RENAISSANCE MARCH 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 27 Monthly Renaissance March 2020 ٍ َﺎﻧﻮۡ ! ۡ ﺷَﻚٍ ﻣﺮﻳۡﺐ y ۡ َ ﻣَﺎﻳَﺸۡﺘَﻬﻮۡنَ ﻛَﻤَﺎﻓﻌﻞَ ﺑﺎَﺷۡﻴَﺎﻋﻬﻢۡ ﻣﻦۡ ﻗَﺒۡﻞ ﻧَﻬﻢ 3ۡ.َ ﺣﻴۡﻞَ ﺑَﻴۡﻨَﻬﻢۡ وَ ﺑ ﴿٥٤﴾ how will they get hold of that faith from that far! 95 They have denied it earlier and have been confuting it from afar. A wall will come between them and their desires, 96 the way it was done earlier with those similar to them. 97 Because they too remained similarly afflicted with doubt. (51-54) ( Translated by Dr Shehzad Saleem ) ـــــــــــــــــــــــــ 95. Ie., sometimes they said that this claim of the messenger is mere falsity, the threat of punishment is a bluff, the warning of the Hereafter is a figment of some mental ailment and sometimes called the messenger a phony and his claim of messengerhood a fabrication. In other words, they uttered without thinking whatever came to their minds. 96. Ie., no wish will be granted. Im ā m Am ī n A ḥ san I ṣ l āḥī writes: … They will want to accept faith but it will be futile. They will request for some respite but their call will not be heard. They will invoke their deities, but they too will not respond to them. In short, all doors of hope will be closed on them and they will have to face eternal despair. (Am ī n A ḥ san I ṣ l āḥī , Tadabbur-i Qur’ ā n , vol. 6, 343) 97. This is a reference to the ‘ Ā d, the Tham ū d and the people of Madyan etc whose anecdotes have been narrated in the Qur’ ā n. It is evident from the verse that the judgements will be passed for nations in a chronological sequence.