The Setting Star (Al-Najm)
Verses 43-49 GROUP_1413 53.43-49
43
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَى
that it is He who brings laughter and tears;
44
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
that it is He who causes death and gives life;
45
وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَى
and that He Himself created the two sexes: male and female,
46
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَى
from an ejected drop of sperm;
47
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَى
and that He will bring about the Second Creation;
48
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَى وَأَقْنَى
that it is He who gives wealth and possessions;
49
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَى
that He is the Lord of Sirius.
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Commentary
(b) Every event in this world arises from supernatural causes and nobody but God is capable of causing them to occur. Happiness and sorrow, life and death, the pro-creative system, riches and poverty—all these are the feats of a superpower. Ancient man used to consider the stars as the determining factors in life, while in the present age natural law is considered to govern all happenings. But the fact is that there is a Cause over and above these causes and factors and that is God, the Lord of the universe. Then, how is it legitimate for a man to make anything other than Him the centre of his attention?