The Thematic Commentary On The Holy Quran - Leaders Chosen By Allah - P02

وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ. Your Lord creates whatever He likes and He Himself selects whomsoever He wishes for every job. (Sura Al-Qasas 28:68) The people of the world have no authority to do whatever they wish by themselves and the Lord of the World is clean and pure of what these people attribute to Him and who imagine that they and others are partners in choice and think that they are in authority. The commentators (Mufassirin) agree that this verse was revealed when the people of Quraysh said: وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ. And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns? (Sura Zukhruf 43:31) As has been explained earlier the cause of arguing on the basis of this verse is clear and there are many traditions explaining it as given below. Ibne Shahar Aashob has, in Manaqib, quoted Imam Sadiq (a.s.) while explaining the verse: Your Lord creates whatever He likes and He Himself selects whomsoever He wishes for every job, said that Allah has selected Muhammad (S) and his progeny (Ahlul Bayt). Also according to both The Ahle Sunnat and Shia, Anas bin Malik has narrated and Ibne Tawoos too, has, in Taraif, narrated from Tafsir Ibne Momin, from Anas, who says that I asked the meaning of this verse from the Holy Prophet (S) and he said: Allah created Adam from earth as He liked and then said: Allah selected me and my household (a.s.) and raised them above the