Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 52:35–39
Mount Sinai (Al-Tur)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(35) Were they created out of nothing, or are they their own creators? (36) Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They have no faith. (37) Do they own the treasures of your Lord, or have they been given charge of them? (38) Have they a ladder up to heaven by means of which they can overhear? Then let their listeners bring a clear proof. (39) Does God have daughters while you have sons?
Commentary
(a) The realities declared on behalf of God, are all perfectly rational and reasonable. If a man pays attention to them, he can easily understand them. So why do people reject them? The reason for this is people’s disbelief in the Hereafter. People do not earnestly and actively believe that they will have to face any reckoning in the Hereafter. So, they are not serious about these matters and as such they are unable to understand them. If a man has a firm belief in the reward for good deeds, he will immediately understand matters which he hitherto found extremely difficult to appreciate.