O Mankind! Remember Allaah’s Favor Upon You
A Tafseer of Surah Al-Fātir verse 3
QUR'AN
7/22/20241 min read
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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ
O Mankind! Remember Allāh’s favours upon you. Is there any creator other than Allāh who provides for you from the heavens and the earth? Lā ilāha illā Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turning away (from Him)?
Al-Fātir : 3
From Allāh's سبحانه و تعالى favors on mankind is His constant reminder of His signs that are visible and can be felt by His creations without any form of difficulty so they can be reminded of His greatness and sole right to be worshipped.
Below, Imam as-Sa'di explains the connection between recognizing Allāh's blessings and worshipping him alone.
"Here Allāh سبحانه و تعالى instructs people to remember the blessings that He has bestowed upon them. This includes acknowledging them in the heart, praising Him verbally and taking physical action to comply with His commands. Remembering His blessings prompts one to give thanks to Him. Then He draws their attention to the basic foundation of the blessings, which is creation and provision, as He says: Is there any creator other than Allāh who provides for you from the heaven and the earth?
Because it is well known that no one can create and grant provision except Allāh, this offers evidence for His divinity and that He alone is to be worshipped. Hence Allāh says: There is no god worthy of worship except Him; then how could you have gone so far astray? that is, how can you be diverted from worship of the Creator and Provider, and instead worship those who are created and provided for?"
May Allāh aid us in recognizing His favors and thanking Him for them by directing our worship to Him only.