Surah Al-Isra • Ayah 109

Those Who were given Knowledge before truly admit the Qur'anAllah says to His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ:قُلْ(Say) O Muhammad to these disbelievers concerning what you have brought to them of this Glorious Qur'an:ءَامِنُواْ بِهِ أَوْ لاَ تُؤْمِنُواْ("Believe in it (the Qur'an) or do not believe (in it).) meaning, it is all the same whether you believe in it or not, for it is true in and of itself. It was revealed by Allah, Who mentioned it previously in the Books that He revealed to other Messengers. Hence He says:إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِ(Verily, those who were given knowledge before it,) meaning righteous people among the People of the Book, who adhered to their Books and appreciated them without distorting them.إِذَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ(when it is recited to them,) means, when this Qur'an is recited to them,يَخِرُّونَ لِلاٌّذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا(fall down on their chins (faces) in humble prostration. ) means, to Allah, in gratitude for the blessing He has bestowed on them by considering them fit to live until they met this Messenger to whom this Book was revealed. Hence they say:سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَآ(Glory be to our Lord!), meaning, they extol and glorify their Lord for His perfect power and for not delaying the fulfillment of the promise which He made through His earlier Prophets, that He would send Muhammad ﷺ. Hence they said:سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولاً(Glory be to our Lord! Truly, the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.)وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلاٌّذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ(And they fall down on their chins (faces) weeping) means, in submission to Allah, may He be glorified, and in expression of their belief and faith in His Book and His Messenger .وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا(and it increases their humility.) means, it increases them in faith and submission. As Allah says:وَالَّذِينَ اهْتَدَوْاْ زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَءَاتَـهُمْ تَقُوَاهُمْ(While as for those who accept guidance, He increases their guidance and bestows on them their Taqwa. ) (47:17).وَيَخِرُّونَ(And they fall down) is a description rather than an action (i.e., this is a further description of their humility as referred to in Ayah 107; it does not imply that they prostrate twice).

سماعت قرآن عظیم کے بعد ٭٭فرمان ہے کہ تمہارے ایمان پر صداقت قرآن موقوف نہیں، تم مانو یا نہ مانو، قرآن فی نفسہ کلام اللہ اور بیشک بر حق ہے۔ اس کا ذکر تو ہمیشہ سے قدیم کتابوں میں چلا آرہا ہے۔ جو اہل کتاب صالح اور عامل کتاب اللہ ہیں، جنہوں نے اگلی کتابوں میں کوئی تحریف و تبدیلی نہیں کی، وہ تو اس قرآن کو سنتے ہی بے چین ہو کر شکریہ کا سجدہ کرتے ہیں کہ اللہ تیرا شکر ہے کہ تو نے ہماری موجودگی میں اس رسول کو بھیجا اور اس کلام کو نازل فرمایا۔ اپنے رب کی قدرت کاملہ پر اس کی تعظیم و توقیر کرتے ہیں۔ جانتے تھے کہ اللہ کا وعدہ سچا ہے، غلط نہیں ہوتا۔ آج وہ وعدہ پورا دیکھ کر خوش ہوتے ہیں، اپنے رب کی تسبیح بیان کرتے ہیں اور اس کے وعدے کی سچائی کا اقرار کرتے ہیں۔ خشوع و خضوع، فروتنی اور عاجزی کے ساتھ روتے گڑ گڑاتے اللہ کے سامنے اپنی ٹھوڑیوں کے بل سجدے میں گر پڑتے ہیں۔ ایمان و تصدیق اور کلام الٰہی اور رسول اللہ کی وجہ سے وہ ایمان و اسلام میں، ہدایت و تقویٰ میں، ڈر اور خوف میں اور بڑھ جاتے ہیں۔ یہ عطف صفت کا صفت پر ہے، سجدے کا سجدے پر نہیں۔صفحہ نمبر4830

آیت 109 وَيَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ يَبْكُوْنَ وَيَزِيْدُهُمْ خُشُوْعًااب وہ دو آخری آیات آرہی ہیں جن کے متعلق آغاز میں بتایا گیا تھا کہ وہ معرفت خداوندی اور توحید ربانی کے عظیم خزانے ہیں۔ اس کے بعد سورة الکہف کے آخر میں بھی دو آیات آئیں گی جو ان آیات کی طرح بہت عظیم ہیں۔

About the last sentence: يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا (And they fall down on their faces weeping and it increases them in the humbleness of heart -109), it appears in Tafsir Mazhari that being in tears while reciting the Qur’ an stands as a highly recommended and reward worthy act (mustahabb). Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ narrates that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, 'a person who wept in fear of Allah shall not go to Hell until milk is returned to the udder after having been milked. (It means, as it is not possible to put milk once milked back into the udder, very similarly, it is also not possible that a person who weeps in fear of Allah were to go to Hell). And says another report, 'Allah Ta’ ala has forbidden the fire of Hell on two eyes - the eye that weeps in fear of Allah, and the eye that stays awake at nights guarding the Islamic frontiers. (Baihaqi, and Hakim) And Sayyidna Nadr ibn Sa'd ؓ reports that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, 'a people, among whom there is someone who weeps in fear of Allah, will be delivered from the fire of Hell because of him.' (Ruh al- Ma’ ani from Tirmidhi)The reason for the big trouble Muslims are in today is no other but that there are very few left among them who would weep fearing Allah. After reporting the Ahadith showing the merits of weeping in fear of Allah at this point, the author of Ruh al-Ma’ ani says: وینبغی ان یکون ذٰلَک حال العلماء (And that is the state the ` Ulama' should be in) - because, Ibn Jarir, Ibn al-Mundhir and others have quoted the following saying of ` Abd al-Ala Taimi:'A person who has received the kind of knowledge that does not make him cry [ because of having realized the reality of things ] should be enough to make you understand that he has not been given the knowledge that brings benefits.'