Asalaam
alaikum warahmatulah wabarakatuh
Surah
at-Teen [95] Ayah 4:
لَقَدْخَلَقْنَاالْإِنسَانَفِي أَحْسَنِتَقْوِيمٍ
Laqadkhalaqna al-insanafee ahsanitaqweem
Wehave certainlycreated manin the bestof stature;
la-
a pronoun for emphasis - for sure
qad
- already (Allah had already honored the human when he
was being created in the womb [karamna bani Adam - quote quran])
khalaqNa
- We created (Allah made/designed the
human being)
al Insan
- the human being (insan - nasiya = forgetful [human
being])
fee
- in
ahsan- husn / hasan-na - beauty
baheej
(also in quran for beauty) - delightful, pleasing to the eye. [see
Hajj 22:5 and Qaf 50:7]
ahsan - beautiful on the
outside and inside.
taqweem - qaama (to
stand) - to make something stand up straight/upright.
Qawwama
- used to straighten a spear which has become bent in battle.
taqweem - to get multiple
parts/components and to balance them together so they are straight.
It also means to design
something perfectly in the way you intended to make it.
(i.e.
A car which is made how you wanted it perfectly placed / made /
balanced.)
A
Perfect Balance.
Humans
are the only ones who walk completely upright;
physically, aswell as morally.
A
perfect balance of body and soul.
A fitrah Allah
has placed within us (see tafseer surah Shams), so our
self/nafs desires a balance between worldly sustenance and spiritual
sustenance.
We've been given what no other other
species has been given. Allah refutes those who say humans have
no moral self honour.
Not only did the human forget
Allah, they disgraced themselves due to that. Forgetting Allah brings
about the human's disgrace, and remembering Him brings about honour
and morality.
When people forget Allah/God, they think they
are living a life of intellectualism and freedom. Whereas they have
really become slaves to their desires (which they can't quit due to
addiction). The suicide rate is the highest now than in history.
Strange and demented crimes against children, and others are at a new
level. Corruption and Crime is at a peak around the world. All
because they forgot Allah.
Ayah[95:]5:
ثُمَّرَدَدْنَاهُ
أَسْفَلَسَافِلِينَ
Thummaradadnahu asfalasafileen
Then
We returnhim to the lowestof the
low,
This ayah is the heart
of the Surah.
then
we rejected him and lowered him to the
lowest of the low.
This is negative, so why did He mention
Himself?
Allah tells us that He created the human in the
best fashion, and then - due to the evil of that human's actions - We
(still showing Allah's Majesty) - lowered him to the lowest of the
low.
So it is not a flaw in Allah's creation that this human
slave went to the lowest of the low. Rather, Allah made him low
because of his distancing from Allah.
Allah purposelly
mentioned Himself lowering this human, because if He never - people
might think that Allah's creation was not really in perfect form.
So
Allah purposely says that He himself lowered this forgetful [of
Allah] human (insan).
What does Lowest
of the Low - (Asfala as-Safileen)
Mean?
The context of this Surah is the
Ethical and Moral concept of the Soul:
Radad
= to return / reject / lower. Rejected him and lower him.
Other
words meaning 'to turn' are;
aqlama - change something completely.
Sarafa - to turn something away.
Wal-laa - turn face away
lafat-ta - tilt slightly towards something.
There
are many words in the Arabic language to mean to turn away.
Sowhy is Rad used?
ar-Rad- reject something on the basis
that it is unacceptable.
Allah
created him in the best form, but he did bad things - so Allah
rejected him.
Asfal
as-Safileen - The Lowest of the Low:
asfal
- lowest
a'la
[the antonym] - highest
وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
..and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
[Tawba 9:40]
Sifla- also refers to; dirty / wretched /
bad people (in morals.)
Allah created the human
above everyone else.
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا
And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference. [Israa' 17:70]
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا
It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth...[Baqarah 2:29]
With
all these Favours - what does the Human do?
Everything on
Earth - Allah created for the human. (i.e. The cat, dog, car etc.)
The angels were told to prostrate to the human. Yet the human can go
lower than the other things on Earth - even lower than beasts and
animals - if he forgets Allah, because he has not fulfilled his role
as a noble human in service to Allah, his Master.
We humans
were supposed to worship Allah the Most High, yet those who
worship other than Him lower themselves infront of a tree, or
stone idol, or another human etc. So they are humiliating
themselves by humbling themselves to something lower than
themselves.
They are returned to the lowest of the
low.
Animals will usually only attack other animals when they
are hungry or in danger etc.
However, humans attack others
even when they are full, with the intent of wanting more and more and
more wealth.
So again, the human can be returned to the lowest
of the low.
Animals will not do crimes like
humans do; genocide, mass rape etc.
If the animal is low,
then the human has become the lowest of the low.
وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ
And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.
[A'raf 7:179]
Argument B:
There are 3 types of Yaqeen [Certainty]:
- 'Ilm al yaqeen - certainty based on knowledge. I.e. Seeing smoke signifies a fire (even if we don't see a fire). Or wet grass is most likely due to rain.
- 'Ayn al yaqeen - certainty based on seeing. I.e. Seeing the fire.
- Haq al yaqeen - Certainty. Feelingthe fire and it warms you or burns you = haq al yaqeen.
Allah gives us the two Yaqeen's in this life (ilm [knowledge] and haq [certainty] al yaqeen).
The Qur'an is 'Ilm al Yaqeen [Certain Knowledge]:
This perfect Book which is not similar to any human Book - is an 'ilm al yaqeen [knowledge of certainty].
Describing the Qur'an;وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِThe disbelievers did not want Ilm al yaqeen, they wanted Ayn al yaqeen [Certainty of Vision].
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty. [Surah al Haqqah 69:51]
An animal can be convinced with Ayn al Yaqeen [knowledge of Vision],
but you were created of a higher level - you should be convinced by Ilm al yaqeen [Certainty of Knowledge] because of the high Intellect ('aql) Allah has given you.