3:26 Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty!

By: Maged Taman

3:26 Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty! Thou givest sovereignty unto whom Thou wilt, and Thou withdrawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.

قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاء وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاء وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاء وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاء بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

This simple verse gives you short summary of history, rise and fall of civilizations. It also gives you the fact that the hand of God is behind the history, he is not a bystander. He give us the free well but meanwhile interfere in obvious or subtle ways in changing the history. Kings rise and fall and new ones rise then fall and so on. Similarly new group that has same race, religion or some common principals rise and exalt while others meet their demise. It is commonly the good that takes over then becomes arrogant oppressive and corrupted then new ones take over. The role usually the better takes over. The communists took over Russia which showed a lot of injustice to the poor. Communism was a good idea in the beginning however when it oppressed its people and failed to provide to people God made her disintegrate on the hands of President Reagan. When you read the verse again you find 7 statements that summarize to you the human history. It does that in short sentences it gives us this great doctrine of history without going in details or giving examples. Even the collapse of one civilization to another left open in the verse. In history it could occur through or with no wars. The attribute of God in the end of the verse is the Able, the most appropriate of his attributes here. The verse is a piece of wisdom and in Arabic language in addition you enjoy the harmony and the music of the verse. Examine it again in English and Arabic if you know the Arabic language:

1- Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty!

2- Thou givest sovereignty unto whom Thou wilt,

3- and Thou withdrawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt.

4- Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt

5- and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt.

6- In Thy hand is the good.

7- Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.

قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاء وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاء وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاء وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاء بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