{"id":340,"date":"2021-02-07T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:05:48","slug":"welcome-friends-day-44-hq451-65-pages-8788","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-44-hq451-65-pages-8788\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 4:51-65, pages 87+88"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.     These verses relate to some<\/em> among the People of (earlier) Compilation, not all.  Such persons did not take their entire compilation to heart, but rather, took only the self-serving parts of it. Muhammad Asad points out in note 66 that this is because they considered themselves God\u2019s \u2018Chosen.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But these verses must stand for all time, and will fit ANY who take only the self-serving parts of their Compilation and ignore- or wrongfully interpret -the other parts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuf Ali tells us in note 570: \u201cThe sanctimonious or self-sanctified people are the farthest from sanctity or purity, which can only proceed from God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.     Verses 51-55 are about such persons, who received \u2018a portion of the Compilation\u2019 \u0646\u0635\u064a\u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628- and who believe in \u201csorcery and evil\/baseless mysteries and the powers of evil\u201d (Y. Ali\/M. Asad).  Asad puts it in today\u2019s terminology, saying \u201c\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0628\u062a\u201d could be fanciful ideas (delusions \u0623\u0648\u0647\u0627\u0645  \u2013 \u062f\u062c\u0644) while \u201c\u0637\u0627\u063a\u0648\u062a\u201d could be \u2018Superstition,\u2019 as in omens, foretelling the future, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankly speaking dear Reader, I fear that many of us who call ourselves \u2018Muslim\u2019 are being taken that way, as one can tell by the promulgation of satellite channels that discuss Magic and Genies, as well as what one editor told me about the types of books that are best-selling amongst Muslims, many of whom do not realize that a \u2018jinn\u2019 in Arabic is any unseen thing,[1]<\/sup><\/a> even nighttime is \u2018jan,\u2019 and that certain Prophetic sayings (such as cover your food from \u2018jinns,\u2019 or do not urinate in a hole in the ground) were referring to unseen, yet stealthy and dangerous creatures, such as bacteria and snakes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many of us know that the word \u2018Jannah\u2019 (Garden-Paradise) is so named because it is \u2018enclosed\u2019 from view?  Or that God did indeed name Moses\u2019 staff (which became a serpent) a \u2018Jaan,\u2019 \u062c\u0627\u0646 not once, but twice (HQ27:10; 28:31), or that Muslims were the first to build Psychiatric Hospitals stating that people suspected of being \u2018touched or possessed by jinn\u2019 needed mental care?[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aren\u2019t we in fact, Cognizant Humans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite that, do we give anyone but God power to benefit or harm us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there any \u2018Shirk\u2019 in our worship of Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will leave the answer to your judgment; I will only say this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s verses are for us; they caution us in everything that matters, and we must heed them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to our verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is a share of God\u2019s Dominion theirs alone?  If indeed it was, they would be so tightfisted that they would not part with any amount, even if small enough to be measured by the groove of a date-pit \u0646\u0642\u064a\u0631\u0627.  What an eloquent similitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.     Verses 56-57 contrast the ultimate fate of those who had spent their worldly life in Denial (and misdeeds against others as understood from context), and those who had spent it in Faith and trust and good deeds.  The first Fateful picture paints the worst horror your mind could ever imagine. We know that the pain experienced by burn victims is among the worst known to man, and even superficial burns,<\/em> which are un-blistered (commonly called first-degree burns), are painful.  In a second-degree burn, which is a partial-thickness burn, <\/em>the outermost skin layer (the epidermis), and the uppermost part of the dermis are damaged, and peripheral nerve endings become exposed in the damaged dermal layer.  That is extremely painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in verse 57 we get the contrasting picture; one of Heavenly Bliss!  And what is Heaven without someone close to share it with?  Such verses are described in Arabic commentaries as \u2018Tarheeb\/ Dissuasion\u2019 versus \u2018Targheeb\/Persuasion,\u2019 and we often see such verses following one another in the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blending the explanations of Y. Ali and M. Asad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds We shall bring into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time; there shall they have purified companions: and We shall admit them to cool shade ever deepening (happiness increasing).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.     Verse 58 is a most beautiful COMMAND, oft-quoted but unfortunately NOT oft-practiced!  The importance of Trusts, and Ruling with Justice, which God Himself says is \u2018the best of instruction!\u2019  Read Asad\u2019s note 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.     Verse 59 is a call to Those Who Attained Faith to obey God and to obey His Messenger and people of authority from amongst themselves.  <\/em>It is understood from the last part that the authority we should obey is one we have chosen (probably by consultation \u2013shura \u0634\u0648\u0631\u0649 HQ42:38) from amongst ourselves and whom we have authorized.  Institutions, legislations\u2026 all authorities we set up to serve us deserve our full compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does that apply to the laws of ANY country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must use our higher judgment as Cognizant Humans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7        A person of faith would naturally obey the law of the land they deem fit to reside in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7        A person of faith is someone who best models their Faith, someone who is always AN ASSET, never a liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.     