40<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 1-5<\/p>\n
In the name of All\u00e3h, the Beneficent, the Merciful<\/p>\n
(1)<\/p>\n
. All praise is due to All\u00e3h, the Lord of the<\/p>\n
Worlds<\/p>\n
(2)<\/p>\n
. The Beneficent the Merciful<\/p>\n
(3)<\/p>\n
. The<\/p>\n
Master of the Day of Judgement<\/p>\n
(4)<\/p>\n
. Thee do we<\/p>\n
worship and Thee do we beseech for help<\/p>\n
(5)<\/p>\n
.<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
COMMENTARY<\/p>\n
QUR\u2019\u00c3N:<\/p>\n
In the name of All\u00e3h, the Beneficent, the<\/p>\n
Merciful<\/p>\n
:<\/p>\n
People often take the name of one of their great and<\/p>\n
powerful personalities at the time of doing or beginning a work.<\/p>\n
By this association, it is believed, the work would achieve<\/p>\n
success, greatness and blessings; or that it would be a memorial<\/p>\n
to keep the named one<\/p>\n
‘<\/p>\n
s memory alive for ever. This is also<\/p>\n
observed in naming a child, a project, a house or an association<\/p>\n
\u2014 they give it the name of a deeply loved or highly respected<\/p>\n
person, so that his name would continue in this form; for
\n41<\/p>\n
AL-MIZ\u00c3N<\/p>\n
example, a man names his son after his father, in order to<\/p>\n
perpetuate the father<\/p>\n
‘<\/p>\n
s memory.<\/p>\n
This verse runs on the same line. All\u00e3h began His speech<\/p>\n
with His Own name \u2014 Great is His name \u2014 so that the ideas<\/p>\n
taught in this chapter be stamped by, and associated with it.<\/p>\n
Also, it teaches a lesson to mankind, showing them the perfect<\/p>\n
manner of starting all their talks and actions; it guides them to<\/p>\n
put the stamp of the divine name on all their activities; doing<\/p>\n
every work for the sake of All\u00e3h, associating it with His good<\/p>\n
names and attributes. In this way that action would neither be<\/p>\n
rendered null and void, nor remain incomplete; it has been<\/p>\n
started in the name of All\u00e3h, and negation and annihilation<\/p>\n
cannot reach that sacred name.<\/p>\n
All\u00e3h has declared variously in the Qur\u2019\u00e3n that what is<\/p>\n
not for His Person must perish, is in vain; He will proceed to<\/p>\n
the deeds not done for His sake and shall render them as<\/p>\n
scattered floating dust; He shall forfeit what they have done and<\/p>\n
shall nullify their deeds; and that nothing shall remain except<\/p>\n
His honoured Person.<\/p>\n
Therefore, what is done for the sake of All\u00e3h and<\/p>\n
performed in His name, shall continue and will not perish.<\/p>\n
Everything, every work and every affair shall have its share of<\/p>\n
eternity \u2014 as much as it is related to All\u00e3h. It is this reality that<\/p>\n
has been hinted at in the universally accepted tradition of the<\/p>\n
Prophet: \u201cEvery important affair, not begun with the name of<\/p>\n
All\u00e3h, shall remain incomplete . . .\u201d The word<\/p>\n
al-abtar<\/p>\n
(<\/p>\n
\ufeae\u064e\ufe98\u0652\ufe91\u064e\ufefb\u064e\u0627<\/p>\n
= translated here as \u201cincomplete”) means a thing whose end is<\/p>\n
cut off, an animal whose tail is severed.<\/p>\n
The preposition \u201c<\/p>\n
b i<\/p>\n
\u201d (<\/p>\n
\u0640 \ufe91<\/p>\n
=<\/p>\n
in, with), in the phrase \u201cIn<\/p>\n
the name of All\u00e3h”, is related to an implied verb, \u201cI begin”.<\/p>\n
This verse, at this particular place, begins the speech which is a<\/p>\n
single action; this singleness comes from the singleness of its<\/p>\n
meaning; that is, the meaning intended to be conveyed, the aim<\/p>\n
and purpose of the speech.<\/p>\n
All\u00e3h has mentioned the purpose for which His speech \u2014
\n42<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 1-5<\/p>\n
the whole Qur\u2019\u00e3n \u2014 has been revealed: . . . indeed, there has<\/p>\n
come to you a light and a clear Book from All\u00e3h; with it All\u00e3h<\/p>\n
guides him who follows His pleasure into the ways of safety . .<\/p>\n
. (5:15\u201416). There are other verses which show that the aim<\/p>\n
with which the Book \u2014 the speech of All\u00e3h \u2014 has been sent<\/p>\n
down is the guidance of the people.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the full import of the sentence would be as<\/p>\n
follows: The guidance, total guidance is begun with the name<\/p>\n
of All\u00e3h, the Beneficent, the Merciful; He is All\u00e3h, Whom the<\/p>\n
servants return to; He is Beneficent, Who has opened the way<\/p>\n
of His All-encompassing mercy for believers and disbelievers<\/p>\n
