OCCASION OF THE REVELATION (VERSE NO. 38 - 40)

A polytheist owed something to a Muslim and evaded paying him back. The Muslim said that he would get it back....if not here....in the hereafter.

      The polytheist swore by Allah, that God would never raise anyone after his death, and there is not Hereafter at All; and hence the verse:ِ

      ``They swore by Allah the most earnest of their oath that Allah will not raise up he who dies.''

      The strongest oath of the pagan Arabs was by Allah, whom they believed as the Supreme Being, and their weaker oaths were by HOBAL or other important idols they worshipped.

      The Arabs knew no reason why should Allah raise them after death; as they knew no reason for their creation in this world too. Here in this case the answer of Qurän is that:ِ ``Allah will also convince the unbelievers that they were liars and beliers.'' The Resurrection Day is a day in which the secrets are revealed. Of course the life after death has many other aims and objects, from among which we may mention; Man's evolution and development. The execution of JUSTICE. And giving true aim and object to our present life. So also the continuance of God's Mercy and Grace can be another reason for our life after death.

ESSENCE AND EXISTENCE (VERSE NO. 40)

      By ESSENCE here in the following passage I understand; that which is the answer to the question:ِ ``What is it?'' In other word Essence is that in being which underlies all the outward manifestations, and is permanent and unchangeable.

      Here in this verse we read:ِ

      ``Our word to something we intend it to be, is that we say to, ``IT be, and, ``IT will be!

      Here I understand that the Essence of all things exist in the knowledge of God, the only Supreme Being whose Essence and Existence are one, and indivisible. In other word; the Essence of anything that comes to existence or being, already exists in the knowledge of God. For short nothing comes out of nothing. And also we should not forget here that God's knowledge, Essence, and existence, are all one and the same thing.

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