10:34 Yunus (Jonas)

يقول تعالى ـ مبينًا عجز آلهة المشركين، وعدم اتصافها بما يوجب اتخاذها آلهة مع الله ـ ‏{‏قُلْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكَائِكُمْ مَنْ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ يبتديه ‏{‏ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ‏}‏ وهذا استفهام بمعنى النفي والتقرير، أي‏:‏ ما منهم أحد يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده، وهي أضعف من ذلك وأعجز، ‏{‏قُلِ اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ‏}‏ من غير مشارك ولا معاون له على ذلك‏.‏ ‏{‏فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ تصرفون، وتنحرفون عن عبادة المنفرد بالابتداء، والإعادة إلى عبادة من لا يخلق شيئًا وهم يخلقون‏.‏

وهذا إبطال لدعواهم فيما أشركوا بالله غيره وعبدوا من الأصنام والأنداد "قل هل من شركائكم من يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده" أي من بدأ خلق هذه السموات والأرض ثم ينشيء ما فيهما من الخلائق ويفرق أجرام السموات والأرض ويبدلهما بفناء ما فيهما ثم يعيد الخلق خلقا جديدا "قل الله " هو الذي يفعل هذا ويستقل به وحده لا شريك له "فأني تؤفكون" أي فكيف تصرفون عن طريق الرشد إلى الباطل.

This invalidates and falsifies their claims for committing Shirk withAllah and worshipping different idols and rivals

قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُمْ مَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ

(Say: "Is there of your partners one that originates the creation and then repeats it") meaning, who is the one who started the creation of these heavens and earth and created all the creatures in them Who can place the planets and the stars in their positions Who can then repeat the process of the creation

قُلِ اللَّهُ

(Say: "Allah") It is He Who does this. He does it by Himself, alone without partners.

فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ

("Then how are you deluded away (from the truth)") How is it that you are so misled from the right path to falsehood

قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُمْ مَّن يَهْدِى إِلَى الْحَقِّ قُلِ اللَّهُ يَهْدِى لِلْحَقِّ

(Say: "Is there of your partners one that guides to the truth" Say: " It is Allah who guides to the truth. .".) You know that your deities are incapable of guiding those who are astray. It is Allah alone Who guides the misled and confused ones and turns the hearts from the wrong path to the right path. It is Allah, none has the right to be worshipped but He.

أَفَمَن يَهْدِى إِلَى الْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَن يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّن لاَّ يَهِدِّى إِلاَّ أَن يُهْدَى

(Is then He Who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided) Will the servant then follow the one who guides to the truth so that he may see after he was blind, or follow one who doesn't guide to anything except towards blindness and muteness Allah said that Ibrahim said:

يأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لاَ يَسْمَعُ وَلاَ يَبْصِرُ وَلاَ يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْئاً

(O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything) 19:42 And said to his people

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ - وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

(Worship you that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and what you make!) 37: 95-96 Also, there are many Ayat in this regard. Allah then said:

فَمَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

(Then, what is the matter with you How judge you) What is the matter with you What has happened to your mind How did you make Allah's creatures equal to Him What kind of judgement did you make to turn away from Allah and worship this or that Why did you not worship the Lord -- Glorified be He, the True King, the Judge and the One Who guides to the truth Why didn't you call upon Him alone and turn towards Him Allah then explained that they did not follow their own religion out of evidence and proof. The fact is that they were following mere conjecture and imagination. But conjecture is in no way a substitute for the truth. At the end of this Ayah. He said,

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

(Allah is All-Aware of what they do.) This is both a threat and a promise of severe punishment. Allah said that He would reward them for their actions with a complete reward.

Say ‘Is there of those whom you associate with God one that originates creation then recreated it?’ Say ‘God originates creation then recreates it. How then are you deviated?’ turned away from worshipping Him despite proof 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.