اَلَمۡ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَـكُمۡ مَّا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ وَالۡـفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِىۡ فِى الۡبَحۡرِ بِاَمۡرِهٖ ؕ وَيُمۡسِكُ السَّمَآءَ اَنۡ تَقَعَ عَلَى الۡاَرۡضِ اِلَّا بِاِذۡنِهٖ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوۡفٌ رَّحِيۡمٌ
وَهُوَ الَّذِىۡۤ اَحۡيَاكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيۡتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيۡكُمۡ ؕ اِنَّ الۡاِنۡسَانَ لَـكَفُوۡرٌ
لِّـكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ جَعَلۡنَا مَنۡسَكًا هُمۡ نَاسِكُوۡهُ فَلَا يُنَازِعُنَّكَ فِى الۡاَمۡرِ وَادۡعُ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ ؕ اِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى هُدًى مُّسۡتَقِيۡمٍ
Translation
(22:65) Have you not seen how Allah has subjected to you all that is in the
earth, and the vessels that sail in the sea by His command,113 and
it is He Who holds back the sky that it may not fall on earth except by His
leave? Surely Allah is Most Gentle, Ever Compassionate to people. (22:66) And it is He Who has endowed you with life and it is He who causes
you to die, and it is He Who will then resurrect you. Man is indeed extremely
prone to denying the Truth.114 (22:67) For every people115 We have prescribed a way of worship116
which they follow. So, (O Muhammad), let them not dispute with you concerning
this,117 and call them to Your Lord. You are certainly on the Straight
Way.118
Commentary
113. Here “the heaven” implies the whole of the universe above and below
the earth where everything is held in its own place and sphere.
114. That is, though man sees every reality presented by the Prophets, yet
he denies it.
115. That is, the community of every Prophet.
116. Here the Arabic word mansak has been used in its most comprehensive
sense which also includes sacrifice (verse 34). It means service, worship, in
short, the entire way of life. The same theme has been expressed in
(Surah Al-Maidah, Ayat 48): We prescribed a law and a way of life for each of you.
117. That is, now you have brought a way of life just as the former Prophets
brought ways of life for their people. Therefore the people have no right to
dispute with you concerning the law you have brought.
118. This confirms the explanation given in( E.N. 117) above.
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