An-Nahl 79: Did they not see the birds that fly in obedience in the emptiness of the sky? No one but Allah can keep them in the sky. Verily, there are lessons in this for a nation that believes.

A. Metin Saruhan · 19 April 2017 · An-Nahl

Translation

Did they not see the birds that fly in obedience in the emptiness of the sky? No one but Allah can keep them in the sky. Verily, there are lessons in this for a nation that believes.

Tafsir

In this verse, Allah (swt) gives another example. He declares that He is omnipotent. He gives examples in a way that every mind can understand. When He says that none but Allah can keep the birds in the air, He is explaining that He created all beings with knowledge, He created birds with knowledge to prove to people that He created all beings with knowledge and that His creatures submit to Allah's will. Allah creates what He wills and His creatures cannot deviate from Allah's will.

No one is able to create the birds that fly in the air (no one can hold them there except Allah). This is only in the knowledge of Allah.

The fact that a bird has a wing that can lift its body into the air, that its muscles can lift the bird into the air and take it in the direction it wants to go, just as a human being walks comfortably, without causing fatigue to the muscles when the bird lifts its weight into the air, is the creation of a frame of knowledge and a knowledge determined by comparison. Also, when the bird opens its wing, it is created based on a knowledge and calculation that when it pushes the air under the wing downward, it lifts its body into the air by pushing the air downward with a force that will lift the weight of the bird into the air. Glory be to Allah, Who has created every creature in such a way that it is not tormented by the form in which He has created it.

Since no one other than Allah is privy to this knowledge, He proves His existence with His creations.

In these are signs for a people who believe in Allah. Allah (swt) has created His creation with a wisdom. All these creatures have been created to serve man. He has also completed eighteen thousand realms with each other and ensured the order of the world, its filtering and purity.

What is said in the video

Have they not seen the birds flying in the void of the sky, made subservient to the command, it says. None holds them there but Allah. Surely in this there are lessons for a people who believe, it says. Those that walk on the ground today, that swim in the sea, that fly in the open air, Allah Almighty has, in existence, created. Flying in the void of the sky, made subservient to the command, it says. That is, whatever duty was given, these animals were created for that duty, and to fulfil those duties, from one place to another — do you not see the birds flying in the sky? The migrating ones, or, while flying in the air, the flies harmful to people — the swallows that swallow them, or, at night, harmful insects — the bats that eat them, do you not see them?

That these were given by Allah, with knowledge, to the service of people and created to carry out our Lord's command, to fly in the air — have people not seen this? That He gave them two wings, that with that pair of something under the wing they press the air towards the ground, and with the pressure of the air they have taken under their wing they overcome their body's weight and lift it into the air, fly, and walk in the air as a person walks on the ground — let us call it that. Do people not see this? Can anyone but Allah do this? None but Allah holds them there either. Of course none but Allah can hold them there.

Surely in this there are lessons for a people who believe, it says. In this verse Allah Almighty gives another lesson. He makes known that His Being has power over everything. He contends in a way every mind can understand. In the verse where He says none but Allah holds the birds in the air, all beings He created with knowledge, proving it to people, and creating the birds with knowledge too, it tells that what He created submits to Allah's will. Allah creates whatever He wills, and His creatures cannot go outside Allah's will, He says. That is, whatever He created for whatever purpose, it will complete that duty. None but Allah holds them there; the birds flying in the air too, no one is able to create them.

This is only in Allah's knowledge. That a bird has a wing to lift its own body into the air, that its muscles, when lifting the bird's weight into the air, without tiring the muscles, like a person's easy walk, these muscles lift the bird into the air and carry it in the direction it wants, is a creation within a framework of knowledge, with a knowledge set by measure — that is its creation. Also, when the bird opens its wing, the air under the wing it presses downwards, and with a force that lifts the bird's weight into the air it pushes the air down and lifts its body into the air — this was created based on knowledge and calculation.

So He who creates all He creates so that it suffers no torment from its own inside — how exalted is Allah! He creates, but not haphazardly. Yes, I created this. Not like "however it turns out". All created beings, for the duties they will do, so as in no way to suffer torment from the body, have been created. We humans were created in a body — do we suffer torment from our body? We eat, we drink, we go about, maybe we enjoy ourselves, don't we? Except for illnesses, except for deficiencies from accidents. But in terms of creation we are created fully developed, fully formed. Later people fall ill; in their kidneys, lungs, hearts, veins, then the brain, also the ear, nose, eye, (?) they can break down. Or if a person looks after himself properly, and if they were bound by Allah's command, these will never easily fall ill.

Look at Allah's saintly servants; they live in health and soundness. Because they do not step outside Allah's command; they are at peace. They have nothing to do with stress. They have nothing to do with depression. In the most intense time, the hardest time, the most difficult time, they surrender themselves to Allah and accept what comes from Allah. Since they are content in every case with what comes from Allah, they are at peace, and since they don't fall into stress they don't fall ill; for Allah Almighty says, germs are My soldiers — and they wrote that wrongly. "I send them to whom I will," it says.

No. "I send them to whoever wants them," it says. Who wants them? Who? Who wants a germ? Do you want germs? But look what you do. Faced with an event you get stressed, you grieve, or else, let me say, you give yourself to drink, or to gambling, or you fall apart. So here, did you want the germ, or did Allah send it? Yes. So in this situation, in this situation people need to call themselves to account when they are ill.

Yes. Since none but Allah grasps this wisdom, He proves His existence to every mind through His creatures, it says. To every person of reason. Allah Almighty demonstrates His creations to every person of reason. So in these there are lessons for a people who believe in Allah. Allah Almighty created the beings He created according to a wisdom. All these created living things were created to serve man. Also, by having the eighteen thousand worlds complete each other, the world's order (?) and its cleanliness He has ensured. Allah Almighty. Yes. Here