RENAISSANCE NOVEMBER 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 10 Monthly Renaissance November 2020 ﻫٰﺬ ﻋﺬ بٌ ﻟﻴۡﻢٌ ﴿ ١١﴾ ۡﺸﻒۡ ﻋﻨﺎ ﻟۡﻌﺬ ب ﻧﺎ ﻣﺆۡﻣﻨﻮۡن ﴿ 0 رﺑﻨﺎ ١٢﴾ ٰي و ﻗﺪۡ tۡu ﻟﻬﻢ ﻟﺬ 4ٰv ۙ ﴿ ٌۡ ﺟﺂءﻫﻢۡ رﺳﻮۡلٌ ﻣﺒ ١٣﴾ ۘ ﺛﻢﺗﻮﻟﻮۡ ﻋﻨۡﻪ وﻗﺎﻟﻮۡ ﻣﻌﻠﻢٌ ﻣﺠۡﻨﻮۡنٌ ﴿ ١٤﴾ ﻧﺎ?ﺎﺷﻔﻮ ﻟۡﻌﺬ بﻗ ﻠﻴۡﻶًﻹ ۘ ﻧﻜﻢۡ ﻋﺂ]ﺪوۡن﴿ ١٥﴾ ﻧﺎﻣﻨۡﺘﻘﻤﻮۡن﴿ ~ ٰي 1ۡ2 ﻳﻮۡمﻧﺒۡﻄﺶ ﻟۡﺒﻄۡﺸﺔ ﻟۡﻜ ١٦﴾ وﻟﻘﺪۡ ﻓﺘﻨﺎ ۡ ﻗﺒۡﻠﻬﻢ ۙ ﻳۡﻢٌ ﴿ tu ٌ ۡﻋﻮۡنوﺟﺂءﻫﻢۡ رﺳﻮۡل t ﻗﻮۡم ١٧﴾ ۡ ﻟﻜﻢۡ 4v D ٰ ﻋﺒﺎد ﷲ 4‚ ۤۡ نۡ دو people. This is a painful torment. [They will cry out:] “Our Lord! Ward off this torment from us; we accept faith.” 10 Where is any reminder for them now! A messenger had come to them who explains [everything]. In spite of this, they turned away from him and said: “He is a mad man 11 who has been taught and instructed.” 12 We can ward off this torment [from you] for sometime; but you will return to do what you used to. Bear in mind, the day We shall seize them in a mighty way; 13 that will be the day when We shall definitely take full revenge. (9-16) Before them, We tested the nation of the Pharaoh also and [for this purpose] a noble messenger had come to them with the message: “Hand over these servants of God to me; 14 I am an 10. From here onwards is the answer which will be given to people from God. The Qur’ ā n has adopted an indirect style of address here. 11. Ie., he is a person who has been overcome with the madness of delivering punishment; thus he always sees it coming from the heavens and the earth and day and night he parrots its advent; there is no reality behind his claim. They would utter these words when they saw the devotion and commitment of the Prophet (sws) to his preaching mission and to his belief and conviction in them. 12. This allegation has been mentioned at certain other instances in the Qur’ ā n as well. Through it they wanted to convince those who were being influenced by the amazing knowledge and wisdom of the Qur’ ā n and the extra-ordinary affect of its style that it was a conspiracy by some non-Arab slaves or some People of the Book by which they secretly fabricated this Book and then presented it through his tongue. 13. Ie., the grasp of the Hereafter because it will be perpetual and abiding. 14. Ie., the Israelites who God had specially chosen for Himself and directed to set up a centre of taw ḥī d in Palestine in order to conclusively convey the truth to the whole world. Moses (sws) had made this demand from the Pharaoh in accordance with this. However, he did not clarify it and, as is stated in the Bible, only said that they wanted to go to the desert situated at a distance of three days for worship. The words ٰ ﻋﺒﺎد ﷲ of the verse also carry an admonition in