Surah Ya-Sin 36:22

(He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers.") -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them.

(Obey those who ask no wages of you,) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.'

(And why should I not worship Him Who has created me) means, `and what is there to stop me from sincerely worshipping the One Who has created me, and worshipping Him Alone, with no partner or associate'

(and to Whom you shall be returned.) means, `on the Day of Resurrection, when He will requite you for your deeds: if they are good then you will be rewarded and if they are evil then you will be punished.'

(Shall I take besides Him gods) This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise.

(If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me.) means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,'

(none can remove it but He) (6:17). `These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.'

(Then verily, I should be in plain error.) means, `if I were to take them as gods instead of Allah.'

(Verily, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me!) Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, "He said to his people:

(`Verily, I have believed in your Lord) in Whom you have disbelieved,

(so listen to me!)' means, listen to what I say." Or it may be that he was addressing the Messengers when he said:

(Verily, I have believed in your Lord,) meaning, `Who has sent you,'

(so listen to me!) meaning, `bear witness to that before Him.' This was narrated by Ibn Jarir, who said, "And others said that this was addressed to the Messengers, and he said to them: `Listen to what I say and bear witness to what I say before my Lord, that I have believed in your Lord and have followed you.' This interpretation is more apparent, and Allah knows best. Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, `When he said that, they turned on him as one, and killed him at once, and he had no one to protect him from that."' Qatadah said, "They started to stone him while he was saying, `O Allah, guide my people for they do not know, and they kept stoning him until he died a violent death, and he was still praying for them.' May Allah have mercy on him."

Pada ayat ini digambarkan kesadaran yang timbul dalam hati dan cahaya iman yang telah menyinari jiwa orang itu, sehingga ia berpendapat bahwa tidak ada alasan sedikit pun baginya untuk tidak beriman kepada Allah. Karena Dialah yang telah menciptakan dan membentuknya sedemikian rupa dalam proses kejadian, sehingga memungkinkan dirinya memeluk agama tauhid yaitu agama yang mengajarkan untuk mempercayai Allah sebagai Tuhan Yang Maha Esa.

Pada akhir ayat ini, orang itu menyatakan bahwa hanya kepada Allah sajalah ia akan kembali setelah meninggalkan kehidupan dunia yang fana ini, tidak kepada yang lain. Pernyataan ini timbul dari lubuk hatinya, setelah ia merasakan kekuasaan dan kebesaran Allah.

Seseorang menghambakan diri kepada Allah karena:

1. Merasakan kekuasaan dan kebesaran Allah. Hanya Dialah yang berhak disembah, tidak ada sesuatu pun yang lain. Karena keyakinan itu, ia tetap menghambakan diri kepada Allah dalam keadaan bagaimana pun, apakah ia diberi nikmat oleh-Nya atau tidak, apakah ia dalam kesengsaraan atau dalam kesenangan, apakah dalam kesempitan atau kelapangan.

2. Hamba yang beribadah kepada Allah telah merasakan nikmat yang dianugerahkan kepadanya, ia merasa tergantung kepada nikmat Allah itu.

3. Seorang hamba mengharapkan pahala kepada Allah dan takut ditimpa siksa-Nya.

Hamba yang dimaksud pada ayat ini, ialah hamba yang termasuk golongan pertama. Hamba itu tetap beribadah kepada Allah sesuai dengan yang telah ditetapkan-Nya, sekalipun ia ditimpa malapetaka, kesengsaraan dan cobaan-cobaan yang lain. Ia menyatakan bahwa seluruh yang ada padanya, jiwa dan raganya, hidup dan matinya, semuanya adalah milik Allah.

Keimanan orang ini sesuai dengan iman yang dimaksud dalam firman Allah:

Katakanlah (Muhammad), "Sesungguhnya salatku, ibadahku, hidupku dan matiku hanyalah untuk Allah, Tuhan seluruh alam,tidak ada sekutu bagi-Nya; dan demikianlah yang diperintahkan kepadaku dan aku adalah orang yang pertama-tama berserah diri (muslim)." (al-An'am/6: 162-163)