اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Isra Ayah 40_*
*اَفَاَصۡفٰٮكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ بِالۡبَـنِيۡنَ وَ اتَّخَذَ مِنَ الۡمَلٰۤئِكَةِ اِنَاثًا ؕ اِنَّكُمۡ لَتَقُوۡلُوۡنَ قَوۡلًا عَظِيۡمًا.(40)*
*_Has your Lord favoured you with sons and taken for Himself daughters from among the angels? Verily, you are uttering a dreadful word!(40)_*
(مشرکو!) کیا تمہارے پروردگار نے تم کو لڑکے دیئے اور خود فرشتوں کو بیٹیاں بنایا۔ کچھ شک نہیں کہ (یہ) تم بڑی (نامعقول بات) کہتے ہو.(40)
This is a stem denunciation of those who claimed that Allah Azzawajal had taken from among His creation daughters.‼️ *This question implies a sarcastic response to what the unbelievers used to do, as they described the angels as Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la’s daughters.* _HE SWT is indeed too exalted to take to Himself a son or a wife, and HE SWT is too sublime to have any partner or associate. The Ayah also ridicules the assigning of daughters to HIM, when the Arabs considered girls to be of lesser status than boys. They indeed killed their daughters for fear of poverty or shame. Nevertheless they considered angels to be female and made them Allah Azzawajal’s daughters. When it is Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la who gives life and gives everyone their sons and daughters, how come He favours them with the better sons and takes to Himself the inferior daughters!_
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that it is absolutely a terrible sin to attribute a child to Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la as HE SWT is most perfect and is free of any need.‼️Certainly, the belief regarding Allah Azzawajal’s having offspring, has long been held both by the Jews and by the Christians. However, the belief held in Allah’s(SWT) having daughters, has been exclusive to the idol worshippers. The pagan Arabs themselves thought the angels to be female gender without any evidence. Hence it is a second fault to say something without proper knowledge. By taking angels to be daughters, they thought them to be intermediaries to get their prayers answered which is another grave sin whereas Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la is nearer than the jugular vein of HIS creations and responds to each and every one for their Duas.
To understand this fact that Undoubtedly, daughters just in the same way as sons are surely both from among the Divine blessings and there is no difference between them in value from humankind point of view. However, the Qur’an seeks to condemn them with their own logic, questioning them as to how ignorant they are by attributing to their Lord what they would themselves be ashamed of having in their own possession.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la strengthen our Imaan and grant us the ability to perfect our Imaan by understanding HIS correct attributes. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair !