Surah Al-Hashr (59) — Ayah 24

(Ayah 24) ➊ { هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ :} Creation (khalq), origination (bara’), and fashioning (tasweer) are the three stages of creation. The first stage is that before making something, its complete estimation and design are made; this is khalq. Allah Almighty has already determined the estimation and design of everything, what it will be like—for example, what the shape of a human will be, what a tree will be like, etc. The second stage is to bring into existence the things from which it is to be made, and to carve and shape them so that they become capable of accepting the form that has been determined for them. This is “bara’.” For example, man was made from clay, the clay was made into mud, then the frame of Adam (peace be upon him) was made. The third and final stage is tasweer (fashioning), with which something is completed and comes into existence. Allah Almighty has granted a form to every big and small thing in the universe, whether it is the earth and the heavens or an ant and a particle; all stages of creation of everything are in His hand. Even if man makes something, the Originator of all his works is also Allah Almighty, as He said: « وَ اللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَ مَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ» [ الصافات : ۹۶ ] “And Allah created you and what you do.” Each of these three names is also used in the absolute sense of making and creating. See also the commentary of Surah Al-A’raf (11).
➋ { لَهُ الْاَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنٰى :} That is, in these verses, the names and attributes that have been mentioned, Allah Almighty is not only characterized by these, but He alone is worthy of every best name and attribute. See the commentary of Surah Al-A’raf (180).
➌ {يُسَبِّحُ لَهٗ مَا فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ:} The beginning of the Surah is also with this same subject and the end as well. At the beginning is {’’ سَبَّحَ لِلّٰهِ ‘‘} and at the end is {’’ يُسَبِّحُ لَهٗ ‘‘}. In this, the past, present, and future—all three tenses—are included. For the commentary of the verse, see the first verse of Surah Al-Hadid and the commentary of Surah Bani Isra’il (44).
➍ It is narrated from Ma’qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever says in the morning three times {’’ أَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰهِ السَّمِيْعِ الْعَلِيْمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ ‘‘}, then recites the last three verses of Surah Al-Hashr, Allah Almighty appoints seventy thousand (70,000) angels with him who keep praying for him until the evening. If he dies that day, he will die as a martyr, and whoever recites them in the evening will also attain this rank.” [ ترمذي، فضائل القرآن، باب في فضل قراء ۃ آخر سورۃ الحشر : ۲۹۲۲۔ مسند أحمد : 26/5، ح : ۲۰۳۰۶ ] The researchers of Musnad Ahmad and Shaykh Nasiruddin Al-Albani have declared this hadith to be weak (da’if). For details, see the research of Musnad Ahmad.