Verse 4
The Sincerity • makkah
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17:112; 19:93; 25:3; 37:153.
Commentary:
The Divine attribute الصمد (Independent and Besought of all) was mentioned in the previous verse to establish the claim that Allah is احد (One, Alone, the Unique), and now in the verse under comment the Divine attribute لم یلد و لم یولد (He begets not, nor is He begotten) is mentioned to show that He is الصمد i.e. God is above need, because the presence of need presupposes that He requires the assistance of someone without whom He cannot carry on His work, and who should continue His work, after He is dead, inasmuch as all those beings that succeed, or are succeeded by others, are subject to death, but those things which need no successor and do not die before fulfilling the object of their creation, such as the sun, the moon, the oceans, the mountains, etc., are not subject to death or destruction. Thus Allah Who has succeeded no one and will be succeeded by no one is complete in all His attributes and is Eternal, Everlasting and Absolute.
17:112; 19:93; 25:3; 37:153.
The Divine attribute As-Samad (Independent and Besought of all) was mentioned in the previous verse to establish the claim that Allah is Ahad (One, Alone, Unique) and now in the present verse the Divine attribute 'He begets not, nor is He begotten' is mentioned to show that He is As-Samad (He is above need), because the presence of need in Him presupposes that He requires the assistance of someone without whom He cannot carry on His work, and who should continue His work after He is dead, inasmuch as all those beings that succeed, or are succeeded by, others are subject to death. Allah has succeeded no one and will be succeeded by no one. He is complete in all His attributes and is Eternal, Everlasting and Absolute.