* WHAT DELUDES MANKIND AND GENEROSITY OF ALLAH..82. 6-8 *
Al-Infitaar : 6
* يٰٓأَيُّهَا الْإِنسٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ *
* O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, *
Al-Infitaar : 7
* الَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوّٰىكَ فَعَدَلَكَ *
* Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you? *
Al-Infitaar : 8
* فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ *
* In whatever form He willed has He assembled you. *
_ After an opening which alerts one’s senses, the Surah, by means of gentle complaint coupled with an implicit threat, touches the hearts of men who busy themselves with trivialities._
▪ What makes you neglect your duties to your Lord and behave impudently towards Him when He has raised you above all His creation and provided you the ability to distinguish between right and wrong?
_ The Surah goes on to add a few details of Allah’s generosity:_
_* His giving man an upright stature. *_
_ Indeed, man should reflect deeply over his creation, and the fact that he has been given a physically and physiologically perfect constitution._
▪ Reflection should prompt him to show his real love, deep respect and genuine gratitude towards Allah
▪ The human body is composed of a number of specialized systems: the skeleton, muscular system, skin, digestive system, blood circulation, respiratory system, procreative system, lymphatic system, nervous system, the urinal system and the senses of taste, smell, hearing and sight.
▪ Every one of these systems is miraculous and far more wonderful than any scientific achievement.
_ Yet man tends to overlook the wonders of his own constitution! _
💫 Imam Ahmad recorded that one day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spat in his palm and placed his finger on it. Then he said:
عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ جَحَّاشٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ، قَالَ بَزَقَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ عَنْ وَضَعَ أَصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ وَقَالَ " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَّى تُعْجِزُنِي ابْنَ آدَمَ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ نَفْسُكَ هَذِهِ - وَأَشَارَ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ - قُلْتَ أَتَصَدَّقُ وَأَنَّى أَوَانُ الصَّدَقَةِ " .
Sunan Ibn Majah 2707
_* “Allah the Mighty and Sublime says, ‘O Son of Adam! How can you escape Me when I created you from something similar to this (spit)? *_
_* Then I fashioned you and made your creation balanced so that you walked between the two outer garments. *_
_* And the earth has a burial place for you. So you gathered (wealth) and withheld it until your soul reached your collarbone (i.e., death comes). *_
_* Then, at that time you say: I will give charity now. But how will there be time for charity?’” *_
[Ibn Majah: 2707]
* “in whatever form He willed has He assembled you,” [82: 8] *
_ Mujahid said that this means, “in which resemblance: the father, the mother, the paternal uncle, or the maternal uncle.” _
* The Ultimate saving...The deeds that accompany man....82.5 *
Al-Infitaar : 5
* عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ *
* A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back. *
_The words "ma qaddamat wa akhkharat" can have several meanings and all are implied here:_
*(1)* "Ma qaddamat" is the good or evil act which man has sent forward, and "ma akhkharat" is what he refrained from doing.
_Thus, these Arabic words correspond to the acts of commission and omission in one’s life._
*(2)* "Ma qaddamat" is what one did earlier and "ma akhkharat" what one did later
_ i.e. the whole life-work of man will appear before him date-wise and in proper sequence. _
*(3)* Whatever good and evil deeds a man did in his life is "ma qaddamat" and whatever effects and influences of his acts he left behind for human society is "ma akhkharat."
▪ _ Each soul will come face to face with what it has done and what it has left behind of the consequences of its actions; or, what it has enjoyed in this present life and what it has saved for the Hereafter._
▪ Such knowledge, however, will accompany these horrific events.
▪ It will indeed be part of them, for it terrifies the soul no less than any of the other events.
