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ExplanationsI do not worship any other besides God

The ninth verse describes a new point. Even when you love a country but staying there is detrimental to the worship of one God (because you cannot act on Tawhid) then you should move away from such a place or migrate. God says, “O My servants who believe! Verily My earth is vast; therefore you should worship Me (alone).”

Yes the land of God is vast so we should not give up the worship of the one God and adopt idolatry influenced by the love of the place, inability, family and society. Every believer is responsible for being a monotheist and in such adverse conditions he should migrate and go a land where people worship the one God so that like the earliest migrant he can save himself from idolatry and return to his land after acquiring necessary power and might.

The words, “O MY servants who believe”, “My earth” and “therefore you should worship Me (alone).” Are explanations that tell us that they consist of God’s mercy for the monotheists who believe in Oneness in every place and in every condition? They have the support of that pure being. (1)

It should be noted that the verse is addressed to the servants who believe and once again they are commanded to worship the one God.

 These verses point to the fact they should always walk the path of monotheism and never waiver from it. This is what this insistence means. The servants of God despite following the right path always pray ‘Keep us on the right path’ and ask for guidance so that their deeds are never contaminated.

This verse tells us that it is imperative for the believers of one God as preconditions prevalent they should migrate from the land of idolatry to the land of peace but if they have the desire and power to eradicate idolatry from their country then they should stay in their own country and try to make their country the cradle of Islam and belief.

This verse is from Surah Ankabut and the commentators tell us that the first eleven verse of this Surah were revealed in Medina, and this is about those in Makkah who professed Islam but were not willing to migrate to Medina. In the earlier verse the words “every living being will taste death” points in the same direction. Every body has to die. We have to be separate from our women, wealth and sons so those who hesitate to migrate should understand that they will not live in comfort for long with their wealth and children; one day death will separate them from every thing. Their refusal to migrate is foolish because they will not live forever in Makkah. (2)

In the tenth verse every believer is being informed that “you will become the owners and rulers of the land just as Tawhid or Oneness has illuminated the entire universe. No one can be worshipped except God. Here the believers are being urged to believe with certainty in the oneness of worship as is being said, “God has promised those of you who believe and do good deeds that He will certainly appoint them successors on earth just as He appointed those before them.”

Who wee the people who inherited the earth earlier? The commentators have debated a lot upon this but we find that it means the Bani Israel who had inherited the land after the rising of Moses and the drowning of the Pharaoh. In verse 137 of Surah A’raf in the Qura’n it is said, “And We have made the people who were considered weak to inherit the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We have blessed.”(3)

In the eleventh verse the oneness in worship has been discussed from another perspective. It is said, that the idols are valueless pieces of clay and stones, let alone them even the apostles of God and the angels do have the status to be worshipped. God says, “Nor would He enjoin you to take the angels and the messenger for lords; would he enjoin you to disbelief after becoming Muslims?” (4)

The word “Arbab’ is the plural of ‘Rabb” which means owner and sustainer or an owner who is busy nurturing his subjects as in “Rabbud Daar’ and “Rabbol Ibel” which means the manager of the house and the camels. This word has been used for those other than God in the Qura’n. In the verses 42 to 50 the word “Rabb’ has been used for the Pharaoh. It means that this word was used in Egypt for powerful people.

In Qura’n the word has been used a hundred or more times and always for God because it is he who is the owner and sustainer of all creations. The important point here is that many nations have adopted smaller gods and called each of them “Rabbol Nu’” and God was called “Rabbol Arbab’ (the God of the gods). In the same way some people had the same belief for the apostles and the angels but the above verses refute this wrong belief totally and prove that “Rabb” and “Rabbol Arbab” is the One God. Considering any one but Him as “Rabb’ is absolute disbelief and against Islam.

There is a conclusive discussion in the twelfth verse regarding all that has been discussed earlier that the oneness in worship is not limited to the humans only, “Whatever is in the heavens and the earth prostrate to God (alone) willingly or by constraint.” Though the word “Man’ is used for intelligent beings so some commentators felt that it speaks about the humans and the angels but has another side from which we discern that here it points to all the intelligent and the non-intelligent, the inert minerals, the beasts, and the vegetation and even the prostration is common to all; this refers to the humility each creation shows naturally to God. This also includes the prostration after understand that the humans and other intelligent creations perform.

The reasons are:

1. “Willingly or by constraint” refers to the general meaning of prostration.

2. The mention of the shadow tells us that worship here is in general terms.

3. This has come more clearly in other verses.

Surah Nahl verse 49 says, “And to God prostrate all that is in heavens and all that is in earth.”

Verse 6 of Surah Rahman says, “And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate.”

So we learn that all the existing beings in the universe are prostrate before God and obey Him naturally. The believers o course prostrate themselves naturally and even after intellectually recognizing Him.

It is surprising that the generality of prostration includes the shadows also because they relate to the unseen. Shadow exists were light does not reach but it is under the existence of a body and has an existence. Qura’n says these shadows that resemble only prostrate before God. Then how can we doubt the prostration of those that actually exist? The resemblance is connected with the actual in a way like when we say that some person has a great animosity with so and so that he shoots arrows at his shadow. Shadows are on the ground and describing this condition as prostration is very beautiful. When it says, “Morn and eve” then it may mean the quality of the shadow and these two timing have been chosen because the shadow lengthens during those times.

At other times the shadow shrinks and at times it is unseen. It may also be that here it means to denote the heavenly and earthly quality and the purpose of the prostration is to show it as ever present; as we say that this should reach the ears of so and so every morning and evening or we should always tell him this thing.(5)

What we surmise from this collection of verses and their explanation is that the oneness of worship is such an important issue that it was the beginning of the preaching of all the apostles and this was also the base of their ministry. The invitation by the great Apostles was based upon it and the Holy Messenger propagated in from various angles or in various manners. The Oneness of Worship is the beacon that will guide us on the straight path and mankind can migrate for its sake to avoid the society of idolatry.

In the time when the law of God will be promulgated and justice will reign supreme one of its special points will be the Oneness of worship which will spread all over the world. In those days not only but all beings will prostrate themselves before the Lord of the Universe. Some may not speak orally and may not prostrate on their own merit but will silently chant His praises and prostrate before Him naturally.

 


 

1. Therefore you should worship Me (alone). Means the worship is only for God and none other than Him is worthy of worship
2.Tafsir Ruhul Bayan; Ruhul Ma’ani and Tafsir Qartabi also say the same.
3. See Tafsir Amthal Vol.14 Page 572 for the detailed discussion. An example of this is seen in the God given Victory of Makkah and the establishment of the Messenger’s rule and the complete example will again be seen by the whole world when the Qaim or the awaited one comes to establish the inheritance of the pious and the weak.
4. Ya'moro is mentioned because it is connected with the sentence An’ Yutihullah”
5. In the first case puller and the pulled are connected to the deed or its quality ( Its special status is to return to closeness) In the second case it is connected the deed of prostration that its specialty is that it is talked about.

 

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