Then Qura"n, in the next verse (NO.
Then Qura"n, in the next verse (NO.68) advises the prophet in particular, and Muslims in general, saying:ِ ``If they continue disputing with you tell them that Allah knows best what are you doing.'' In the day of Resurrection, God will judge between all groups of people, and all the creeds, which are at variance, and will make distinct to the parties, what is wrong and what is right:ِ ``Do you not know that Allah knows whatever is in the sky and earth?'' وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَاناً وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ نَّصِير(( 71 )) 71- AND THEY WORSHIP APART FROM ALLAH THAT FOR WHICH NO AUTHORITY HAS BEEN SENT DOWN, AND THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
AND FOR OPPRESSORS, THERE IS NO HELPER. وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَات تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الْمُنْكَرَ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِالَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرّ مِّنْ ذَلِكُمُ النَّارُ وَعَدَهَا اللهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ(( 72 )) [ 264 ] 72- AND WHEN OUR CLEAR SIGNS (VERSES OF QURA"N) ARE REHEARSED TO THEM, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IN THE FACES OF THE UNBELIEVERS DENIAL, SO MUCH SO, THAT THEY ARE INCLINED TO RAISE UP THEIR HANDS (TO ATTACK ON) THOSE WHO REHEARSE OUR SIGNS TO THEM.
SAY:ِ ``SHALL I THEN INFORM YOU OF (SOMETHING) WORSE THAN THAT? THE FIRE! WHICH ALLAH HAS PROMISED IT TO THE UNBELIEVERS, AND WHAT A BAD DESTINATION IS IT!'' يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ وَإِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْئاً لاَّ يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ(( 73 )) 73- O, PEOPLE! A PARABLE HAS BEEN STRUCK, THEN LISTEN TO IT.
VERILY THOSE WHOM YOU CALL APART FROM ALLAH, CAN NEVER CREATE (EVEN) A FLY, THOUGH THEY GATHER TO DO IT; AND IF A FLY TAKES SOMETHING AWAY OF THEM, THEY CANNOT TAKE IT BACK FROM IT. WEAK IS THE SEEKER AND THE SOUGHT. مَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إِنَّ اللهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ(( 74 )) 74- THEY DID NOT APPRAISE ALLAH AS HE DESERVES, THAT ALLAH IS POWERFUL AND EXALTED IN POWER.
[ 265 ] THE COMMENTARY DEITIES WEAKER THAN FLY VERSE NO.71ِ74 The first verse here implies that; if man worships anything or any one apart from Allah, his service and faith is supported by no reason and logic of whatever, and he is void of knowledge or any authority for his false worship.
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