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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Ghafir — Ayah 15

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40:15

رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ يُلۡقِي ٱلرُّوحَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوۡمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ ١٥

Exalted in Rank,¹ Lord of the Throne:² He causes the spirit to descend on whomsoever of His servants He pleases³ so as to warn them of the Day of Encounter;⁴

Footnotes

[1] Qira’at: Shuʻba read it as: “We have adorned the lower heaven by adorning the planets . . .”All except for Shuʻba, Hafs and Hamza read it as: “We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of planets . . .”
[2] Qira’at: All except for Hafs, Hamza, Al-Kesa’i and Khalaf read it as: “They cannot hear the Higher . . .”
[3] Qira’at: Hamza, Al-Kesa’i and Khalaf read it as: “Rather, I gravely noted as they ridicule .”
[4] Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Al-Kesa’i, Abu Jaʻfar and Yaʻqub read it as: “Can it be that when we have died and become dust andbones we will really be resurrected?” Ibn ʻAmer read it as: “When we have died and become dust and bones, can it be that we will really be resurrected?”
[5] That is, He is exalted far above all the creations of the world. Anything that exists in the universe, whether an angel or a prophet or a saint, or borne other creation, may be very exalted and superior to other creations, but it cannot be imagined to have a station anywhere near the highest rank and position of Allah, not to speak of its being an associate in His attributes and powers and authority.
[6] That is, He is King and Ruler of the whole universe, and Master of the Throne of the Kingdom of the universe. (For explanation, see(Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 54 and E.N. 41) thereof;(Surah Younus, Ayat 3); (Surah Ar-Raad, Ayat 2);(Surah TaHa, Ayat 5) and the E.Ns thereof).
[7] “The inspiration” implies Revelation and Prophethood. (For explanation, see (Surah An-Nahl, Ayat 2); (Surah Bani- Israil, Ayat 85) and the E.Ns thereof). And the words: “He places the inspiration of His command upon whom He wills of His slaves” mean this: Nobody has a monopoly over the bounties of Allah. Just as no one has a right to object as to why was so and so given beauty, and so and so was given extraordinary powers of memory or intelligence, so also no one has the right to abject as to why so and so only was chosen to be a prophet and why a person of some one’s own choice was not made a prophet.
[8] “The Day of Meeting”: The Day when all mankind, jinn and satans will be gathered together before their Lord simultaneously and the witnesses of their acts and deeds also will be present to bear the witness.

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