{"id":279,"date":"2020-12-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:31","slug":"welcome-friends-day-30-hq-371-83-pages-5960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-30-hq-371-83-pages-5960\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 3:71-83; pages 59+60"},"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>\u201cO People of the Compilation\/Ya ahlal-Kitaab!\u201d (Verse 3:71). Although this title is given to both Jews and Christians, many of these verses are addressed to the former, as we shall see.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Here, this is the third time (3:65; 3:70) that God calls upon them directly; He asks them why they \u2018are cloaking truth with falsehood..\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">According to most commentators, Verse 72 reveals the \u2018plot\u2019 of certain Jews who lived in Medina at the time, which was to pretend their belief in the Message for a while, and then renounce it in denial\/rejection\/disbelief.&nbsp; This would create doubt and move others to do the same (we have to remember that all Prophet Muhammad\u2019s companions had only recently joined the faith).&nbsp; Muhammad Asad (see his note 54) reads this differently, not as a plot, but as noting their reluctant acceptance of some parts and the rejection of others, even as they rejected what was in their own books.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">At any rate, Qur\u2019anic lessons are for all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>In Verse 73 some amongst people of the Compilation announce that they would only believe in those following <em>their<\/em> Faith, but God responds (73-74) that He awards an increase in something beneficial\/FaDl to whomever He wills (see explanatory notes of Muhammad Asad -note 55- and Yusuf Ali-note 408).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verse 75 shows us two kinds of people who treat their Trusts differently; one upholds it and the other doesn\u2019t.&nbsp; Yusuf Ali\u2019s note 411 is worth reading, in that \u2018<strong><em>every race imbued with race-arrogance resorts to this kind of moral or religious subterfuge<\/em>..\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>This brings to mind one question we should always ask ourselves is:&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What is the reason for such verses taking up so much of the Qur\u2019an?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Some say that it is to tell us of what happened earlier.&nbsp; Others say it is to warn Those who Attained Faith at any point in history of such kinds of people.&nbsp; Yet others propose that it is because we often ARE such kinds of people ourselves, even those amongst us who call themselves \u2018Faithful.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I think that it is all three combined.&nbsp; And we must admit: many of us often ARE guilty of race-arrogance, self-arrogance, and faith-arrogance.&nbsp; Don\u2019t many of us believe that God\u2019s Grace shines on <em>our<\/em> group alone, and that <em>our<\/em> version of Faith or Creed is true while all else is false?&nbsp; What\u2019s the difference between that and those who call themselves \u2018God\u2019s chosen people\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Judgment Day will hold many surprises, especially for the Arrogant.&nbsp; Arrogance is a Fatal Flaw indeed (see Blog Post Day 8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, it would be in our best interest, whenever we find the Qur\u2019an <em>faulting<\/em> anyone, to apply it to ourselves and see if we might not be doing the very thing at fault.\u00a0 Only in maintaining that Awareness, while self-correcting our direction at every turn\u2026 would we be \u2018hunafaa\u2019 (plural of \u2018haneef\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verses 76-77 are self-explanatory.&nbsp; Verse 78 is very important (I disagree with Asad\u2019s translation here of \u2018kitaab\u2019 into \u2018Bible.\u2019&nbsp; It should be \u2018Compilation.\u2019)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Some of us today are doing \u2013to a certain degree- with our \u2018kitaab\u2019 Compilation what was reported here with regard to the earlier revealed Compilation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">How is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, mostly in communities that do not speak Arabic, translations take the place of the actual Qur\u2019an, and various authorities speak \u2018in the name of God\u2019 or in the name of His Messenger.&nbsp; Even in Arabic-speaking communities,&nbsp; we often hear the Qur\u2019an being misquoted or partially quoted to give an intended meaning, even as the rest of that same Qur\u2019anic verse\u2026 is silenced!<a href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully however, there is one crucial difference between us and followers of earlier Compilation:&nbsp; our Compilation, the Qur\u2019an, is intact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">We shall be discussing that important issue later when we discuss the Qur\u2019an and the Arabic Language:&nbsp; How each preserved the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verses 79-80 discuss our worship of The Divine.&nbsp; No human is Divine. Angels and prophets would never ask people to worship them instead of God, or to be taken as Lord.