The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 879
PT. 24 AL-MU'MIN CH. 40 قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ Say, I have been forbidden. 67 to worship those whom you call مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ لَمَّا الْبَيْتُ upon beside Allah since there have come clear proofs unto me مِنْ رَّبِّي وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْلِمَ from my Lord; and I have been لِرَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ commanded to submit myself to the Lord of the worlds. '3542 هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ He it is Who created you. 68 from dust, then from a sperm- نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفلا drop, then from a clot; then He ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا ج brings you forth as a child; then He lets you grow that you may that you become old-though some among you are شُيُوخًا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَتَوَفَّى مِنْ قَبْلُ attain your full strength; then وَلَعَلَّكُمْ caused to وَلِتَبْلُغُوا اَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ die before and that you may reach a term appointed, and that you may learn wisdom. 3543 هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا He it is Who gives life and. 69 فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ ® d causes death. And when He decrees a thing, He says to it a only, 'Be!' and it is. 3544 "6:57; 39:65. 18:38; 22:6; 23:14; 35:12; 36:78. 2:29; 22:67; 30:41. d2:118; 3:48; 16:41; 36:83. The inference derived, however, is Lord of all the worlds. " the same. 3542. Commentary: The verse means to say that when God is the sole Creator of heavens | and earth and it is He Who has created man and has made full provision for all his physical and spiritual needs, it is inconsistent with reason and highly presumptuous on the part of man to worship any being or thing in preference to Him, "the 3543. Commentary: For a full explanation of this verse see vv. 22:6 and 23:13-16. 3544. Commentary: It is the will and decree of God, Who gives life and causes death, that a people-the Arabs-who were morally and spiritually as good as dead, should now rise to a new life through the Holy Prophet; and none can thwart and frustrate His decree. 2793