Bismillaahi walhamdulillaahi wassalaatu wassalaamu ‘alaa
rasoolillaahi
Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa
Barakaatuhu
Teachings of the
Qur`aan
Al-Baqarah
Soorah 2
Aayat
87-88
by Ayub
A. Hamid
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For Israelites, the matter was not that they were
given the message through Moosa ages ago, which they lost for lack of
reminders or refreshers over all that long period. The fact is that were
continuously reminded the message throughout that
time.
87 Verily We gave Moosa the Book and We
sent many messengers after him in succession; and We gave ‘Eesa, the son
of Maryam, clear proofs and assisted him with the holy spirit. Why is that whenever a messenger
came to you with something against your wishes, you were insolent? So you
rejected some and killed others. 88 And they say: Our hearts are protected.
Rather, Allaah has cursed them because of their disbelief; little do they
believe.
Clear
proofs include all those astounding miracles the Allaah SWT showed them
through ‘Eesa ‘alayhissalaam like his miraculous birth, speaking as an
infant, curing diseases, raising the dead, etc. Holy spirit refers to
angel Jibreel (Gabriel) who supported ‘Eesa in his mission in his
miracles. There was nothing unusual about Jibreel supporting ‘Eesa because
that is Jibreel’s job and he has supported all the messengers of Allaah.
However, in case of ‘Eesa it became a source of misguidance for both the
Jews and the Christians. The Jews had accused ‘Eesa that he was supported
by shaytaan. On the other hand, the Christians thought
that ‘Eesa performed the miracles with his own power which became a reason
for them to deify him. In addition, they also deified the “holy spirit” as
the third in the three. The Qur-aan specifically mentions Jibreel’s help
to ‘Eesa to subtly refute such incorrect, extremist views on both sides.
Reminders
and refreshers from a chain of successive messengers should have kept the
Islamic spirit alive in the hearts of Israelites and kept them on track
and fully dedicated to the Islamic mission. Instead, they opposed them and
even killed some of them.
This is the result of overemphasizing the traditions and customs of
the society. When people become loyal to the traditions and customs that
have been passed on to them from earlier generations, they do not want to
listen to any message of reform which want to purify their lifestyles,
removing the innovations and heresies that creep over time among the
practices of people and bringing them back to the pure teachings of Islam,
its missions and its objectives. Ironically, they even feel proud of their
being impervious to the teachings of the reformers and of their loyalty to
the ignorant traditions and customs of society. That is what the Jews did
in response to the teachings of the prophets. They boasted that their
hearts are preserved and protected form such reforming influences.
Unfortunately, many Muslims respond exactly in that style when they are
invited to come back to the pure Islam as it was presented and practised
by the Prophet and his
companions.
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Matthew
12:22-23
Next: Verses 89 - 91
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Please Note: This series is providing the teachings
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Instead of literal translation, it gives interpretive
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Please remember that any translation of the Holy Qur'aan is
in fact only an _expression_ of the translator's understanding
of the
Word of Allaah Subhaanahu wa
Ta'aala, and
hence cannot be equated with the Qur'aan itself.
Only the original Arabic text can be called the
Holy Qur'aan.
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Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem
Al-Faatihah:
Part
1: Name, Background, Teachings and
Commentary.
Al-Faatihah:
Part
2: The Significance and
Summary.
Al
Baqarah: Name, Background and Topics
Al
Baqarah: The Letters: Alif, Laam, Meem - Aayah
1
Al Baqarah: 2:2-5 / 2:6-7 / 2:8-16 / 2:17-20 / 2:21-25 / 2:26-27 / 2:28-29 / 2:30-33 / 2:34-39 / 2:40-46 / 2:47-56 / 2:57-61 / 2:62 / 2:63-66 / 2:67-74 / 2:75-77 / 2:78-82 / 2:83-86
An-Nisaa:
4:1-4 / 4:5-14 / 4:15-28 / 4:29-43 /
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/ 4:101-112
/ 4:113-126 / 4:127-149 /
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