قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ قُل لِّلَّهِۚ كَتَبَ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةَۚ لَيَجۡمَعَنَّكُمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِۚ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Say, "To whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth?" Say, "To Allah." He has decreed upon Himself mercy. He will surely assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. Those who will lose themselves [that Day] do not believe
In this world communicating the Word of God is a task of some complexity. This is because God has ordained that the Truth be veiled in doubt, so that man may find reasons for rejecting it alongside arguments in support of its acceptance. The real test of man is that he should be able to tear down the veil of doubt and raise himself to the position of certainty. He should eschew doubt in all its guises and take a firm hold of the divine Truth. Believing without seeing is the real test of man. When reality is made visible, its acceptance has no value. Man denies the obvious truth. On obtaining power, he degrades others. One man makes another the victim of his tyranny. Why is this so? Does man wield absolute power in this world? Is there nobody here to stay his hand? Is there a combination of opposites in God’s regime, given that He seems to have filled man’s world with oppression and injustice and the rest of the world with mercy and meaningfulness? No, it is not so. God, who is the Lord of Heaven and earth, is also the Lord of that creature who toils during the day and rests at night. Just as God’s grace is given unstintingly to the universe, so also is it given to human beings. The difference is that for the rest of the world, His grace is fully in evidence right from the first day, whereas for the world of human beings, His grace will be fully shown on the Day of Judgement.
کچھ لوگ کھلے طور پر آخرت کا انکار کرتے ہیں۔ کچھ لوگ وہ ہیں جو زبان سے آخرت کا انکار نہیں کرتے مگر ان کے دل میں ساری اہمیت بس اسی دنیا کی ہوتی ہے۔ چنانچہ ان کی زندگی میں اور کھلے ہوئے منکرین کی زندگی میں کوئی فرق نہیں ہوتا۔ یہ دونوں گروہ باعتبار حقیقت ایک ہیں۔ اور دونوں ہی اللہ کے نزدیک آخرت کو جھٹلانے والے ہیں۔ ایک گروہ اگر زبانی طور پر اس کو جھٹلا رہا ہے تو دوسرا گروہ عملی طور پر۔
ایسے تمام لوگ خدا کے قانون کے مطابق ہلاکت میں پڑنے والے ہیں۔ پیغمبروں کے زمانہ میں یہ ہلاکت موجودہ دنیا میں سامنے آگئی اور بعد کے لوگوں کے لیے وہ آخرت میں سامنے آئے گی۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →