The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 452
CH. 16 AN-NAHL PT. 14 conceal and what you disclose. 1821 وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ And Allah knows what you. 20 وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ And those on whom they. 21 لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ h call beside Allah create not anything, but they themselves created. 1822 are "2:78; 27:26; 64:5. b7:192; 25:4. bestowed by God are so numerous as to be beyond the power of man to reckon, is it reasonable that He should not bestow upon man His spiritual blessings in the form of revealed guidance and, like false gods should behave as if He were deaf and dumb? The verse ends with the mention of the Divine attributes of the Forgiving and Merciful. These two attributes could not function unless God had revealed His guidance to man. Forgiveness for the weak and reward to the virtuous were only possible when man had been given a teaching to follow. 1821. Commentary: This verse proceeds to furnish another argument why the false gods of the idolaters cannot provide right guidance and why it is God alone Who can do so. The fact is that God alone knows all the inherent capacities and powers of man and knows also the doubts and misgivings which assail his mind. And only that Being Who is fully conversant with man's powers and capacities and his doubts and misgivings can give the teaching which can remove those doubts and satisfy the cravings of his soul. Two conditions are the essential prerequisites of a right guidance for humanity. First, the Lawgiver must be fully conversant with all the depths of human nature. For, without such knowledge, it is not possible for Him to make proper provision for the full growth and development of all the physical and moral powers of man. Secondly, He must know all the thoughts of the human mind, for very often it happens that a man does not give expression to his real doubts for fear of social opprobrium. Only God Who knows the inner working of man's mind knows where his difficulty lies and He alone can answer the unexpressed question. The Quran offers the best illustration of such a guidance. It furnishes guidance for the healthy development of all the powers of unknown. Similarly, it satisfies all man, physical or moral, known or those misgivings that arise in the heart of man, some of which have science and enlightenment and which found expression in this age of many men had not had the courage to utter for fear of incurring social opprobrium. 1660 1822. Commentary: The verse answers a possible