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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