LESSON # 48 HOLY QUR’AAN
BAQARAH - 2
Excellence of Knowledge
Verse – 31 & 32 of 286, section -4
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31. And He
taught Adam all
the names, then showed them
to the angels, saying: Inform
Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.
32. They
said: Be glorified!
We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast
taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.
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31. Wa ‘allama ‘Aadamal-‘as-maaa-‘a kullahaa
summa ‘arazahum ‘alal-malaaa-‘ikati faqaala ‘ambi-‘uunii bi-‘as-maaa-‘i
haaa-‘u-laaa-‘i ‘in- kuntum saadiqiin.
32. Qaaluu –Subhaanaka laa ‘ilma lanaaa ‘illaa
maa ‘allamtanaa. ‘Innaka ‘antal-‘Aliimul-Hakiim.
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Lesson
‘Aadama – (Adam). He (peace be upon Him) is the Father of all
humankind.
‘As-maaa-‘a. (Names) the word which is spoken for
acquaintance of any person or thing is used as its name. To recognize that
person/thing it is also necessary that its qualities and signs should be known.
Here meanings
of the names are, “the names of all the things, their characteristics and
conditions which would have to become necessary for the Adam and His children
after sending them on the earth.” God Almighty acquainted the Adam (Peace be
upon Him) about all the things’ names, their states and their characteristics.
According to
the Knowledge of God the creation which was going to become His Caliph, before
his appearing all the things were produced and then the humankind was created
and He was named as Adam (peace be upon Him).
As you know
that one creature of the God is Angels which are produced from the Bright
(Noor). They pass their entire time in obedience and worship of God and it is
their greatest excellence. They are totally pure and clean from all the wishes
and needs which are good for the Adam. So they quite do not know about the use
of all things of the earth and skies.
However it is fact that God has not created any thing without cause. There is
indeed any philosophy and advisability in it.
The Lord
Almighty created the Adam (peace be upon Him) from the mud. Then He produced in
his body different kinds of wishes and needs. He gave knowledge also to adopt
the different means to fulfill his wishes. He grew ability in it that he may
acquaint with all the things easily and may know their characteristics.
The Adam has to
face different accidents, incidents and changes in the different times. It has
been kept in His nature that He will cross all the hurdles consciously and
successfully. He has been informed about names of each necessary thing and its
characteristics to compete in all kinds of difficulties.
As it has been already
discussed that the Angels know only about which they have been given knowledge.
The things they do not need, they neither know about them and nor they can try
to know about them.
So after
teaching the names of all things to the Adam (Peace be upon Him) the God
Almighty produced those things in front of the Angels. He commanded them, “If
you are true in your claim that you hymn
Mine praise and sanctity Me perfectly then tell Me the names of following
things”.
The Angels are sacred creature. They do not have any work besides
worship. How could they tell the names? They said, “We have only that knowledge
which You have taught us. Besides that we know nothing. Now! These things, we
can say only that there will be any advantage in producing them but we don’t
know about its philosophy and secrecy because Your works are not but full with
Your philosophy and advisability.
It is evident from these verses that due to knowledge the mankind
became superior and higher in rank to the Angels. Now if any person out of the
generation of the Adam (peace be upon Him) is careless from the knowledge then
he can not perform the duty of God’s caliph. We see that those nations, who
acquired knowledge, are really on the path of development.
Transliteration in Roman
Script, English Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall and Paraphrase collected
from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore
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