Verses 60-63 are about hypocrites, as is much of this Chapter.  Here is where we first hear the word \u2018Hypocrites\u2019 or \u2018Munaafiqeen,\u2019 \u0645\u0646\u0627\u0641\u0642\u064a\u0646<\/a>– \u0645\u0646\u0627\u0641\u0642\u0648\u0646 <\/a>(although they were well-described in HQ2:8-20, 3:167-168). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hypocrites are called \u2018munaafiqeen,\u2019 from the root-verb \u2018nafaqa\u2019 which denotes two things, the second being the one we are looking at.[3]<\/sup><\/a> This so well-describes hypocrites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u2018nafaq\u2019 is an outlet or tunnel; a \u2018nafqaa-<\/em>\u0646\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0621<\/em> \u2019 is the hidden exit to a rodent\u2019s burrow, camouflaged from the outside, when exiting or entering, the rodent hits against it with its head, and jumps in or out!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isn\u2019t Arabic beautiful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munafiqeen scurry in and out between light and darkness (HQ2:20),<\/a> having turned away from Faith and Trust in God, while pretending they haven\u2019t.  Their true beliefs lie deep inside their burrows, and when out in the open, they must be masters of deception so as to escape from duty and responsibility.  Their conveniently camouflaged tunnels \u2018anfaaq\u2019 enable them to do that, and they dive into the closest burrow whenever needed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 63 tells us how the Messenger, peace upon him, was told to deal with them; the tolerance here is remarkable!  In fact, this is what true tolerance is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing with certainty the dangers these underground enemies pose, yet advising them and telling them in clear terms that he knows what is going on, yet turning away from them and letting them be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 64 calls for an obedience that these Hypocrites owe to the Messenger, illustrating his high esteem with regard to God.  No matter what wrong one had committed against oneself, having the Messenger in their midst was a chance for forgiveness not to be missed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 65 vows that they shall never be people of Faith and Trust until they consider the Messenger:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–  \u201c\u2026judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against his decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction<\/em>\u201d (Y. Ali).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– \u201c \u2026a judge of all on which they disagree among themselves, and then find in their hearts no bar to an acceptance of thy decision and give themselves up [to it] in utter self-surrender\u201d (M. Asad).<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Each of them is required to \u2018yussallim\/give in,\u2019 in utter \u2018tassleem\/submission.\u2019[4]<\/sup><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder that those of them who missed that chance and physically attempted to harm him and the Faithful<\/em> were warned of the torment of Hellfire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough said!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next Reading is from HQ4:66-79.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace unto all!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a>  \u062c\u0646<\/strong>:<\/strong> \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064e\u0651\u062a\u0652\u0631 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0633\u062a\u064f\u0651\u0631. \u0641\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0629 \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u0625\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0631\u0629\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u062b\u0648\u0627\u0628 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0631\u064c \u0639\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645\u064e. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u064e\u0646\u0651\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0630\u0627\u0643 \u0644\u0623\u0646\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u062c\u0631 \u0628\u0650\u0648\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0642\u0647 \u064a\u064e\u0633\u062a\u064f\u0631. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u0646: \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f \u0641\u064a \u0628\u0637\u0646 \u0623\u064f\u0645\u0651\u0647. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u0646: \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0628\u0648\u0631. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0646: \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0628. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0650\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0651: \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0633\u064f. \u0648\u0643\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u064f\u062a\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0650\u0651\u0644\u0627\u062d \u0641\u0647\u0648 \u062c\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0629. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0650\u0646\u0651\u0629: \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0648\u0646\u061b \u0648\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0623\u0646\u0651\u0647 \u064a\u063a\u0637\u0650\u0651\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0642\u0644. \u0648\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644: \u0633\u0648\u0627\u062f\u064f\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u064e\u062a\u0652\u0631\u064f\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0621\u064e. