The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 616
CH. 31 LUQMAN PT. 21 وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ قَالُوابَلْ ,And when it is said to them. 22 'Follow that which Allah has revealed,' "they say, 'Nay, we نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَبَاءَنَا أَوَلَوْ كَانَ shall follow that which we الشَّيْطَنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلى عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ. found our fathers following What! even though Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the burning fire?3048 5:105; 10:79; 21:54. They say i. e. the life was or أسبغ الله. became pleasant and plentiful means, God completed His favour upon him (Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: The verse embodies strong refutation of Shirk (associating false deities with God) and incidentally alludes to three kinds of arguments which help a man to arrive at a right understanding of any important problem, viz; (1) evidence of reason and common sense; (2) arguments based on observation and experience; guidance or an illuminating Book. The verse further says that man is the noblest handiwork of God and the acme and peak of His creation. The universe has been created to serve him, the sun with the whole solar system and the earth with all that is him. So when all things have been created for his sake, it is foolish on man's part first to set up equals with God and then to begin to worship and adore the things which have been created for his use and service. on it have been made subservient to and (3) arguments provided by all the physical needs of man have The verse further implies that when Divine revelation. The verse purports to say that none of these supports Shirk or disbelief. The disbelievers can adduce no rational argument in support of their foolish beliefs. Neither are those beliefs supported and substantiated by observation or experience, nor do they receive support from revelation. The combined testimony of human reason and common sense, of observation and experience and of Divine revelation, goes to show that belief in plurality of gods is a false and foolish belief. This is the significance of the words, without knowledge or been met and his smallest requirements are satisfied by God, it is inconceivable that He should have neglected to make similar provision for his spiritual needs. 2530 , The words ab may signify all needs of man-physical and spiritual; material and intellectual; known and unknown. 3048. Commentary: Man is so constituted that he is not easily persuaded to give up his old ideas and beliefs. The one constant obstacle that the Prophets of God have had to meet from disbelievers is