THE SURAH THEN RETURNS TO EXHORT and educate man and appeal to his human intellect. It reminds people of God's infinite favors to them: the creation of human beings, the provision of natural resources for them, the night and the day, the sun and the moon, and so on. HE has also endowed man with hearing, sight, and feeling and understanding. The surah then address the skeptics with the following three hard-hitting questions:
Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye have knowledge? (84) They will say: Unto Allah. Say: Will ye not then remember? (85)
Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Tremendous Throne? (86) They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: Will ye not then keep duty (unto Him)? (87)
Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and He protecteth, while against Him there is no protection, if ye have knowledge? (88) They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: How then are ye bewitched? (89)
These questions were not being addressed to the idol-worshipers alone who knew that their gods had neither created the world nor controlled it, but also to some people of the Book who had tampered with the tenets and doctrines of their faith and therefore distorted the concept of true tawhid. The Qur'an sets out the solid foundations of pure tawhid which establish God as the sole Creator of, and Sovereign over the whole universe and everything within it. We read:
Allah hath not chosen any son, nor is there any God along with Him; else would each God have assuredly championed that which he created, and some of them would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be Allah above all that they allege. (91) Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! and Exalted be He over all that they ascribe as partners (unto Him)! (92)
Tawhid is based on rational insight and sound reflection, whereas all contrary beliefs are based on pure fantasy, conjecture, and idle speculation.
" A Thematic Commentary On The Qur'an "
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali
[ 1917 - 1996 ]
Mufti Ismail Menk's reflection on 'Tawhid' ,
Reflection of Imam Zia on ayat 84 onwards,
https://vimeo.com/57296969
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