Abstract:
The Commentary of Light (Tafsir Nur ) by
Shaykh Muhsin Qara’ati is a written compilation of lectures
over three decades of teaching. This commentary offers
concise lessons from each verse of the Qur’an, featuring
explanatory points and lessons; the explanatory points are
brief itemized notes to help the readers attain a glossary
understanding of the aforementioned verses, while the
lessons delve deeper into the verse to illustrate a more
thorough hermeneutic analysis of the concept. The verses
chosen for this article are from the Chapter al-An’am - its
theme about protesting against polytheism and inviting
people towards monotheism. The following is an exegesis
of verses 162 to 165 of this chapter.
Machine summary:
"2 O d abc ` ]X^T_^I [\ Y KTXW O STUVW O PQR O KMN GI :< ]XoQX^I nOk lk O hiWk eIfg Say, ‘Indeed my prayer and my worship, my life and my death are for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
Sincere believers take their providential path (the road of life and death) and their legislative path (prayer and worship) only for Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Y }€W O TUVW O ~QR O }MN GI ‘Indeed my prayer and my worship, my life and my death are for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
Verse 164: O T•o– `I ’"" ‹ ڈQگ‘ ` O ژŒ ‹ [\ w‰ O ˆ\ …†gk YI ƒ„ k :< Gw"o¨© §¤¥ ¦£x TXg ،¢£¤¥ _ iW \ں I œ Si›k \ڑO ™\ڑIO \—‘ ` Say, ‘Shall I seek a Lord other than Allah, while He is the Lord of all things?’ No soul does evil except against itself, and no bearer shall bear another’s burden; then to your Lord will be your return, whereat He will inform you concerning that about which you used to differ.
Imam ‘Ali said, "What is the sin of the baby in the mother's womb?" Then he recited the following verse: \ڑO ™\ڑIO \—‘ ` Si›k "No bearer shall bear another's burden.
In the presence of Allah, every man is responsible for his own deeds: Si›k \ڑO ™\ڑIO \—‘ ` No soul does evil except against itself, and no bearer shall bear another’s burden."