Allah Is My Guide

Qur’aanic Verse 17.42:

 

Transliteration:

 42. Qul law kana maAAahu alihatun kama yaqooloona ithan laibtaghaw ila thee alAAarshi sabeelan

Translation:

 42. Say, “If, as they say, there were other gods along with Him, then certainly they would have sought a way to the Lord of the Throne.”⁸

Study Note:

8. The concept of divinity, in Islam, is absolutely unitary. Not a leaf falls, but He knows it. The absolute divine Power (Allah) knows, hears, sees and controls everything in the entire universe He has created. HE is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Everything in the universe is His creation, and no creature of His can have the same powers as He has. So there can be none worthy of worship but He. 

Even so, most of mankind indulges in the belief that there are entities, other than Allah, that enjoy divine powers. The Verse here dispels this erroneous belief in no uncertain terms. Had there been such entities with divine powers, every one of them would have tried to usurp the supreme power for himself. And there would be nothing but chaos in the universe.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVIX. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXVIII already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verse 13.42:

 

Transliteration:

 42. Waqad makara allatheena min qablihim falillahi almakru jameeAAan yaAAlamu ma taksibu kullu nafsin wasayaAAlamu alkuffaru liman AAuqba alddari

Translation:

 42. And those before them did make plans, but all planning is Allah’s.²⁰ He knows what every one earns, and those who suppress the Truth shall come to know for whom the Ultimate Abode is.

Study Note:

20. A man may make a plan for a thing to be done. But that plan will succeed if, and only if, it synchronises with Allah’s. In the ultimate analysis, therefore, it is Allah’s plan that makes anything happen, and not man’s.

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Qur’aanic Verse 10.31:

Transliteration:

31 Qul man yarzuqukum mina alssamai waalardi amman yamliku alssamAAa waalabsara waman yukhriju alhayya mina almayyiti wayukhriju almayyita mina alhayyi waman yudabbiru alamra fasayaqooloona Allahu faqul afala tattaqoona 

Translation:

31. Ask them, “Who provides, for you, means of sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Or Who controls the hearing and the sights? And Who brings out the living from the dead, and the dead from the living? And Who plans the affairs prudently and executes them well?” They will reply, “Allah.” Then ask, “Won’t you then fear Him!?”

Transliteration:

32 Fathalikumu Allahu rabbukumu alhaqqu famatha baAAda alhaqqi illa alddalalu faanna tusrafoona

Translation:

32. This then is Allah, your true Lord! And what remains there after the truth but error? How could you then be turned away from this Absolute Truth?

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXII It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXI already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi