Surah Ash-Shu'ara • Ayah 111
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The Demand of the People of Nuh and His ResponseThey said: "We do not believe in you, and we will not follow you and become equal to the meanest of the people, who follow you and believe in you, and they are the lowest among us."قَالُواْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الاٌّرْذَلُونَ - قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ (They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the inferior follow you" He said: "And what knowledge have I of what they used to do") meaning, `what does it have to do with me if they follow me No matter what they used to do before, I do not have to check on them and examine their background; all I have to do is accept it if they believe in me; whatever is in their hearts is for Allah to know.'إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ - وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (Their account is only with my Lord, if you could (but) know. And I am not going to drive away the believers.) It seems that they asked him to drive these people away, then they would follow him, but he refused to do that, and said:وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ (And I am not going to drive away the believers. I am only a plain warner.) meaning, `I have been sent as a warner, and whoever obeys me and follows me and believes in me, then he belongs to me and I to him, whether he is noble or common, upper-class or lower-class.'
ہدایت طبقاتی عصبیت سے پاک ہے ٭٭قوم نوح نے اللہ کے رسول کو جواب دیا کہ چند سفلے اور چھوٹے لوگوں نے تیری بات مانی ہے۔ ہم سے یہ نہیں ہوسکتا کہ ان رذیلوں کا ساتھ دیں اور تیری مان لیں۔ اس کے جواب میں اللہ کے رسول نے جواب دیا ”یہ میرا فرض نہیں کہ کوئی حق قبول کرنے کو آئے تو میں اس سے اس کی قوم اور پیشہ دریافت کرتا پھروں۔ اندرونی حالات پر اطلاع رکھنا، حساب لینا اللہ کا کام ہے۔ افسوس تمہیں اتنی سمجھ بھی نہیں۔ تمہاری اس چاہت کو پورا کرنا میرے اختیار سے باہر ہے کہ میں ان مسکینوں سے اپنی محفل خالی کرالوں۔ میں تو اللہ کی طرف سے ایک آگاہ کر دینے والا ہوں۔ جو بھی مانے وہ میرا اور جو نہ مانے وہ خود ذمہ دار۔ شریف ہو یا رذیل ہو امیر ہو یا غریب ہو جو میری مانے میرا ہے اور میں اس کا ہوں۔“صفحہ نمبر6242
آیت 111 قَالُوْٓا اَنُؤْمِنُ لَکَ وَاتَّبَعَکَ الْاَرْذَلُوْنَ ”حضرت نوح علیہ السلام کی قوم کے سردار اور اشراف آپ علیہ السلام کی دعوت حق کے جواب میں کہتے تھے کہ ہم آپ کو کیسے مان لیں جبکہ آپ کی پیروی اختیار کرنے والے تو ہمارے کمیّ کمین ہیں ‘ ہمارے معاشرے کے پسماندہ طبقات کے لوگ ہیں جنہیں حقیر اور رذیل سمجھا جاتا ہے !
Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or statusقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do not know about what they do. (26:111-112)It is related in this verse that the disbelievers rejected the invitation of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) to accept the faith on the plea that his followers were worthless poor people. So, how could they, the elite and noble, mix up with them? On this Nuh (علیہ السلام) replied that he did not know about their acts, thereby hinting that their understanding of nobility on the basis of family background, wealth, or status was wrong, and that the nobility or meanness and honour or disgrace is dependent on one's deeds and morals. Hence, it was their ignorance to put the label of sordidness on his followers, because they did not know about their deeds and disposition. Unless one knows fully well about the morals and deeds of others, it is not right to pass any judgment about them. (Qurtubi).
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