10:32 Yunus (Jonas)

‏{‏فَذَلِكُمُ‏}‏ الذي وصف نفسه بما وصفها به ‏{‏اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ المألوه المعبود المحمود، المربي جميع الخلق بالنعم وهو‏:‏ ‏{‏الْحَقُّ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلَالُ‏}‏ فإنه تعالى المنفرد بالخلق والتدبير لجميع الأشياء، الذي ما بالعباد من نعمة إلا منه، ولا يأتي بالحسنات إلا هو، ولا يدفع السيئات إلا هو، ذو الأسماء الحسنى والصفات الكاملة العظيمة والجلال والإكرام‏.‏ ‏{‏فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ‏}‏ عن عبادة من هذا وصفه، إلى عبادة الذي ليس له من وجوده إلا العدم، ولا يملك لنفسه نفعًا ولا ضرًا، ولا موتًا ولا حياة ولا نشورًا‏.‏ فليس له من الملك مثقال ذرة، ولا شركة له بوجه من الوجوه، ولا يشفع عند الله إلا بإذنه، فتبا لمن أشرك به، وويحًا لمن كفر به، لقد عدموا عقولهم، بعد أن عدموا أديانهم، بل فقدوا دنياهم وأخراهم‏.‏

الآية أي فهذا الذي اعترفتم بأنه فاعل ذلك كله هو ربكم وإلهكم الحق الذي يستحق أن يفرد بالعبادة "فماذا بعد الحق إلا الضلال" أي فكل معبود سواه باطل لا إله إلا هو واحد لا شريك له "فأنى تصرفون" أي فكيف تصرفون عن عبادته إلى عبادة ما سواه وأنتم تعلمون أنه الرب الذي خلق كل شيء والمتصرف في كل شيء.

The Idolators recognize Allah's Tawhid in Lordship and the Evidence is established against Them through this Recognition

Allah argues that the idolators' recognition of Allah's Oneness in Lordship is an evidence against them, for which they should admit and recognize the Oneness in divinity and worship. So Allah said:

قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ

(Say: "Who provides for you from the sky and the earth") meaning, who is He Who sends down water from the sky and splits the earth with His power and will and allows things to grow from it,

أَءِلـهٌ مَّعَ اللهِ

(Is there a god, besides Allah) 27:62 Who provides;

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبّاً - وَعِنَباً وَقَضْباً - وَزَيْتُوناً وَنَخْلاً - وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْباً - وَفَـكِهَةً وَأَبّاً

(Grains. And grapes and clover plants. And olives and date palms. And gardens dense with many trees. And fruits and herbage.)"80:27-31

فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ

(They will say: "Allah.")

أَمَّنْ هَـذَا الَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُ

("Who is he that can provide for you if He should withhold His provision) 67:21 Allah's statement,

أَمَّن يَمْلِكُ السَّمْعَ والاٌّبْصَـرَ

(Or who owns hearing and sight) means that Allah is the One who granted you the power of sight and hearing. If He willed otherwise, He would remove these gifts and deprive you of them. Similarly, Allah said:

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِى أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالاٌّبْصَـرَ

(Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing and seeing.) 67:23 Allah also said:

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَكُمْ

(Say: "Tell me, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight.)6:46 Then Allah said:

وَمَن يُخْرِجُ الْحَىَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَىِّ

(And who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living) by His great power and grace.

وَمَن يُدَبِّرُ الاٌّمْرَ

(And who disposes of the affairs) In Whose Hand is the dominion of everything Who protects all, while against Whom there is no protector Who is the One who judges with none reversing His judgement Who is the One that is not questioned about what He does while they will be questioned

يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

(Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him. Every day He is (engaged) in some affair!)55:29 The upper and lower kingdoms and what is in them both, including the angels, humans, and Jinn are in desperate need of Him. They are His servants and are under His control.

فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ

(They will say: "Allah.") they say this knowingly and they admit it.

فَقُلْ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ

(Say: `Will you not then be afraid (of Allah's punishment)") meaning, don't you fear Him when you worship others because of your ignorance and false opinions Allah then said:

فَذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ الْحَقُّ

(Such is Allah, your Lord in truth.) This Lord that you admitted is the One Who does all this, is your Lord and the True Deity that deserves to be worshipped alone.

فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلاَّ الضَّلاَلُ

(So after the truth, what else can there be, save error) any one worshipped other than Him is false, for there is no God but Allah, He Has no partners.

فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ

(How then are you turned away) How then can you turn away from His worship to worship others while you know that He is the Lord that has created everything, the One who controls and governs everything Allah then said:

كَذَلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ

(Thus is the Word of your Lord justified against those who rebel,) These idolators disbelieved and continued to practice their Shirk, and worship others beside Allah. But they knew that He is the Creator, the Sustainer and the only One of authority and control in this universe, the One Who sent His Messengers to single Him out for all worship. As they disbelieved and were persistent in their Shirk, Allah's Word proved true and was justified that they would be miserable inhabitants of the Fire. Allah said:

قَالُواْ بَلَى وَلَـكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَـفِرِينَ

(They will say: "Yes," but the Word of torment has been justified against the disbelievers!) 39:71

That Doer of all these things then is God your true established Lord so what is there after truth except error? the interrogative is meant as an affirmative in other words there is nothing after it truth other than that error; thus he who mistakes the truth which is the worship of God has fallen into error. How then are you turned away from faith despite the proofs having been established?

In the concluding verse (32), it was said: فَذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّـهُ رَ‌بُّكُمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلَالُ (So, that is Allah, your Lord in truth. And what is there, after truth, but error?), that is, ` this is the Sacred Being whose attributes of perfection have just been mentioned. Once you have found the Truth, there remains nothing else to find except error and straying. In other words, once it stands proved that Allah Ta` ala is the only true and rightful object of worship, it is terribly senseless to abandon this truth and allow yourself to be diverted elsewhere.

important note

In relation to issues of religious beliefs embedded in this verse, it must be borne in mind that the statement: مَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلَالُ (What is there, after truth, but error?) proves that there is no intermediary link between truth and error. What is not the truth will be included in error and straying. There can be no such thing that is neither truth nor error. And it is also not possible that two opposite things could be the truth. This is an established rule in the sight of the majority of scholars in the Muslim Ummah. However, difference exists among ` Ulama' regarding minor and subsidiary juristic issues. In the view of some of them, both sides would be considered as on truth in Ijtihad-based issues and, according to the majority of them, there is consensus on the view that the taking of contra-position in Ijtihad-based problems cannot be termed as error and straying.