Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - Ar-Ra'd : 33
اَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلٰى كُلِّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ١ۚ وَ جَعَلُوْا لِلّٰهِ شُرَكَآءَ١ؕ قُلْ سَمُّوْهُمْ١ؕ اَمْ تُنَبِّئُوْنَهٗ بِمَا لَا یَعْلَمُ فِی الْاَرْضِ اَمْ بِظَاهِرٍ مِّنَ الْقَوْلِ١ؕ بَلْ زُیِّنَ لِلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مَكْرُهُمْ وَ صُدُّوْا عَنِ السَّبِیْلِ١ؕ وَ مَنْ یُّضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ هَادٍ
Is then He, who is watchful over everyone and over whatever he earns (not present?) while they have made partners with Allah. Say, "Give their names. Is it that you are informing Him of something on earth He does not know, or of just empty words?' But, their ill- designs have been made alluring for the disbelievers, and they have been barred from the Path. And the one whom Allah deprives of guidance, for him there is no one to guide.
In the verse: أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ (Is then He, who is watchful over everyone ... 33), the ignorance and irrationality of the disbelievers has been exposed by saying that these people are certainly short on sense when they equate inert idols with His pure Being, a Being that watches everyone and is the ultimate reckoner of everyone's deeds. Then, it was said that the real reason behind their unreasonable attitude is that shaitan has made their very ignorance look good in their sight and, therefore, this they take to be 'achievement' and 'success.'
Top