Allah Is My Guide

Qur’aanic Verse 13.19:

 

Transliteration:

 19. Afaman yaAAlamu annama onzila ilayka min rabbika alhaqqu kaman huwa aAAma innama yatathakkaru oloo al-albabi

Translation:

 19. Is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, then, like him who is blind?¹² Only those with understanding will mind this,

Study Note:

12. Every Muslim of today should honestly ponder whether he himself deserves to be included in the first category of people who know. Or is he liable to be included in the second category of those who are blind? The Muslim could desrve inclusion in the first category if, and only if, he believes that everything stated in the Qur’aan is the Truth and nothing but the Truth. But, does he? Let us take one example – one among many. The Qur’aan repeatedly asserts that it explains clearly everything that Allah asks man to follow or abide by. Allah has categorically prohibited Ar-Riba. This is an injunction that man has rigorously to follow. Otherwise, the Qur’aan asserts, he is at war with Allah! And, as per the earlier stated Qur’aanic assertion, the term Ar-Riba is clearly explained in the Qur’aan itself. But most Muslims, including well-known Islamic scholars, blasphemously believe that Ar-Riba is not explained in the Qur’aan!! The scholars are therefore busy giving their own definitions of the Qur’aanic term!!!

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Qur’aanic Verse:

 

Transliteration:

 11. Lahu muAAaqqibatun min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi yahfathoonahu min amri Allahi inna Allaha la yughayyiru ma biqawmin hatta yughayyiroo ma bi-anfusihim wa-itha arada Allahu biqawmin soo-an fala maradda lahu wama lahum min doonihi min walin

Translation:

 11. For every human being there are angels who take turns, in front of him/her and behind, to guard him/her by Allah’s commandment. Allah does indeed not change the condition of a people until they themselves change it.⁷ And when Allah wills adversity on a people, there is no averting it. And besides Him they have no ruling authority to defend and take care of them.

Study Note:

7. For centuries after the revelation of the Qur’aan, Muslims enjoyed dominance over others, both politically and culturally. They then, by and large, adhered to Qur’aanic teachings. But, now, the same Muslims are down and out among the modern nations of the world. Allah did not change their condition; they changed it themselves. They stopped adhering to Qur’aanic teachings.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXV. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXIV already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

  Qur’aanic Verse 8.53: 

 

	53	ذَ‌ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration: 

53. Thalika bi-anna Allaha lam yaku mughayyiran niAAmatan anAAamaha AAala qawmin hatta yughayyiroo ma bi-anfusihim waanna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun

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Translation:

53. That was because Allah has never changed a favour which He has conferred upon a people until they themselves become responsible for any change in it. And because Allah listens, knows.²⁵

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Study Note: 

25. We are witness today to the Truth contained in this Verse. Soon after the revelation of the Qur’aan, the Muslims had climbed to the pinnacle of glory because they then, by and large, adhered to the Qur’aanic tenets. But, now, they are the lowest of the low among the comity of nations because they now, by and large, treat the Qur’aan as a thing of no real importance!

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XIX. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XVIII already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi