Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مِثْلُ : انْكَسَرَ الزُّجَاجُ لِشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ

Example: The glass broke from the intense heat.

قَوْلُهُ : خَلَقْتُ أَيْ : أَوْجَدْتُ، وَهَذَا الْإِيجَادُ مَسْبُوقٌ بِتَقْدِيرٍ، وَأَصْلُ الْخَلْقِ التَّقْدِيرُ

His statement 'I created' means 'I brought into existence.' This act of bringing into existence is preceded by planning, as the root meaning of creation is estimation.

قَالَ الشَّاعِرُ : وَلَأَنْتَ تَفْرِي مَا خَلَقْتَ وَبَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَخْلُقُ ثُمَّ لَا يَفْرِي

The poet said: 'You indeed execute what you have planned, while some people create but do not execute.'

قَوْلُهُ : (الْجِنُّ) هُمْ عَالَمٌ غَيْبِيٌّ مَخْفِيٌّ عَنَّا، وَلِهَذَا جَاءَتِ الْمَادَّةُ مِنَ الْجِيمِ وَالنُّونِ، وَهُمَا يَدُلَّانِ عَلَى الْخَفَاءِ وَالِاسْتِتَارِ

His statement regarding the Jinn: they are an unseen realm hidden from us. This is why the root letters Jeem and Noon are used, as they both signify concealment and being veiled.

وَمِنْهُ : الْجِنَّةُ، وَالْجُنَّةُ، وَالْجَنَّةُ

Examples include the words for spirit, shield, and Paradise.

قَوْلُهُ : الْإِنْسُ سُمُّوا بِذَلِكَ ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعِيشُونَ بِدُونِ إِينَاسٍ، فَهُمْ يَأْنَسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ، وَيَتَحَرَّكُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ

His statement regarding mankind: they are so named because they cannot live without companionship. They find comfort in one another and are drawn toward each other.

قَوْلُهُ : إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ فُسِّرَ : إِلَّا لِيُوَحِّدُونِ، وَهَذَا حَقٌّ، وَفُسِّرَ : بِمَعْنَى يَتَذَلَّلُونَ لِي بِالطَّاعَةِ فِعْلًا لِلْمَأْمُورِ، وَتَرْكًا لِلْمَحْظُورِ، وَمِنْ طَاعَتِهِ أَنْ يُوَحِّدَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى، فَهَذِهِ هِيَ الْحِكْمَةُ مِنْ خَلْقِ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ

His statement 'Except to worship Me' has been interpreted as 'Except to acknowledge My Oneness,' which is true. It also means they humble themselves before Me through obedience—by performing what is commanded and avoiding what is forbidden. Part of this obedience is to affirm His Oneness, Glorified and Exalted is He. This is the wisdom behind the creation of the Jinn and mankind.

وَلِهَذَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ الْبَشَرَ عُقُولًا، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُتُبًا، وَلَوْ كَانَ الْغَرَضُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِمْ كَالْغَرَضِ مِنْ خَلْقِ الْبَهَائِمِ، لَضَاعَتِ الْحِكْمَةُ مِنْ إِرْسَالِ الرُّسُلِ، وَإِنْزَالِ الْكُتُبِ ؛ لِأَنَّهُ فِي النِّهَايَةِ يَكُونُ كَشَجَرَةٍ نَبَتَتْ، وَنَمَتْ، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ

For this reason, God gave humans intellect, sent them messengers, and revealed scriptures. If their purpose were the same as that of beasts, the wisdom of sending messengers and revealing books would be lost, as they would ultimately be no different from a tree that grows, flourishes, and then decays.

وَلِهَذَا قَالَ تَعَالَى : إِنَّ الَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرَادُّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ

God Almighty says: 'Indeed, He who has ordained the Qur'an for you will surely bring you back to a place of return.'

فَلَابُدَّ أَنْ يَرُدَّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ تُجَازَى عَلَى عَمَلِكَ إِنْ خَيْرًا فَخَيْرٌ، وَإِنْ شَرًّا فَشَرٌّ

He must return you to a place where you will be recompensed for your deeds: if they are good, you will receive good, and if they are evil, you will receive evil.

وَلَيْسَتِ الْحِكْمَةُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِمْ نَفْعُ اللَّهِ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ تَعَالَى : مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ

The wisdom behind their creation is not to benefit God, which is why He says: 'I do not want from them'

Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 44 nouns)

• انْكَسَرَ — to be broken
• خَلَقَ — to create
• أَوْجَدَ — to bring into existence
• قَالَ — to say
• فَرَى — to cut/fashion
• جَاءَ — to come
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• سَمَّى — to name
• عَاشَ — to live
• أَنِسَ — to be sociable
• تَحَرَّكَ — to move
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• فَسَّرَ — to interpret
• وَحَّدَ — to unify
• تَذَلَّلَ — to humble oneself
• أَعْطَى — to give
• أَرْسَلَ — to send
• أَنْزَلَ — to reveal/send down
• ضَاعَ — to be lost
• كَانَ — to be
• نَبَتَ — to grow
• نَمَا — to develop
• تَحَطَّمَ — to shatter
• فَرَضَ — to impose/ordain
• رَدَّ — to return
• جَازَى — to reward/recompense
• أَرَادَ — to want
• مِثْل — example
• زُجَاج — glass
• شِدَّة — intensity
• حَرّ — heat
• قَوْل — saying
• إِيجَاد — creation
• تَقْدِير — estimation
• أَصْل — origin
• خَلْق — creation
• شَاعِر — poet
• بَعْض — some
• قَوْم — people
• جِنّ — jinn
• عَالَم — world
• غَيْبِيّ — unseen
• مَخْفِيّ — hidden
• مَادَّة — substance
• جِيم — jeem (letter)
• نُون — noon (letter)
• خَفَاء — concealment
• اسْتِتَار — hiding
• جِنَّة — jinn (collective)
• إِنْس — mankind
• إِينَاس — sociability
• طَاعَة — obedience
• فِعْل — action
• مَأْمُور — commanded
• تَرْك — abandonment
• مَحْظُور — forbidden
• حِكْمَة — wisdom
• بَشَر — human
• عَقْل — mind
• رَسُول — messenger
• كِتَاب — book
• غَرَض — purpose
• بَهِيمَة — beast
• نِهَايَة — end
• شَجَرَة — tree
• قُرْآن — Quran
• مَعَاد — place of return
• عَمَل — deed
• خَيْر — good
• شَرّ — evil
• نَفْع — benefit