{"id":385,"date":"2021-04-04T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:32","slug":"welcome-friends-day-60-quran-5-65-76-pages-119-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-60-quran-5-65-76-pages-119-120\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 5:65-76, pages 119 +120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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

1.  As we have already noticed, this Chapter, \u2018the Repast,\u2019 addresses in most part the Followers of (earlier) Compilation, both directly and indirectly, reminding them of their OWN obligations and their responsibility in upholding what had originally been Revealed to them.  This is yet another indication that this Final Compilation was revealed for the benefit of all Humanity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s Reading, Verses 65-66 the Qur\u2019an starts out by addressing them indirectly, saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHad the People of (earlier) Compilation attained Faith (and trust) and been Aware, We would have covered (for them; erased) their misdeeds and entered them into Gardens of Bliss.  Had they upheld the Torah and the Evangel, and what was revealed\/made to descend unto them from their Lord, they would have partaken (of the blessings extended to them) from above them and from beneath their feet;  Among them is a  community which pursues a median course, and (as to) many of them, dire is what they are doing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.  <\/strong>Then, the Messenger is addressed directly in Verses 67, and told to \u2018proclaim\/ announce\u2019 what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and cautioned that if \u201c\u2026 you did not<\/em> (in fact) do so, you would, indeed, not<\/em> have delivered His Message<\/strong>!\u2026\u201d Then the verse continues, as it directs him to proceed, assuring him that God shields him (as Messenger) from people (who would obstruct his delivery), and that God does not guide those who are Deniers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why the cautioning and the assurance?  The Messenger knew his duty very well and would not have shirked the responsibility he was given, despite the dangers, but nevertheless:  It probably felt uncomfortable to be the bearer of God\u2019s ultimatums to the People of (earlier) Compilation who behaved as though they owned the truth, and more importantly, it must have been quite worrying that everyone\u2019s aggression would stand in the way of him delivering it!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A note here:  Remember when we said that there are verses in the Qur\u2019an where the \u2018voice\u2019 of God is easily identifiable- dutifully received by His Messenger and then transmitted to the world?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are such verses, where God warns, and His Messenger dutifully delivers despite being the object of such warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 68 tells the Messenger to say: \u2018..O People of the Compilation!  You are (standing) on nothing, until you uphold the Torah and the Evangel and what was revealed to you\/descended to you from your Lord..\u201d <\/strong>and then continues to inform him, that what was revealed to him\/descended to him <\/em> from his Lord only increases them<\/em> in tyranny and denial, and that he should not feel sorrow\/assaa\/\u0623\u0633\u0649 over the Denying People.[1]<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuf Ali tells tells us in his note<\/a> that Moses was told the same thing, while Muhammad Asad tells us in his note<\/a> that this indicates the necessity that they uphold what was in their original Compilation, including the prophecies of the Old Testament that related to the advent of Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narratives about earlier Messengers must have been very helpful to Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him:  Among other things, they exposed truths and offered arguments to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

support his Message, and offered guidance regarding experiences often similar or more difficult than his.  They also provided him with comfort and solace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.  Verse 69 is similar to HQ2:62, to which Muhamad Asad\u2019s comment<\/a> was that it recurs in the Qur\u2019an several times and layd down a fundamental doctrine of Islam: \u201cWith a breadth of vision unparalleled in any other religious faith, the idea of \u201csalvation\u201d is here made conditional upon three elements only: belief in God, belief in the Day of Judgment, and righteous action in life.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 70 again mentions the \u2018covenant\/ solemn pledge\u2019 (Ali\/Asad) taken from Bani Isra\u2019eel (as in HQ2:83; 2:84; 2:93- 3:187; 4:154; 4:155- 5:7; 5:12; 5:13), and that whenever they received Messengers whose instructions went against their desires, they either belied them (called them imposters), or killed them  (as in HQ2:61; 3:21).  And, thinking that \u2018that there would be no trial (or punishment)\/ no harm would befall them\u2019 (Ali\/Asad), they acted blind and deaf, then after God accepted their repentance, many of them acted blind and deaf, and God sees all that they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018trial\/harm\u2019 mentioned here by Ali and Asad is the \u2018Fitnah,\u2019 trial by fire, which we spoke about on Day 15.  Such a trial is one which distinguishes people by bringing out their inner truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.  The next few verses are highly significant in their definition of the role of Jesus, peace upon him, as Messenger of God, and their refutation of the claim of his later followers that \u2018God is Christ the son of Mary\u2019, or that God was in a Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 72 begins, as did verse 17:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed, they have denied, those who said that God is Jesus son of Mary \u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verse then goes on to state quite plainly that Jesus himself addressed Bani Isra\u2019eel by name, telling them to \u201c..worship God, my Lord and yours<\/em>\u2026<\/strong>\u201d and then the verse asserts that whoever associates partners with God, unto him will God forbid the Garden, and his abode shall be the Fire, with none to support\/help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next two verses (73-74) are just as powerful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed, they have denied, those who said that God is the third of a Trinity, while there is no God except One God, and if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will indeed befall those who Denied among them a painful suffering! (73)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will they not turn to God in repentance and ask <\/strong>His forgiveness, and God is Oft-Forgiving, Unceasingly Merciful?\u201d (74)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.  Note: It is important here to remember two points which will reflect upon our understanding of Verse 91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n