Place of Mankind (L-54)
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30a. ۖ وَإِذ قالَ رَبُّكَ لِلمَلائِكَةِ إِنّي
جاعِلٌ فِي الأَرضِ خَليفَةً |
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30a. Wa
‘iz qaala Rabbuka lil-Malaaa-‘ikati – “InNii jaa-ilun
fil-‘arzi KHALIIFAH, |
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30a. And when your
Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a Viceroy in the earth, |
Malaaa-‘ikati (Angels), this word is plural of Malak and has come out from the word “’Alook”. ‘Alook means to deliver the message. So it aims that Malaaa-‘ikah (best Angels – peace be upon them) deliver the Messages of God Almighty unto Prophets and Messengers (Peace be upon them). The Angels are Light and Spiritual Beings. They are chaste and pure from errors and they never disobey the Commandments of Allaah Almighty. At another place in Holy Qur‘an it has been described: Laa ya’-suunAllaaha maa ‘amara-hum wa yaf-‘aluuna maa yu’-maruun.(They do not disobey the Commandments of God and perform only that, for which they are commanded).
KHALIIFAH – (Viceroy, Caliph, Vicegerent). KhaliifatUllaah is the person, who establishes Government; according to the Divine Law of the religion on the earth. It manifests that which powers and abilities will be given to the mankind by Allaah Almighty, will be quite correct for establishing the Caliphate of God Almighty.
Lord of the Worlds is He, Who created the earth, the skies and other entire universe. All things of the earth like vegetations, minerals, beasts and animals, mountains, rivers, canals, springs etc. come in this category on one side of this universe, and on the other side, the skies including other all things which have been created in these seven heavens. Allaah Almighty knows best about the philosophy of creating all these things of the earth and the heavens.
Why Adam (peace be upon him) was created? What was need of making this (mankind’s) body from clay? What is its purpose of life? The answer to these questions has been given in this verse and succeeding verses.
When God Almighty completed the
work of creation of the earth, the skies and all things among them, like moon,
sun, stars, rivers, mountains etc. and they began to do their duty, then Allaah
Almighty addressed to the Angels (Peace be upon them): Now the time has come to
know that for whom, these things have been created, he must also come in front.
That is to say; I desire to create my Viceroy on the earth, who will possess
all these things (under his control) and will complete the desire of Lord in
the world. He will pay the right of God’s Deputy-ship being His
Vicegerent. He will issue and bring in force the Commandments of Allaah
Almighty.”
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