In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir
PART II:
19. Latarkabunna tabaqan
AAan tabaqin
1. Mankind is aware of
the many stages through which man passes from his conception in a womb to his
grave. Then why does he not believe in the divine intimation to him of his
further stages of barzakh (state of
complete unconsciousness from death till his resurrection in the Hereafter) and
further life in the Hereafter? This very question is posed to him in the next
two Verses. The divine intimation is given to him through the Qur’aan, which he
ought to believe in and prostrate (submit himself) to. But one may ask why. The
answer is: there is no other source which gives us the information as to what
happens after death. Our knowledge of science just tells us that we cease to
exist. Science also does not tell us as to what it is that triggers life in the
3-week-old fertilized ovum in mother’s womb. Science is thus helpless in giving
us this vital info. So, we have no alternative but to go to the divine source.
And the divine info provides answers to several unresolved questions arising in
the human mind. Why do innumerable cases of injustices apparently remain
unpunished in this world? And why acts of good deeds remain unrewarded? Why do
innocents suffer and why do wrong-doers apparently enjoy good life on this
earth? Science has no answers to such questions; the Qur’aan has!
Friday,
the 28th of September 2018.
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