Theme
Oneness of Allah and not associating with Him in belief or actions
Start and end of surah
The surah begins by denying the claims of the idol-worshippers who make equals with Allah.
The surah ends by guiding the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to deny this strange group. This further affirms the Oneness of Allah that He is worthy of worship alone without any partners.
Topics in the surah
The surah addresses three groups of people:
- The atheists and those who deny the existence of Allah.
- The idol worshippers
- Those who believe in Allah but do not follow their belief with the behaviour and actions.
All of this is to confirm that tawheed includes both belief and action.
Lessons from the surah
- The one who fulfills complete, pure tawheed to Allah (making Him One in every matter), Allah will give him security in this life and in the next. (Verse 82)
- Abundance of anything can never be a proof that it is the truth. (Verse 116)
- If Allah gives a slave from what he loves of the duniya, despite his sins, then this is “istidraaj” (a person is being lowered in ranks).
Source: أول مرة أتدبر القرآن