Quran Chapter 7 – 11 (Pt-8,
Stg-2) (L-930) - درس قرآن
Dignity of mankind
Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The Heights) – Surah – 7)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ 11
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11. And We created you, then fashioned you,
then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! So they fell prostrate,
all save Iblis, Who was not of those who make prostration.
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11. Wa laqad khalaq-Naakum
summa saw-warNaakum summa qulNaa
lil-malaaa-‘ikatisjuduu li- ‘Aadama, fasajaduuu
‘illaaa ‘Ibliis. Lam yakum-minas-saajidiin.
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Commentary
It
was described in the previous verse: O Mankind! You were appointed as a leader
over the entire creatures on the earth and everything was given in your
possession, and powers and strength were bestowed on you according to its
requirement. All those things were created in the earth, which were necessary
to establish your life. You should use the powers to get those things. In the
external world, the entire remaining powers are your obedient and submissive
except One Power. More detail about it has been described in this verse.
It is
commanded: We commanded the ingredients of the matter to be combined, for
creating you, then by connecting them in configuration, We fashioned the
mankind. It will come in the next Chapters that “Then We caused Our Spirit to
enter into it, after that We said to the Angels: Behold! This is Adam, Who is
father of the entire human beings”. Fall you prostrate before Him.
Listening
to this command, all the Angels (peace be upon Them) fell prostrate, but Iblis (Satan),
who was standing with them, did not partake among Them who fell prostrate. And
his act of refusing separated him from the Angels, whereas, verbally, He used
to say to Allah Almighty, “My Lord and Allah”, but because of disobedience, He
was cursed and outcast.
The
birth of Adam (peace be upon Him) has been mentioned earlier in the third
Section of Surah ‘Al-Baqarah. It has been explained there that
“Allah Almighty has appointed Adam as His Viceroy”. By choosing Adam as
Viceroy, His children became viceroy too. This mention has been made in the
last verse of previous chapter i.e. Suratul ‘An‘aam, and it has
already been explained there.
Here, the aim of telling the story of Adam (peace be
upon Him) is that the human beings should be acquainted with the enmity of
Satan completely and be warned properly that they are most powerful in the
world. They can inflect the things of the world as they wish by means of their
internal virtues and abilities. Entire external powers are their servant and
obedient, but one power has denied to be their servant and obedient. Because of
this reason, it has become compulsory that they should be guided to remain
attentive, so that they may understand that when they will spend their powers
for their betterment, there is such a power, which will misguide through guile,
by flattery and threatening, to spend their virtues, according to his
instructions, as it might be possible, because of which they will suffer
instead of reaping advantage. Therefore, they have been informed properly that
they should not use their powers in accord with the commands of Iblis.
He (Satan) is their enemy, who will try his best to ruin them. The mankind
should use his powers according to the Commands of Almighty Allah, Which have
been revealed in Holy Qur’an.
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