alike, the mercy which provides them with all that is necessary<\/p>\n
and good for their existence and life; He is Merciful, Who has<\/p>\n
reserved His special mercy for the believers, the mercy which<\/p>\n
ensures their happiness in the life hereafter and their nearness<\/p>\n
to their Lord. All\u00e3h has said: . . .<\/p>\n
and My mercy encompasses<\/p>\n
all things<\/p>\n
;<\/p>\n
so I will ordain it<\/p>\n
(specially)<\/p>\n
for those who guard<\/p>\n
(against evil)<\/p>\n
and pay zak\u00e3t, and those who believe in our<\/p>\n
signs<\/p>\n
(7:156). This explanation has been written, putting this<\/p>\n
verse in the framework of the whole Qur\u2019\u00e3n, of which it is the<\/p>\n
first sentence.<\/p>\n
Again, All\u00e3h has repeatedly mentioned \u201cchapter\u201d in His<\/p>\n
speech. For example:<\/p>\n
Say<\/p>\n
:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen bring a chapter like<\/p>\n
this…<\/p>\n
\u201d<\/p>\n
(10:38);<\/p>\n
Say<\/p>\n
:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen bring ten chapters like it, forged<\/p>\n
. . .<\/p>\n
\u201d<\/p>\n
(11:13);<\/p>\n
And whenever a chapter is revealed . . .<\/p>\n
(9:86);<\/p>\n
(This is)<\/p>\n
a chapter which We have revealed . . .<\/p>\n
(24:1)<\/p>\n
.<\/p>\n
It<\/p>\n
shows that All\u00e3h Himself has divided His speech in various<\/p>\n
parts, each part being called a chapter. It naturally means that<\/p>\n
every chapter is a single unit in structure and in fullness of<\/p>\n
meaning; and that that unity is not found between various<\/p>\n
verses of a chapter or between one chapter and the other. It<\/p>\n
necessarily follows that the theme of every chapter is different<\/p>\n
from the other; every chapter is revealed with a certain aim in<\/p>\n
view, and when that aim is achieved the chapter comes to its<\/p>\n
end.
\n43<\/p>\n
AL-MIZ\u00c3N<\/p>\n
Therefore, the verse, \u201cIn the name of All\u00e3h, the<\/p>\n
Beneficent, the Merciful\u201d coming at the beginning of every<\/p>\n
chapter, refers to the particular theme of that chapter.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, this verse, at the beginning of this chapter of<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Opening”, refers also to the theme of this chapter. It<\/p>\n
appears from its semantic flow that its purpose is to praise<\/p>\n
All\u00e3h and to pledge the believer’s servitude (declaring that he<\/p>\n
worships only All\u00e3h and seeks help from Him only) and then to<\/p>\n
pray for divine guidance. This speech has been uttered by<\/p>\n
All\u00e3h, on be-half of His servant, so that the servant may<\/p>\n
learn how, by repeating these words, he may show his<\/p>\n
gratitude to, and servitude before, All\u00e3h.<\/p>\n
This pledging of servitude is the important work which<\/p>\n
the servant of All\u00e3h intends to do; and which he begins in the<\/p>\n
name of All\u00e3h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. In this context,<\/p>\n
this verse would mean: In Thy name, I pledge my servitude<\/p>\n
to Thee.<\/p>\n
In this first verse of this chapter, therefore, the<\/p>\n
preposition, \u201cin”, is related to the implied verb, \u201cI begin”;<\/p>\n
and the aim is to perfect the sincere servitude by addressing<\/p>\n
the pledge to All\u00e3h Himself. Some people have said that the<\/p>\n
implied verb is \u201cI seek help\u201d (by); although this view is not<\/p>\n
objectionable, but \u201cI begin\u201d is more appropriate \u2014 the<\/p>\n
chapter explicitly seeks divine help, \u201cand Thee do we<\/p>\n
beseech for help”; therefore, it is not necessary in the<\/p>\n
beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/p>\n
al-Ism<\/p>\n
\u201d<\/p>\n
\u064f\ufee2\u0652\ufeb3\u0650\ufefb\u064e\u0627<\/p>\n
(<\/p>\n
= name) is the word that points to the<\/p>\n
named thing or person. It is derived from<\/p>\n
as-simah<\/p>\n
(<\/p>\n
\ufe94\u064e\ufee4\ufc62\ufeb4\ufedf\u0627<\/p>\n
= sign, identifying mark) or<\/p>\n
as-sumuww<\/p>\n
(<\/p>\n
\ufeee\u064f\ufee4\ufc61\ufeb4\ufedf\u0627<\/p>\n
\u0651<\/p>\n
= height,<\/p>\n
eminence). In any case, it is the word by which an individual<\/p>\n
thing or person is spoken of or spoken to. Naturally, it is<\/p>\n
other than, and separate from, the named thing.<\/p>\n
The following is a sample of the academic exercises so<\/p>\n
much loved by the ancients:<\/p>\n
There is a name that means \u201cthe person himself seen in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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