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You are the needy unto Allah; and Allah (alone) is He Who is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised.” None is there to be free from want from Allah (s.w.t.), and all beings are needy, but since Man disobeys, he should be controlled.
Following to the emphasized invitation to Monotheism and struggle against all kinds of polytheism and idolatry mentioned in the previous verses, this misconception may appear in some individuals that what is the need of Allah to our worshipping that He persists on it and emphasizes it so much? Therefore, in order to state this fact that it is we who are in need of his worship, and He is not in need of our worship, in this verse the Qur’an says: “O people!
You are the needy unto Allah; and Allah (alone) is He Who is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised.” What a worthy and important statement it is that makes clear our situation in the scene of the world of existence before the One Who has given us our existence! The verse opens many puzzles in this regard and answers to a great deal of questions. Yes, the One really free from need and Self-Subsistent in the whole world of existence is He Who is Allah.
All human beings, or it is better to say all beings are thoroughly needy and they are dependant to that Independent Existence that if their relation is ceased from Him, even for a moment, they are nothing. Therefore, none should bow and submit to other than Him, and demand other than Him to provide his needs, because they all are in need of Him, too.
Even dignifying the Divine prophets and leaders of the Truth is for the sake that they are His messengers and His deputies and they absolutely have no independence from themselves. Thus He is both Self-Sufficient and Praised, that is, in the meantime that He is Self-Sufficient, He is so generous and kind that He is worthy of any sort of praise and gratitude; and also, in the mid-time that He is gracious and kind to the servants, He is Self-Sufficient of all.
Being attentive to this fact produces two positive effects on the believing persons.