A115
Surah: 023 - Ayah: 115
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23:115
The intensity of pre-conceived ideas varies. To avoid one of the most common prejudices, one should contemplate upon this blessed verse: “Deemed you then that We had created you for naught, and that you would not be returned unto Us.” (23:115) In this verse is the wisdom beyond Paradise and Hell. For if the destination of the people of Hell ended in Hell, then their creation would have been meaningless and returning of all to the presence of God would not have been mentioned. From this it is evident that all souls have to return to God, including those souls that undergo the punishment of Hell.
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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
It is crystal clear that Allah raised all His Prophets, peace be upon them, in the world of humanity. There have been altogether one hundred and twenty-four thousand of them. In addition, the chain of Imams, peace be upon them, also continues and there are also numerous hudud-i din (the ranks in the religious hierarchy). Thus, how can such a tremendously powerful system of God's guidance be abortive and useless? No sensible person can contemplate this.
It is mentioned in verse (23:115): “Do you think then We have created you in vain and that you will not return to Us?” This particular noble verse provides an appropriate answer to all those questions that arise concerning the world of humanity.
Indeed, by God’s command, the Imam of every time causes a spiritual resurrection (17:71), due to which all people return to God. It is for this grand purpose that God has appointed the Imam of humankind (2:124) as the true guide, and there is no doubt that he is the Imam of the righteous (25:74) as well.
Praise belongs to Allah, the sustainer of all human beings!
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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
It is said in verse (23:115): “Do you think We created you in vain and that you shall not return to Us?”
The profound wisdom of this verse gives great strength to the subject under discussion. All those different questions that arise about the world of humanity automatically come to an end, because this wisdom-filled question of God [to humankind] is certainly in the paradise of the sacred Sanctuary as it is the ultimate place of returning to God.
In verse (4:6), it is mentioned: “Whose is the kingdom today? Allah’s, the One, the Overwhelming!”
Question: Will all the people be in God’s kingdom, which is
going to be in the hereafter or paradise?
Answer: Definitely all the people will be present there.
Question: Can there be any kind of injustice or a dark shadow
of any kind of trouble in God’s kingdom?
Answer: Not at all.
Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the personal worlds, He is one! He unites all people after the termination of freewill given to them. He is overwhelming, an attribute which is in the form of spiritual resurrection, due to whose blessing the world of humanity eventually becomes annihilated in God.
Q529 Please explain the gist of verse (23:115): “What! Did you then think that We created you in vain and that you will not be returned to Us?”
A529
- Allah did not create people in vain therefore they have to return to Him in every state.
- Return to Allah is both willingly and by force (3:83) and the spiritual resurrection which recurs in every time (17:71) is for the purpose of return.
- During this event of resurrection Allah enfolds the universe and existents in the personal world. At that time nothing except good is left in the blessed hand of the Enfolder and Unfolder (3:26).
This verse has been referred 2 times.