Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 8

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : مَثَلُ شَاهَانْ شَاهْ

Sufyan said: Like Shahanshah.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

فِيهَا تَوْكِيدٌ وَحَصْرٌ وَهَذَا دَلِيلُ انْفِرَادِهِ بِالْخَلْقِ،

In it is emphasis and restriction, and this is proof of His singularity in creation.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ

And He, the Exalted, said: Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that.

فَالَّذِينَ اسْمٌ مَوْصُولٌ يَشْمَلُ كُلَّ مَنْ يُدْعَى مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا

So 'those' is a relative noun that includes everyone who is invoked besides Allah, they will never create a fly.

وَهَذَا عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْمُبَالَغَةِ ، وَمَا كَانَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْمُبَالَغَةِ فَلَا مَفْهُومَ لَهُ كَثْرَةً أَوْ قِلَّةً

And this is by way of exaggeration, and what is by way of exaggeration has no implication of abundance or scarcity.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ

And He, the Exalted, said: Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ (٤) وَهَذَا دَلِيلُ انْفِرَادِهِ بِالْمُلْكِ

And He, the Exalted, said: Say, 'O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty,' and this is proof of His singularity in sovereignty.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَمْ مَنْ يَمْلِكُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَمَنْ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَمَنْ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ.

Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, "Allah," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَمَّنْ يَمْلِكُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَمَنْ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَمَنْ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ (٥) وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : ﴿قُلْ مَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ سَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ

And He, the Exalted, said: Say, 'In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?' They will say, 'Allah.'

قَوْلُهُ : «قَالَ: سُفْيَانُ مَثَلُ شَاهَانْ شَاهْ : وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ بِاللُّغَةِ الْفَارِسِيَّةِ يُقَدِّمُونَ الْمُضَافَ عَلَى الْمُضَافِ إِلَيْهِ، مَثَلُ غُلَامِ مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُونَ : مُحَمَّدٌ غُلَامٌ

His saying: Sufyan said like Shahanshah: That is because in the Persian language they put the genitive before the genitive-to-it, like 'Ghulam Muhammad' (Muhammad's boy), they say: 'Muhammad Ghulam'.

Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 38 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• تَعَالَى — to be exalted
• دَعَا — to invoke or worship
• خَلَقَ — to create
• اجْتَمَعَ — to gather
• شَمِلَ — to include
• كَانَ — to be
• بَارَكَ — to bless
• رَزَقَ — to provide
• مَلَكَ — to own
• أَخْرَجَ — to bring out
• دَبَّرَ — to manage
• أَجَارَ — to protect
• عَلِمَ — to know
• قَدَّمَ — to put forward
• سُفْيَانُ — Sufyan
• مِثْلٌ — example
• شَاهٌ — king
• رَبٌّ — lord
• خَلَّاقٌ — creator
• عَلِيمٌ — all-knowing
• تَوْكِيدٌ — emphasis
• حَصْرٌ — restriction
• دَلِيلٌ — proof
• انْفِرَادٌ — singularity
• خَلْقٌ — creation
• دُونٌ — other than
• ذُبَابٌ — fly
• اسْمٌ — noun
• مَوْصُولٌ — relative
• كُلٌّ — all
• سَبِيلٌ — way
• مُبَالَغَةٌ — exaggeration
• مَفْهُومٌ — concept
• كَثْرَةٌ — abundance
• قِلَّةٌ — scarcity
• يَدٌ — hand
• مُلْكٌ — sovereignty
• مَالِكٌ — owner
• سَمَاءٌ — sky
• أَرْضٌ — earth
• سَمْعٌ — hearing
• بَصَرٌ — sight
• حَيٌّ — living
• مَيِّتٌ — dead
• أَمْرٌ — matter
• مَلَكُوتٌ — dominion
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• لُغَةٌ — language
• فَارِسِيَّةٌ — Persian
• مُضَافٌ — genitive
• غُلَامٌ — boy
• مُحَمَّدٌ — Muhammad