Al-Ghaashiya • EN-TAFSIR-AL-TUSTARI
﴿ أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴾
“DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?”
Will they not consider the camels, how they are made?In its inner meaning it is a command for the believers to humble themselves before Him and declare their neediness for Him. He says: �Consider the camels, how they have been created and how, notwithstanding their make up and their strength, they yield to a boy driving them without showing bewilderment (taḥayyur), and without choosing to do anything else.� Thus, you are not incapable of being with your Lord as the camel is with its owner, and this is why the Messenger said: �Be for your Lord as the yielding camel�, meaning compliant (miṭwāʿ). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He: