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57:27 ثم قفينا على اثارهم برسلنا وقفينا بعيسى ابن مريم واتيناه الانجيل وجعلنا
في قلوب الذين اتبعوه رافة ورحمة ورهبانية ابتدعوها ماكتبناها عليهم الا ابتغاء
رضوان الله فما رعوها حق رعايتها فاتينا الذين امنوا منهم اجرهم وكثير منهم فاسقون
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Transliteration Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihim birusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa
ibni maryama waataynahu al-injeela wajaAAalna fee quloobi allatheena
ittabaAAoohu ra/fatan warahmatan warahbaniyyatan ibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha
AAalayhim illa ibtighaa ridwani Allahi fama raAAawha haqqa riAAayatiha faatayna
allatheena amanoo minhum ajrahum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
Literal Then We sent after/made to follow on their tracks with Our messengers,
and We sent after/made to follow with Jesus Mary's son, and We gave/brought him
the Bible/New Testament , and We made/put in (the) hearts/minds (of) those who
followed him mercy/compassion, and mercy and monkhood/monasticism they
invented/innovated it , We did not order/ dictate it on them except (their)
wishing/desiring God's acceptance/ approval , so they did not tend/protect it
its deserved/just protection/keep , so We gave/brought those who believed from
them their reimbursement ; many/much from them (are) debauchers .
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Yusuf Ali Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our
messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the
Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and
Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not
prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of
Allah; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed,
on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are
rebellious transgressors.
Pickthal Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We
caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed
compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism
they invented - We ordained it not for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure,
and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who
believe their reward, but many of them are evil-livers.
Arberry Then We sent, following in their footsteps, Our Messengers; and We
sent, following, Jesus son of Mary, and gave unto him the Gospel. And We set in
the hearts of those who followed him tenderness and mercy. And monasticism they
invented -- We did not prescribe it for them -- only seeking the good pleasure
of God; but they observed it not as it should be observed. So We gave those of
them who believed their wage; and many of them are ungodly.
Shakir Then We made Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We sent
Isa son of Marium afterwards, and We gave him the Injeel, and We put in the
hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkery, they
innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them-- only to seek Allah's pleasure,
but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of
them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors.
Sarwar Then We sent Our other Messengers to follow their traditions. After them
We sent Jesus, the son of Mary, to whom We gave the Gospel. In the hearts of
his followers We placed compassion and mercy. We did not command them to lead
the monastic life. This was their own method of seeking the pleasure of God.
Despite this intention, they did not properly observe it (the monastic life).
To the believers among them, We gave their reward but many of them are
evil-doers.
Khalifa Subsequent to them, we sent our messengers. We sent Jesus the son of
Mary, and we gave him the Injeel (Gospel), and we placed in the hearts of his
followers kindness and mercy. But they invented hermitism which we never
decreed for them. All we asked them to do was to uphold the commandments
approved by GOD. But they did not uphold the message as they should have.
Consequently, we gave those who believed among them their recompense, while
many of them were wicked.
Hilali/Khan Then, We sent after them, Our Messengers, and We sent Iesa (Jesus)
son of Maryam (Mary), and gave him the Injeel (Gospel). And We ordained in the
hearts of those who followed him, compassion and mercy. But the Monasticism
which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they
sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it
with the right observance. So We gave those among them who believed, their
(due) reward, but many of them are Fasiqoon (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
H/K/Saheeh Then We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed
[them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in
the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism,
which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did
so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due
observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many
of them are defiantly disobedient.
Malik After them We sent other Messengers, one after the other, and followed
them with Jesus the son of Mary. We gave him The Gospel, and put compassion and
mercy into the hearts of his followers. As for monasticism, they instituted it
themselves - for We did not enjoin it on them - in order to seek the good
pleasure of Allah, but they did not observe it as it should have been observed.
Yet We rewarded those among them who were true believers, but most of them are
transgressors.[27]
QXP Then, in succession, We followed them up with (other of) Our Messengers. We
caused them to be followed by Jesus son of Mary and gave him the Gospel. And We
placed kindness and compassion in the hearts of those who followed him. As for
monastic asceticism - We had never ordained it to them. They invented it
themselves to seek Allah's Approval. But then, they did not uphold the Gospel
with right observance. And so those who truly believed among them, We gave them
their reward. But, a great many of them have been drifting away.
Maulana Ali Then We made Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We
made Jesus son of Mary to follow, and We gave him the Gospel. And We put
compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. And (as for)
monkery they innovated it -- We did not prescribe it to them -- only to seek
Allah’s pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance. So We
gave those of them who believed their reward, but most of them are
transgressors.
Free Minds Then We sent in their tracks Our messengers. We sent Jesus the son
of Mary, and We gave him the Injeel, and We ordained in the hearts of his
followers kindness and mercy. But they invented Monasticism which We never
decreed for them. They wanted to please God, but they did not observe it the
way it should have been observed. Consequently, We gave those who believed
among them their recompense, while many of them were wicked.
Qaribullah Following them We sent Our (other) Messengers, and We sent
following in their footsteps, (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary and gave him the
Gospel, and put tenderness and mercy in the hearts of his followers. As for
monasticism, they invented it thereby seeking the pleasure of Allah. We did not
write it for them, and they did not observe it as it should be observed. We
gave to those of them who believed their wage, but many of them are impious.
