Transliteration:( Wa maa kaanal laahu liyudilla qawman ba'da iz hadaahum hatta yubaiyina lahum maa yattaqoon; innal laaha bikulli shai'in 'Aleem )
324. By this is meant punish them by including them amongst those who are gone astray. From this we learn that for those who had departed before the coming of the Holy Prophet the belief in the unity ofÂ
Allah Almighty was sufficient, eg the parents of the Holy Prophet |
325. From this we learn that the demented and minor children are not bound by religous laws. An adult too is not bound by these laws to whom the message of Islam is not conveyed. Normal people who deeds besides polytheism will not be called misguided, commmit any wrong nor should they be held responsible these wicked deeds (Roohul Bayaan). Anything which not made unlawful by Religion is lawful, and its doers will not be punished for these actions. (Khazainul Irfaan.)
326. for its revelation: When Muslims were prohibited from praying for the forgiveness of the polytheists they became alarmed that their previous prayers prior to this prohibition may become a source of punishment for them. To their fears this verse was revealed.
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115. And Allah will never lead a people astray after He has guided them until He makes clear to them what they should avoid. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of everything. 116. Indeed to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, He gives life and He causes death. And besides Allah you have neither any protector nor any helper.
Allah describes His Honorable Self and just judgment in that He does not lead a people astray but after the Message comes to them, so that the proof is established against them. For instance, Allah said,
(And as for Thamud, We showed and made clear to them the path of truth …) ﴿41:17﴾. Mujahid commented on Allah’s saying;
(And Allah will never lead a people astray after He has guided them) “Allah the Mighty and Sublime is clarifying to the believers about not seeking forgiveness for the idolators in particular, and in general, it is an exhortation to beware of disobeying Him, and encouragement to obey Him. So either do or suffer.” Ibn Jarir commented, “Allah says that He would not direct you to misguidance, so that you invoke Him for forgiveness for your dead idolators, after He gave you guidance and directed you to believe in Him and in His Messenger ! First, He will inform you of what you should avoid, so that you avoid it. Before He informs you that this action is not allowed, you would not have disobeyed Him and fallen into what He prohibited for you ﴿if you indulge in this action﴾. Therefore, in this case, He will not allow you to be misguided. Verily, guidance or misguidance occurs after commands and prohibitions are established. As for those who were neither commanded nor prohibited, they can neither be obedient nor disobedient in doing what they were neither ordered nor prohibited from doing.” Allah said,
(Indeed to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, He gives life and He causes death. And besides Allah you have neither any protector nor any helper.) Ibn Jarir commented, “This is an encouragement from Allah for His believing servants to fight the idolators and chiefs of disbelief. It is also a command for them to trust in Allah’s aid, for He is the Owner of the heavens and earth, and not to fear His enemies. Verily, they have no protector besides Allah, nor a supporter other than Him.”
(9:115) It is not Allah’s way to cause people to stray in error after He has guided them until He has made clear to them what they should guard against.[114] Surely Allah knows everything.
114. “He has made clear to them” beforehand that they should avoid such and such thoughts, deeds, and ways. But if they take no heed, and persist in wrong thinking and wrongdoing, Allah withholds His guidance from them and lets them follow the wrong way they themselves choose to follow.
This is the general formula that helps understand those passages of the Quran in which Allah ascribes to Himself the guidance and the deviation of the people. Allah’s guidance is that He makes plain to them the right way through His Prophets and Books. Then He enables those who have the intention, to follow the right way. On the other hand, He does not force and compel them to follow the right way, if they themselves intend to persist in the wrong ways in spite of the fact that the right way has been made quite clear to them; He rather enables them to follow the way they themselves intend to follow. As regards the context in which this occurs here, it is plain that it is meant to warn those people who have been mentioned in the preceding passage, and to introduce those who are going to be mentioned in the succeeding passage.
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