Meticulously Accurate
Qur’aanic Verse 28:71:
Transliteration:
71. Qul araaytum in jaAAala Allahu AAalaykumu allayla sarmadan ila yawmi alqiyamati man ilahun ghayru Allahi ya/teekum bidiya-in afala tasmaAAoona
Translation:
71. Say, “Do you realize: had Allah made the night continue over you without any light till the Day of Resurrection, which god other than Allah could bring you light? Will you not then listen11?”
Study Note:
11.
Listening and seeing are the two predominant modes of acquiring
knowledge and wisdom. In this Verse Allah Ta’ala simulates a situation
of perpetual darkness. There would be no possibility of using the
faculty of seeing in that situation. HE therefore appropriately urges
man to use the other faculty of listening to acquire the wisdom of
believing in Him. And in the next Verse, wherein the exactly opposite
situation of perpetual light is simulated, man is urged to use the
faculty of seeing. That is because, even though both the faculties would
be available for use in that situation, seeing is by far the better
faculty. Visuals are therefore preferred to just lecturing in
classrooms. Students of the Qur’aan would do well to ponder how
meticulously accurate is the use of words therein. Here is yet another
sign of the Qur’aan being divine.
