[42]. Surah Ash-Shura [The Consultation]: Ayat 051

৫১. কোন মানুষের জন্য এমন হওয়ার নয় যে, আল্লাহ তার সাথে কথা বলবেন। কিন্তু ওহীর মাধ্যমে অথবা পর্দার অন্তরাল থেকে অথবা তিনি কোন দূত প্রেরণ করবেন, অতঃপর আল্লাহ যা চান, সে তা তাঁর অনুমতিক্রমে পৌঁছে দেবে।  নিশ্চয় তিনি সর্বোচ্চ প্রজ্ঞাময়।

 

Ayat 51. It is not given to any human being that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by Inspiration, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal what He wills by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High, Most Wise.

Tafseer of Surah Al Shura (Consultation) Ayat 51. It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a

Messenger to reveal, with Allah’s permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most Wise. This leads us on to the higher spiritual meaning of verses 49-50, as leading up to verses 51-53. Man is but a speck in Allah's creation. His growth and family relationships are not by any means comparable to Allah's creative acts, whose various stages are referred to in 2:117, 6:94, and 6:98. That being so in the mysteries of man's daily life, how much more profound is the contrast between man and Allah in the apprehension of the higher spiritual problems concerned with Revelation? How can man be fit to speak to Allah? He is not fit. But there are three ways in which Allah, in His infinite Mercy, communicates with man, as described in verses 51-53. Allah is Most High, Most Wise: man is, in spite of his high destiny, often the lowest of the low (95:5). Yet Allah, out of His infinite Mercy and Grace, has bestowed His Revelation on man. How does it come about? Three ways are mentioned: (1) Wahy, Inspiration: (2) from behind a veil; and (3) by the sending of a Messenger: see the notes following. Wahy, Inspiration, is interpreted to be of two kinds: (1) a suggestion thrown by Allah into the heart or mind of man, by which man understands the substance of the Message, whether it is a command or prohibition, or an explanation of a great truth; and (2) verbal or literal inspiration, by which the actual words of Allah are conveyed in human language. Behind a veil: not of course a material veil, but the mystic veil of Light. (R). Sahih Muslim relates a tradition that the Prophet said: "His veil is Light: were He to withdraw it, then would the august splendors of His countenance surely consume everything that comes within His Sight." Messenger: Rasool the angel Gabriel, through whom the revelations were given to the Prophet. These spiritual visions, conveying the message of Revelation, are the basis of the Qur'an.

Hazrat Abu Musa Al-Ashari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) said, "The similitude of one who remembers his Rubb and one who does not remember Him, is like that of the living and the dead.'' [Muslim Book 04, Chapter 121, Hadith # 1706] 

Lesson: Lack of remembrance of Allah is akin to death. When a person dies, he is unable to do anything. Similarly, a person who does not remember Allah goes so far from Him that he cannot do anything which can benefit him.