ONE AYAT A DAY
يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوْا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُوْنَۙ
Yā ayyuhan-nāsu‘budū rabbakumul-lażī khalaqakum wal-lażīna min qablikum la‘allakum tattaqūn(a).
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
Tawhid Al-UluhiyyahAllah next mentioned His Oneness in divinity and stated that He has favored His servants by bringing them to life after they did not exist. He also surrounded them with blessings, both hidden and apparent. He made the earth a resting place for them, just like the bed, stable with the firm mountains.وَالسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً(And the sky as a canopy) meaning, `a ceiling'. Similarly, Allah said in another Ayah,وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَآءَ سَقْفاً مَّحْفُوظاً وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ(And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well-guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds)) (21:32).وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً(And sends down for you water (rain) from the sky) meaning, through the clouds, when they need the rain. Hence, Allah caused the various types of vegetation and fruits to grow as a means of sustenance for people and their cattle. Allah reiterated this bounty in various parts of the Qur'an.There is another Ayah that is similar to this Ayah (2:22), that is, Allah's statement,الَّذِى جَعَـلَ لَكُـمُ الاٌّرْضَ قَـرَاراً وَالسَّمَآءَ بِنَـآءً وَصَوَّرَكُـمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُـمْ وَرَزَقَكُـمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَـتِ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُـمْ فَتَـبَـرَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ(It is He Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape and made your shapes good (loo…