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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Light of the Holy Qur'an Interpretation of Sura Hud Section 2 : Patience and Good Deeds Commentary : Verse 9 earn pardon from Allah The common nature of the people who rejoice and get proud when blessed by Allah and whenever any blessings is justly withdrawn, man gets dejected and becomes ungrateful - The infidels challenged to bring some chapters like those of the Qur'an is they be truthful - Tyrants cursed by Allah.

(9) وَ لَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْناها مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَؤُسٌ كَفُورٌ " If We make man taste mercy from Ourselves,(and)then take it off from him, verily he is despairing ungrateful. " Commentary : Allah's blessings do not always reflect His compassion; nor does usually the withdrawal of His blessings signify His punishment and anger. Many a time, they could mean that He might be putting someone through a special test.

The verse says: " If We make man taste mercy from Ourselves,(and)then take it off from him, verily he is despairing ungrateful. " As man does not understand the Divine wisdom and his own good, he tends to jump to conclusions, feels desperate and becomes ungrateful. However faith in Him is not based upon what we perceive to be our happiness in life. Allah's blessings are the consequences of His judgment and His grace, not the results of our merit.

Therefore, despair of Allah's blessings leads to ungratefulness. In this regard, the verse says: "... verily he is despairing ungrateful. " Commentary : Verse 10 (10) وَ لَئِنْ أَذَقْناهُ نَعْماءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ السَّيِّئاتُ عَنِّي إِنَّهُ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ " And if We make him taste(Our)favors after adversity has afflicted him, he will say, 'The evils have departed from me'. Verily he is joyous, boastful.

" Commentary : All the blessings which are handed down to man after hardships and sufferings must serve as a source of thanksgiving and remembering Allah(s. w. t.)and not as a means of arrogance, boasting and self satisfaction. There are two risks to one's joy, one is making a wrong analysis of events, and the other is that this joy would result in a person's arrogance.

Worldly affairs do not always take the same path, on the contrary, as some Islamic traditions testify to, they have two sides to them; sometimes they run in your favor, at other times, they run against you.

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