Lesson # 607 From Holy Qur’aan
God is Reproving the People of the Scripture
Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
Verses–18&19
of 120, Section–3 of 16 (Part–6)–Stage - 2
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
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18. -The
Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allaah
and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye
are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth
whom He will. And Allaah’s is the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and
unto Him is the journeying.
19.
O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our Messenger come unto you to
make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers,
lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any
warner. Now hath a Messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. And Allaah is Able to do all things.
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18. Wa
qaalatil-Yahuudu
wan-Nasaaraa nahnu ‘abnaaa-‘Ullaahi wa
‘ahibbaaa-‘Uh. Qul falima
Yu-‘azzibukum- bi-zu-nuubikum. Bal
‘antum-basharum-mimman
khalaq. Yagfiru limany-yashaaa-‘u wa Yu-‘azzibu many-yashaaa’. Wa
LIllaahi mulkus-samaawaati wal-‘arzi
wa maa bay-nahumaa
wa ‘IlayHil-masiir.
19. Yaaa-‘Ahlal-Kitaabi qad
jaaa-‘akum RasuuluNaa yubayyinu
lakum ‘alaa fatratim-minar-rusuli ‘an- taquuluu maa
jaaa-‘anaa mim- bashiirinw-wa laa
naziir; faqad jaaa-‘akum
Bashiirunw-wa Naziir. WAllaahu
‘alaa kulli shay-‘in
Qadiir.
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Lesson
‘Ahibbaaa-‘Uh – (His loved ones), it is plural of habib, which means “friend, fondling and
caressed”.
The
Jews and the Christians used to consider themselves noble than all other
people. When they reached between the simple people of Arab, they also accepted
them generally as respectable. These so called superior people used to tell
them their stories. At that time, when Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings
and peace be upon Him) Messenger of Allaah
Almighty came and told the Arabians their evil deeds, then they were weary. Muhammad
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) frightened them from the
punishment of Allaah Almighty and
said, “Now you cannot get respect until you do not obey Me”. Later, their
scholars said, “You should tell these Sayings to your nation-fellow Arabs. Our
dignity is very high”. Even they said, “We are sons of God, His beloved and
chosen people”.
We have recited in Surah Al-Baqarah and then in Surah Aali-‘Imraan that the Jews used
to say, “We shall not be given punishment of Fire. And if that was, that would
be only for a few days”. There they were replied, “Show that contract, in which
it has been written that you would be saved from the anguish”. In Surah Aali-‘Imraan it was told that “Those
descriptions have put them in deception, which have been included in the
religion by themselves”. They have been responded in this verse as reply of
their haughtily saying so, “We are intimates and fondling of God”.
It has been indicated here, “If,
your saying so (we are loved ones of God) is correct, then why are you punished
in this world? Sometime you are ordered to kill each other, at another time you
are fallen into plague. It is apparent that you are also mortals of His
creating (humankind like others) and you fall too under the same principle (He
forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will), because Sovereignty of
the heavens, the earth and all that, which is between them, is of Allaah Almighty only. No creature can
postpone His Order and unto Him is the journeying of the entire creatures
including human beings. Loved ones (servants) of Allaah Almighty are only those persons, who do good works and ward
off sins, evils and bad deeds due to fear of His punishment. It is promise of Allaah Almighty with them that they will
not face any distress, grief or sadness on the Day of Resurrection.
Fatratun – {to be lazy, to become loose, an
interval (of cessation)}, fatuur is
also from it, which means “deficiency, reduction, loss”. If something has been
happening constantly, and then it has been stopped and its act of continuing
has been suspended, this process of suspension and stoppage is called fatarah. And the period, during which it
remained suspended, will be called “The Time of Fataratun”. No Messenger/Prophet had come since nearly six hundred
year, after the Prophet Christ (peace be upon Him) and coming of the
Prophets/Messengers was ceased. It is called Fataratun. Here it has been described that “The Messenger of the
end of time, that is to say; Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings and peace be
upon Him), Last Messenger of Allaah
Almighty has come now unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers.
Believe in Him and obey Him (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him).
It has been described in this
verse, “Our Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) has come
unto you for the purpose, “to tell about the good news to the good people and
to warn the evildoers about their punishment”. As per Arabic language, Bashiir is the Cheer and Naziir is the Warner. Therefore, every
Messenger’s title is Bashiir and Naziir (peace be upon Them). This verse
discloses that in future none can say, “No Bashiir
(Cheer) and Naziir (Warner) came
towards us”, because this Last Messenger of Allaah
Almighty, Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) has come in
the world, Who is also Bashiir and Naziir. Neither the world can be
arranged, nor Hereafter without obeying Him (grace, glory, blessings and peace
be upon Him).
At the end, the People of the
Scripture have been threatened, “Remember! Allaah
is Able to do all things. If you will not believe, He can bring into being more
Believers of His religion, emitting you and can deprive you from His Mercy due
to your wicked deeds”.
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