Surah 29 Al-Ankaboot — Ayah 63
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
และถ้าเจ้าถามพวกเขาว่า ใครเล่าทรงหลั่งน้ำลงมาจากฟากฟ้าแล้วทรงให้แผ่นดินมีชีวิตชีวาหลังจากความแห้งแล้งของมัน แน่นอนพวกเขาจะกล่าวว่า อัลลอฮ์ จงกล่าวเถิด (มุฮัมมัด) บรรดาการสรรเสริญเป็นสิทธิ์ของอัลลอฮ์ แต่ว่าส่วนมากพวกเขาไม่ใช้สติปัญญาใคร่ครวญ
wala-in sa-altahum man nazzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa min baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna
Word by word
- وَلَئِن wala-in And if
- سَأَلْتَهُم sa-altahum you ask them
- مَّن man Who
- نَّزَّلَ nazzala sends down
- مِنَ mina from
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the sky
- مَآءًۭ māan water
- فَأَحْيَا fa-aḥyā and gives life
- بِهِ bihi thereby
- ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa (to) the earth
- مِنۢ min after
- بَعْدِ baʿdi after
- مَوْتِهَا mawtihā its death
- لَيَقُولُنَّ layaqūlunna Surely, they would say
- ٱللَّهُ ۚ l-lahu Allah
- قُلِ quli Say
- ٱلْحَمْدُ l-ḥamdu All Praises
- لِلَّهِ ۚ lillahi (are) for Allah
- بَلْ bal But
- أَكْثَرُهُمْ aktharuhum most of them
- لَا lā (do) not
- يَعْقِلُونَ yaʿqilūna use reason
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Evidences of Tawhid
Allah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live. He made them and their provision different, so that some were rich and some were poor, and He knew best what was suitable for each of them, who deserved to be rich and who deserved to be poor. So, Allah stated that He has alone created everything, and that He alone is controlling them -- if this is how it is, then why worship anyone else Why put one's trust in anyone else Since dominion is His Alone, then let worship be for Him Alone. Allah often establishes His divinity by referring to their acknowledgement of His Unique Lordship, because the idolators used to acknowledge His Lordship, as they said in their Talbiyah (during Hajj and `Umrah: "At Your service, You have no partner, except the partner that You have, and You possess him and whatever he has."