Transliteration:( Qul huwal lazee ansha akum wa ja'ala lakumus sam'a wal absaara wal af'idata qaleelam maa tashkuroon )
47. This means Oh My Beloved; tell those polytheists that the invitation I am giving you towards the worship of that Lord Who is indeed the true Lord Who has bestowed upon man such innumerable bounties. From this we learn that the deeds of the special servants of Allah Almighty are indeed His deeds. Thus, the formation of the limbs of the foetus in the mother's womb is done by the angels, yet Allah Almighty has declared these as His works.
48. That they use His bounties to show their ingratitude, in fact, they are used to opposing Him. O ungrateful man, show some justice. Even the believers, too, need to take a lesson from this verse.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Mulk verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Mulk ayat 20 which provides the complete commentary from verse 20 through 27.
(67:23) Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks!”[33]
33. That is, Allah had made you men, not cattle. You were not meant to follow blindly whatever error and deviation you found prevailing in the world, without considering for a moment whether the way you had adopted was right or wrong. You have not been given these ears that you may refuse to listen to the one who tries to distinguish the right from the wrong for you, and may persist in whatever false notions you already had in your mind. You have not been given these eyes that you may follow others like the blind and may not bother to see whether the signs scattered around you in the world testified to the unity of God, which the Messenger (peace be upon him) of God is preaching, or whether the system of the universe is Godless, or is being run by many gods simultaneously. Likewise, you have also not been given this knowledge and intelligence that you may give up thinking and understanding to others and may adopt every crooked way that was enforced by somebody in the world, and may not use your own intellect to see whether it was right or wrong. Allah has blessed you with knowledge and intelligence, sight and hearing, so that you may recognize the truth, but you are being ungrateful to Him in that you are employing these faculties for every other object than the one for which these had been granted. For further explanation, see (Surah An-Naml, ayat 59-60) note 72,73; (Surah Al-Mominoon, ayat 80) note 75,76; (Surah As-Sajdah, ayat 9) note 17,18; (Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayat 26) note 31.
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