Similes of Holy Qur’aan and Their Affects

 

Similitudes by Holy Qur’an (L–47)

26a. ۚإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَستَحيي أَن يَضرِبَ مَثَلًا ما بَعوضَةً فَما فَوقَها

26 a.  ‘InnAllaaha laa yastah-yiii ‘any-yazriba masalam-maa ba-‘uuzatan- famaa fawqahaa.

26a.  Lo! Allah disdains not to coin the similitude of a gnat or even anything above that.

Fawqahaa – (Above that), literal meaning of fawq is “upper, over, above”. It aims “more lean and ignoble thing than it”.

In the previous verses, Allaah Almighty invited to the disbelievers and infidels for proving the truth of Holy Qur’an that if they consider that it is not Word of God (we seek refuge in God), then they should produce any Word like this. But they could neither give its answer till to-date and nor can they; until the last Day. In such condition of helplessness, they could do nothing. However they began to find faults in Holy Qur’an and said: How is it an extraordinary that Allaah, having so much high position and greatness, gives similitude of so contemptible and lean things?

The fact is that mention of the biggest creatures has also come in Holy Qur’an at different places as well as the smallest too. Where animals like elephants, camels and horses etc. have been mentioned, there is ant, fly and mosquito etc. also. For causing the people to understand, God has described similes of these living creatures. For example; somewhere He says that idols of infidels are too weak and helpless to create a fly. But when a fly or mosquito sits on their faces they cannot cause it to fly. Somewhere He says that the religion of the Infidels is weak like spider’s web. Hearing such similitude, some Infidels began to say that God of Muslims speaks so strange (we seek refuge in Allaah) that He does not hesitate in mentioning likenesses of so small things. Allaah replied to their criticism in this verse.

Similitude means “such thing, for which the example is given, must be impressive upon mind to bold and bright. Now that simile will be the best which fulfills this object, whether that thing is much customary or small itself. The mosquito is so much ignoble thing and unimportant creature. Now where there is a need to explain unreality of the idols or any other creature, there example of mosquito will be appropriate. Criticizing it is proof of folly and immaturity.

Summary of above mentioned verse is that Allaah (God) Almighty does not hesitate from giving similitude of a mosquito or smaller thing than it, because purpose of giving example is to explain about something. The example will be given as something exists. There is nothing to hesitate or take bad from it.

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