In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir
PART I:
77. Qul ya ahla alkitabi la
taghloo fee deenikum ghayra alhaqqi wala tattabiAAoo ahwaa
qawmin qad dalloo min qablu waadalloo katheeran wadalloo
AAan sawa-i alssabeeli
5:77. Say, "O people of the Book! Commit no unjust excesses in your
religion (way of life) and follow not the vain desires of people who went
astray before, and who led many astray and (themselves) went astray from the
Right Path."32
32. At the time of
revelation of the Qur'aan, this divine directive was addressed to the Jews and
the Christians. But now, it is equally applicable to the Muslims. They too are
the people of the Book and they too are committing unjust excesses in their
religion, as do the Christians and the Jews. Through the ahaadeeth and
through the "learned" books of the fuqaha they have unjustly
made additions to and subtractions from their Religion, and have thus polluted
the pristine purity, clarity and beauty of Qur'aanic Islam.
Friday,
the 2nd of November 2018.
