RENAISSANCE SEPTEMBER 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 24 Monthly Renaissance September 2020 ﻳﻬﺐﻟﻤﻦۡ ﻳﺸﺂء ﻧﺎﺛًﺎوﻳﻬﺐ ﻟﻤﻦۡ ﻳﺸﺂء 7 ﻳﺨۡﻠﻖﻣﺎﻳﺸﺂء 7 ٰ ﻣﻠۡﻚ ﻟﺴﻤٰﻮٰتو ﻵۡﻹرۡض ﷲ ۙ ﻮۡر﴿ S ﻟﺬ ٤٩﴾ ﻋﻠﻴۡﻢٌ ﻗ 2 ﻧﻪ 7 وﻳﺠۡﻌﻞﻣﻦۡ ﻳﺸﺂء ﻋﻘﻴۡﻤًﺎ w ﻧًﺎو ﻧﺎﺛًﺎ `ۡÏ وۡ ﻳﺰوﺟﻬﻢۡ ذ ﺪﻳۡﺮٌ ﴿ ٥٠﴾ ٖ ﺑﺎذۡﻧﻪ +,ۡ ﺣﺠﺎبٍ وۡ ﻳﺮۡﺳﻞرﺳﻮۡﻵًﻹﻓﻴﻮ ¶ ٰ ﻵﻹوﺣۡﻴًﺎ وۡ ﻣﻦۡ ورآي ﻠﻤﻪ ﷲ H ٍ نۡ ﻳ ` ﺎن ﻟﺒ z وﻣﺎ 'ٌ ﺣﻜﻴۡﻢٌ ﴿ 5 ﻋ 2 ﻧﻪ 7 ﻣﺎﻳﺸﺂء ٥١﴾ وﻛﺬٰﻟﻚ وۡﺣﻴۡﻨﺎۤ ﻟﻴۡﻚروۡﺣًﺎﻣﻦۡ ﻣۡﺮ ﻣﺎﻛﻨۡﺖﺗﺪۡريۡ ﻣﺎ 7 ﻧﺎ [Let them say whatever they have to; in reality] to God belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He likes. He gives daughters to whomsoever He desires and sons to whomsoever He desires. Or blesses them with both sons and daughters and whomsoever he wishes, He leaves childless. Undoubtedly, He knows everything; He has power over everything. (49-50) [They insist: “Why does not God directly talk to us.” Tell them:] It is not the status 59 of any human being that he talk to God face to face except if it is through divine revelation 60 or from behind a veil 61 or that He send an angel so that he through His permission and what He desires send revelation. 62 He is certainly lofty in status, very wise. 63 To you too [O Prophet!] We Prophet (sws) must consign their matter to God. 59. Ie., no human being has this status or position. He also does not have the stature to bear it. Thus it is because of this weakness of his that God does not speak with him face to face. 60. This means to send a revelation to the heart and this revelation as is evident from the words is not in the form of an idea or a thought; it is in the form of words which he hears, understands and preserves. It is evident from various narratives that on many occasions the Prophet (sws) was communicated with through this means. 61. This means was only adopted with Moses (sws). No other prophet had this honour. 62. In this means, the angel directly sends God’s words as a revelation to the Prophet (sws). It is specified in the Qur’ ā n that it itself was revealed in this way. It can be analogously understood that other books too may have been revealed in this way. There is no doubt that at times God sends the angel in the form of a human being to communicate His intentions or at times informs His special servants with His intentions through dreams and visions. Several examples of this are mentioned in the Qur’ ā n and Ḥ ad ī th. However, this cannot be termed as delivering words of revelation and this is what is under discussion here. Hence these ways have not been touched upon. 63. Here at the end, in accordance with the general style of the Qur’ ā n,