Tafsir al Quran 2

سُوۡرَةُ المُلک
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ۬ قَدِيرٌ (١) ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلاً۬‌ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ (٢) ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَـٰوَٲتٍ۬ طِبَاقً۬ا‌ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ مِن تَفَـٰوُتٍ۬‌ۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ۬ (٣) ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئً۬ا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ۬ (٤


“Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty (He who has sovereignty over all matter has sovereignty over the blessing we see in life, because they come from within subatomic space), and, He is Able to do all things (bring them about into our life, like something new that is being created from particles). (1) Who hath created death and life (death was in the universe before He created life in it) that He may try which of you is best in conduct (you started from nothing lived and you will return to nothing, the cycle of all matter, and humans are at the peak of this cycle, that of dead matter forming life….something that has worth); and He is the Mighty (powerful over matter), the Forgiving (of your faults in life),

(2) Who hath created seven heavens (seven subatomic depths) in harmony (that rely on each other). Thou canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation (look deep sub-atomically it all fits in together because each depth (layer) built itself upon what came before and now, this is how life exists); then look again: Canst thou see any rifts? (can you see any tears in the fabric of subatomic space, what is deeper covers what is closer to you, layer upon layer, light upon light, 24:35, there are no gaps or tears in the fabric of the universe)(3) Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened (by it’s depth) and made dim (your sight won’t reach it’s end and will become weak). (4)

سُوۡرَةُ طٰه
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
طه (١) مَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِتَشۡقَىٰٓ (٢) إِلَّا تَذۡڪِرَةً۬ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰ (٣) تَنزِيلاً۬ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ ٱلۡعُلَى (٤) ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ (٥) لَهُ ۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَہُمَا وَمَا تَحۡتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ (٦) وَإِن تَجۡهَرۡ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ فَإِنَّهُ ۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخۡفَى (٧) ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ‌ۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ (٨)


(1) Ta. Ha. (The Muqataat letters meaning are known to the prophet (saws) who taught some of them, from what He (saws) said we can infer they refer to the building blocks of the universe and life in it, and how these things function and benefit both).

(2) We have not revealed unto thee (Muhammad) this Qur'an that thou shouldst be distressed,(Ta,Ha dispel your distress O Prophet, this Quran was given to you for benefit, not it's opposite.)

(3) But as a reminder unto him who feareth, (Those who fear, are apprehensive and ultimately aware, which is the aim of this fear, to be aware of matters in life and not heedless (ghafla) of everything, this Quran will benefit them).

(4) A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens, (the first 8 verses have the same context, then the subject changes to the prophet Musa(as), hence their understanding is that the benefit of the Quran is tied to the creation of the earth and High Heavens, not Jannah, but the High heavens, the deepest subatomic depths at the edge of the universe, the next verse affirms this meaning in it's context).

(5) The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.(Allah is istiwah on the throne, Allah established His qualities on the throne so creation can know Allah's qualities through the throne, it is the outer boundary of the universe and Allah (in computer language) "interfaces" with His creation through it, the throne is everywhere in the subatomic universe, this is what sidrat al muntaha means, it surrounds the heavens and the earth like Allah said about the Kursi in 2:255. The Prophet (saws) said if Allah removed this veil of creation between us and Him, creation would be destroyed by his light, hence Allah uses what is in creation to interact and speak with us, but only those who have fear, or are aware in life understand the "language", and take benefit.)

 

How Is Man Khalifa Over Ghayb (The Unseen): “And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not.”(2:30)

The significance of this verse doesn’t lie in the fact the Angels objected to man being placed on earth but that He would be made Allah’s khalifa over it, because the Angels in charge of ghayb, the unseen world, would now be made to follow the lead of the ones in charge of earth. We can see this is what Allah intended from the fact that the Angels didn’t simply say man would cause bloodshed and isn't fit to be on earth, but they continued with the objection and said we are better than Him as custodians of the earth, “while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee?” the response was personal to them and their role on earth saying they are better than man in this place, which tells us man’s khalifa of the earth would be in the spiritual domain as well.

So Allah set about to reassure them that man was capable of being in charge of the spiritual domain by showing them Adam (as), the first man, and through Him what mankind is capable of.

“And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.”(2:31)

Mankind has the same physiology and Allah placed in Adams heart the names of all things, and so because this was how Allah reassured the Angels about the whole of mankind, this means mankind would also benefit from what Allah gave Adam (as) as His descendants, if they could be reassured with Adam then too with mankind since the claim of bloodshed and aggression was not against Adam (as) but the rest of mankind.

Allah before showing them the first man challenged the Angels to see if they could know what is in the universe better than Adam and ultimately mankind, both in the seen and unseen domain (which is indicated in a later verse). 

“They said: Glory be to Thee! we have no knowledge but that which Thou hast taught us; surely Thou art the Knowing, the Wise.”(2:32)

The Angels couldn’t name anything they had not seen before or had experience with, to understand the significance of this we have to know the nature of the Angels, because any human can say like the Angels I can’t name anything I have not see before, so then how does Allah giving one prophet (as) the names of all things prove that mankind is fit for the khalifa on earth.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
 
Assalamu alaikum.
 
Sayyidna Ibn 'Abbas (ra) said the Prophet (saws) said “Allah Almighty has sent forth these two verses out of the treasures of Paradise and Al Rahman had already written them by His own hand two thousand years before the creation of all things and beings. One who is able to recite them after the Salah of 'Isha', they will stand for Tahajjud in his case (you should recite them in your night prayers).
 
In the Mustadrak of al-Hakim and in Bayhaqi, the Prophet (saws) said that “Allah Almighty has concluded Surah al-Baqarah with these two verses, which have been given to me in His grace from out of the special treasure that lies under the 'Arsh' (meaning they connect your heart to the Arsh, so recite them in Tahajud to achieve “Sirat al Mustaqeem”, the straightest path). Therefore, you should make effort to learn these verses, and at the same time, teach your women and children how to recite them.”
 
Sayyidna Umar and Sayyidna Ali (Rrah) said that they thought that anybody who has any sense in him would never go to sleep without having recited these two verses.
 
Allah declared in surah al Baqarah “The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and (so do the) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying.” (2:285)
 
Allah begins this verse with the word Amana (they believed, they reached certainty, Al Yaqeen), which is both an assertion and a declaration in the past tense, meaning they have achieved. The order in which words occur in the Quran is very important, which is why reading English translations may give the meaning but the spirituality is lost, the spiritual reality of something is what connects you to it in the universe and translations are like guiding to the general area of something and not the exact spot.
 
The first person Allah mentions is the prophet (saws) then Allah outlines His (saws) achievements, He (saws) has certainty in everything Allah has sent down, and so did the believers with Him (saws), they followed His (saws) sunnah and achieved al Yaqeen like Him (saws). The word Iman in this verse is used in this capacity as if Allah is saying they have Yaqeen, this is because the next verse outlines something other than simply believed, as you may think the word Iman means here, rather it means they have achieved its reality, then Allah tells you what they witnessed spiritually.