Eternal Words 7- Sura Al-'A'raf Verse10
Verse10
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(10) وَ لَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلْنا لَكُمْ فِيها مَعايِشَ قَلِيلاً ما تَشْكُرُونَ
10. " And certainly We have given you power in the earth, and We have made the means of livelihood for you in it, (but) little it is that you give thanks."
Commentary :
In the life of this world, everything is under the authority of man. The verse says :
" And certainly We have given you power in the earth, ..."
The creation of the earth and its conditions, from the point of rotation, heat, light, absorbing and warding off waters, receiving offals, and yielding plants, vegetables, fruits etc. all are in a state that man can take the earth as his own residence.
However, the laws of nature are in a form that man can control them and take them under his authority. If Allah had not tamed it, man, by himself, would not have had ability to bring it under subjugation and to enjoy of it.
"... and We have made the means of livelihood for you in it, ..."
Thus, these bounties should be utilized alongside the path of gratitude of man, not as a means of his negligence and gratifying his desires and his unlawful passions. The Qur'an has frequently referred to the ingratefulness, negligence and faithlessness of the majority of people. The verse says :
"... (but) little it is that you give thanks."
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