Unseen Security

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES -A Modern Tafsir PART II:

4. In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun

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86:4. Not a soul but has a protector over it.¹

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1. Were it not for the divine protection over him every second of his life, man would be dead in no time! Allah Almighty has granted him a fixed tenure of life on this earth, and He provides him unseen security to make him live the complete term. Without that security – and left to fend for himself – he would foolishly entangle himself in situations that could prevent him from proceeding an inch in his span of life.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 29^th of March 2019.

Punishment

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Divine Punishment

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES A Modern Tafsir PART I:

65. Qul huwa alqadiru AAala an yabAAatha AAalaykum AAathaban min fawqikum aw min tahti arjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaAAan wayutheeqa baAAdakum ba/sa baAAdin onthur kayfa nusarrifu al-ayati laAAallahum yafqahoona

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6:65. Say, "He has the power to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to clothe you in sectarian garbs and make some of you taste the hostility of others."¹⁹ See how variously We do explain the Verses/signs so that they may understand.

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19. It is not only through earthquakes and other such natural calamities that Allah punishes mankind. HE punishes them through sectarian conflicts among them as well, as this Verse informs us.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 22^nd March 2019.

DNA

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

59. WaAAindahu mafatihu alghaybi la yaAAlamuha illa huwa wayaAAlamu ma fee albarri waalbahri wama tasqutu min waraqatin illa yaAAlamuha wala habbatin fee thulumati al-ardi wala ratbin wala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeenin

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6:59. And with Him are the keys of the unseen – none knows them but He. And He knows what is there in the land and the sea. And not a leaf falls, but He knows it. And no grain in the dark recesses of the earth, or anything green or dry, but it is all recorded in a book manifest.¹⁸

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18. Allah thus informs us that He causes everything happening, whether on a macro scale or micro, anywhere, is recorded. Allah's ways are inscrutable for the human mind, but the modern man, with his advanced knowledge, gets an inkling of His ways when he finds how, inter alia, his genealogy is recorded in his DNA!

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 15^th of March 2019.

The Last Messenger

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

35. Wa-in kana kabura AAalayka iAAraduhum fa-ini istataAAta an tabtaghiya nafaqan fee al-ardi aw sullaman fee alssama-i fata/tiyahum bi-ayatin walaw shaa Allahu lajamaAAahum AAala alhuda fala takoonanna mina aljahileena

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6:35. And if their aversion is hard on you, then, if you can, seek an opening deep into the earth or a ladder [link] up into the heavens, and then bring them a sign. And if Allah had so willed, He would certainly have gathered them all on guidance. Be not then of those who are ignorant.⁶

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6. This is an obvious reprimand from Allah to His Messenger. HE has put this on record here to let mankind know that His Messengers too are His creatures, and not His partners in Creation. The Messengers too, being human, were prone to errors. What this Verse reveals to us is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ardently desired Allah to give him a sign to show to his people to convince them of his being His accredited Messenger. But Allah had other plans. HE did not want His last Messenger to mankind to be recognised based on any obvious sign like those given to his predecessors, Jesus and Moses. Those signs, in any case, had yielded little results. HE, in His Wisdom, knew that His last Messenger was being sent at the threshold of an era of proliferation of knowledge. Allah now wanted His last Messenger to be recognised based on the intellect He had granted mankind. HE wanted the people to use this intellect, and the knowledge they are now getting, to scrutinise the character of the person sent as the last Messenger and to scrutinise the Message he was conveying to them. Allah here reminds His Messenger that He knows what to do to guide His creatures. Nothing – not even the ardent personal desire of His Messenger – can come in the way of His plans.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 8^th of March 2019.

Veil & Polygamy

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

The Veil symbolizes modesty in Islam. And, Polygamy is a sort of safety valve provided therein to prevent the cooker of Islamic polity from bursting.

I have tried to present the two specialties of Islam, in the booklet The Veil & Polygamy, in Islam, in Qur’aanic light. Readers are requested to click the link to that booklet, and send me their feedback.

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 1^st of March 2019.