The Quran Asks 39-09

39-9-TQA

Surah az-Zumar, Chapter 39: Verse 9

At first, The Quran Asks:

... ۗ أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَائِمًا يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُو رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ

Is he who devoutly prostrates and stands (for worship) during the hours of night, being cautious of the hereafter, and hopes for the mercy of his Fosterer (equal to one who does not do this)?...

Then the Qurans responds to this query by asking Rasoolullah Salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam to SAY:

قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ...

...Say (O Muhammad Salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam), “Are those who know and those who do not know equal?” Only men of understanding are mindful.

How beautiful is the question and the answer? So the faith of a Muslim is not blind faith, Quran is tickling our minds to think by asking questions and responds and satisfies the soul by providing answers to those questions. In this ayah the answer is another question.

14-24-25 Did you not consider how Allah sets forth a similitude? A good statement is like a good tree, the root of which is firm and the branches of which are in the sky. It gives its fruit in every season by the permission of its Fosterer, and Allah sets forth similitudes for mankind, that they may be mindful. (Al Quran, Chapter 14: Verses 24-25)
4-44 Did you not consider those who were given a portion of the book? They purchase error and intend that you should go astray from the way. (Al Quran, Chapter 4: Verse 44)
36-71 Did they not see that We have created the cattle for them, among that which Our hands have done, then they are their masters? (Al Quran, Surah Yaaseen, Chapter 36: Verse 71)
16-79 Did you not see towards the birds compelled (to follow His laws) in the space of the sky, no one holds them but Allah, there are certainly signs in that for a people who believe. (Al Quran, Surah An-Nahl, Chapter 16: Verse 79)