اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day comes from Surah An-Nahl Ayah 74_*
*فَلَا تَضۡرِبُوۡا لِلّٰہِ الۡاَمۡثَالَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَعۡلَمُ وَ اَنۡتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ(74)*
*_”So do not invent any similitude for Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.”(74)_*
پس اللہ کے لیے مثالیں نہ گھڑو ، اللہ جانتا ہے ، تم نہیں جانتے.(74)
The Ayah asks for avoiding anthropomorphism (attributing human qualities to Allahﷻ and invites to recognize HIS uniqueness and transcendence.‼️ _We should not compare Allahﷻ with others, nor consider HIM to be unapproachable like worldly kings and rulers, to whom none can have access without the mediation and intercession of their courtiers and servants, as Allahﷻ is not surrounded by angels, saints, favourites, etc.,_
*_Act for the Day is:_* _To understand that, there is nothing similar to Allahﷻ nor HE SWT resembles anything. *”We shall not make any comparisons with Allahﷻ”,* And another very important aspect of Allahﷻ is that, *Everyone can have direct access to Allahﷻ without mediation by anyone.*_ This Ayah clarifies an important aspect of the reality of things as they relate to Allahﷻ. *If ignored, it becomes the breeding ground of all sorts of rejectionist doubts and scruples.* _The problem is that people would generally take Allahﷻ on the analogy of their own humankind and go on to declare the highest placed among them, a king and ruler, as similar to Allahﷻ . Then, relying on this wrong assumption, they start seeing the Divine system on the analogy of the system of human monarchs. This leads them to take a cue from the fact that since no king can, all by himself, run the and administration of the whole kingdom, the system is run by delegating powers to subordinate ministers and officials who do that on his behalf. Similarly, they believe and propose that there have to be some other objects of worship under the authority of Allah’sﷻ who would help HIM out in carrying out HIS tasks._ *This is the general theory of all idol worshipers and polytheists.* This sentence of the Qur’an has cut off the very root of these doubts by stating that suggesting examples of what has been created and applying them on Allahﷻ , the Creator, is something unreasonable by itself. HEﷻ is far above similarities and analogies and conjectures and guesses.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la strengthen our Imaan and save us from following misconceptions and assumptions. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu Khair!