Sūrah inaanza kwa kauli iliyo wazi na yenye msisitizo: “Kitabu hiki kimeteremshwa kutoka juu na Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye hekima.” (Aya ya 1) Kwa kuwa Yeye ni Mwenye nguvu, anaweza kukiteremsha kutoka juu, na kwa kuwa ni Mwenye hekima, anajua kusudi la kukiteremsha, hivyo kila kitu kinafanyika kwa mujibu wa mpango wa busara na wa kina.

The sūrah begins with a clear, emphatic statement: “This book is bestowed from on high by God, the Almighty, the Wise.” (Verse 1) As He is Almighty, He is able to bestow it from on high, and as He is wise, He knows the purpose of bestowing it, ensuring that it is all done in accordance with wise and elaborate planning.

Sūrah hii, hata hivyo, haizungumzii sana ukweli huu. Ni utangulizi tu wa mada yake kuu, ambayo kitabu hiki kimeteremshwa ili kuithibitisha, yaani umoja wa Mungu, kuelekeza ibada yote kwake Yeye peke yake, kuhakikisha uaminifu wa dhati katika imani, kuondoa kila dalili ya ushirika wowote unaodaiwa kwa Mungu, na kuanzisha mawasiliano ya moja kwa moja naye bila mpatanishi wowote wala haja ya kuombewa uombezi.

The sūrah, however, does not dwell on this fact. It is only a prelude to its main theme, which this book has been revealed to establish, namely, God’s oneness, addressing all worship to Him alone, ensuring sincerity in faith, eliminating all traces of any alleged partnership with God and establishing direct contact with Him without any intermediary or need for intercession.

"Ni Sisi ambao tumekuteremshia kitabu hiki kutoka juu, kikieleza haki." (Aya ya 2) Kiini cha haki ambayo kitabu kimeteremshwa nayo ni umoja kamili wa Mungu, ambao ndio msingi wa kila kilichopo. Katika aya ya 5 sura inasema: "Ameumba mbingu na ardhi kwa haki." Ni haki hiyo hiyo moja ambayo ndiyo msingi wa ulimwengu na ndiyo inayotoa sababu ya kuteremshwa kwa Qur'ani. Ni haki moja, thabiti, iliyothibitishwa na umoja wa mfumo unaoongoza mbingu na ardhi, na kuelezwa kwa lugha ya kibinadamu kupitia kitabu hiki. Ni haki inayotia muhuri juu ya kila kitu kilichoumbwa na Muumba mmoja pekee.

“It is We who have bestowed on you this revelation from on high, stating the truth.” (Verse 2) The essence of the truth with which the book has been revealed is the absolute oneness of God, which forms the foundation of all existence. In verse 5 the sūrah states: “He has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the truth.” It is all the same truth that makes up the foundation of the universe and provides the purpose for revealing the Qur’ān. It is a single, consistent truth confirmed by the unity of the system that controls the heavens and the earth, and expressed in human language through this hook. It is the truth that puts the seal on everything made by the only Creator.

Kisha inafuata kukanusha kwa dhana tata ya kishirikina ambayo washirikina waliitoa kinyume na imani ya Upweke wa Mungu: "Wale wanaowachukua wengine badala Yake kuwa walinzi wao husema: Hatuwaabudu wao kwa sababu nyingine yoyote isipokuwa kwamba wao watutie karibu na Mungu.' Mungu ndiye atakayehukumu baina yao katika mambo yote waliyokhitilafiana. Mungu hawaongozi waliokufuru, waongo." (Aya ya 3)

Then a refutation of the complex superstition the idolaters presented in opposition to belief in God’s oneness follows: “Those who take others besides Him as their protectors say: We worship them for no reason other than that they would bring us nearer to God.’ God will judge between them concerning all matters on which they differ. God will not grace with guidance anyone who is an ungrateful liar.” (Verse 3)

Ingawa walitangaza kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye aliyewaumba wao pamoja na mbingu na ardhi, hawakuipeleka imani hiyo katika matokeo yake ya asili na ya kimantiki, ambayo yangeliwalazimu kujitolea ibada yao yote na unyenyekevu wao kwake Yeye peke yake. Badala yake, walibuni hurafa kwamba malaika ni binti za Mwenyezi Mungu, na hata walichonga sanamu zinazowakilisha malaika ili waweze kuziabudu. Kisha walidai kwamba kuabudu kwao sanamu hizi, kama al-Lāt, al-`Uzzā na Manāt, halikuwa kwa asili ni kujitolea kwao. Ilikuwa ni ishara tu ya kujikurubisha kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, kwa matumaini kwamba sanamu hizi, au kile zilichowakilisha, siku moja zitamwombea Mwenyezi Mungu kwa niaba yao.

