Surah 42.4-5 (Surah Shura)

Question 1

What is the main theme?

Answer 1

• These verses of Surah Shura represent the theme of God in Himself. These verses confirm God’s power, majesty and His ultimate authority over all that exists in this Universe. God is the owner of everything because He created everything.
• His majesty is so much that the heavens tremble and are almost ready to tear apart by His glory. Everything in the Universe acknowledges His power and supremacy by praising Him. The Quran says,
  “Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.”
• It further discusses that angels always glorify God’s attributes of forgiveness and mercifulness for those who repent and request Him for their forgiveness. Humans are reliant on God’s mercy as He is the most forgiving, the most merciful

Question 2

What is the importance of surah?

Answer 2

• The importance here is that God tells humankind of His power and control over all things, so they should remember that they do not have any power in comparison which in turn protects them from arrogance.
• In their daily lives Muslims need to show humbleness like Angels who despite having magnificent power
  to dispose different affairs but they fear God and seek His mercy day and night. The obedience of angels to God can encourage humans to be obedient to God too.
• Humans should not despair of Him or give up on His mercy – even if they have sinned, they should turn back to Him and He will forgive. They must keep trust in God who would help them in all their problems.
• As God is merciful to humankind, they in turn should be grateful through acts of worship like prayer, fasting, etc and also try to be sympathetic, even if they’ve been wronged/oppressed.