The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 729
PT. 22 FĂŢIR CH. 35 قُلْ أَرَعَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ Say, "Have you seen your. 41 associate-gods whom you call مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ اَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ on beside Allah? Show me then what they have created of the الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمُ شِرْكٌ في السمو earth. Or have they a share in أتَيْنَهُمْ كِتَبًا فَهُمْ عَلَى بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ بَلْ إِنْ يَعِدُ الظَّلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُمُ بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا the creation of the heavens? Or have We given them a Book so that they have an evidence therefrom?' Nay, the wrongdoers promise one another nothing but delusion. 3207 إن اللهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمواتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَنْ Surely, Allah holds the. 42 تَزُولَا وَلَبِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ deviate from their positions اَحَدٍ مِّنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا heavens and the earth lest they And if they did deviate, none Most can hold them after Him. Verily, He is Forbearing, Forgiving. 3208 3207. Commentary: "34:28; 46:5. 22:66. As the Arabs, who were the first addressees of the Message of the Quran, were steeped in worst form of idolatry, God has exposed the futility of their polytheistic beliefs again and again in the Quran. In the present verse the idolaters are asked, why do they worship other gods beside Allah when these false gods have neither created any earthly thing nor have they made any contribution to the creation of the celestial bodies? They are further asked whether they have a revealed Book which gives them the authority to preach and promulgate their false beliefs. They should at least 2643 possess some reason or authority for their idolatrous beliefs and practices. 3208. Commentary: The present verse continues the argument in repudiation of idolatry. It purports to say that both the celestial and terrestrial systems continue to work in perfect harmony with and subject to divine laws. The fact that there exists complete harmony and order among different parts of the universe, reveals the existence of an Intelligent and All-Powerful Being behind it. That Supreme and Intelligent Being is God Who deserves and demands our worship and adoration.