Transliteration:( Yaaa ayyuhan naasuzkuroo ni'matal laahi 'alaikum; hal min khaaliqin ghairul laahi yarzuqukum minas samaaa'i wal ard; laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fa annaa tu'fakoon )
"O mankind! Remember the favour of Allah upon you. Is there any creator [10] besides Allah who provides [11] for you from the heavens and the earth? There is none worthy of worship than He. Why then are you turning back [12]?"
Thus, whatever He has given to anyone has been given with a great deal of wisdom. The one who objects to His distribution is an ignorant person.
This tells us that to remember the bounty of Allah Almighty is itself an act of worship. The Holy Prophet ﷺ is the greatest bounty of Allah Almighty, hence his remembrance too becomes worship.
In this verse is a refutation of the Mutazillah sect, who regard the servant as the creator of his deeds. This teaches us that even our actions are created by Allah Almighty, although we are the means behind them.
No one else! So in the search for sustenance, connect your heart with Allah Almighty. All other things are only means of provision, not the Sustainer Himself.
3. O mankind! Remember the grace of Allah upon you! Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the sky (rain) and the earth La ilaha illa Huwa. How then are you turning away (from Him)
Allah shows His servants that they should worship Him Alone, for just as He is Independent in His power of creation and provision, so He should be worshipped Alone with no partners or associates such as idols and false gods. So Allah says:
(La ilaha illa Huwa. How then are you turning away (from Him)) meaning, `how can you turn away from Him after this has been made clear and this proof has been made obvious, but you still worship idols and false gods’ And Allah knows best.
(35:3) O people, remember Allah’s favour upon you.[6] Is there any creator, apart from Allah, who provides you your sustenance out of the heavens and earth? There is no god but He. Whither are you, then, being misdirected?[7]
6. “Remember Allah’s favor upon you”: Do not be ungrateful: do not forget that whatever you have, has been given by Allah. In other words, this sentence is meant to warn that whoever worships other than Allah, or regards a blessing as a favor done by other than Allah, or thanks other than Allah for a favor received, or prays to other than Allah for the grant of a blessing, is ungrateful.
7. There is a subtle gap between the first and the second sentence, which is being filled by the context itself. To understand this, one may visualize the scene like this: The polytheists are being addressed. The speaker asks the audience: “Is there another creator beside Allah, who might have created you, and might be arranging provisions for you from the earth and heavens?” After this question the speaker waits for the answer. But there is no reply from anywhere. No one replies that there is another one beside Allah, who is their creator and sustainer. This by itself shows that the audience also believe that there is none beside Allah, who could be their creator and sustainer. Then the speaker says: “If so, then He alone can also be the Deity and no one else. How have you been so deceived? Why have you taken these others as your deities, when Allah alone is your Creator and Sustainer?”
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