Chapter :39 Section: Allah hates Disbelief and is pleased with Gratitude

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Allah tells us that He is Independent and has no need of anything in creation. This is like the Ayah in which Musa, peace be upon him, says:

[إِن تَكْفُرُواْ أَنتُمْ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ]

("If you disbelieve, you and all on earth together, then verily, Allah is Rich, Owner of all praise.'') (14:8). In Sahih Muslim, it says:

«يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَفْجَرِ قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ، مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا»

("O My servants, if the first and the last of you, men and Jinn alike, were all to be as evil as the most evil man among you, that would not diminish from My sovereignty in the least.'')

[وَلاَ يَرْضَى لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ]

(He likes not disbelief for His servants.) means, He does not like it and He does not enjoin it.

[وَإِن تَشْكُرُواْ يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ]

(And if you are grateful, He is pleased therewith for you.) means: He likes this for you and He will increase His favor upon you.

[وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى]

(No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. ) means, no person can bear anything for another; each person will be asked about his own affairs.

[ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ مَّرْجِعُكُـمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُـمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ]

(Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you what you used to do. Verily, He is the All-Knower of that which is in breasts.) means, nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him.


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