Quran Chapter 2-21 (Pt-1 Stg-1)(L–40)-درس قرآن
Demand of Worship
Surah ‘Al-‘Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ (21
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21. O mankind! Worship your Lord, Who hath created you and
those before you, so that ye may ward off (evil).
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21. Yaaa-‘ayyu-han-naasu’-buduu Rabba-kumullazii, khalaqa-kum
wallaziina min qablikum la-‘allakum tattaquun.
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Commentary
La-‘allakum – (so that ye), in Arabic
language; the word la-‘alla is used at such occasions, where
there is a strong hope of coming out the result of any work.
Tattaquun - You may ward off
(evil). The words muttaqii, tattaquun and taqwaa etc.
have been derived from the same origin. Full explanation of this word has
passed in lessons # 17. Briefly speaking; it aims that your habit of living
with care and having fear of God in your hearts may become strong. It is called
Abstinence.
‘An-naasu – (the mankind, the
people), it is the first time in Holy Qur’aan that God
Almighty has demanded in this verse and addressed the human beings with the
words “O mankind”. As if, He has claimed from the entire mankind to be
worshippers of Him.
‘U’-buduu – (Worship, pray),
this word has come out from the word ‘ibaadat, origin of which
is ‘abda. it aims “obeying the Commandments of God with humility
and respectfully, which is called worship and obedience”. Prayer,
Fasting, Zakaat (paying the poor-due), and Pilgrimage are
vital parts of worship but the worship does not end on only these parts. It
belongs to the entire life.
In the beginning of
this Surah, good manners of Muttaqii (the pious)
were explained and it was described that Holy Qur’aan is
Guidance for those people who fear God Almighty in their hearts. After that,
condition of Infidels was narrated and then circumstances of the Hypocrites
were made obvious. Now the entire Human Beings are being addressed, because
after the mention of above three kinds of mankind, indeed; fondness of becoming
a Sober should have been grown in the individual. So now, the root path of
fearing God is being manifested.
Here; calling the entire
people, it has been described that the actual foundation of all Orders
and Fidelity of Islam is to recognize the Lord. First purpose of
creating the mankind is that he should seek his Lord, recognize Him from His open
Revelations and he should worship only Him, and ask Him for success in this
world and on the Day of Resurrection, because He created the mankind, brought
him up in every era and taught the human being the ways of promotion according
to own abilities.
The first Sign of the
Lord is that He created you and all of them who have expired before you. Only
from this acquaintance, the path of fearing from God opens. There is no
personal benefit of God by worshiping Him. But the mankind has a
lot of advantages from it. The worship removes distress of fancies of the human
being. And he gets opportunity to draw his attention towards the realities.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman
Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif) . https://youtu.be/3FxfgWRee0w
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