Surah Yasin ayat 22 Tafsir Quran 36:22

﴿وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ﴾
[ يس: 22]

36:22 And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

And why should I not worship Him Who originated me Him Who created me — in other words there is nothing to prevent me from worshipping Him when the necessitating factors for this exist and the same applies to you — and to Whom you shall be returned? after death whereupon He will requite you for your disbelief.

And why should I not regard Allah with extreme devotion, he said, and adore Him with appropriate acts and rites when it is He Who brought me into being and caused me to exist and He is the end and the purpose for which We are destined and to Him shall all of us return

قَالَ يقَوْمِ اتَّبِعُواْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers." ) -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them. اتَّبِعُواْ مَن لاَّ يَسْـَلُكُمْ أَجْراً ( Obey those who ask no wages of you, ) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.' وَمَا لِىَ لاَ أَعْبُدُ الَّذِى فَطَرَنِى ( And why should I not worship Him Who has created me ) means, `and what is there to stop me from sincerely worshipping the One Who has created me, and worshipping Him Alone, with no partner or associate' وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ( and to Whom you shall be returned. ) means, `on the Day of Resurrection, when He will requite you for your deeds: if they are good then you will be rewarded and if they are evil then you will be punished.' أَءَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً ( Shall I take besides Him gods ) This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise. إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـنُ بِضُرٍّ لاَّ تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يُنقِذُونَ ( If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me. ) means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,' فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ ( none can remove it but He ) ( 6:17 ).
`These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.' إِنِّى إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ ( Then verily, I should be in plain error. ) means, `if I were to take them as gods instead of Allah.' إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ ( Verily, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me! ) Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, "He said to his people: إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ( `Verily, I have believed in your Lord ) in Whom you have disbelieved, فَاسْمَعُونِ ( so listen to me! )' means, listen to what I say." Or it may be that he was addressing the Messengers when he said: إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ( Verily, I have believed in your Lord, ) meaning, `Who has sent you,' فَاسْمَعُونِ ( so listen to me! ) meaning, `bear witness to that before Him.' This was narrated by Ibn Jarir, who said, "And others said that this was addressed to the Messengers, and he said to them: `Listen to what I say and bear witness to what I say before my Lord, that I have believed in your Lord and have followed you.' This interpretation is more apparent, and Allah knows best.
Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, `When he said that, they turned on him as one, and killed him at once, and he had no one to protect him from that."' Qatadah said, "They started to stone him while he was saying, `O Allah, guide my people for they do not know, and they kept stoning him until he died a violent death, and he was still praying for them.' May Allah have mercy on him."

(36:22) Why should I not serve the One Who created me and to Whom all of you shall be sent back? *18

And why should I not worship He meaning

*18) This sentence has two parts.
The first part is a masterpiece of reasoning, the second of the wisdom of preaching.
In the first part he says: " To worship the Creator is the demand of both reason and nature; it would be highly unreasonable that one should worship those who have not created him and should deny to be the servant of Him Who has created him. " In the second part he warns his people to the effect: " All of you ultimately have to die and return to that God adoption of Whose service you object to.
Therefore, you should consider for yourselve's as to what goodness you could expect by turning away from Him. "
 

قَالَ يقَوْمِ اتَّبِعُواْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers." ) -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them. اتَّبِعُواْ مَن لاَّ يَسْـَلُكُمْ أَجْراً ( Obey those who ask no wages of you, ) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.' وَمَا لِىَ لاَ أَعْبُدُ الَّذِى فَطَرَنِى ( And why should I not worship Him Who has created me ) means, `and what is there to stop me from sincerely worshipping the One Who has created me, and worshipping Him Alone, with no partner or associate' وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ( and to Whom you shall be returned. ) means, `on the Day of Resurrection, when He will requite you for your deeds: if they are good then you will be rewarded and if they are evil then you will be punished.' أَءَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً ( Shall I take besides Him gods ) This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise. إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـنُ بِضُرٍّ لاَّ تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يُنقِذُونَ ( If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me. ) means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,' فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ ( none can remove it but He ) ( 6:17 ).
`These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.' إِنِّى إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ ( Then verily, I should be in plain error. ) means, `if I were to take them as gods instead of Allah.' إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ ( Verily, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me! ) Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, "He said to his people: إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ( `Verily, I have believed in your Lord ) in Whom you have disbelieved, فَاسْمَعُونِ ( so listen to me! )' means, listen to what I say." Or it may be that he was addressing the Messengers when he said: إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ( Verily, I have believed in your Lord, ) meaning, `Who has sent you,' فَاسْمَعُونِ ( so listen to me! ) meaning, `bear witness to that before Him.' This was narrated by Ibn Jarir, who said, "And others said that this was addressed to the Messengers, and he said to them: `Listen to what I say and bear witness to what I say before my Lord, that I have believed in your Lord and have followed you.' This interpretation is more apparent, and Allah knows best.
Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, `When he said that, they turned on him as one, and killed him at once, and he had no one to protect him from that."' Qatadah said, "They started to stone him while he was saying, `O Allah, guide my people for they do not know, and they kept stoning him until he died a violent death, and he was still praying for them.' May Allah have mercy on him."

And he said to them in reply: ( For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back ) after you die?

"And why should I not worship Him (Allah Alone) Who has created me and to Whom you shall be returned.

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