RENAISSANCE FEBRUARY 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 38 Monthly Renaissance February 2020 ﻟَﻪ ﻟۡﺤﻜۡﻢ وَ ﻟَﻴۡﻪ P V َ/ۡءٍ ﻫَﺎﻟﻚٌ ﻵَﻹ وَﺟۡﻬَﻪ Ò ﻞ U ¼ َ ﻵَﻹۤ ﻟٰﻪَ ﻵَﻹ ﻫﻮ å َ,َ¦ٰ ٰ ﻟٰـﻬًﺎ ﻵَﻹ ﺗَﺪۡع ﻣَﻊَ ﷲ ﺗﺮۡﺟَﻌﻮۡنَ ﴿ ٨٨﴾ never happen that these people stop you from the verses of God when they have been revealed to you. Keep calling towards your Lord and never be among the polytheists and also do not invoke any other deity besides God. There is no deity except Him. Everything except Him will perish. Judgement rests in His hand only and you shall be returned to Him alone. (86-88) ______________ specially helps him in this task. On the other hand, if a person desires a status or position, then God consigns him to it. Narratives explain this aspect in a very effective way. The third thing which is evident from this verse is that in the case of the Qur’ ā n, we must not tolerate any softness or compromise. If we do this, we will be regarded as the companions and helpers of wrongdoers. (Am ī n A ḥ san I ṣ l āḥī , Tadabbur-i Qur’ ā n , vol. 5, 717)