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ka-dhālika yuʾfaku lladhīna kānū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi yajḥadūna
Those who were used to impugning the signs of Allah are thus made to go astray.
— Ali Quli Qarai
40GhāfirغافرVerse 63 of 85
The Forgiver40. Ghāfirغافر
al-Ghāfir
The Forgiver
MeccanVerse 63 of 85
Surah al-Ghafir - Verse 62 - 63
62. That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things: there is no god but Allah. How then are you turning away [from the Path of Truth]?
63. Thus were turned away those who used to deny the Ayat (Verses, Signs) of Allah.
God Almighty Who is the Lord of mankind and the Creator of all beings is worthy of praise. One who does not set his hope in the Origin of existence will deviate from the True Path. The blessed Verse 62 opens with the Unity of Divine Lordship and closes with the Unity of Creatorship and Lordship, saying:
Abundant Divine Bounties actually indicate His Lordship and expediency of His Acts. Creatorship of all things reveals His Unity of Lordship, since the Creator of all beings is the Possessor and Fosterer of them. We know that Divine Creatorship does not designate that He creates all beings and then leaves them on their own, but all beings of the world of existence enjoy His Emanations at all times and such Creatorship is inseparable from Lordship. It is evident that God Almighty is solely worthy of praise and Divinity.
Thus,
serves as an argument for
and
is the conclusion. Verse 62 closes thus:
The question raised is:
It is noteworthy that tu’fakun is a verb in the passive voice designating that they make you turn away from the Path of Truth, as if idolaters are so weak minded that they lack free choice in their course of action. Verse 63 lays emphasis on the foregoing points, saying:
The verb form yajhadun derives from j-h-d designating denial of something entertained in one’s heart, i.e. believing in something and denying the same or believing in the denial of something but proving the same. Stingy and closefisted people who pretend to be poor are called jahd and ard jahda is applied to a land with less plants.50 Some other lexicographers define jahd and juhud as thought accompanied by knowledge.51 Thus, the semantic range of jahd entails some obduracy and/or enmity against God Almighty.
Such people confront with truths with such attribute and they merely turn away from the Path of Truth, since a truth seeking man who is submitted to Divine Will may solely attain to the Truth which requires purification of the self and fearing God Almighty as a prerequisite for believing in Him, as reflected in the Holy Qur’an52:
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