سورۃ الزمر: الزُّمَر (الخاسرون) ١١-٢٠
Al-Zumar The Throngs ( The Losers ) 11-20
قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَهُ الدِّينَ
Say: ‘I am commanded to worship God, sincere in my faith in Him alone; (11)
وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ». (١٢)
and I am commanded to be the first to submit myself to Him.’ (12)
قُلْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Say: ‘Indeed I would dread, were I to disobey my Lord, the suffering of an awesome day.’ (13)
قُلِ اللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًا لَهُ دِينِي (١٤)
Say: ‘God alone do I worship, sincere in my faith in Him alone. (14)
{فَاعْبُدُوا مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ الْخَاسِرِينَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ} (15)
You can worship whatever you please instead of Him.’ Say: ‘True losers indeed are those who shall have lost their own selves and their families on Resurrection Day. Such is the ultimate loss.’(15)
لَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِبَادَهُ ۚ يَا عِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ
Above them there shall be layers of fire, and layers of fire shall be beneath them. In this way God puts fear into His servants’ hearts: ‘My servants! Fear Me!’ (16)
وَالَّذِينَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ
There is good news for those who shun the worship of false deities and turn to God, so give good news to My servants, (17)
الَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمْ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ (18)
who listen carefully to what is said and follow the best of it. These are the ones whom God has graced with His guidance, and these are the ones endowed with insight. (18)
أَفَأَنْتَ تُنْقِذُ مَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ؟ أَفَأَنْتَ تُنْقِذُ مَنْ فِي النَّارِ؟ (19)
How about one on whom God’s sentence of punishment has been passed? Can you rescue those who are already in the fire? (19)
لَٰكِنِ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ الْمِيعَادَ ﴿٢٠﴾
As against this, those who are God-fearing will have lofty mansions raised upon mansions high, beneath which running waters flow. This is God’s promise. Never does God fail to fulfil His promise. (20)
نظرة عامة
Overview
یہ آیات آخرت کے رنگ میں رنگی ہوئی ہیں، ابتدا سے انتہا تک، اور ان میں اس کی سزا کا خوف اور اس کے ثواب کی امید دونوں نمایاں ہیں۔ اس کا آغاز اس حکم سے ہوتا ہے کہ نبی ﷺ اللہ کی توحید کا اعلان پوری طرح اور بغیر کسی ابہام کے کریں۔ پھر وہ یہ بیان کرتی ہیں کہ آپ ﷺ، جو اللہ کے نبی اور رسول ہیں، اس سے کسی بھی انحراف کے انجام سے ڈرتے ہیں۔ آپ ﷺ دوٹوک انداز میں اپنے راستے پر قائم رہنے کے عزم کا اظہار کرتے ہیں، اور منکرین کو چھوڑ دیتے ہیں کہ وہ جو طریقہ چاہیں اختیار کر لیں، اور ان دونوں راستوں کے نتائج بھی واضح کر دیے جاتے ہیں۔
This passage has the air of the hereafter stamped on it from start to finish: it highlights the fear of its punishment and the hope for its reward. It begins by a directive to the Prophet to declare God’s oneness fully and without a trace of ambiguity. He further declares that he, a Prophet and a Messenger of God, dreads the consequences of any deviation from it. He unequivocally states his determination to follow his course, leaving the unbelievers to choose whatever method they want to follow, outlining the results to which each of the two ways leads.
الأوّلُ الذي أسلَمَ لله
The First To Submit To God
قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَهُ الدِّينَ وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قُلْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Say: I am commanded to worship God, sincere in my faith in Him alone; and I am commanded to be the first to submit myself to Him. Say: Indeed I would dread, were I to disobey my Lord, the suffering of an awesome day. (Verses 11-13)
هذا الإعلان من النبي ﷺ الذي يبيّن فيه ما أُمر به من العبادة والتعبّد والخضوع، بالغ الأهمية في الحفاظ على توحيد الله خالصًا كما يريده الإسلام. وبهذا الاعتبار، فإن النبي ﷺ عبدٌ من عباد الله، لا يتجاوز هذه المنزلة. وإن جميع الناس في عبوديتهم لله يقفون في صفٍّ واحد، بينما لله سبحانه وتعالى مقامه الرفيع فوق جميع الخلق.
This declaration by the Prophet outlining what he is commanded to do with regard to worship, devotion and submission is very important in keeping the belief in God’s oneness pure, as Islam wants it to be. In this respect, the Prophet is one of God’s servants. He does not exceed that position. In their servitude to God, all people stand in one rank, while God has His sublime position over all creation.
وبهذا تتقرر فكرتا الألوهية والعبودية وتتميزان بوضوح، فلا يمكن أن يقع بينهما أي التباس. فالوحدانية تُرى بجلاء صفةً لله وحده، ولا يشاركه فيها أحد. وحين يقف محمدٌ ﷺ في مقام عبد الله، يعلن هذا الإعلان الواضح ويخشى أن يقع في أي معصية لله، فلا يبقى مجال لدعوى الشفاعة لأصنام أو ملائكة تُنال بصرف العبادة إليهم بدلاً من الله.
Thus the two concepts of Godhead and servitude are well established and clearly distinguished. There can be no confusion between the two. Oneness is clearly seen as an attribute of God alone, in which no one else has any share. When Muĥammad (peace be upon him) stands in the position of God’s servant making this clear declaration, fearing to commit any disobedience of God, there can be no room for any claim of intercession by idols or angels granted through addressing worship to them instead of God.
يُكرَّرُ الإعلانُ مرةً أخرى، مع إعلانِ النبيِّ ﷺ أنه سيتمسّكُ بمنهجه، ويَدَعُ المشركين على طريقتهم، وما تُفضي إليه من عذابٍ أليم.
The declaration is made once more, with the Prophet’s announcement that he will stick to his way, leaving the idolaters to their way and the painful end to which that leads:
قُلِ اللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًا لَهُ دِينِي فَاعْبُدُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ قُلْ إِنَّ الْخَاسِرِينَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ
Say: God alone do I worship, sincere in my faith in Him alone. You can worship whatever you please instead of Him. Say: True losers indeed are those who shall have lost their own selves and their families on Resurrection Day. Such is the ultimate loss.