Lesson – 40
Demand for the Worship
Surah
‘Al-‘Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verse – 21 of 286,
Section – 3 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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21. O mankind!
Worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you, so that ye may
ward off (evil).
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21.
Yaaa-‘ayyu-han-naasu’-buduu Rabba-kumullazii, khalaqa-kum wallaziina
min qablikum la-‘allakum tattaquun.
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Lesson
La-‘allakum – (so that ye), in Arabic language; the word la-‘alla
is used at such occasions, where there is a strong hope of coming out the
result of any work.
Tattaquun - You may ward off (evil). The words mattaqii, tattaquun and taqwaa etc. have been derived from the
same origin. Full explanation of this word has passed in lessons # 17. Briefly speaking;
it aims that your habit of living with care and having fear of God in your
hearts may become strong. It is called Abstinence.
‘An-naasu – (the mankind, the people), it is the
first time in Holy Qur’aan that God Almighty has demanded in
this verse and addressed the human beings with the words “O mankind”. As if, He
has claimed from the entire mankind to be worshippers of Him.
‘U’-buduu – (Worship, pray), this word has come out
from the word ‘ibaadat, origin of
which is ‘abda. it aims “obeying the Commands
of God with humility and respectfully, which is called worship and obedience”.
Prayer, Fasting, Zakaat (paying the poor-due), and Pilgrimage
are vital parts of worship but the worship does not end on only these parts. It
belongs to the entire life.
In the beginning of
this Surah, good manners of Muttaqii
(the pious) were explained and it was described that Holy Qur’aan is Guidance for those people who
fear God Almighty in their hearts. After that, condition of Infidels was narrated
and then circumstances of the Hypocrites were made obvious. Now the entire Human
Beings are being addressed, because after the mention of above three kinds of
mankind, indeed; fondness of becoming a Sober should have been grown in the
individual. So now, the root path of fearing God is being manifested.
Here; calling the entire
people, it has been described that the actual foundation of all Orders
and Fidelity of Islam is to recognize the Lord. First purpose of
creating the mankind is that he should seek his Lord, recognize Him from His
open Revelations and he should worship only Him, and ask Him for success in
this world and on the Day of Resurrection, because He created the mankind, brought
him up in every era and taught the human being the ways of promotion according
to own abilities.
The first Sign of the
Lord is that He created you and all of them who have expired before you. Only
from this acquaintance, the path of fearing from God opens. There is no
personal benefit of God by worshiping Him. But the mankind has a
lot of advantages from it. The worship removes distress of fancies of the human
being. And he gets opportunity to draw his attention towards the realities.
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