Re: Request for explaination
BismAllah Al Rahman Al Raheem.
I pray for the forgiveness to Allah.
Truly, We did offer the Amanah to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but they declined to bear it and were afraid of it. But man bore it. Verily, he was unjust and ignorant.
To understand Quran one has to understand its style, it is not a book where by one subject would be concluded in one chapter and a new subject will be started. There are thousands of cross references, and an ocean of interpretation. Other than the Ayah-e-Ahkam, that can never change, every thing else can marvelously coexist with its time.
There are only three creations of Allah that are self aware, namely Human, Jin, and Angels. All other living creations are not aware of “ego”, they have not been bestowed upon with intellect.
In these three kind of intellectual life forms only human are different, they carry soul (Amar-e-Rabi) and body, created by dust, clay. The characteristics of clay are well known.
In the first two Raku of Surah-e-Baqra, three groups of human were categorically defined. MutaQeen, And MunaFeQeen, Munafeeqeen were further classified into conscious hypocrites and unconscious hypocrites.
If you are able to understand the true meanings, in the light of cross references, of three words (Amanah, Unjust, and Ignorant), you will Inshallah be able to understand what is being said here.
Hazrat Mosa , Moses (PBUH), was the only prophet who use to speak to Allah (SAW) directly, Allah has spoken to Prophet Mohammad but not on earth, and only during Shabe-e-Miraj. You also know that when Allah reflected Allah’s self onto Koh-e-Toor it annihilated.
Now come back to the first word *Amanah *, it is place holder for the Khilafat , NeYabat, of Allah. Khilafat does not come with the responsibility alone, it comes with authority and written rules. These written rules are divine books, before Quran for specific groups of people and Quaran for the entire Humanity.
Quran is word of Allah, so it is a characteristics of Allah, it is not something external to Allah but not entirely Allah’s self. And Allah’s Amanah is Allah’s “Shariyah” which is Quran. Now when Allah reveals his reflection “characteristics” onto Koh-e-toor it vanished, not withstanding one characteristics of Allah, it is quite understandable that heavens or mountain were not to withstand another characteristics of Allah, The Quran.
In Tafsir Ibn-e-Katir, the word “is” used instead of “was”, when acknowledging human as “unjust” and “ignorant”, that word might have lead to your interpretation of the existence of another human universe before us.
Now let’s go back to first two Raku’s of Surah Al-Baqrah, where Allah has classified two kind of Munafiq, one conscious, and another unconscious. An unjust (Zalim) is a person who knows the truth but denies its existence, and Jahil is one who thinks he is right, but he is wrong, and instead of correcting himself he insists on his standpoint.
Now you agree that Allah is omniscient, he knew that there will be two kind of people among human who would deny his “shariah”. One who would know that it is word of Allah, but will deny it thus making then unjust (zalim).
Another who would think that their interpretation of the word of Allah is correct, and prophet is wrong thus making them foolish (Jahil).
The words unjust and foolish are not used in connection with the word “Amanah” thus making it good or bad, but with in the light of Allah’s omniscience that groups of human will refuse to abide by the responsibilities within “Amanah” while carry on enjoying the authority.
