وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ لَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ فِي ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَلَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ
And He is Allah; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned
When a man denies the Truth in this life, he does so after placing his reliance on something or someone. In the Hereafter he will be asked to invoke those on whom he relied, so that they may save him from the consequences of his denial. But this will be the Day of God’s appearance and who can help anybody against God? In the world, man does not just silently accept defeat. Here he finds words to counter any argument. But all these words will prove false on the Day of Judgement. Then he will regret that, for the sake of small gains, he gave up a very great blessing. Almighty God creates human beings. Then He selects some individuals from among them for some particular work. This selection is not made on the basis of any mysterious reason, but depends on God’s own decision. Therefore, to treat such persons as holy and to give them the status of God is absolutely baseless. There is no scope for this in this world of God. Man denies the Truth on the basis of some personal (selfish) considerations, but talks as if his arguments were based on rationality. In the Hereafter this veil of pretence will be removed. At that time it will be known clearly that what he had in his heart, was very different from what he was saying—purely to maintain his prestige.
اللہ تعالیٰ انسانوں کو پیدا کرتاہے۔ پھر انسانوں میں سے کسی شخص کو وہ کسی خاص کام کےلیے منتخب کرلیتا ہے۔ یہ انتخاب اس کے ذاتی تقدس کی بناپر نہیں ہوتا۔ بلکہ خدا کے اپنے فیصلہ کے تحت ہوتا ہے۔ اس ليے ایسی شخصیتوں کو مقدس مان کر ان کو خدا کا درجہ دینا سراسر بے بنیاد ہے۔ خدا کی دنیا میں اس کی کوئی گنجائش نہیں۔
آدمی حق کا انکار کرنے کے لیے زبان سے کچھ الفاظ بول دیتاہے۔ مگر اس کے دل میں کچھ اور بات ہوتی ہے۔ وہ ذاتی مصلحتوں کی بنا پر حق کو نہیں مانتا اور الفاظ کے ذریعہ یہ ظاہر کرتا ہے کہ وہ دلیل اور معقولیت کی بنا پر اس کا انکار کر رہا ہے۔ آخرت میں یہ پردہ باقی نہیں رہے گا۔ اس وقت کھلے طور پر معلوم ہوجائے گا کہ اس کے دل میں کچھ اور تھا مگر اپنی بڑائی کو باقی رکھنے کے لیے وہ کچھ دوسرے الفاظ بولتارہا۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →