بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome
In ancient times, the people of Makkah were considered leaders of the Arab world. This leadership was God’s gift to them, but it only gave rise to false pride and egoism. So, when the Truth was declared through the Prophet Muhammad, they refused to accept it on account of their egoistic mentality. Such was the position of Islam in Makkah. But, among the people of other places who did not suffer from similar psychological complications, the truth of Islam was spreading. In Makkah, Islam was rejected, but in other places, Islam was being adopted by the tribesmen. The large-scale adoption of Islam by the people of Madinah had finally made it clear that the sphere of leadership of the people in Makkah was continually contracting. But those who suffer from a superiority complex do not learn a lesson from any warning, however open that might be.
’’وحی کے ذریعے ڈرانا‘‘ گویا دلیل کے ذریعہ لوگوں کو متنبہ کرنا ہے۔ حق کا داعی ہمیشہ دلیل کی زبان میں اپنی بات کو پیش کرتا ہے۔ اور دلیل ہی کی زبان میں لوگوں کو اسے پہچاننا پڑتا ہے۔ جو لوگ دلیل کے سامنے اندھے بہرے بنے رہیں، ان کی آنکھ صرف اس وقت کھلتی ہے جب کہ خدا کی طاقت کھلے طورپر ظاہر ہوجائے۔ اس وقت ہر سرکش اور متکبر فوراً مان لے گا۔ مگر اس وقت کا ماننا کسی کے کچھ کام نہ آئے گا۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →