The Angels, Originator, The Creator — Verse 16
35:16 · Fatir
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إِن یَشَأۡ یُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَیَأۡتِ بِخَلۡقࣲ جَدِیدࣲ ١٦
in yasha yudh'hib'kum wayati bikhalqin jadīdi
The Angels, Originator, The Creator / Fatir (35:16)
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Q 35:14 (Fatir)
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if He wills, He can do away with you and bring in a new creation
in yasha yudh'hib'kum wayati bikhalqin jadīdi
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Mankind is in need of Allah, and each Person will carry His own Burdens on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us that He has no need of anyone or anything else, but all of creation is in need of Him and is in a position of humility before Him. He says:
يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ
(O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allah.) meaning, they need Him in all that they do, but He has no need of them at all. Allah says:
وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيدُ
But Allah is the Rich, Worthy of all praise. meaning, He is unique in His being Free of all needs, and has no partner or associate, and He is Worthy of all praise in all that He does, says, decrees and legislates.
إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُـمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
(If He willed, He could destroy you and bring about a new creation.) means, if He wanted to, He could destroy you and bring forth another people, and this is not difficult or impossible for Him. He says:
وَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ
(And that is not hard for Allah.) Allah's saying:
وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى
(And no bearer of burdens shall bear another's burden;) means, on the Day of Resurrection.
وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا
(and if one heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, ) means, if the person who is carrying a heavy burden calls someone else to help him carry his load, all or part of it,
لاَ يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى
(nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin.) means, even if he is closely-related to him, even if he is his father or son, for each person will be preoccupied with his own self and his own situation. Then Allah says:
إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلَوةَ
(You can warn only those who fear their Lord unseen and perform the Salah.) means, `the only ones who will draw a lesson from what you have brought are those who are possessed of insight and wisdom, who fear their Lord and who do as He commands.'
وَمَن تَزَكَّى فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّى لِنَفْسِهِ
(And he who purifies himself, then he purifies only for the benefit of himself.) means, who does righteous deeds, the benefit of that will come back to him,
وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ
And to Allah is the Return. means, to Him everything will ultimately return, and He is swift in bringing to account. He will reward or punish everyone according to his deeds: if they are good, then the end will be good, and if they are bad, then the end will be bad.
If He will He can take you away and bring about a new creation instead of you.
إن يشأ الله يهلكُّم أيها الناس، ويأت بقوم آخرين يطيعونه ويعبدونه وحده.
وقوله تعالى: "إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد" أي لو شاء لأذهبكم أيها الناس وأتى بقوم غيركم.
وقوله - سبحانه - : ( إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ) بيان لمظهر من مظاهر غناه عن الناس .أى : إن يشأ - سبحانه - يهلككم ويزيكم من هذا الوجود ، ويأت بأقوام آخرين سواكم ، فوجودكم فى هذه الحياة متوقف على مشيئته وإرادته .
القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ (16)يقول تعالى ذكره: إن يشأ يهلكُّم أيها الناس ربكم، لأنه أنشأكم من غير ما حاجة به إليكم (وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ) يقول: ويأت بخلق سواكم يطيعونه ويأتمرون لأمره وينتهون عمَّا نهاهم عنه.كما حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة قوله ( إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ) أي: ويأت بغيركم.
" إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد ".
إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ (16) واقع موقع البيان لما تضمنته جملة { وهو الغني الحميد } [ فاطر : 15 ] من معنى قلة الاكتراث بإعراضهم عن الإِسلام ، ومن معنى رضاه على من يعبده فهو تعالى لغناه عنهم وغضبه عليهم لو شاء لأبادهم وأتى بخلق آخرين يعبدونه فخلصَ العالَم من عصاة أمر الله وذلك في قدرته ولكنه أمهلهم إعمالاً لصفة الحلم .فالمشيئة هنا المشيئة الناشئة عن الاستحقاق ، أي أنهم استحقوا أن يشاء الله إهلاكهم ولكنه أمهلهم ، لا أصل المشيئة التي هي كونه مختاراً في فعله لا مُكره له لأنها لا يحتاج إلى الإِعلام بها .والإِذهاب مستعمل في الإِهلاك ، أي الإِعدام من هذا العالم ، أي إن يشأ يسلط عليهم موتاً يعمهم فكأنه أذهبهم من مكان إلى مكان لأنه يأتي بهم إلى الدار الآخرة .والإِتيان بخلق جديد مستعمل في إحداث ناس لم يكونوا موجودين ولا مترقباً وجودهم ، أي يوجد خلقاً من الناس يؤمنون بالله .فالخلق هنا بمعنى المخلوق مثل قوله تعالى : { هذا خلقُ اللَّه فأروني ماذا خلَق الذين من دونه } [ لقمان : 11 ] . وهذا في معنى قوله : { وإن تتولوا يستبدل قوماً غيركم ثم لا يكونوا أمثالَكم } [ محمد : 38 ] .وليس المعنى : أنه إن يشأ يعجلْ بموتهم فيأتي جيل أبنائهم مؤمنين لأن قوله : { وما ذلك على الله بعزيز } ينبُو عنه .
{ إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ } يحتمل أن المراد: إن يشأ يذهبكم أيها الناس ويأت بغيركم من الناس، أطوع للّه منكم، ويكون في هذا تهديد لهم بالهلاك والإبادة، وأن مشيئته غير قاصرة عن ذلك.ويحتمل أن المراد بذلك، إثبات البعث والنشور، وأن مشيئة اللّه تعالى نافذة في كل شيء، وفي إعادتكم بعد موتكم خلقا جديدا، ولكن لذلك الوقت أجل قدره اللّه، لا يتقدم عنه ولا يتأخر.
قوله تعالى : إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد وما ذلك على الله بعزيز .قوله تعالى : إن يشأ يذهبكم فيه حذف ; المعنى إن يشأ أن يذهبكم يذهبكم ; أي يفنيكم . ويأت بخلق جديد أي أطوع منكم وأزكى . وما ذلك على الله بعزيز أي ممتنع عسير متعذر . وقد مضى هذا في ( إبراهيم ) .
Man is an extremely vulnerable creation. His whole existence depends on a particular balance of natural factors. If this balance were to be disturbed, the very existence of man would be threatened. If, for instance, the sun reduced its distance from the earth and came near it, then all human beings would be burnt and reduced to ashes. Also, a large part of the inside of the earth consists of an extremely hot, semi-liquid material. If this hot matter moved upwards, the surface of the earth would experience terrible earthquakes which would reduce all human settlements to ruins. Moreover, meteors constantly fall upon Earth from outer space, but the atmosphere shields us against their effects. If the present balanced arrangement of this phenomenon were to be disrupted, the shower of meteors might turn into such a terrible barrage of stones that it would be impossible to save humanity from it. Man is surrounded by innumerable deadly possibilities of this kind; being totally dependent explains why man needs God and not vice versa. The burden of Doomsday will be that of one’s sins. Were it only a question of a physical burden, any individual could share another’s burden. But, the denigration and pain one suffers due to one’s bad deeds are of an extremely personal nature and there is no question of anybody else sharing them. The Truth is very clear, but it is understood only by one who wants to understand. One who is not serious about knowing what is Truth and what is Untruth, cannot be made to understand anything.
In the last verse: إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ (If you call them, they do not hear your call, and even if they were to hear, they would not respond to you. - 35:14). To explain, it can be said that if you call those idols or some prophets or angels you take as god and worship them asking them to help you in distress, they will, first of all, be unable to listen to you because idols do not have the ability to listen. Though, prophets and angels have this ability, yet they are not present everywhere nor do they hear that which is said by everybody. Further on, it was said that, should they, as a matter of supposition, be able to listen, as in the case of angels and prophets, still, they would not fulfill your request, because they themselves have no control over it, and cannot intercede with Allah on behalf of anyone without His permission.
In the last verse: إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ (If you call them, they do not hear your call, and even if they were to hear, they would not respond to you. - 35:14). To explain, it can be said that if you call those idols or some prophets or angels you take as god and worship them asking them to help you in distress, they will, first of all, be unable to listen to you because idols do not have the ability to listen. Though, prophets and angels have this ability, yet they are not present everywhere nor do they hear that which is said by everybody. Further on, it was said that, should they, as a matter of supposition, be able to listen, as in the case of angels and prophets, still, they would not fulfill your request, because they themselves have no control over it, and cannot intercede with Allah on behalf of anyone without His permission.
The issue of the ability of the dead to hear سماع الموتی sama`-ulmawta) has appeared earlier. The present verse neither confirms nor rejects it. Arguments and proofs relating to this issue are different. They have already been mentioned in details under the commentary on Surah Ar-Rum [ 30] (Ma` ariful-Qur an, Volume VI).
(If He will, He can be rid of you) He can destroy you, O people of Mecca (and bring (instead of you) some new creation) who are better and more obedient than you.