Surah 34:2
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ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ
Praise (be) to God – to Him (belongs) whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth – and to Him (be) praise in the Hereafter! He is the Wise, the Aware.
يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعۡرُجُ فِيهَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ
He knows what penetrates into the earth and what comes forth from it, and what comes down from the sky and what goes up into it. He is the Compassionate, the Forgiving.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَا تَأۡتِينَا ٱلسَّاعَةُۖ قُلۡ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتَأۡتِيَنَّكُمۡ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ لَا يَعۡزُبُ عَنۡهُ مِثۡقَالُ ذَرَّةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَآ أَصۡغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكۡبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ
Those who disbelieve say, ‘The Hour will not come upon us.’ Say: ‘Yes indeed! By my Lord! It will indeed come to you! (He is the) Knower of the unseen. Not (even) the weight of a speck in the heavens and the earth escapes from Him, nor (is there anything) smaller than that or greater, except (that it is recorded) in a clear Book
لِّيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ
– so that He may repay those who believe and do righteous deeds.’ Those – for them (there is) forgiveness and generous provision.
وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٞ
But those who strive against Our signs to obstruct (them), those – for them (there is) a punishment of painful wrath.
وَيَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَيَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
But those who have been given the knowledge see (that) what has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth, and (that) it guides to the path of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.
Allah tells us that all praise belongs to Him alone in this world meaning, He knows the number of raindrops that sink into the depths of the earth, and the seeds that have been sown, and the things that are hidden in it, and He knows what comes forth from that, how many they are, how they grow and what they look like.
means, of raindrops and provision, and what ascends into it, i.e., righteous deeds and other things.
means, He is Most Merciful to His servants; He does not hasten to punish them, and He forgives the sins of those who repent to Him and put their trust in Him.
from Him.” In other words, everything is encompassed by His knowledge, and nothing is hidden from Him. Even though bones may be scattered and disintegrate, He knows where they have gone and where they have dispersed, then He will bring them back just as He created them in the first place, because He has knowledge of all things.
Then Allah tells us of His wisdom in re-creating bodies and bringing about the Hour, as He says:
{That He may recompense those who believe and do righteous good deeds. Those, theirs is forgiveness and generous provision.
But those toho strive against Our Ayat to frustrate them }
meaning, those who try to turn others away from the path of Allah and who disbelieve His Messengers,
This means, He will bestow His favor upon the blessed, who are the believers, and will punish the doomed, who are the disbelievers. This is like the Ayah:
{Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise. It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful. } (59:20)
{Shall V\!e treat those who believe and do righteous good deeds like those who cause mischief on the earth? Or shall We treat those who have Taqwd as the evildoers ?} (38:28)
This is another kind of wisdom, following on from the one before, which is that when those who believed in what was revealed to the Messengers see the onset of the Hour and how the righteous and the wicked will be rewarded and punished respectively, which they knew of beforehand in this world from the Books of Allah and which they are now seeing with their own eyes, they will say:
{Indeed, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth} (7:43). And it will be said:
{This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!} (36:52)
{Indeed you have stayed according to the decree of Allah, until the Day of Resurrection; so this is the Day of Resurrection} (30:56),
The Exalted in might is the One Who is All-Powerful, Whom none can overwhelm or resist, but He subjugates and controls all things. The Owner of All praise is the One Who, in all His words, deeds, laws and decrees, is deserving of praise, may He be glorified and exalted.