Transliteration:( Alam taraw annal laaha sakhkhara lakum maa fis sa maawaati wa maa fil ardi wa asbagha 'alaikum ni'amahoo zaahiratanw wa baatinah; wa minan naasi many yujaadilu fil laahi bighayri 'ilminw wa laa hudanw wa laa Kitaabim muneer )
45. There is much discussion evolved around outer and inner bounties. Either, beautiful appearance is an outer bounty or the beautiful character is an inner bounty.
Oh, correctness of Imbs is an outer bounty or the correctness of beliefs is inner bounty Or. Islam and the Holy QURAN is a visible bounty and mystical knowledge of the Divine inner bounty Or. Shariah is visible bounty and Tareeqat is inner bounty. Or the propagation of the Holy Prophet outer bounty and the love for the Holy Prophet is the inner bounty, etc. (Khazainul Irjaan).
From this we learn that with Shariah, Tareeqat, too, is very important. Shariah is outer bounty while Tareeqal is inner bounty. For the continued existence of Shariah we have the Ulama, while for that of Tareeqal, Allah Almighty has created the Sufi sages and the Saints.
Shariah is the name given to the physical details of the Holy Prophet's life while Tareeqat is the Ù… appellation given to the spiritual state of the Holy Prophet .
46. Circumstances Of Its Revelation:
This verse was revealed regarding Nadar ibn Harith and Umayyah bin Khalaf who were extremely ignorant. They would quibble with the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم regarding the Personality and Attributes of Allah Almighty.
From this we learn that ask an ignorant scholar about an issue but don't enter into a debate with him because this is the way of the infidels.
20. See you not that Allah has subjected for you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth, and has completed and perfected His graces upon you, apparent and hidden Yet of mankind is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or a Book giving light! 21. And when it is said to them: “Follow that which Allah has sent down,” they say: “Nay, we shall follow that which we found our fathers (following).” Even if Shaytan invites them to the torment of the Fire
Allah reminds His creation of the blessings He bestows upon them in this world and the Hereafter. In the heavens He has subjugated for them the stars which give them light during the night and during the day, and He has created clouds, rain, snow and hail, and made the heavens a canopy which covers and protects them. On earth He has created for them stability and rivers, trees, crops and fruits; He has completed and perfected His graces upon them, apparent and hidden, by sending Messengers, revealing Books and removing doubts and excuses. Yet despite all this, not all the people believe, and indeed there are those who dispute concerning Allah, that is, His Tawhid, and His sending the Messengers. Their dispute is without knowledge and they have no sound evidence or valid inherited Book. Allah says:
(And among men is he who disputes about Allah, without knowledge or guidance, or a Book giving light (from Allah).) (22:8) meaning clear and unambiguous.
(And when it is said to them) means, to these people who dispute about the Oneness of Allah.
(“Follow that which Allah has sent down,”) means, the pure Divine Laws that He has sent down to His Messengers,
(they say: “Nay, we shall follow that which we found our fathers (following).”) means, they have no other proof except the fact that they are following their forefathers. Allah says:
(Even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided) (2:170) meaning, `what do you think, you who take the forefathers’ deeds as proof, that they were misguided and you are following in their footsteps’ Allah says:
(Even if Shaytan invites them to the torment of the Fire)
(31:20) Have you not seen that Allah has subjected to your service all that is in the heavens[35] and on the earth and has abundantly bestowed upon you all His bounties, both visible and invisible?[36] Yet some persons dispute regarding Allah[37] without having any knowledge or guidance or any illuminating Book.[38]
35. “Apparent favors” imply those favors which are perceived by man in one way or the other, or are known to him. And the “hidden favors” are those which are neither perceived by him nor are known to him. There are countless things in man’s own body and in the world outside him, which are working in his interest, but man is utterly unaware of the means which his Creator has provided for his protection and safety, for his development and provision of sustenance to him, and for his well-being and happiness. Research of man in the different branches of science is revealing many such favors of God as were hidden from him before. And the favors and blessings which have so far been revealed are insignificant as against those which are still hidden from man.
36. “Who disputes about Allah”: Who wrangle and dispute about questions such as these: Does Allah exist or not? Is He One God alone, or are there other gods also? What are His attributes and what is their nature? What is the nature of His relationship with His creations etc.?
37. That is, they neither have any means of knowledge by which they might themselves have observed or experienced the reality directly, nor do they have the guidance of a guide available to them, who might have guided them after observing the reality, nor do they possess a divine Book, which might be the basis of their belief.
38. That is, it is not at all necessary that the forefathers of every person and every family and nation should have been on the right path. The mere argument that a particular way of life had been bequeathed by the elders cannot be a proof of its being right also. No sane person can commit the folly that he should blindly go on following the way of his forefathers even if they were not rightly guided, and should never bother to find out where the way is leading him.
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