Although they declared that God created them and the heavens and earth, they would not carry this belief to its natural and logical consequence which required that they devote all their worship and submission to Him alone. Instead they invented the superstition that the angels were God’s daughters and even carved statues representing angels so that they could worship these. They then claimed that their worship of these statues, such as al-Lāt, al-`Uzzā and Manāt, was not in essence devotion to them. It was merely a gesture to bring them closer to God, in the hope that these statues or what they represented would eventually intercede with God on their behalf.

Hivyo, kupotoka kutoka kwenye mantiki rahisi na ya kawaida kukawaingiza katika mkanganyiko huo wa uongo: kwani malaika si binti za Mungu, wala sanamu haziwakilishi malaika.

Thus, deviation from simple, natural logic landed them in such a medley of falsehood: for the angels are not God’s daughters, nor do the idols represent angels.

Mungu hakubali upotofu wa namna hii. Hakubali kuombewa msamaha kwa niaba ya watu, wala haruhusu watu kumkaribia kwa njia hii. Binadamu hupotoka kutoka katika mantiki ya maumbile yake mwenyewe kila anapoondoka kwenye imani rahisi ya Upweke wa Mungu, ambayo ndiyo kiini cha Uislamu, kama ilivyokuwa kiini cha dini ya Mwenyezi Mungu, iliyohubiriwa na kila mjumbe wa Mungu. Leo hii, tunaona katika sehemu mbalimbali za dunia ibada ya watakatifu, ambayo kwa kiini chake inafanana na desturi ya Waarabu wa zamani waliowaabudu malaika, au sanamu zinazowakilisha malaika, ili wamkaribie Mungu. Mungu, katika utukufu wake usio na mipaka, ameweka njia inayowaleta watu karibu naye: ni imani katika Upweke wa Mungu bila wapatanishi wala waombezi wa aina yoyote.

Sūrah kisha hujaribu kuigusa mioyo ya watu. Inawaelekeza kwenye ushahidi wa uhai ulio karibu nao, unaotokana hasa na uumbaji wao wenyewe na wanyama waliowekwa chini yao.

The sūrah then seeks to touch people’s hearts. It refers them to the evidence of life close by them, and in fact derived from their own creation and from the animals made subservient to them:

Yeye amewaumba nyote kutoka nafsi moja, kisha akatengeneza mwenzi wake kutokana nayo; na amekuteremshieni wanyama wa aina nane kwa jozi; na anakuumbeni katika matumbo ya mama zenu, uumbaji mmoja baada ya mwingine, katika giza tatu. Huyo ndiye Mwenyezi Mungu, Mola wenu: ufalme wote ni wake. Hakuna mungu isipokuwa Yeye. Basi mnageuzwaje kutoka kwenye haki?

He has created you all from a single soul, and from it He fashioned its mate; and He has bestowed on you four kinds of cattle in pairs; and He creates you in your mothers’ wombs, one act of creation after another, in threefold depths of darkness. Such is God, your Lord: to Him belongs all dominion. There is no deity other than Him. How, then, can you lose sight of the truth? (Verse 6)

Mtu na aangalie nafsi yake mwenyewe. Yeye hakujiumba mwenyewe, wala hajui ni nani aliyeumba kiumbe cha binadamu isipokuwa kile ambacho Mwenyezi Mungu amemwambia. Hata hivyo, sisi sote tunatokana na nafsi moja, yenye asili moja na sifa zilezile zinazotutofautisha na viumbe wengine. Zaidi ya hayo, kila mtu mmoja mmoja anashiriki sifa hizi, kwa sababu nafsi ya binadamu ni moja katika mamilioni yasiyohesabika ya binadamu katika vizazi vyote na jamii zote. Zaidi ya hayo, mwenzi wake au mke au mume wake pia ameumbwa kutokana na kiini hicho hicho. Hivyo, licha ya tofauti zote za kina kati ya wanaume na wanawake, wanashiriki sifa hizi zote. Hili linathibitisha tena umoja wa muundo wa asili wa binadamu, wa kiume na wa kike, na umoja wa Mapenzi yaliyoiumba nafsi hii moja pamoja na udhihirisho wake wake mbili.

Let man look at his own self. He has not created himself, nor does he know who created the human entity except for what God has told him. Yet we all originate from one soul, with one nature and the same characteristics that distinguish us from the rest of creation. Moreover, every human individual shares in these characteristics, because the human soul is one in the countless millions of humans across all generations and all communities. Moreover, its mate or spouse is also made from the same essence. Thus, despite all differences of detail between men and women, they share all these characteristics. This again confirms the unity of the original design for mankind, male and female, and the unity of the Will that created this single soul with its two manifestations.

Rejea ya ukweli wa wenzi wa kibinadamu imeambatanishwa na rejea ya jambo hilohilo kwa wanyama wa mifugo, ambayo nayo inaashiria kwamba linahusu viumbe hai wote.