In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
Extract from QUR’AANIC
STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:
35.
Wa-in kana kabura AAalayka iAAraduhum fa-ini istataAAta an
tabtaghiya nafaqan fee al-ardi aw sullaman fee alssama-i
fata/tiyahum bi-ayatin walaw shaa Allahu lajamaAAahum AAala
alhuda fala takoonanna mina aljahileena
6:35. And if
their aversion is hard on you, then, if you can, seek an opening deep into the
earth or a ladder [link] up into the heavens, and then bring them a sign. And
if Allah had so willed, He would certainly have gathered them all on guidance.
Be not then of those who are ignorant.6
6. This is an obvious reprimand from Allah
to His Messenger. HE has put this on record here to let mankind know that His
Messengers too are His creatures, and not His partners in Creation. The
Messengers too, being human, were prone to errors. What this Verse reveals to
us is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ardently desired Allah to give him a
sign to show to his people to convince them of his being His accredited
Messenger. But Allah had other plans. HE did not want His last Messenger to
mankind to be recognised based on any obvious sign like those given to his
predecessors, Jesus and Moses. Those signs, in any case, had yielded little
results. HE, in His Wisdom, knew that His last Messenger was being sent at the
threshold of an era of proliferation of knowledge. Allah now wanted His last
Messenger to be recognised based on the intellect He had granted mankind. HE
wanted the people to use this intellect, and the knowledge they are now
getting, to scrutinise the character of the person sent as the last Messenger
and to scrutinise the Message he was conveying to them. Allah here reminds His
Messenger that He knows what to do to guide His creatures. Nothing – not even
the ardent personal desire of His Messenger – can come in the way of His plans.
Friday, the 8th of March 2019.
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