In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
23. Alam tara ila
allatheena ootoo naseeban mina alkitabi yudAAawna ila
kitabi Allahi liyahkuma baynahum thumma yatawalla
fareequn minhum wahum muAAridoona
3:23. Have you
not seen those who have been given a share from the Book? They are called upon
to refer to the Book of Allah to settle things among themselves. A section of
them then back out and turn hostile.24
24. Initially, at the time of revelation, this Verse
obviously referred to the Jews or the Christians as being those given a share
of the Book. But in our present times, it very well refers to Muslims who have
been given the Qur'aan. The Muslims seldom refer to the Qur'aan, for
settlements of disputes among themselves. At the time of writing of these
comments, the Muslim Ummah is faced with the unseemly spectacle of Muslims
celebrating EidulFitr on different days, not only in the different parts of the
world, but also in different parts of the same country! The Muslim Ummah is not
at all bothered to follow what the Qur'aan says in this regard. They would
rather follow a hadeeth, no matter it leads them to follow a calendar,
untenable and impracticable in the present circumstances when Islam has become
a fast-growing world Religion. Please refer to my article The New Moon in this context.
Mohammad Shafi
Friday, the 1st of
November 2019.
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