
وَ مَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَکَ مِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِیۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اِنَّہُمۡ لَیَاۡکُلُوۡنَ الطَّعَامَ وَ یَمۡشُوۡنَ فِی الۡاَسۡوَاقِ ؕ وَ جَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَکُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ فِتۡنَۃً ؕ اَتَصۡبِرُوۡنَ ۚ وَ کَانَ رَبُّکَ بَصِیۡرًا ﴿٪۲۰﴾
And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others – will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
All of the Previous Messengers were Human
Allah tells:
وَما أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلاَّا إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي الاَْسْوَاقِ
And We never sent before you any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets.
Allah tells us about the previous Messengers He sent:
they all used to eat food needing the nourishment in it. They used to go around in the marketplaces seeking to engage in trade and earn a livelihood. This should not, however, affect their status as Messengers, for Allah gave them good characteristics and caused them to speak fine words and do noble deeds, and gave them miracles and clear proofs, from which any person with sound insight may see the confirmation that what they brought from Allah was true.
This Ayah is similar to the Ayat;
وَمَأ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِى إِلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَى
And We sent not before you any but men unto whom We revealed, from among the people of townships. (12:109)
وَمَا جَعَلْنَـهُمْ جَسَداً لاَّ يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ
And We did not create them bodies that ate not food. (21:8)
وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ
And We have made some of you as a trial for others; will you have patience,
means, `We test some of you by means of others, so that We may see who will be obedient and who will be disobedient.’
Allah says:
أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا
will you have patience! And your Lord is Ever All-Seer.
meaning, He knows who deserves to receive revelation, as Allah says elsewhere:
اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ
Allah knows best with whom to place His Message. (6:124)
And He knows who deserves to be guided to the Message with which He sent them, and who does not deserve to be guided.
وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ
And We have made some of you as a trial for others. Will you have patience.
Muhammad bin Ishaq said:
Allah is saying, “If I had willed that the world be such that no one would oppose My Messengers, I could have made it so, but I wanted to test My servants by means of them.”
In Sahih Muslim it is narrated from Iyad bin Himar that the Messenger of Allah said:
يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالى إِنِّي مُبْتَلِيكَ وَمُبْتَلٍ بِك
Allah says:”I will test you and test others by means of you.”
In the Sahih it is recorded that he was given the choice between being a Prophet and king, or being a servant and Messenger, and he chose to be a servant and Messenger
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