Al-Hadid Section 4: Mockery Not Prescribed
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The Mockery Among The Christians Not Prescribed By God
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Great Reward For Those Who Believe In God And The Prophet
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All Grace Is In God’s Hands And He Bestows It Upon Whomsoever He Pleases
Al-Hadid Verses 26 - 29
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ فَمِنْهُمْ مُهْتَدٍ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
“And indeed sent We Noah and Abraham, and endowed We in their seed the Prophethood and the Book, so among them are some who are guided aright; and most of them are transgressors” (57:26)
ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
“We made Our apostles to follow in their footsteps, and sent We after them Jesus, son of Mary, and We gave him the Evangel; and We put into the hearts of those who followed him kindness and compassion; but (as to) the monastic life, they invented1it themselves. We prescribed not on them save seeking the pleasure of God, and this they observed not as they ought to have observed it; and gave We unto those of them who believed their (due) recompense; but many of them are transgressors” (57:27)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
“O’ ye who believe! Fear ye (the wrath of) God and believe in His Apostle; He will give you a twofold2of His Mercy, He will appoint3for you a light wherein ye shall walk (straight on the Right Path) and He will forgive you; and God is Oft- Forgiving, the Most Merciful4” (57:28)
لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
“So that may know the people of the Book that they control not aught of the grace of God, and that grace is in God’s hand, He bestoweth it upon whosoever He willeth; and God is the Lord of Mighty Grace” (57:29)
Commentary
Verse 26
This passage asserts the ‘Nubuwah’ and the Book will not go out of the issues of Noah and Abraham but it does not mean that all issues will be righteous and on the contrary most of them will be wicked5. (A.P.).
