سورة الأنبياء   

Surah Name: Al-Anbya Meaning: The Prophets-AS

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 7
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 112
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 21
  • Rukū / Section 4 contains Āyāt / Parts 9
  • Siparah/ Volume 17

bismillah

قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Qul man yaklaokum bi(a)llayli wa(al)nnahari mina a(l)rrahmani bal hum AAan thikri rabbihim muAAridoon(a)

Say you: Who guards you from the Compassionate by night and day? And yet they avert themselves from the remembrance of their Rabb-SWT .

(21:42)

أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

Am lahum alihatun tamnaAAuhum min doonina la yastateeAAoona nasra anfusihim wala hum minna yushaboon(a)

Have they gods who defend them against Us-SWT ? They have no power to succour themselves; and against Us-SWT they cannot be kept company with.

(21:43)

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَؤُلَاء وَآبَاءهُمْ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Bal mattaAAna haolai waabaahum hatta tala AAalayhimu alAAumuru afala yarawna anna natee alarda nanqusuha min atrafiha afahumu alghaliboon(a)

Aye! We-SWT let these people and their fathers enjoy until there grow long upon them the life. Observe they not that We-SWT come upon their land, diminishing it by its borders?! Will they then triumph?

(21:44)

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أُنذِرُكُم بِالْوَحْيِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَاء إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

Qul innama onthirukum bialwahyi wala yasmaAAu a(l)ssummu a(l)dduAAaa itha ma yuntharoon(a)

Say you: I only warn you by the Revelation, and the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

(21:45)

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Walain massathum nafhatun min AAathabi rabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunna thalimeen(a)

And if only a breath of the torment of your Rabb-SWT were to touch them, they will cry: Woe to us! We have been the wrongdoers.

(21:46)

وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَى بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ

WanadaAAu almawazeena alqista liyawmi alqiyamati fala tuthlamu nafsun shayan wain kana mithqala habbatin min khardalin atayna biha wakafa bina hasibeen(a)

And We-SWT shall set balances of justice for the Day of Judgement. Then no one will be wronged at all if it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, We-SWT shall bring it; and suffice We-SWT as reckoners.

(21:47)

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَاء وَذِكْرًا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Walaqad atayna moosa waharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikran lilmuttaqeen(a)

And assuredly We-SWT gave to Musa-AS and Harun-AS the distinction and illumination and an admonition for the God-fearing.

(21:48)

الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ السَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ

Allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bi(a)lghaybi wahum mina a(l)ssaAAati mushfiqoon(a)

Those who fear their Rabb-SWT , Unseen, and who are fearful of the Hour.

(21:49)

وَهَذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُ مُنكِرُونَ

Wahatha thikrun mubarakun anzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroon(a)

And this is an admonition blessed, which We-SWT have sent down; will you then be its rejectors?

(21:50)
In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

The Holy Prophet-SAAW must tell the infidels that nobody can protect them against Allah-SWT ’s Punishment, nor is anyone keeping a watch over them around the clock. It is only because of Allah-SWT's Mercy that they are availing the worldly comforts despite having turned away from His-SWT remembrance.

 

Rahmaniyat

As mentioned earlier, Rahmaniyat is the aspect of Divine Mercy embracing human physical existence, ages, sustenance etc. in this worldly life. All other creations pass into extinction as soon as they become heedless of His-SWT Zikr, while human being lives on physically until the given respite. He may become spiritually dead though, as the basis of life is faith. However, the display of this aspcct of Mercy is confincd to this world, while Rahimiyat  (Graciousness) will be displayed on death and afterwards. That is why it has been said ‘Rahman le Duniya wa Rahim le Akhirah' (Merciful for the world and Gracious for the Hereafter). So if these infidels are enjoying a respite in this world it is certainly not because of their idols. Can these idols save them from Allah-SWT's Grip, being unable to even protect themselves? If someone wants to shatter them they cannot offer any resistance and there is no way to find any support against Allaah-SWT . It is only by His-SWT Mercy that these infidels have availed a host of His-SWT bounties generation after generation. They enjoyed but never bothered to offer thanks nor remembered Him-SWT . But for how long? Don't they observe the repeated victories of Islam and the disbelief losing its ground? Do they still brood a hope for victory?

 

Muslims and the Universal Dominance

In the above Ayah, Allaah-SWT has foretold of the believers' dominance over the non believers, besides their impending punishment in the Akhirah. It was a time when the former had nothing save Allah-SWT's Support while the non believers had all the material resources at their disposal, wealth, power, weaponry and manpower. Yet Allaah-SWT said that by His-SWT Will the Muslim armies were constantly reducing the land under the control of the infidels. He has enjoined Jihad on the believers as long as disbelief exists on this earth. And indeed the land did become straitened for infidelity. Ironically today, the Muslims stand alienated from Islam and are engrossed in imitating the non believers, losing all dignity. And despite having the lions share of the world's resources, they are being dominated by the infidels. May Allaah-SWT unite the believers and guide them!

 

O' Prophet-AS! Let the infidels know that when you warn them of the dire consequences of disbelief and disobedience, it is not mere words of a person but the Divine Revelations, the authenticity of which is beyond doubt. Their disbelief has made them deaf and they cannot hear anything good which may save them from a great disaster. However, it is for sure that His-SWT punishment will open up all windows of understanding. If they were to experience a fraction of that torment, they would instantly give up disbelief, and acknowledge that they had indeed transgressed by alienating themselves from Allaah-SWT Of course, they will discover their folly only when Allaah-SWT will set up the Scales on the Day of Judgment Good and bad deeds of each individual will be weighed with immaculate precision and no one will be wronged in the least, insignificant deed of the size of a mustard seed will also be taken into account and the most paltry action will not escape notice. After all who can be better at reckoning than Him-SWT; and it will be done in such a way that it shall leave no room for any review whatsoever.

 

The Holy Prophet-SW did not say anything new. Rather, all the Prophets-AS these infidels claim to believe in, such as Musa-AS and Harun-AS were also given a Divine Book, a criterion of truth, a light for the hearts and a guidance to His-SWT Zikr and Nearness. These facts had also been told by them but they are now turning their backs. Therefore, faith in the unseen is desired, for once the Hell and the punishment are seen no one will be able to deny. Here the truthfulness of a Prophet-AS the magnificence of the Book and the manifestation of His-SWT Omnipotence are sufficient proofs to believe in the Akhirah, the requital and the teachings of the Prophets-AS without actual observation. Whoever attains faith and ponders over the Day of Reckoning, for him the Divine Books are laden with light for the subtle heart. The Quran abounding in the Divine Refulgence and Splendour testifies its revelation by Him-SWT yet the infidels resort to denial.

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