{"id":277,"date":"2020-12-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:31","slug":"welcome-friends-day-29-hq-353-70-pages-5758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-29-hq-353-70-pages-5758\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 3:53-70; pages 57+58"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome Friends:&nbsp; <em>Ahlan wa sahlan<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>The last verse in yesterday\u2019s reading (HQ3:52) was a question posited by Jesus, peace upon him, after he sensed Denial in those whom he had hoped would benefit from his guidance:&nbsp; <em>\u201cWho would be my Supporters\/Helpers in (giving prominence to) God\u2019s cause?\u201d<\/em>&nbsp; The Disciples\/the white-garbed ones (Y. Ali, Muhammad Asad respectively) responded, saying that they, indeed, will be Helpers in God\u2019s cause for they have indeed believed in God, and that he (Jesus) should bear witness to their being \u2018Muslimoon\u2019 (those who are devoted purely to God\/those who surrender unto God).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In Verse 53 they continue bearing witness to having faith in God and following His Messenger Jesus, peace upon him.&nbsp; Read their \u2018shahada.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>But not all of them were sincere, so while some were planning to kill Jesus, God had His plan, and He imparted it to His Messenger (verse 55).&nbsp; He told Jesus that He will cleanse Him of the Unbelievers and their Denial, by taking him\/causing him to die (Y. Ali\/M. Asad respectively), and raising him, exalting him, unto Himself.&nbsp; The Deniers would suffer the consequences of their actions in this life and in the Hereafter (verse 56), while those who have faith and trust, and do good deeds will be recompensed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to read HQ4:157-158 to better understand how the Qur\u2019an reports Jesus\u2019 departure from this earth.&nbsp; Here is Asad\u2019s interpretation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAnd so, [We punished them] for the break\u00ading of their pledge, and their refusal to acknowledge God&#8217;s messages, and their slaying of prophets against all right, and their boast, &#8220;Our hearts are already full of knowledge&#8221;- nay, but God has sealed their hearts in result of their denial of the truth, and [now] they believe in but few things -; (155) and for their refusal to acknowledge the truth, and the awesome calumny which they utter against Mary, (156) and their boast, &#8220;Behold, we have slain the Christ Jesus, son of Mary, Messenger of God!&#8221; However, they did not slay him, and neither did they crucify him, but it only seemed so to them; and, verily, those who hold conflict\u00ading views thereon are indeed confused, having no [real] knowledge thereof, and following mere con\u00adjecture. For, of a certainty, they did not slay him: (157) nay, God exalted him unto Himself &#8211; and God is indeed almighty, wise (158).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Conjecture is certainly all we can do right now, and trying to understand the issue of crucifixion wouldn\u2019t change our faith and trust in God or His Messengers one way or the other.&nbsp; Nevertheless, for the sake of general knowledge (not for argument, as this is all \u2018gheyb\u2019 and can never be proven beyond doubt) it might be worthwhile to offer the most prominent explanations of this verse.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Some have put forward the argument that Jesus was \u2018almost\u2019 crucified but not really, because although he was put on the cross, he did not <em>die<\/em> on it, but was brought down before that.&nbsp; Others have posited that the person who was crucified was not Jesus at all, but the traitor Judas who was mistaken for Jesus.&nbsp; And then there are others, such as Kamal Salibi<a href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> who, although a committed Christian, resorts to Qur\u2019anic evidence saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cA Christian might balk at the idea of resorting to the Koran for evidence concerning the origins of Christianity.&nbsp; But the holy book of Islam speaks profusely of Jesus and it would be unreasonable to reject its evidence before examining it\u201d <\/em>(p.46, Conspiracy in Jerusalem, I.B. Tauris, 1988).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">He contends that, what certain parts of the Bible hold are in reality three stories, fused into one (two from history and one from legends of a deity); the crucifixion narrative being a fusion of two historical figures who lived centuries apart, with somewhat similar names, and with a mother called \u2018Mary.\u2019&nbsp; We understand that, while the first was Jesus, Messenger of God, the other was someone who sought to revive the Kingdom of David, and was crucified by the very persons whose seats he sought to overthrow.&nbsp; Salibi recounts the joy of the Nazarene Christians when Muhammad appeared, bringing back to them the pureness of faith in God and the true history -which had been lost- of the rightful Jesus, due to Paul\u2019s \u2018conspiracy\u2019 (hence the title of the book).