Allah Is My Guide

Qur’aanic Verse 19.59:

Transliteration:

59. Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun adaAAoo alssalata waittabaAAoo alshshahawati fasawfa yalqawna ghayyan

Translation:

59. But then generations that followed them became negligent of prayers and followed sensual desires. And they will encounter disaster.⁸

Study Note:

8. Is not the All-knowing Allah foretelling here also of the fate of the Muslims who ruled Spain for about 800 years and were driven out lock, stock, and barrel from there thereafter? Isn’t He foretelling generally also of the fate of Muslims today?

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

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verses  17.107 to17.109:

Transliterations:

107. Qul aminoo bihi aw la tu/minoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi itha yutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lil-athqani sujjadan

108. Wayaqooloona subhana rabbina in kana waAAdu rabbina lamafAAoolan

109. Wayakhirroona lil-athqani yabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAan

Translations:

107. Say, “Believe in it or not; but they indeed, who were given the knowledge before it happens, fall down on their faces in humble prostration, when it is recited to them.”³⁰

108. And they say, “Glorified is our Lord! The prophecy of our Lord was bound to be fulfilled.”

109. And they fall down on their faces weeping, and it adds to their humility.

Study Note:

30. People spoken of here and in the next two Verse are those true Muslims, living in the present age, who are witnessing the fulfillment of the divine prophecy made in Verse 104 above, in the creation of the State of Israel.

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

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verse 17.104:

Transliteration:

104. Waqulna min baAAdihi libanee isra-eela oskunoo al-arda fa-itha jaa waAAdu al-akhirati ji/na bikum lafeefan

Translation:

104. And, afterwards, We said to the Children of Israel, “Settle down in the land. Then when the second prophecy would come to pass, we will bring you together in one place.”²⁸

Study Note:

28. The last word of this Verse is lafeefan, which literally means wrapped up or enclosed in an envelope. In other words, the Verse tells us that the Children of Israel (Jews) would be brought together in one enclosed place – enclosed by other communities. And we have seen this happen in our age, when the state of Israel was created as a homeland for the Jews. The divine prophecy thus stands fulfilled. In this context please see Verse 5.21 and study notes 12 & 13 thereunder as also Verses 4 to 7 and study note 2 to 4 above of this Chapter.

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

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