Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 35

(Ayah 35) ➊ {قُلْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكَآىِٕكُمْ مَّنْ يَّهْدِيْۤ اِلَى الْحَقِّ … : ’’ يَهْدِيْۤ ‘‘} gives guidance. {’’ لَا يَهِدِّيْۤ ‘‘} was originally {’’ لاَ يَهْتَدِيْ ‘‘}, the "taa" was changed to "daal" and merged into "daal," which means "does not receive guidance," that is, you should ask them: Allah created the creation and also arranged for their guidance towards the truth, sent messengers, revealed books, prescribed the Shariah, and established a most precise and stable system of the universe, so that nothing deviates even a particle from the path He has set. He taught the newborn to suckle at the breast, as He said: «{ وَ هَدَيْنٰهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ }» [ البلد : ۱۶ ] "And We showed him the two clear paths." Who guides the duck to swim, the birds to fly, the beasts to hunt, the cattle to graze, the nightingale to be attracted to the flower, the moth to burn itself, the mother towards love, and harmful things towards enmity? Likewise, who determines the path of the earth, sky, sun, moon, planets, galaxies, seas, and clouds? In short, everything is running according to Allah's guidance alone; if any provider or helper has any role in this, then present it. Tell, who among your partners has ever guided towards the truth, or has any share in the system that keeps the universe on the right path? Now, you yourself tell: should the Pure Being who guides towards the truth—both in terms of Shariah and in terms of the universe—be followed, or those partners who, without Allah's "universal" guidance, cannot even find their own way, to whom Allah taught everything: eating, drinking, walking, seeing, and who could do nothing themselves? Razi said: Allah has often mentioned guidance along with creation in the Qur'an to establish His oneness, as in the saying of Ibrahim (peace be upon him): «{ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَنِيْ فَهُوَ يَهْدِيْنِ }» [ الشعراء : ۷۸ ] "He who created me, then He guides me." And the saying of Musa (peace be upon him): «{ رَبُّنَا الَّذِيْۤ اَعْطٰى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهٗ ثُمَّ هَدٰى }» [ طٰہٰ : ۵۰ ] "Our Lord is He who gave everything its form, then guided it." And our noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also commanded the same, as He said: «{ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلَى (1) الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى (2) وَ الَّذِيْ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى }» [ الأعلٰی : ۱ تا ۳ ] "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High, who created and then perfected, and who determined and then guided."
➋ { فَمَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ :} These are two sentences for rebuke and to draw attention to the truth. The question is asked in two ways: one, what has happened to you? Second, how do you judge?