Quran Chapter 2- 186a (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-221)
- درس قرآن
God is Nearer than one’s jugular vein
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘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.)
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ (186 a)
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186a.
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely
I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calleth unto
Me.
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186a.
Wa ‘izaa sa-‘alaka ‘ibaa-Dii ‘anNii fa-‘inNii Qariib. ‘Ujiibu
da’- watad-daa-‘i ‘izaa da-‘aani,
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Commentary
‘Annii - (concerning
Me, about Me), that is to say; they ask about My closeness and distance. Some
religions have considered that God Almighty is so much at distance and high
from us that reaching there, is entirely impossible. Islam rejected this false
belief and told that Allah Almighty is extremely nigh to the human being.
‘Innii Qariibun - (surely I am nigh
(near) it means that Allah Almighty is near to the mankind also in accord with
His knowledge and acquaintance, as well as close to them for listening to their
prayer and accepting too. In the Holy Qur’an it is commanded
at another place.Nahnu ‘Aqrabu ‘ilayhi min hablil wariid (We
are closer to them (human) than their jugular vein).
It is the Soul of the
religion that the individual should cut off every one and be just of only one
God (Allah), pray for a boon from Him, raise hands for asking before Him, his
life and death, his worship and sacrifice should be for Him only. For producing
this soul, Allah Almighty taught; how to pray and commanded: I am not more away
from the human beings. Moreover, when any individual calls Me with full
sincerity leaving everything, I hear his supplication, answer him, accept his
prayer, and fulfill his desire.
In the Saying (Hadith),
it comes that during the last third part of the night, Allah Almighty comes to
the nearest sky and proclaims, “Is there any suppliant, I accept whose prayer?
Is there any beggar, to whom I bestow? Is there anyone asking for forgiveness
to whom I forgive? Messenger of God Almighty (Peace Be upon Him) once said that
the prayer is worship. In another Hadith it has come that
Allah Almighty is so much modest and kind that He does not wish to return
anyone who prays with empty hands. But there is a condition for accepting the
prayer that the heart shouldn’t be indolent and careless. It does not depend
only in such last part of the night; Allah Almighty hears the call of every
caller (the individual who prays earnestly) every time, at every place, on the
condition that he should call sincerely and honestly.
In
this verse, how God Almighty has filled strength and trust for the helpless
human beings, hope for broken hearts, expectation for the sinners, support for
the tired ones. If the mankind doesn’t ask from Him then from whom he should
ask? But how much indolent and cruel is this humankind that he feels shame when
praying unto Him and hesitates spreading hands before Him.
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