Quran Chapter
6 – 6b (Pt-7, Stg-2) (L-774) - درس قرآن
Creation of other generations
Surah
‘Al-‘An-‘aam (Cattle)
– Chapter – 6)
‘A-‘uu-zu
Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ تَجْرِىمِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ 6
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6b. And made the rivers flow beneath them; then We
destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation.
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6b. Wa ja-‘alNal-‘anhaara tajrii
min tahti-him fa-‘ahlak-Naahum- bi-zunuubihim
wa ‘an-sha’-Naa mim-ba’-dihim qarnan ‘aakhariin.
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Commentary
Qarn – (a
period of nearly 100 to 120 years, a century, an age or hour etc.), its plural
is qaruun. In this lesson and the lesson before this, it aims the
people, who were living before this period, so it has been translated as
‘generation’.
It was
advised in the previous lesson: You should think on the condition of those
generations, which were living before you, who acquired good influence during
their own times. They possessed everything like power, property and wealth etc.
whereas you do not have the power and vigor as much as We bestowed on them.
Their income was in abundance. It used to rain timely, plentifully and
constantly. Resultantly, the gardens and husbandries were green.
It has
been described in this verse that the rivers used to flow beneath the
trees on the earth near their palaces. The grain and the fruit used to grow
abundantly. The entire useful things were their obedient. In the presence of so
much great blessings, goods and property, they were required to remain every
time engaged in thankfulness of the real Benefactor
i.e. Allah Almighty, and be saved from His disobedience. They were
also required to follow His Messengers (peace be upon Them) and dwell like the
pious people.
They
began to fulfill their bestial desires being proud of their power, property and
wealth. They cast the command of Allah Almighty behind, did not
regard the admonition and preaching of His Beloved Messengers (peace be
upon Them) and were entangled in the wicked and evil deeds. At last, it was the
result that Allah Almighty destroyed them due to
punishment of their evil deeds and even that He deleted their names from the
world. Then He created other generations at their places, which began to dwell
there.
If we
can get any gain from the history and circumstances of the ancient
people/generations, that is, we should do good works by following their good
works, and whatsoever they committed wrong and suffered punishments as
retaliation of their wicked deeds, keeping it in view, we should escape from
such bad acts.
Nowadays,
the people, who are influenced by outward show, say: The accidents in the life
of the world are not unusual. What is their relation with the bad acts of the
human being? But it has been mentioned clearly, over and over in the Holy Qur’aan and
the Sayings (‘Ahaadith) of the Messenger
of Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him)
that calamities and disasters come in the world due to wicked acts and sins of
the humankind, and the doom will be due to them after death.
We should act upon the commands
of Holy Qur’aan and the Sayings of the Messenger (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), and be saved from the sins and evil
deeds.
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