QURAN CHAPTER - 87
Al-Ala - The Most High
Revealed - Meccan
Ruku - 1
Ayat - 19
Theme - This Surah has 3 themes: (1) Tauheed; (2) Instructions to Holy Prophet; (3) Hereafter
- In the first verse, the doctrine of Tauheed has been compressed into a single sentence, saying that Allah's name should be glorified and exalted, i.e., He should not be remembered by any name which might reflect a deficiency, fault, weakness, or an aspect of likeness, with created beings, for the root of all false creeds in the world are wrong concepts about Allah, which assumed the form of an erroneous name for His glorious and exalted Being.
- Therefore, for the correction of the creed, the primary thing is that Allah Almighty should be remembered only by the beautiful names which suit and befit Him.
- In the next 3 verses, it has been said: "Your Lord, glorification of Whose name is being enjoined, is He Who created everything in the Universe, proportioned it, set it a destiny, taught it to perform the function for which it is created, and you witness this manifestation of His power day and night that He creates vegetation on the earth as well as reduces it to mere rubbish. No other being has the power to bring about spring nor the power to prevent autumn."
- Then, in the following 2 verses, the Holy Prophet (SAW) is been consoled, as if to say: "Do not worry as to how you will remember word for word the Quran that is being revealed to you. It is for Us to preserve it in your memory, and its preservation is not in any way the result of any excellence in you but the result of Our bounty and favour, otherwise if We so will, We can cause you to forget it."
- Then, the Holy Prophet (SAW) has been told: You have not been made responsible to bring everyone on to the right path; your only duty is to convey the truth, and the simplest way of conveying the truth is that admonition be given to him who is inclined to listen to the admonition and accept it, and the one who is not inclined to it, should not be pursued.
- "The one who fears the evil consequences of deviation and falsehood, will listen to the truth and accept it, and the wretched one who avoids listening to and accepting it, will himself see his evil end."
The discourse has been summed up, saying: "Success is only for those who adopt purity of belief, morals and deed, and remember the name of their Lord and perform the Prayer."
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