RENAISSANCE FEBRUARY 2021

6 Monthly Renaissance February 2021 Qur’ ā nic Exegesis S ū rah al-Sajdah Javed A ḥ mad Gh ā mid ī ﺑﺴۡﻢ ٰ ﷲ ﻟﺮَﺣۡﻤٰﻦ ۡ ﻟﺮَﺣﻴ ﻢ ﻟٓـﻢٓ ۚ﴿ ١﴾ ﴿ َۡ ﺗَ-ۡ,ﻳۡﻞ* ﻟۡﻜﺘٰﺐ ﻵَﻹ رَﻳۡﺐَ ﻓﻴۡﻪ ﻣﻦۡ رَب ﻟۡﻌٰﻠَﻤ ٢﴾ ﺑَﻞۡ ﻫ * ﻮَ 2 * ﻪ 3ٰ4َ5ۡ َﻘ * ﻮۡﻟ * ﻮۡنَ ﻓ 8 ۡ َم ﻟۡﺤَﻖ * ﻣﻦۡ رَﺑﻚَ ﻟﺘ * ﻨۡﺬرَ ﻗَﻮۡﻣًﺎﻣَﺎۤ َﺗٰﻬ * ﻢۡ ﻣﻦۡ ﻧَﺬﻳۡﺮٍ ﻣﻦۡ ﻗَﺒۡﻠﻚَ ﻟَﻌَﻠَﻬ * ﻢۡ ﻳَﻬۡﺘَﺪ * وۡنَ ﴿ ٣﴾ ﻣَﺎ J ﻟۡﻌَﺮۡش LَMَ ۡ ﺳﺘَﺔ َﻳَﺎمٍ ﺛ * ﻢَ ﺳۡﺘَﻮٰيﻋ LS َﷲ ٰ* ﻟَﺬيۡ ﺧَﻠَﻖَ ﻟﺴَﻤٰﻮٰتوَ ﻵۡﻹَرۡضَ وَ ﻣَﺎﺑَﻴۡﻨَﻬ * ﻤَﺎ * وۡنَ ﴿ WَXَ َﻓَﻶَﻹﺗَﺘَﺬ J ٍ ٍ وَ ﻵَﻹﺷَﻔﻴۡﻊ L]َ ﻟَﻜ * ﻢۡ ﻣﻦۡ د * وۡﻧﻪٖ ﻣﻦۡ و ٤﴾ In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Ever-Merciful. This is S ū rah Alif L ā m M ī m. 1 Undoubtedly, the revelation of this Book is from the Lord of the worlds. Do they say that this person has fabricated it himself? 2 Certainly not! In fact, it is the truth which has come from your Lord 3 so that you can warn people 4 to whom no warner came before you so that they can be guided. (1-3) [They associate partners with Him. In reality,] it is God Who has created the heavens and the earth and that between them in six 5 days. Then He sat on the throne. 6 There is neither anyone 1. What is the meaning of this name? I have explained in detail my view about it while discussing verse 1 of S ū rah al-Baqarah. 2. This question is meant to express amazement and wonder. The implication is to ask if they have become so blind and deaf that they are regarding a Book like the Qur’ ā n to be the Prophet’s fabrication. 3. Ie., it is the truth because it is from God and also the truth because whatever it states does not have the possibility of the slightest falsehood in it. 4. Ie., the Quraysh to whom no prophet came after Ishmael (sws) even though he had been made the custodian of the foremost house of worship on this earth. 5. This refers to God’s days which can also be equivalent to thousands and millions of earth days. The reason that the Qur’ ā n mentions this time