Surah An-Nur • Ayah 43
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The Power of Allah to create the Clouds and that which comes from ThemAllah tells us that He drives the clouds from the beginning, when they are formed and are still weak. This is the "Gentle driving."ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ(then joins them together,) means, He brings them together after they have been scattered.ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً(then makes them into a heap of layers,) means, He piles them up on top of one another.فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ(and you see the Wadq) meaning the rain,يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلاَلِهِ(come forth from between them;) means, from the gaps between them. This is how it was understood by Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak. `Ubayd bin `Umayr Al-Laythi said: "Allah sends the scatterer wind, which stirs up that which is on the surface of the earth. Then he sends the generator wind, which forms the clouds. Then He sends the joiner wind which brings them together. Then He sends the fertilizer wind which fertilizes or `seeds' the clouds." This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir.وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ(and He sends down from Min the sky, from Min mountains in it of Min ice,) Some of the grammarians said that the first Min describes the place from which it is coming, the second specifies from which part of the sky it comes, and the third means some kind of mountains. This is based on the view of those scholars of Tafsir who say that,مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ(from Min mountains in it of Min ice) means that there are mountains of hail in the sky from which Allah sends down ice. As for those who say that "mountains" here is used as a metaphor for clouds, they think that the second Min is also used to describe the place from which the ice is coming, and is thus interchangeable with the first. And Allah knows best.فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ(and strikes therewith whom He wills, and averts it from whom He wills.) It may be that the phraseفَيُصِيبُ بِهِ(and strikes therewith) means, with what He sends down from the sky of different kinds of rain and hail. So then the phraseفَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ(and strikes therewith whom He wills) means, by His mercy towards them, andوَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ(and averts it from whom He wills. ) means, He withholds rain from them. Or it may be thatفَيُصِيبُ بِهِ(and strikes therewith) means, with hail, as a punishment towards whomever He wills, striking their fruits and destroying their crops and trees. And He averts it from whomever He wills as a mercy towards them.يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالاٌّبْصَـرِ(The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight.) the brightness of its lightning almost takes away their sight if the eyes follow it and try to look at it.يُقَلِّبُ اللَّهُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ(Allah causes the night and the day to succeed each other.) He is controlling them, so that He takes something from the length of one and adds it to the other, which is short, until they become equal, then He does the opposite so that the one which was short becomes long and vice versa. Allah is the One Who is controlling that by His command, power, might and knowledge.إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لاوْلِى الاٌّبْصَـرِ(Truly, in this is indeed a lesson for those who have insight.) means, this is an indication of His greatness, may He be exalted. This is like the Ayah:إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَاخْتِلَـفِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لاّيَـتٍ لاٌّوْلِى الاٌّلْبَـبِ (Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding.) 3:190 and thereafter.
بادل مرحلہ وار ٭٭پتلے دھوئیں جیسے بادل اول اول تو قدرت الٰہی سے اٹھتے ہیں پھر مل جل کر وہ جسیم ہو جاتے ہیں اور ایک دوسرے کے اوپر جم جاتے ہیں پھر ان میں سے بارش برستی ہے۔ ہوائیں چلتی ہیں، زمین کو قابل بناتی ہیں، پھر ابر کو اٹھاتی ہیں، پھر انہیں ملاتی ہیں، پھر وہ پانی سے بھر جاتے ہیں، پھر برس پڑتے ہیں۔ پھر آسمان سے اولوں کو برسانے کا ذکر ہے اس جملے میں پہلا «مِنِ» ابتداء غایت کا ہے، دوسرا تبعیض کا ہے، تیسرا بیان جنس کا ہے۔ یہ اس تفسیر کی بنا پر ہے کہ آیت کے معنی یہ کئے جائیں کہ اولوں کے پہاڑ آسمان پر ہیں۔ اور جن کے نزدیک یہاں پہاڑ کا لفظ ابر کے لیے بطور کنایہ ہے ان کے نزدیک «مِنِ» ثانیہ بھی ابتداء غایت کے لیے ہے لیکن وہ پہلے کا بدل ہے «وَاللهُ اَعْلَمُ» ۔ اس کے بعد کے جملے کا یہ مطلب ہے کہ بارش اور اولے جہاں اللہ برسانا چاہے، وہاں اس کی رحمت سے برستے ہیں اور جہاں نہ چاہے نہیں برستے۔ یا یہ مطلب ہے کہ اولوں سے جن کی چاہے، کھیتیاں اور باغات خراب کر دیتا ہے اور جن پر مہربانی فرمائے انہیں بچالیتا ہے۔ پھر بجلی کی چمک کی قوت بیان ہو رہی ہے کہ قریب ہے وہ آنکھوں کی روشنی کھودے۔ دن رات کا تصرف بھی اسی کے قبضے میں ہے، جب چاہتا ہے دن کو چھوٹا اور رات کو بڑی کر دیتا ہے اور جب چاہتا ہے رات کو بڑی کر کے دن کو چھوٹا کر دیتا ہے۔ یہ تمام نشانیاں ہیں جو قدرت قادر کو ظاہر کرتی ہیں، اللہ کی عظمت کو آ شکارا کرتی ہیں۔ جیسے فرمان ہے کہ «إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لِآيَاتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ» [3-آل عمران:190] ” آسمان و زمین کی پیدائش، رات دن کے اختلاف میں عقلمندوں کے لیے بہت سی نشانیاں ہیں “۔صفحہ نمبر5957
آیت 43 اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰہَ یُزْجِیْ سَحَابًا ”سمندر کے بخارات سے بادل بنتے ہیں اور ہواؤں کے دوش پر ہزاروں میل کا سفر طے کر کے کہیں کے کہیں پہنچ جاتے ہیں۔ثُمَّ یُؤَلِّفُ بَیْنَہٗ ثُمَّ یَجْعَلُہٗ رُکَامًا ”جن لوگوں کو ہوائی سفر کا تجربہ ہے انہوں نے بادل کے تہ بر تہ ہونے کا منظر اپنی آنکھوں سے دیکھا ہوگا۔ ابر آلود موسم میں بعض اوقات یوں بھی ہوتا ہے کہ بادلوں کی ایک تہ میں سے جہاز اوپر چڑھتا ہے اور اس کے بعد فضا صاف ہوتی ہے۔ پھر اوپر جا کر بادلوں کی ایک اور تہ ہوتی ہے۔ اس طرح متعدد تہیں ہوسکتی ہیں۔وَیُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ فِیْہَا مِنْم بَرَدٍ ”جب زمین پر اولے پوری شدت سے برس رہے ہوں تو یوں معلوم ہوتا ہے جیسے آسمانوں میں اولوں کے پہاڑ ہیں۔فَیُصِیْبُ بِہٖ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَصْرِفُہٗ عَنْ مَّنْ یَّشَآءُ ط ”جب کسی کھیتی کو کسی وجہ سے برباد کرنا مقصود تو اس پر اللہ کی مشیت سے یہ اولے برس پڑتے ہیں اور جس کھیتی کو وہ تباہ کرنا نہیں چاہتا اس کی طرف سے ان کا رخ پھیر دیتا ہے۔ بعض اوقات دیکھنے میں آتا ہے کہ ایک کھیت اولوں سے تباہ ہوگیا ‘ لیکن اس کے ساتھ ہی دوسرا کھیت بالکل سلامت رہا۔
مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَاFrom the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them - 43.Here the word سَمَاء is purported for clouds, and Jibal جِبَالٍ (mountains) for big masses of clouds, while hails are called Barad.
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