The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 29
COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND RUKU'OF SURAH LUQMAN Here, God Almighty says [in the Holy Quran]: وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقَمَنَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلهِ ۖ وَمَنْ يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ on And We bestowed wisdom Luqman, saying, 'Be grateful to Allah;' and whoso is grateful is grateful only for the good of his own soul. And whoso is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self- Sufficient, Praiseworthy. In this verse God Almighty has mentioned that it was He, Who granted wisdom to Luqmanas and that people already considered him to be a wise man. There are two types of individuals in this world; there are those who the world considers to be 1 Surah Luqman 31:13 [Publishers] -29-