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George Sale Afterwards We caused our Apostles to succeed in their footsteps;
and We caused Jesus the son of Mary to succeed them, and We gave him the
gospel: And We put in the hearts of those who followed him, compassion and
mercy: But as to the monastic state, they instituted the same -- We did not
prescribe it to them -- only out of a desire to please God; yet they observed
not the same as it ought truly to have been observed. And We gave unto such of
them as believed, their reward: But many of them were wicked doers.
JM Rodwell Then we caused our apostles to follow in their footsteps; and we
caused Jesus the son of Mary to follow them; 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 inven
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Asad And thereupon We caused [other of] Our apostles to follow in their
footsteps; and [in the course of time] We caused them to be followed by Jesus,
the son of Mary, upon whom We bestowed the Gospel; [See note on 3:4.] and in
the hearts of those who [truly] followed him We engendered compassion and
mercy. But as for monastic asceticism - [The term rahbaniyyah combines the
concepts of monastic life with an exaggerated asceticism, often amounting to a
denial of any value in the life of this world - an attitude characteristic of
early Christianity but disapproved of in Islam (cf. 2:143 - "We have willed you
to be a community of the middle way" - and the corresponding note).] We did not
enjoin it upon them: they invented it themselves out of a desire for God's
goodly acceptance. [Or: "they invented it themselves, [for] We did not enjoin
it upon them: [We enjoined upon them] only the seeking of God's goodly
acceptance". Both these interpretations are
equally legitimate, and are accepted as such by most of the classical
commentators. The rendering adopted by me corresponds to the interpretation
given by Said ibn Jubayr and Qatadah (both of them cited by Tabari and Ibn
Kathir).] But then, they did not [always] observe it as it ought to have been
observed: [I.e., not all of them observed it in the right spirit (Tabari,
Zamakhshari, Ibn Kathir), inasmuch as in the course of time many of them - or,
rather, many of those who came after the early ascetics (Tabari) - corrupted
their devotions by accepting the ideas of Trinity and of God's incarnation in
Jesus, and by lapsing into empty formalism (Razi).] and so We granted their
recompense unto such of them as had [truly] attained to faith, whereas many of
them became iniquitous. [Sc., "and were deprived of Our grace".]
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In the words of Mohja Kahf, who wrote a rather sensual love poem set
during Ramadan, there is "more than one way to break a fast". Also, at
one point the rules for fasting were actually a little bit stricter
than they are today as well. You also might want to look at the Quran
on "monasticism".
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Stephen Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> There have been people who have come to the prophet and explained how they
> love to be engaged in prayer and fasting for the sake of God. However, the
> Prophet Mohammed told them that despite this being good it is also a
> blessing to raise a family, to remain moderate and not to concentrate too
> much on one aspect as not only can this be unhealthy upon an individual as
> well as upon society, it may also take one away from God.
>
>
>
> Wikipedia had that under Islamic perspective on celibacy, but I looked
> through Hadith and found the actual context. These hadiths fully quoted show
> the issue was him starving himself fasting and depriving himself of sleep
> praying and had nothing to do with celibacy. I should have known Wikipedia
> isn't that trustworthy. I put prayer and fasting in a Hadith search and
> found the following relevant quotes:
>
>
>
> Sahih Bukhari
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>
>
> Volume 8, Book 73, Number 155:
>
> Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
>
> Allah's Apostle entered upon me and said, "Have I not been informed that you
> offer prayer all the night and fast the whole day?" I said, "Yes." He said,
> "Do not do so; Offer prayer at night and also sleep; Fast for a few days and
> give up fasting for a few days because your body has a right on you, and
> your eye has a right on you, and your guest has a right on you, and your
> wife has a right on you. I hope that you will have a long life, and it is
> sufficient for you to fast for three days a month as the reward of a good
> deed, is multiplied ten times, that means, as if you fasted the whole year."
> I insisted (on fasting more) so I was given a hard instruction. I said, "I
> can do more than that (fasting)" The Prophet said, "Fast three days every
> week." But as I insisted (on fasting more) so I was burdened. I said, "I can
> fast more than that." The Prophet said, "Fast as Allah's prophet David used
> to fast." I said, "How was the fasting of the prophet David?" The Prophet
> said, "One half of a year (i.e. he used to fast on alternate days). '
>
>
>
> Sahih Muslim
>
>
>
> Book 006, Number 2592:
>
> Abdullah b. Amr (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported: The Messenger
> of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to me: 'Abdullah b. Amr, you fast
> continuously and stand in prayer for the whole of night. If you do like
> that, your eyes would be highly strained and would sink and lose sight.
> There is no (reward for) fasting (for him) who fasts perpetually. Fasting
> for three days during the month is like fasting, the whole of the month. I
> said: I am capable of doing more than this, whereupon he said: Observe the
> fast of David. He used to fast one day and break (the other) day. And he did
> not turn back in the encounter.
>
>
>
> Book 006, Number 2599:
>
> 'Abdullah b. 'Amr (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger
> of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to me! 'Abdullah b. 'Amr, it has been
> conveyed to me that you observe fast during the day and stand in prayer
> during the whole night. Don't do that, for your body has a share of its own
> in you, your eye has a share of its own in you, your wife has a share of her
> own in you. Observe fast and break it too. Fast for three days in every
> month and that is a prepetual fasting. I said! Messenger of Allah, I have
> got strength enough (to do more than this), whereupon he said: Then observe
> the fast of David (peace be upon him). Observe fast one day and break it (on
> the other) day. And he ('Abdullah b. 'Amr) used to say: Would that I had
> availed myself of this concession.
>
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