Surah 26:81
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ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
who created me, and He guides me,
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
and who – He gives me food and gives me drink,
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
and when I am sick, He heals me.
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ
He (it is) who causes me to die, (and) then gives me life,
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
and who – I am eager that He should forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.
Ibrahim said, “I will not worship any but the One Who does these things:
He is the Creator Who has decreed certain things to which He guides His creation, so each person follows the path which is decreed for him. Allah is the One Who guides whomsoever He wills and leaves astray whomsoever He wills.
He is my Creator Who provides for me from that which He has made available in the heavens and on earth. He drives the clouds and causes water to fall with which He revives the earth and brings forth its fruits as provision for mankind. He sends down the water fresh and sweet so that many of those whom He has created, animals and men alike, may drink from it.
Here he attributed sickness to himself, even though it is Allah Who decrees it, out of respect towards Allah. By the same token, Allah commands us to say in the prayer,
{Guide us to the straight way} (1:6)
to the end of the Surah. Grace and guidance are attributed to Allah, may He be exalted, but the subject of the verb with reference to anger is omitted, and going astray is attributed to the people. This is like when the Jinn said:
{And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a right path } (72:10)
Similarly, Ibrahim said:
meaning, ‘when I fall sick, no one is able to heal me but Him, Who heals me with the means that may lead to recovery’.
He is the One Who gives life and causes death, and no one besides Him is able to do that, for He is the One Who originates and repeats.
means, no one is able to forgive sins in this world or the Hereafter except Him. Who can forgive sins except Allah? For He is the One Who does whatever He wills.