Transliteration:( Wa maa min daaabbatin fil ardi wa laa taaa'iriny yateeru bijanaahaihi illaaa umamun amsaalukum; maa farratnaa fil Kitaabi min shaiyy' summa ilaa Rabbihim yuhsharoon )
From this we learn that we cannot call the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) being like us, because Allah Almighty has likened the animals to us. Therefore, if we cannot say that the animals are like us, then how does the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) become like us? Says Allah Almighty: "The similitude of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp." (S24
). In the light of this verse, who would say the Light of Allah is like a lamp?
The word Book either signifies the Holy QURAN or the LAWHE MAHFOOZ THE DIVINE TABLET, i.e., We have revealed in the QURAN every type of knowledge. Nothing has been kept back; this is because no one was more beloved to Allah Almighty than the Holy Prophets (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) for whom these could be kept. This proves the Holy Prophet's (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) complete knowledge of the unseen because every type of knowledge is in these Books, and all these Books are within the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). Also, if Allah Almighty did not want to inform anyone of these various forms of knowledge, why in the first has He written them? The object of writing them does not mean Allah Almighty feared that He might forget them. Without a doubt, they have been written with the view of making them known to others.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 38 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 37 which provides the complete commentary from verse 37 through 39.
(6:38) There is no animal that crawls on the earth, no bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book (of decree). Then to their Lord will they all be mustered.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
[302]- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), in which all things are recorded.
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