RENAISSANCE MAY 2019

6 Monthly Renaissance May 2019 Qur’ ā nic Exegesis S ū rah al-N ū r Javed Ahmad Ghamidi / Trans by. Dr Shehzad Saleem ﺑﺴۡﻢ ٰ ﷲ ﻟﺮَﺣۡﻤٰﻦ ۡ ﻟﺮَﺣﻴ ﻢ ََﺿۡﻨٰﻬَﺎوَ َﻧۡﺰَﻟۡﻨَﺎﻓﻴۡﻬَﺎۤ ٰﻳٰﺖ" ﺑَﻴﻨٰﺖٍ ﻟَﻌَﻠَﻜﻢۡ ﺗَﺬ ََوۡنَ ﴿ + َ ﺳﻮۡرَةٌ َﻧۡﺰَﻟۡﻨٰﻬَﺎو ١﴾ َ َﻟﺰ َﻧﻴَﺔوَ ﻟﺰ ۡ45 ٌ ﻢۡ ﺑﻬﻤَﺎر َۡﻓَﺔ 6ۡ ۡ ﻓَﺎﺟۡﻠﺪوۡ @ﻞَ و َﺣﺪٍ ﻣﻨۡﻬﻤَﺎﻣﺎﺋَﺔَ ﺟَﻠۡﺪَةٍ :وَ ﻵَﻹ ﺗَﺎۡﺧﺬ 4A دﻳۡﻦ In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful. This is a grand s ū rah 1 that We have revealed 2 and have made its directives mandatory 3 [upon you] and have also revealed very clear admonitions in it 4 so that you take heed. (1) A man or a woman guilty of fornication, flog each of them with a hundred lashes 5 [if their crime is proven], and in [the 1. The inchoative ( mubtad ā ’ ) is suppressed in the verse. This has directed all attention to the enunciative ( khabar ) from which is evident the exaltedness and significance of the s ū rah . The translation keeps this aspect in consideration. 2. Ie., it should not be regarded as something ordinary. It has been revealed by the Almighty. Hence it is mandatory for every Muslim to obey it and hence its directives should be followed in this capacity. 3. This has been stated because such directives have proven to be a pitfall for previous nations and they have tried to find ways and means to evade them. Thus it is warned that these are not recommendations; they are obligations and definite directives of God which have to be obeyed at every place and in every period of time without the slightest hesitation. There is not the slightest possibility of any slackness or indifference in following them. 4. This is a reference to the admonitions which are stated repeatedely after directives are mentioned in the s ū rah . 5. According to the Qur’ ā n, fornication is the third greatest sin after polytheism and murder. In the shar ī ‘ahs revealed by God to His prophets, it has been regarded as a punishable offence. Thus because of the special status of the Israelites and because of being directly