Portents of God (L-52)
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هُوَ
الَّذي خَلَقَ لَكُم ما فِي الأَرضِ جَميعًا ثُمَّ استَوىٰ إِلَى السَّماءِ
فَسَوّاهُنَّ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عَليمٌ29. |
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29. Huwal-lazii khalaqa lakum-maa fil’arzi jamii-‘aa:
sum-mas-tawaaa ‘ilas-Samaaa-‘i fa-sawwaa-hunna sab-‘a samaa-waat. Wa Huwa
bi-kulli shay-‘in ‘Aliim. (Section 3) |
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29. He it is Who
created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and
fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is Knower of all things. |
Fa-sawwaa-hunna – (So He fashioned them). This word has been derived from taswi-yah, which means “To adjust/fit the different parts and joints of a thing at their proper places, to correct”.
Sab-‘a samaa-waat – “Seven Heavens,” “Sam-wun” is the origin of “Samaa-waat” and its meaning is “height”. Due to relationship of height with the sky, it is called “The Sky”. “Sab-‘a” means seven. Hence in the Arabic proverb, this word is used in the meanings of “more and numerous” also.
The human being is the name of a collection of body and soul. It is obvious that the needs of these both things are fulfilled by God Almighty, Who created this puppet of clay. His first kindness is that He fulfills all requirements of the body and soul, for bud and blossom, development and improvement of his body. The soul of human being needs food also along with bringing up the body.
The meaning of this verse is that first of all, our Lord created the earth. He caused the rivers, the seas and the ocean to flow on one side, and raised mountains on the other side, which are very high, grew many forests of the trees, and fed up the inner parts of the earth with different kinds of uncountable treasures. And these all things were created for the sake of Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him) and his descendants. Now it is duty of Human Beings that they should reap reasonable advantages from these countless treasures; by using their wisdom and sense.
By using the word jamii-‘an,
God Almighty commanded that these all things are for the children of Adam
(Peace be upon him). They have the right to reap advantages from these things.
With the physical body of the Human Being, fostering of his soul is also
necessary. For this purpose, the earth and its produces are not sufficient.
Therefore, after creating the earth, He drew His attention toward the Sky. From
there, it used to rain Guidance during different times for the training of
the mankind's’ souls by means of His Prophets and Messengers (peace be
upon them). As the human being reaps advantage from the things of the
earth, he should get advantage also from this Heavenly Rain (Guidance), so that
his soul may become perfect too along with his body. Thereby, after becoming a
perfect mankind, he would have to be present in the Court of Allaah.
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