&nbsp; Many people from different faiths disagree with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Again, Conjecture is ALL we can do right now, so we leave it at that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verses 58-63 speak to Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, telling him (telling us, actually!) that is what God conveys to him.&nbsp; Then comes the explanation that Jesus and Adam are similar in that they were both of this earth, created by a word from God, \u2018Be!\u2019 which IS a Reality no one should doubt.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">It seems that some did doubt, and history indicates that these were Christians from Najran who continued to believe in Jesus\u2019 divinity, to the result of which the Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, was told to invite them to a session of prayer in which both would bring their entire families and ask God to banish from His Mercy whomever among them were liars.&nbsp; He did invite them\u2026 they declined, and the debate ended peacefully with a signed treaty (read notes 400-401 Y. Ali \/47-48 M. Asad.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verses 64-68 are very important in showing us the common terms we could have with those who follow earlier Compilations- according to a BASIS we begin from; a common Word:<\/li><li>We worship none but God.<\/li><li>We associate none with God.<\/li><li>We appoint none amongst ourselves as Lord or patron instead of God.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">These are the three basic (Terms\/Tenets) that WE can never compromise on, in ourselves, as Allatheena Aamanu\/Those who Attained Faith and Trust.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">However, if OTHERS do not agree to these three tenets, we should simply let them be- to each his own- (as we saw with the delegation from Najran).\u00a0 It is ultimately God\u2019s knowledge which indeed encompasses any who corrupt their own faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li><strong>{Neither was Abraham Jew nor Christian, but rather, he was self-correcting\/haneefan, Muslim, and he was not of the Shirking (those who shirk God\/associate others with Him)}.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Do you remember those definitions? (See Blog Post Day 11 and 26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a>Closest to Abraham (Verse 68) are those who follow him, as well as THIS Nabi\/Prophet (Muhammad)\u2026&nbsp; <\/a>We notice here that God did not say as well as this \u2018Messenger.\u2019 What is the significance?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">As we progress, we will notice its great significance, for indeed, these two words are not interchangeable (although we might use one or the other without any distinction).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">His title \u2018Prophet\u2019 is general, and always relates to his role amongst people, while his title \u2018Messenger\u2019 is specific, and ALWAYS relates purely to the Message, the Qur\u2019an.&nbsp; That is why God would not refer to him as Messenger here, for the Message he bears is distinct from all previous Messages.&nbsp; In his capacity as God\u2019s Messenger -bearing God\u2019s Final Message- he is distinctive.&nbsp; We\u2019ll have more on that next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">So, closest to Abraham are those who follow him, as well as this Nabi\/Prophet and Allatheena Aamanu\/Those Who Attained Faith.. then comes the last statement in the verse encouraging us to step up so as to earn the title \u2018The Faithful\u2019 and its reward:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;{&#8230;..\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0645\u0646\u064a\u0646} \u2018\u2026.. and God is The Protector of the Faithful.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verse 69 continues in addressing Allatheena Aamanu\/Those Who Attained Faith, telling them\/us that a faction of Ahl Al-Kitaab would wish them to go astray, but that such factions end up leading their own selves astray without realizing it.&nbsp; Then verse 70 addresses Followers of earlier Revelation, warning, questioning:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhy do you deny the truth of God\u2019s Message, to which you, yourselves,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>do bear witness?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>E<\/strong>nough said!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s reading is from HQ 3:71-83.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peace unto all!<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Kamal Salibi is a Lebanese historian and a committed Christian.&nbsp; The driving force behind this book was his belief in the historical Jesus as well as his desire to reconcile certain Biblical contradictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Was Jesus?: Conspiracy in Jerusalem (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"580\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_7iE3zFdpzWiOiy&#038;asin=1845113144&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Friends:&nbsp; Ahlan wa sahlan! 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