[29].Surah Al-Ankabut [The Spider]: Ayat 65-66

৬৫. তারা যখন জলযানে আরোহণ করে তখন একনিষ্ঠভাবে আল্লাহকে ডাকে। অতঃপর তিনি যখন স্থলে এনে তাদেরকে উদ্ধার করেন, তখনই তারা শরীক করতে থাকে।

৬৬. যাতে তারা তাদের প্রতি আমার দান অস্বীকার করে এবং ভোগ-বিলাসে ডুবে থাকে। সত্বরই তারা জানতে পারবে।

Ayat 65. And when they embark on a ship, they invoke Allah, making their Faith pure for Him only, but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their worship to others.

Ayat 66. So that they become ingrate for that which We have given them, and that they take their enjoyment (as a warning and a threat), but they will come to know.

Tafseer of Surah Al-Ankabut (The Spider) Ayat 65. Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on Allah, making their devotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him; but when He has delivered them safely to (dry) land, behold, they give a share (of their worship to others)!- Cf. 7:29 , where I have slightly varied the English phrase according to the context. It was shown in the last verse that the life of this world is fleeting, and that the true life—that which matters—is the Life in the Hereafter. In contrast with this inner reality is now shown the shortsighted folly of man. When he faces the physical dangers of the sea, which are but an incident in the phenomenal world, he actually and sincerely seeks the help of Allah; but when he is safely back on land, he forgets the Realities. Plunges into the pleasures and vanities of fleeting phenomena, and his devotion, which should be given exclusively to Allah, is shared by idols and vanities of his own imagination. 66. Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up to (worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know. Such folly results in the virtual rejection (even though it may not be express) of Allah and His Grace. It plunges man into the pleasures and vanities that merely delude and are bound to pass away. This delusion, however, will come to an end when the true Reality of the Hereafter will shine forth in its entire splendor.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said,  "He who takes an oath and involuntarily says: `By Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza' should at once affirm: `La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah)', and he who says to his companion: `Come let's gamble' should make expiation by giving something in charity.'' [Al-Bukhari Hadith # 4860 and Muslim Hadith # 1647].

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al- Ankabut Ayat 65 “they invoke Allah, making their Faith pure for Him only” and Surah Al-Araaf Ayat 197. "And those whom you call upon besides Him (Allah)" Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza were the idols of the polytheists of Arabia. To take oath or swear by them or by anything else besides Allah is an act of disbelief which takes one out of the fold of religion.