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Allah is Sufficient for us and He Is the Best Disposer of affairs," was said by Abraham when he was thrown into the fire; and it
was said by Muhammad when they (i.e. hypocrites) said, "A great army is gathering against you, therefore, fear them," but it
only increased their faith and they said: "Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer (of affairs, for us)." (3.173)
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 6.87 Narrated by
Ibn Abbas
The last statement of Abraham when he was thrown into the fire was: "Allah is Sufficient for us and He is the Best Disposer
(of affairs for us)." (3.173)
SUN:
2:258 - Hast thou not turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham about his Lord because
Allah had granted him power? Abraham said: "My Lord is He Who Giveth life and death." He said: "I
give life and death." Said Abraham: "but it is Allah that causeth the sun to rise from the East do thou
then cause him to rise from the West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith.
Nor doth Allah give guidance to a people unjust. 302303
302 The three verses 258-260 have been the subject of much controversy as to the exact meaning to be attached to the
incidents and the precise persons alluded to, whose names are not mentioned. M.M.A's learned notes give some
indication of the points at issue. In such matters, where the Qur-an has given no names and the Holy Apostle has
himself given no indication, it seems to me useless to speculate, and still worse to put forward positive opinions. In
questions of learning, speculations are often interesting. But it seems to me that the meaning of the Qur-an is so wide
and universal that we are in danger of missing the real and eternal meaning if we go on disputing about minor points.
All three incidents are such as may happen again and again in any prophet's lifetime, and be seen in impersonal
vision at any time. Here they are connected with Mustafa's vision as shown by the opening words of verse 258.
(2.258)
303 The first point illustrated is the pride of power, and the impotence of human power as against God's power. The
person who disputed with Abraham may have been Nimrod or some ruler in Babylonia, or indeed elsewhere. I name
Babylonia as it was the original home of Abraham (Ur of the Chaldees), and Babylon prided herself on her arts and
sciences in the ancient world. Science can do many wonderful things; it could then; it can now. But the mystery of
Life baffled science then, as it continues to baffle science now, after many centuries of progress. Abraham had faith
and referred back everything to the true Cause of Causes. A sceptical ruler might jestingly say: "I have the power of
life and death". A man of science might say: "We have investigated the laws of life and death." Different kinds of
powers lie in the hands of kings and men of knowledge. The claim in both cases is true in a very limited sense. But
Abraham confounded the claimer by going back to fundamentals. "If you had the ultimate power, why could you not
make the sun rise from the West?" (2.258)
6:96 - He it is that cleaveth the daybreak (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity
and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time): such is the judgment and ordering of (Him)
the Exalted in Power the Omniscient. 921
921 The night, the day, the sun, the moon, -the great astronomical universe of God. How far, and yet how near to us!
God's universe is boundless, and we can barely comprehend even its relations to us. But this last we must try to do if
we want to be numbered with "the people who know". Taqdir: Cf. vi. 91 and n. 909, and iv. 149 and n. 655. (6.96)
7:54 - Your guardian-Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and is firmly
established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil O'er the day each
seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun the moon and the stars (all)
governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be
Allah the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds! 10311032
1031 A sublime verse, comparable to the Throne Verse ii. 255. As for the Creation in six days, in xxii. 47, we are told that a
Day in the sight of Allah is like a thousand years of our reckoning, and in lxx. 4, the comparison is with 50,000 of our
years. In the history of our material earth, we may reckon six great epochs of evolution. (7.54)
1032 Here, we are told of the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days. But lest we should be obsessed with the
Jewish idea that Allah rested on the seventh day, we are told that the Creation was but a prelude to Allah's work: for
His authority is exercised constantly by the laws which He establishes and enforces in all parts of His Creation. The
beautiful imagery of night and day seeking out each other in rapid succession is still further enforced in the Arabic by
the double accusative of the verb yugshi, showing the mutual interactions of the day and the night, each covering the
other in turn. The heavenly bodies show an order which is evidence of His constant care and government. Not only
that, but it is only He Who creates, maintains, and governs, and no one else. (7.54)
12:4 - Behold Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the
moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" 16321633
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