فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted
The Prophet Muhammad was once preaching to the chiefs of the Quraysh in Makkah, when a blind man, ‘Abdullah ibn Umm al-Maktum, arrived at the gathering and said, ‘O, Prophet of God ! Please teach me something of what God has taught you.’ The arrival of a blind person at this juncture displeased the Prophet. These verses were revealed on that occasion. In these verses the apparent addressee is the Prophet Muhammad, but actually it has been clarified with reference to this incident that, in the eyes of God, those prominent people who have turned away from religion have no value. Before God, the valued person is the one who is imbued with the God-fearing spirit, though apparently he may be a ‘blind’ person.
انسان سے جو خدا پرستی مطلوب ہے، اس کا محرک اصلاً شکر ہے۔ انسان اپنی تخلیق کو سوچے اور اپنے گردوپیش کے قدرتی انتظامات پر غور کرے تو لازماً اس کے اندر اپنے رب کے بارے میں شکر کا جذبہ پیدا ہوگا۔ اس شکر اور احسان مندی کے جذبہ کے تحت جس عمل کا ظہور ہوتا ہے اسی کا نام خدا پرستی ہے۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →