RENAISSANCE JUNE 2020

6 Monthly Renaissance June 2020 Qur’ ā nic Exegesis S ū rah al-Zumar Javed A ḥ mad Gh ā mid ī ٰ ﻟﺮﺣۡﻤٰﻦ ﻟﺮﺣﻴۡﻢ ﺑﺴۡﻢ ﷲ ٰ ﻟۡﻌﺰﻳۡﺰ ﻟۡﺤﻜﻴۡﻢ ﴿ ﺗ ۡﻳۡﻞ ﻟۡﻜﺘٰﺐﻣﻦ ﷲ ١﴾ ﻧﺎۤ ﻧۡﺰﻟۡﻨﺎۤ ﻟﻴۡﻚ ﻟۡﻜﺘٰﺐ ﺑﺎﻟۡﺤﻖ ﻓﺎﻋۡﺒﺪ ﴿. ٰ ﻣﺨۡﻠﺼًﺎﻟﻪ ﻟﺪﻳۡﻦ ﷲ ٢﴾ ﻣﺎ 5 و ﻟﺬﻳۡﻦ ﺗﺨﺬوۡ ﻣﻦۡ دوۡﻧﻪٖۤ وۡﻟﻴﺂء < ٰ ﻟﺪﻳۡﻦ ﻟۡﺨﺎﻟﺺ ﻵﻹﷲ ۡ ۡ ﻣﺎﻫﻢۡ ﻓﻴ AB ۡ ٰ ﻳﺤۡﻜﻢﺑﻴۡﻨﻬﻢ ن ﷲ <EٰFۡ ٰ زﻟ ﷲ AH ۤ ﺑﻮۡﻧﺎ JK ﻌۡﺒﺪﻫﻢۡ ﻵﻹﻟﻴ L ن MN ﻪﻳﺨۡﺘﻠﻔﻮۡن In the name of God, the Most-Gracious, the Ever-Merciful. This Book has been revealed from God, in a very thorough manner, Who is Powerful, very Wise. 1 We have revealed this Book to you [O Prophet!] with the decisive truth. 2 So, worship God alone while sincerely obeying Him only. 3 Listen! Pure obedience is for God alone. 4 People who have made other guardians besides God and say: “We only worship them so that they can bring us closer to God,” 5 God will definitely decide between them in what 1. This forms an assurance to the Prophet (sws) and a warning to the disbelievers of the Qur’ ā n. The implication is that no one can impede the intentions of the God Who has revealed this Book. If He is giving some respite to people, it is because His wisdom entails it and if in this period of respite some difficulties are being caused by the disbelievers of this Book, then these too should be considered as being based on wisdom. Hence, these disbelievers must be warned and the Prophet (sws) too must rest assured that if God’s decree is issued no one will be able to avert it. 2. Ie., it has been revealed as a decisive truth in the differences these people have created in polytheism and monotheism. 3. Ie., in a manner that only He is worshipped and without any condition or restriction only He is obeyed. 4. Ie., such pure obedience in which there is not the slightest semblance of adulteration from anyone. 5. All the idolaters of the world generally present this reasoning in