The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 483
PT. 14 AN-NAHL CH. 16 ثُمَّ كُلِى مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ Then eat of every kind. 70 of fruit, and follow the ways of رَبَّكِ ذُلُلاً يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا thy Lord that have been made easy for thee. ' There comes b شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفُ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ forth from their bellies a drink اِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ وَاللهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفيكُمْ وَمِنْكُمْ And Allah creates you then. 71 of varying hues. Therein is cure for men. Surely, in that is a Sign for a people who reflect. 1870 He causes you to die; and "there 1870. Commentary: "22:6. The subject of the bee has been further elaborated in this verse. It says that God inspires the bee to collect its food from different fruits and flowers and then, by means of the mechanism provided in its body and by the methods revealed to it by God, it converts the collected food into honey. That honey possesses different colours and flavours but all its different varieties are highly useful for men. This fact suggests that revelation has continued to descend on Prophets at different times and that the teachings of one Prophet differed in detail from the teachings of another, nevertheless all these revelations had this essential common quality that they proved a means of moral and spiritual regeneration for the peoples for whom they were designed. At various places in the Quran the same words have been used with reference to the Quranic revelation as have been used here with reference to honey. Honey provides a cure for the 1691 physical diseases of man and the most essential quality of the Quranic revelation also is that it is a cure for the spiritual maladies of man. See 10:58, 17:83 & 41:45. The words, and follow the ways of thy Lord, suggest that it is possible for every man to become a recipient of Divine revelation. The only condition he has to fulfil for this purpose is that he should obediently follow the path designed by God and not let his natural instincts become corrupt and vitiated. If he keeps his nature pure and unsullied and is guided by his natural instincts, in the course of time he becomes the recipient of revelation which may be compared to honey in its purity and usefulness. وحی The verse also implies that when all creatures have been granted according to their respective natural capacities, though those capacities are very limited, it is inconceivable that man, who has been endowed with far greater natural powers and for whom unlimited avenues of spiritual