RENAISSANCE JANUARY 2023

Qur’anic Exegesis 8 Monthly Renaissance January 2023 ۡۡﻣﻌﺮﺿﻮن﴿ ٤٢﴾ ٌٰۡۡۡۡۡۡم ﻟﻬﻢ ﻟﻬﺔ ﺗﻤﻨﻌﻬﻢﻣﻦدوﻧﻨﺎ ﻔﺴﻬﻢ و ﻵﻹ ﻫﻢﻣﻨﺎ + ۡۡۡۡۡۡۡ ﻵﻹ ﻳﺴﺘﻄﻴﻌﻮن ﻧ] ۡۡﻳﺼﺤﺒﻮن ﴿ ٤٣ ﻃﺎل ﻋ UV ٰٰۡ﴾ﺑﻞ ﻣﺘﻌﻨﺎ ﻫﺆﻵﻼء و ﺑﺂءﻫﻢ ﺣ yۡۡ ۡۡﻠﻴﻬﻢ ﻟﻌﻤﺮ z{ ۡۡ ﻓﻶﻹ ﻳﺮون ﻧﺎ ﻧﺎ ۡۡﻵﻹرض ۡۡۡﻧﻨﻘﺼﻬﺎﻣﻦ } ﻓﻬﺎ ٰۡۡ ﻓﻬﻢ ﻟﻐﻠﺒﻮن﴿ ٤٤﴾ وﻵﻹﻳﺴﻤﻊ ﻟﺼﻢ ۡۤۡۡۡۡۡﻗﻞ ﻧﻤﺎ ﻧﺬرﻛﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻮ ۡۡﻟﺪﻋﺂء ذ ﻣﺎ ﻳﻨﺬرون﴿ ٤٥﴾ ﻦﻣﺴﺘﻬ ۡۡو ﻟ ﻔﺤﺔﻣﻦﻋﺬ برﺑﻚﻟﻴﻘﻮﻟﻦﻳﻮﻳﻠﻨﺎ ﻧﺎ ﻛﻨﺎ + ٌٰۡۡۡۡۡۤﻢ ﴿Z4 ٰۡﻇﻠﻤ ٤٦﴾ ﻔﺲﺷﻴﺌﺎ + ﻀﻊ ﻟﻤﻮ زﻳﻦ ﻟﻘﺴﻂﻟﻴﻮم ﻟﻘﻴﻤﺔ ﻓﻶﻹ ﺗﻈﻠﻢ + ًٌٰۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡو ۡۡ و ن-ﺎنﻣﺜﻘﺎل دل ﺗﻴﻨﺎﺑﻬﺎ ٍٍۡۡۡﺣﺒﺔﻣﻦ ٰ وﻛ ﴿Z4 ٰۡ ﺑﻨﺎﺣﺴﺒ ٤٧﴾ And before you too, We never gave any mortal eternal life. So, if you die, will they remain forever? Each soul will certainly taste the flavour of death. And We are trying you people through sorrow and joy as a test and to Us shall be your return. (34-35) And when these disbelievers look at you, they only make fun of you. They say: “So, is this the one who degrades your deities?” And as for themselves, they even reject the Merciful God’s mention. (36) Impatience is the substance human beings are made of. So I shall soon show you people My signs. Thus do not show haste to Me. And they say: “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?” Would that these disbelievers could be aware of the time when they would not be able to shield their faces from the torment of the fire nor from their backs and neither will they be helped from anywhere. In fact, it will suddenly come upon them and terrify them. Neither will they be able to drive it away nor will they be given respite. (37-40) And before you also, messengers have been mocked. Then those of them who mocked them were surrounded by that which they had been mocking. Ask them: Who is protecting you from the punishment of the most Merciful God by the night and day? In fact, these people are turning away from the warning of their Lord. Do these people have some other deities besides Us which will save them? Neither will they be able to help themselves nor would they have any support against Us. (41-43) In fact, the real thing is that We provided means and resources of the world to them and to their forefathers until a long period passed over them in this situation. Yet, are they not seeing that We are moving towards the land [of Makkah] by diminishing it from