Surah al-Furqan , 25....You Clowns Are Like Cattle..in fact you guys are worse than cattle..

Beautiful recitation,

THESE OBJECTIONS ARE A CLEAR INDICATION that the Qur'an had shaken the religious foundations of Makkan society and exposed the fraudulent beliefs of its inhabitants. They were losing heart as the veracity of the Qur'an became more and more evident to them. This was similar to what happened to the people of Abraham when they saw their idols smashed and '' Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers. And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not. He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?  Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense? They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing." ( al-Anbiya : 64-68) 

Nevertheless, the Arabs of Makkah persisted with their refusal to acknowledge the truth of the Qur'an and continued with their sneering, " He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them "[42], but alas, ..." They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road."(42). The surah then makes a more general criticism of those who ignore the truth and hanker after their whims and desire. It says:

Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him? (43) Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray (44)

Thus the Qur'an hits back with strong words at those who had scoffed at the Prophet and the Muslims. The Arabs made the mistake of judging the Prophet and his followers by their meager wealth and insignificant material power. But these are hardly the criteria by which truth and integrity are judged. An individual or a community can be as wealthy or materially advanced as possible, but all this comes to naught if the same community is not built on authentic and sound beliefs and guidance. The surah cites more of the Arabs' objections to Islam:

And when it is said unto them: Adore the al-Rahman [ the Merciful ]! they say: And what is the al-Rahman? Are we to adore to whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them. (60)

The epithet " the Merciful " [ al-Rahman ], like Allah, is one of God's most exclusive and exalted names. The unbelievers refused to accept Muhammad's teaching and advice because they were too proud to abandon their idols to worship al-Rahman.



" A Thematic Commentary On The Qur'an "
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali









Commentary on ayat 45 to ayat 50, by Mufti Shaykh Ameen Aziz,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvA9F7VdRig





Ayat 51 to ayat 55, by Mufti Shaykh Ameen Aziz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRJyS4b4kZw