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An-Nahl (The Bee) Section 1 – The Existence Of God Proved By Nature

  • The End of the World is sure to come

  • The Existence of God and His Might proved by Nature

  • Certain Bounties of God referred to

An-Nahl (The Bee) Verses 1 – 9

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God the Beneficent the Merciful

أَتَىٰ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

The Decree of God hath come, therefore ye hasten it not: Glory be to Him and Exalted is He above what they associate with Him. (16:1)1

يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرُوا أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاتَّقُونِ

He sendeth down the angels with the spirit (revelation) by His own decree on whomsoever He willeth of His servants saying: “Warn ye (the mankind) that there2is no god but I therefore fear3Me.” (16:2)4

خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ تَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Created He5the heavens and the earth with the truth; Exalted is He above what they associate (with Him). (16:3)6

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ

He created man from life sperm or germ7and behold! (that same drop now a man) he is an open disputer.8(16:4)9

وَالْأَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَافِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

And the cattle (He) created them for you, therein is warmth10and many 11gains, and of them ye eat. (16:5)12

وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ

And for you they beseem well when ye drive them (home) and when ye drive them forth (to pasture.) (16:6)

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنْفُسِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

And bear they your burdens to lands which ye could not else reach but with distress unto (your) self; Verily thy Lord is Pitiful, All-Merciful, (16:7)

وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And (He made) horses and mules and asses that ye might ride upon them and as adornment; and createth He what ye know not. (16:8)

وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَائِرٌ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

And upon God rests the guidance unto the right way, and of them (the ways) are the deviating ones; and if He willeth He would certainly guide you all aright. (16:9)

Commentary

Verse 1

‘Amrullah’, i.e., God’s Command - Here meaning the punishment from God with which the people were threatened.

‘Amrullah - The commentators have given various interpretations of ‘Ata-Amrullah’. Whether it means in future, though the verb is in the form of past or it means perfect, ‘Amr’ undoubtedly is the decree of punishment. If this verse is read with verse 10:47 it gets clear that with the advent of the Holy Prophet the faith of the people, the believers and the disbelievers, had been decided. All that remains is, its execution to which the people are warned here, not to hasten. Hence the interpretation should be taken as present perfect. (A.P.).

Verse 2

The ‘Ruh’, i.e., Spirit or Soul - Here ‘Ruh’ stands for the Holy Qur’an, i.e., guidance which enlivens the dead souls, quickening the ignorant ones with knowledge. ‘Ruh’ is stated to stand for ‘Gabriel’, i.e., the Angels always accompany Gabriel13.

‘By His Command’, i.e., to execute God’s Command.

Verse 4

‘Nutfah’ which literally means also a small quantity of liquid - Here stands for the small drops containing the life-germs or the spermatozoon in the seminal fluid.

Ibne Ubai brought a few bits of some rotten bones and asked the Holy Prophet with ridicule saying: “Who could raise these bits to life again?” This verse was revealed.

Verse 9

Referring to the means of communication, it is asserted that God will add something besides what is already known, (i.e., what is unknown) and the purpose of it is to straighten or shorten the way and facilitate the conveyance towards reaching its destination. Asserting that providing this facility is His duty, it indicates that along with the straight ways there are crooked ways also, and God does not force anything on any one. By these examples of the means of communication in the physical life, man is reminded of the means of communication between man and God. It is God’s duty to show man the right path and the crooked one.14 (A.P.).

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