08-20-2003, 08:02 AM
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Little is that you remember! * Is not He (better than your gods) Who guides you in the darkness of the land and the sea, and Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain)? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? High Exalted be Allâh above all that they associate as partners (to Him)!"
A major challenge is brought here, since no one else can really respond (only Al Same`a can) to the distressed helpless one (in some cases people may not even notice one is undergoing a serious crisis) who is in dire need for rescue except the only One Allah. Therefore, the blaming language used here refers to the lack of remembrance. For if u remember, u would certainly remember many incidents in which no one else is useful to handle except Allah. For example, as indicated in the Ayah, the same wind which comes by mercy in order to push ships in the sea or helps a plane takes off, can be a disastrous tool fully eliminating cities. Don’t we see this? cann't we remember? And here of course Allah is daring His servants to identify an Ilah (god) who could be above this to deserve to be an associate.
"Is not He (better than your so-called gods) Who originates creation, and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from heaven and earth? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Say: "Bring forth your proofs, if you are truthful." * Is not He (better than your so-called gods) Who originates creation, and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from heaven and earth? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Say: "Bring forth your proofs, if you are truthful."
Allah ended this debate with an argument that is totally hard to deny or disregard. Only Him originated the creation and shall repeat it after we all die on the Day of resurrection along with the rest of the argument of providing different types of sustenance from various sources. He ended the debate by challenging them to bring their evidence of what they claim only if it is true.
Certainly they will never be able to
Alhamdulelah for the bounty of being Muslims may Allah maintain it on us during our lives, death and when we resurrect to meet Him. Amen
May Allah accept, what is correct is only from Allah and to Him and what is wrong is from my.
Praise be to Allah who guided us to this and prayer and peace be upon His Messenger Mohamed.