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">It is not at all possible that someone who has received the Compilation, Wisdom and Prophethood, would command you to Deny (God), after you already are Pure in your Reverence (to Him) \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0625\u0630 \u0623\u0646\u062a\u0645 \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 (for definition of \u2018Muslim,\u2019 see Blog posts Days 12, 21, 26<sup>)<\/sup>.<a href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-list\"><li>Verses 81-83 continue the theme:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">HQ3:81:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And God took the Prophets\u2019 Pledge\/Covenant <\/strong><strong>(\u0645\u064a\u062b\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0628\u064a\u064a\u0646)<\/strong><strong>: \u201cBy reason of what I have delivered unto you of Compilation and Wisdom, and thereafter, there came <u>TO YOU<\/u> a Messenger corroborating what is with you, you shall indeed believe in him and support him.\u201d&nbsp; He said, \u201cDo you concede and take upon that My Bond<\/strong><strong>(\u0625\u0635\u0631\u064a) <\/strong><strong>?&#8221; They said: &#8220;We concede.&#8221; He said: &#8220;Then bear witness [thereto], and I am, with you, of the witnesses. (81) Whereas any who turn away after that shall indeed be \u2018the iniquitous\/the transgressors\u2019 <\/strong><strong>\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0627\u0633\u0642\u0648\u0646<\/strong><strong> (M. Asad, Y. Ali). (82) Do they then seek a faith\/a standard of accountability other than God\u2019s, while unto Him purely surrender all who are in heaven and on earth- willingly and unwillingly- and unto Him shall they return? (83)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">These verses indicate that there was an agreement, a covenant, called here <strong>\u0645\u064a\u062b\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0628\u064a\u064a\u0646<\/strong> \u2018the Prophets\u2019 Pledge,\u2019 to which God obtained acceptance from every Prophet\/all the Prophets: that each should support any Messenger who appears during his life-time (\u2018..there came to you a Messenger..\u2019).&nbsp; This support is an obligation upon each of them to undertake AFTER making sure that the Message itself is indeed an extension of his own Compilation and Wisdom.&nbsp; Any Prophet who does NOT support such a Messenger is a Pledge-Breaker, an apostate\/a betrayer\/\u0641\u0627\u0633\u0642.&nbsp; What this shows is that theirs is indeed ONE mission:&nbsp; One God, one Standard of Accountability, one Compilation, one Mission for all Prophets and Messengers.<a href=\"#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">As for the distinction between a Prophet and a Messenger\u2026&nbsp; we\u2019ll try to do that next time, God-willing.<\/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 3:84-100.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peace unto all!<\/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> As in the partial quotes, made out to be full quotes thus: \u201cAnd slay them wherever you may come upon them!\u201d HQ2:190-194. See Blog post Day 15. \u201cMarry any women you please, two or three or four!\u201d HQ4:3.&nbsp; Perfect examples of what we are discussing: True Meaning LOST- thanks to mistranslation and partial quoting.&nbsp; Readers will note that, in order to avoid deception, we should always quote in full.&nbsp; In writing, it is also best to quote in full however, we may leave dots (\u2026) where appropriate, keep the meaning in context, and make sure we add the verse number.&nbsp; It should be very clear that this is only a partial quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Muslimoon: &nbsp;Yusuf Ali: \u2026after you have bowed your will (to God in Islam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Muhammad Asad: .. after you have surrendered yourselves unto God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> I realize that there are other translations of this verse.&nbsp; Mine might be more accurate, as per the original.&nbsp; To make sure we understand Qur\u2019an correctly we should never add or detract, and we must always try to stick to the correct verb tenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In this verse, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; God says that he has given them (in the past tense), not that He will give them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And then, he says very clearly that the Messenger will come TO YOU (plural), which can only be during each of their lifetimes.&nbsp; Omitting the words \u2018to you\u2019 will change the meaning altogether.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, when God says ( (\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0642 \u0644\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0639\u0643\u0645this means \u2018confirming what YOU have\u2019 and does not mean \u2018to confirm \u2018all existing scripture.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We all make mistakes, and Readers must judge for themselves.&nbsp; I sincerely appreciate corrections and will modify accordingly.&nbsp; Nothing should stand in the way of understanding God\u2019s words according to HIS intent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Friends:&nbsp; Ahlan wa sahlan! COMMENTS: \u201cO People of the Compilation\/Ya ahlal-Kitaab!\u201d (Verse 3:71). Although this title is given to both Jews and Christians, many of these verses are addressed to the former, as we shall see.&nbsp; Here, this is the third time (3:65; 3:70) that God calls upon them directly; He asks them why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quran-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}