The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 407
PT. 7 AL-AN'ĀM CH. 6 قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ Say, Shall I take any. 15 protector other than Allah, "the السَّمَوتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا Maker of the heavens and the يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ earth, Who feeds and is not مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ commanded to be the first of fed?” Say, “I have been those who submit. ' And be thou not of those who associate partners with God. 762 قُلْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّ عَذَابَ Say, “Of a truth, “I fear, if I. 16 يَوْمٍ عَظِيمِ disobey my Lord, the punishment of an awful day. "763 12:102; 14:11; 35:2; 39:47. 20:133; 51:58-59. 6:164; 39:13. 10:16; 39:14. even then God is All-Knowing and may come to their help without their praying for it. 762. Important Words: (Maker) is derived from They say i. e. he clove or split or rent it; he created it or brought it into existence; or he originated it. all bi means, he made the dough into bread without leavening it. means, he broke the fast. b and mean, it became cleft or split or rent. 3 means, the natural constitution with which a child is created. when used about God, means the Originator or the Creator or the Maker (Tāj). Commentary: The question in the first part of the verse implies that, as God alone is the Maker of the heavens and the earth and as it is He alone Who feeds all without being fed by anybody, therefore there is none worthy of being taken as 847 protector but He. None else is worthy of being worshipped as God. The words, Who feeds, refute the Godhead of those lifeless objects which men have taken for gods. They admittedly feed none, but God feeds all; hence these objects are worthy of being taken as God. not The words, is not fed, negate the Godhead of those living beings who have been deified by men. They stand in need of food, but God needs no food; hence they cannot be gods. 763. Commentary: This verse is an expression of the supreme independence of God. The Holy Prophet is made to say, "O men, it is indeed strange that you should not fear the punishment of God while I, who am a Prophet of God, fear His punishment if I disobey Him. " This is an emphatic way of exhorting men to avoid disobedience of God. The expression does not imply that the