RENAISSANCE MARCH 2021

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 8 Monthly Renaissance March 2021 ﻋﻠﻴۡﻢٌ ﴿ ١﴾ ﺑﺎ 3 و ﻵﻹ ﺗﺠۡﻬﺮوۡ ﻟﻪ 67 ﻳﺎﻳﻬﺎ ﻟﺬﻳۡﻦ ٰﻣﻨﻮۡ ﻵﻹ ﺗﺮۡﻓﻌﻮۡۤ ﺻۡﻮ ﺗﻜﻢۡ ﻓﻮۡقﺻﻮۡت ﻟﻨ ﻟۡﻘﻮۡلﻛﺠﻬۡﺮ ﻌۡﻀﻜﻢۡ ﻟﺒﻌۡﺾٍ نۡ ﺗﺤۡﺒﻂ ﻋۡﻤﺎﻟﻜﻢۡ و ﻧۡﺘﻢۡ ﻵﻹ ﺗﺸۡﻌﺮوۡن﴿ J ٢﴾ ﻐﻀﻮۡن ﺻۡﻮ ﺗﻬﻢۡ ﻋﻨۡﺪ M ن ﻟﺬﻳۡﻦ NOۡ ٰ ﻗﻠﻮۡﺑﻬﻢۡ ﻟﻠﺘﻘۡﻮٰي ﻟﻬﻢۡ ﻣﻐ ﻚ ﻟﺬﻳۡﻦ ﻣۡﺘﺤﻦ ﷲ R S ٰ وﻟ رﺳﻮۡل ﷲ ةٌ و ﺟۡﺮٌ ﻋﻈﻴۡﻢٌ ﴿ ٣﴾ opinion of God and His messenger and keep fearing God. Indeed, He hears and knows all. 3 (1) Believers! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the messenger. And do not call him the way you call one another, 4 lest everything you do ends up in vain 5 and you are not even aware of it. 6 [Remember that] those who keep their voices low before God and His messenger, it is they whose hearts God has chosen to nurture piety after testing them. 7 For them is forgiveness also and Here it should be kept in mind that after passing away of the Prophet (sws) the same status is occupied by the guidance brought by him. It is now his substitute and every Muslim should have the same attitude towards it as the one delineated here. 3. Hence whatever they do will not remain hidden from God. Its consequences will also necessarily follow. 4. If they adopt this attitude, it will show that they have not recognized the status of God’s messenger. In fact, by being overcome with the pride of their own superiority, they have not even understood that they are not addressing some common person or some leader of theirs and that they are in fact addressing God’s messenger and have come to learn something from him and it is not the other way round. 5. Ie., so extra-ordinary is the status of God’s messenger that if he is not given due respect, it is such a grave sin that it can reduce their life- long earning to nothing. They must keep in mind that showing respect to him is in fact showing respect to God Who has actually sent him as His messenger. 6. Ie., they are not even aware of, after accepting Islam and apparently following its teachings, what they have actually lost. 7. The actual word is: ﻣۡﺘﺤﻦ . It encompasses the meaning of the word ا X \ [ﺻْﻄ or some word of similar meaning . The implication is that God does not choose every heart to nurture piety in it. He selects only those hearts which have in them the emotions of obedience for God and His messenger and have the true comprehension of humility before them. This is a corollary of the established practice of God about providing