In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the
Merciful
Extract from Chapter 41 of QUR’AANIC
STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:
26. Waqala allatheena kafaroo la tasmaAAoo lihatha alqur-ani wailghaw feehi
laAAallakum taghliboona
26. And those that suppress
the Truth say, “Do not listen to this Qur'aan, and insert frivolities in it, so
that you may prevail over the believers.”5
5. During the time the Qur’aan was in the
process of being revealed, people who did not believe in it used to disturb the
sessions called to publicise fresh revelations, by indulging in talking to each
other rather than listening to the revelations. That position still prevails. I
have seen people talking to each other in the back rows of a Friday
congregation while the Imam is explaining to them the significance of Qur’aanic
Verses from the pulpit. They do not listen at all to the Imam. But, besides,
there is something more sinister that is happening now! The Imam in most of the
Masajid, especially in the Indian sub-continent, is haranguing his gullible
audience with things that are not in the Qur’aan, or, rather, that are against
the teachings of the Qur’aan! He urges his audience to seek the help of dead
saints long back buried in their graves. He devotes most part of his Friday
sermon in eulogizing the dead saints rather than the living Allah. And he
quotes a Qur’aanic Verse in support of his diatribe, twisting its
interpretation with man-influenced and error-prone ahaadeeth. And he spews venom against all those who do not agree
with his twisted interpretation of the Qur’aan.
Friday, the 9th of
March 2018.
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