Islam Guidance

verse109

Section 15
Covetousness of this worldly life
Jesus only an apostle of Allah - The disciples of Jesus demanding Jesus to get food for them descended from heaven - Their coveting of this worldly provision.

(109)يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ ما ذا أُجِبْتُمْ قالُوا لا عِلْمَ لَنا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ

109. " (Remember) the Day Allah will gather the messengers, and say: ' What response were you given ?' They will say : We have no knowledge, verily You are the All-Knowing of the Unseen'."

Commentary :
This verse, in fact, is a complement for the previous verses. At the end of those verses, where the words were about bearing witness upon right or wrong, the Qur'an enjoins people to piety and being afraid of offending the command of Allah. In this verse, it warns people of the Day Allah gathers the prophets and asks them about their messengership and responsibility, and tells them what the people responded when they invited those people to the Truth. The verse says :
"(Remember) the Day Allah will gather the messengers, and say: ' What response were you given ? ' ..."
The messengers will negate of having any knowledge from their own selves, and they will depend the whole facts to the knowledge of Allah (s.w.t.) Who knows all the Unseen and the concealed affairs of the world of existence.
Here is the rest of the verse :
"... They will say : ' We have no knowledge, verily You are the All-Knowing of the Unseen'."
Thus, the verse, addressing the concerning people, implies that they are confronted with such a Lord Who is All-Knowing and Who is the Judge of such a court. Therefore, they must be careful of right and justice in their bearing witnesses, too.
In the concluding phrase of the verse, the Qur'an remarks that the real knowledge belongs to Allah, and whatever knowledge is found in any person bas been obtained from Him. It is simlar to the fact that only He knows the Unseen, and He gives a part of its knowledge to whomever He desires.
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