RENAISSANCE NOVEMBER 2019

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 7 Monthly Renaissance November 2019 + ٰ ﻵۡﻹَﻣۡﺮ ﻣﻦۡ ﻗَﺒۡﻞوَ ﻣﻦ ﷲ َح ﻟۡﻤﺆۡﻣﻨﻮۡنَ ۙ﴿ CۡDَE ٍ ﺬ Hَ وَ ﻳَﻮۡﻣ J *َﻌۡﺪ ٤﴾ J ﻣَﻦۡ ﻳَﺸَﺂء OPۡ ﻳَﻨ J ٰ ﷲ OۡPَ ﺑﻨ وَ ﻫﻮَ ﻟۡﻌَﺰﻳۡﺰ ﻟﺮَﺣﻴۡﻢ ۙ﴿ ٥﴾ ﻵَﻹﻳﺨۡﻠﻒ J ٰ وَﻋۡﺪَ ﷲ ٰ ﷲ َﻌۡﻠَﻤﻮۡنَ ﴿ E َ ﻟﻨَﺎسﻵَﻹ XَYۡZَ َ وَﻋۡﺪَه \ وَ ﻟٰﻜﻦ ٦﴾ happened at God’s behest 3 and whatever will happen in future will also happen at God’s behest and the believers will rejoice on that day because of God’s help. 4 God helps whomsoever He pleases and He is powerful and very merciful. 5 God’s promise is certain 6 and God does not go back on His promise, but most was made as an argument in favour of Mu ḥ ammad’s prophethood. It is evident from historical narratives that because of their religious proximity with the Christians and the latter’s attitude towards them and with the message of the Qur’ ā n, in particular in Abyssinia, Muslims naturally held sympathy for them. The Qur’ ā n has assured them that they should not be aggrieved; their brethren of the People of the Book will soon become dominant. Moreover, this prediction will become a great proof of the prophethood in which they have professed faith. This is because none except God can give such news of the future in such an absolute and certain manner. 3. Ie., it will happen in accordance with the law which has been prescribed by God for the test of nations and their rise and fall. Thus He sees what attitude they adopt after becoming sovereign in a land and then passes His verdict accordingly. 4. Ie., it will be at the time when God’s help arrives for the Muslims who are now being harassed and they too will be happy and will rejoice at being delivered from the injustices and oppression of the Quraysh. Thus it is known that when in 624 AD the conquests of the Czar of Rome began, Muslims had not only become politically dominant in Mad ī nah, but had also gained victory in the battle of Badr and destroyed the whole leadership of the Quraysh. Included in their joy must have been the word by word fulfilment of a great prophecy of a Book in which they believed and the ones who were closer to them in religion became victorious. From this, a little deliberation shows, the time frame of the glad tidings of the victory of the truth also becomes known exactly which has been mentioned at various places in the Qur’ ā n. 5. Ie., since He is very merciful, whenever He assigns a mission of His to His people, He necessarily helps them. And with this, since He is also powerful, whenever He decides to help them, this decision is necessarily implemented. None can stop its implementation. 6. The word وَﻋْﺪ is in the accusative in this verse, ie. وَﻋَﺪَ ٰ ًﷲ ذ َﻟﻚَ وَﻋْﺪ . It refers to the promise of help which has been mentioned earlier by the words ﷲ OْPَ ﺑﻨ and as a result of which Muslims too would triumph over