Ayat
5. O mankind! If
you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then verily! We have created you (i.e.
Adam PBUH) from dust, then from a Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female
sexual discharge i.e. offspring of Adam PBUH), then from a clot (a piece of
thick coagulated blood) then from a little lump of flesh, some formed and some
unformed (miscarriage), that We may make (it) clear to you (i.e. to show you Our
Power and Ability to do what We will). And We cause whom We will to remain in
the wombs for an appointed term, then We bring you out as infants, then (give
you growth) that you may reach your age of full strength. And among you there is
he who dies (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the
miserable old age, so that he knows nothing after having known. And you see the
earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) on it, it is stirred (to life),
it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).
[Tafseer] If they really
have doubts in their minds about the life after death, they have only to turn
their attention, either to their own nature, or to the nature around. How
wonderful is their own physical growth, from lifeless matter, to seed,
fertilized ovum, fetus, child, youth, age, and death! How can they doubt that
the Author of all these wonderful stages in their life here can also give
them another kind of life after the end of this life? Or, if they look at
external nature, they see the earth dead and barren, and Allah's fertilizing
showers bring it to life, growth, and beauty in various forms. The Creator of
this great pageant of Beauty can surely create yet another and a newer world.
The stages of a man's physical growth from nothing till he completes the cycle
of this life are described in words whose accuracy, beauty, and
comprehensiveness can only be fully understood by biologists. Parallel to the
physical growth, may be understood man's inner growth, also by stages and by
Allah's creative artistry. That is, a male or a female child, a fair or an
ugly child, a good or a rebellious child, etc., involving countless mysteries of
genetics and heredity. In that passage the mystery of our life was used to
illustrate Allah's abundant mercies and favors to us. Here it is used to
illustrate Allah's power in giving us a future Life of even greater
promise. A beautiful nature passage so pregnant in meaning that the earnest
student wonders what magic and truth have been conveyed in so few
words.
Hazrat Abdullah bin Masud (May Allah be pleased
with him) reported: Messenger of Allah 
[SAWW](PBUH), the truthful and the receiver of the truth informed us, saying,
"The creation of you (humans) is gathered in the form of semen in the womb of
your mother for forty days, then it becomes a clinging thing in similar
(period), then it becomes a lump of flesh like that, then Allah sends an angel
who breathes the life into it; and (the angel) is commanded to record four
things about it: Its provision, its term of life (in this world), its conduct;
and whether it will be happy or miserable. By the One besides Whom there is no
true god! Verily, one of you would perform the actions of the dwellers of Jannah
until there is only one cubit between him and it (Jannah), when what is
foreordained would come to pass and he would perform the actions of the inmates
of Hell until he enter it. And one of you would perform the actions of the
inmates of Hell, until there is only one cubit between him and Hell. Then he
would perform the acts of the dwellers of Jannah until he would enter it.''
[Muslim Book 33, Chapter 01,
Hadith #
6930].
Lesson : as
mentioned above in Surah Al-Hajj Ayat 05."We have created you
(i.e. Adam PBUH) from dust" "This Hadith deals with the problem of fate in which Faith is essential.
What it means is that Almighty Allah already knows about every person, whether
he will be pious or impious, whether he will go to Jannah or Hell. He has
already recorded all this. But it does not mean that man is absolutely helpless
and is deprived of will and power, as is believed by some deviant sects who have
gone astray. Fate is in fact a manifestation of the Knowledge of Allah and it
has nothing to do with the will and intention of a person. Allah has not created
man as a helpless creature, but has endowed him with the
freedom of will and action, because in the absence of these two qualities, there
would be no justification for his trial. He could only be put to test if he was
granted not only the ability to choose between good and evil but also the
freedom to act. For this purpose, Almighty Allah, has clearly indicated to man
both the paths and granted him freedom to choose whichever he likes. He has also
told him the ultimate end of each. The Noble Qur'an says:
"Verily, We showed him the way,
whether he be grateful or ungrateful". {76}Surah Al-Insan [Man]: Ayat 3)
"Then whosoever wills, let him
believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve". {18} Surah Al-Kahf [The Cave]
: Ayat 29).
But by
mentioning this Hadith in the chapter relating to the fear of Allah, Imam
An-Nawawi has warned that we should be fearful of Allah, pray for His Help, and
an auspicious end of our life. He has advised us to adopt whatever means are
available to us. In other words, we should make Faith and piety a way of life
because one can find the means and resources according to one's capacity. Since
nobody knows the result of his endeavors, one should leave it to Allah and rest
assured that He Who has created him with a purpose will also create the ways and
means to attain it. He who adopts piety, the ways to piety will open for him;
and he who adopts evil, the ways to evil will open for him.
A Muslim
should never go towards evil at any stage of his life, lest his life comes to an
end suddenly and he is deprived of the reward of all the good deeds he has done
during his life and consequently he is consigned to Hell rather than Jannah. May
Allah save us from a bad end and such actions which lead one to
Hell.
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