The Quranic Verses Referring to the Affliction with Distress and Ailment in the Surah Al An’âm: (42-45) Commentary and Spiritual Conclusions

Abstract

Through the verses in the Surah Al  An’âm, the research addresses an issue of paramount importance, which is afflicting humans with distress that connotes want, poverty and ailment after sending the prophets and the resistance they received from their relevant peoples so that they can plead with and turn to their Lord with submission and humility to eliminate them from their suffering and confer upon them His bestowals and boons. However, those peoples persisted with their obstinacy and deviations without trying to learn from Allah’s warnings and signs. So He decoyed them by endowing them with lavish material possessions and all desirable conveniences until they behaved exultantly, ungratefully and arrogantly. Thereupon those rebellious peoples deserved divine punishment and were unexpectedly annihilated.  

The aim of the research is to reflect on these verses which cast light on the state of people who behaved such a way and brought down upon themselves exemplary punishment. Since this is a normative precedent established by Allah, we must beware of the conduct and the example of those wrongdoers who were tempted and doomed to destruction so that we can protect ourselves against their fates. The approach used in this research was expanding on the relevant verses, their objectives, the lessons to be learned from them by reviewing the statements and accounts of the Muslim exegetes according to the original reliable sources and references. All of this is intended to derive parables and serious lessons to exercise caution and avoid the same fate.