Islam Guidance

Verse179

(179)مَّا كَانَ اللّهُ لِيَذَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىَ يَمِيزَ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَمَا

كَانَ اللّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ وَلَكِنَّ اللّهَ يَجْتَبِي مِن رُّسُلِهِ مَن يَشَاء فَآمِنُواْ بِاللّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ

وَإِن تُؤْ مِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ فَلَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

179. " Allah is not One to leave the believers in the state wherein you are, until He sorts out the vicious from the good. And Allah is not going to acquaint you with the unseen, but Allah chooses anyone He pleases from His Messengers (to acquaint with unseen). Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe and act piously, then you will have a great reward."
Commentary:
This is the last verse stated about the event of 'Uh¤ud in this Sura. The verse clearly announces that the world is a large laboratory. It is not such that everybody who claims faith be left free to live in the society ordinarily.

No, people are examined, and failures and victories are the means of recognition of their inwards. For instance, the very failure in the Battle of 'Uhud was a means for that the hypocrites to be recognized. Allah (s.w.t.) does not acquaint people with 'the knowledge of hidden things', because if right and wrong be recognized with that knowledge, the flame of hope will be quenched, the social connections will be broken, and the life will be encountered with confusion. It is better that we do not know the supernatural secrets in order that the life continues ordnarily, and the recognition of right and wrong be performed through gradual examinations.
Explanations:
1. Allah (s.w.t.) leaves the disbelievers alone to themselves in order " That they increase in sin ", but He does not leave the believers alone, as it says:
" Allah is not One to leave the believers in the state wherein you are; ..."
2. The separation of pure from impure is one of the ways of treatment of Allah.
"... until He sorts out the vicious from the good. ..."
3. Life should continue in its ordinary form. Knowing the secrets of people through 'the knowledge of hidden things' ordinarily disturbs the common life.
"... And Allah is not going to acquaint you with the unseen,..."
4. Life should continue in its normal way, yet Allah endows 'the knowledge of hidden things' to some particular ones.
"... but Allah chooses anyone He pleases from His Messengers (to acquaint with unseen). ..."
5. Allah gives the knowledge of unseen to those who have the rank of messengership from Him.
6. The ranks of all prophets are not equal to each other.
"... Allah chooses anyone He pleases from His Messengers. ..."
7. The knowledge of hidden things belongs to Allah alone, yet some of the choosen Messengers of Allah enjoy of a part of it (not the whole of it) only to know it.
"... Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe and act piously, then you will have a great reward."

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