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064f\u0651 \u0633\u064f\u0645\u064f\u0651\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0623\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u062a\u0633\u062a\u0650\u0651\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u0639\u0646 \u0623\u0639\u064a\u064f\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0642. \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0649: {\u0625\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u064a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0644\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u062d\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062b\u064f \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652} [\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0641 27].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> \u201cInspired by fact that the Qur\u2019an decreed the necessity of providing humane treatment for the insane, the first specialist institutions for the care of the mad appeared in Islamic regions. These hospitals, called maristans, were well regarded with European travellers reporting back on their wonder at the care and kindness shown to lunatics. The first such documented hospital for the insane was built in Cairo by Ahmad ibn Tulun in 872.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> <\/strong>\u0646\u0641\u0642<\/strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>\u064a\u062f\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0646\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639\u0650 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d \u0648\u0630\u064e\u0647\u0627\u0628\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0625\u062e\u0641\u0627\u0621\u0650 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d \u0648\u0625\u063a\u0645\u0627\u0636\u0650\u0647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0641\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0644: \u0646\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0651\u0627\u0628\u0629\u064f \u0646\u064f\u0641\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064b: \u0645\u0627\u062a\u062a\u060c \u0648\u0646\u0641\u064e\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0621\u064f: \u0641\u0646\u064a. .. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0641\u064e\u0642\u0629 \u0644\u0623\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0636\u064a \u0644\u0648\u062c\u0647\u0647\u0627. \u0648\u0623\u0646\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u062c\u064f\u0644: \u0627\u0641\u062a\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0631\u060c \u0623\u064a \u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0646\u062f\u064e\u0647. \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0628\u0646\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0628\u064a: \u0648\u0645\u0646\u0647 \u0642\u0648\u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0649: {\u0625\u0630\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0633\u064e\u0643\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062e\u064e\u0634\u0652\u064a\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0627\u0642\u0650} [\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0621 100].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0641\u064e\u0642: \u0633\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064c \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0636 \u0644\u0640\u0647 \u0645\u064e\u062e\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0635\u064c \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0621: \u0645\u0648\u0636\u0650\u0639\u064c \u064a\u0631\u0642\u0650\u0651\u0642\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u064e\u0631\u0628\u0648\u0639\u064f \u0645\u0646 \u062c\u064f\u062d\u0652\u0631\u0650\u0647 \u0641\u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0623\u064f\u062a\u0650\u064a\u064e \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0650\u0628\u064e\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0635\u0639\u0627\u0621 \u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0621\u064e \u0628\u0631\u0623\u0633\u0647 \u0641\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u060c \u0623\u064a \u062e\u0631\u062c. \u0648\u0645\u0646\u0647 \u0627\u0634\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0650\u0651\u0641\u0627\u0642\u060c \u0644\u0623\u0646 \u0635\u0627\u062d\u0628\u064e\u0647 \u064a\u0643\u062a\u064f\u0645 \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0641\u064e \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0638\u0647\u0650\u0631\u060c \u0641\u0643\u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u062e\u0631\u064f\u062c \u0645\u0646\u0647\u060c \u0623\u0648 \u064a\u062e\u0631\u062c \u0647\u0648 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646\u0650 \u0641\u064a \u062e\u0641\u0627\u0621. \u0648\u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0623\u0646\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u0644\u064e \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628 \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u064f\u0631\u064f\u0648\u062c\u064f. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0641\u064e\u0642: \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064e\u0633\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0641\u0630 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u064a\u064f\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0631\u0648\u062c\u064f<\/em><\/strong> \u0645\u0646\u0647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Hypocrites allege to be Muslims of Those Who Attained Faith, hence they were not asked to \u2018yusslim\/become Muslim\u2019 and enter \u2018Islam.\u2019  They were asked to \u2018yussallim\/submit\u2019 in utter \u2018tassleem\/submission.\u2019  This is a good way to recognize the distinction between these two concepts, especially since Islam, having become known these days as \u2018Submission,\u2019 seems to have lost an integral part of its definition related to purity from fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asad\u2019s note here:<\/a> \u201cThis verse lays down in an unequivocal manner the obligation of every Muslim to submit to the ordinances which the Prophet, under divine inspiration, promulgated with a view to exemplifying the message of the Qur\u2019\u0101n and enabling the believers to apply it to actual situations. These ordinances constitute what is described as the sunnah (lit., \u201cway\u201d) of the Prophet Muhammad, and have (whenever they are authenticated beyond any possibility of doubt) full legal force side by side with the Qur\u2019\u0101n: <\/em>see verse 80 of this s\u016brah<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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