Substitution in the Word of God
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 75 & 76 of 286, Section
– 9 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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Have ye any hope that
they will be true to you when a party of them used to listen to the word of
Allah, then used to change it, after they had understood it,
knowingly
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‘Afa-tatma-‘uuna ‘any-yu’-minuu lakum wa qad
kaana fariiqum-minhum yasma-‘uuna KalaamAllaahi summa yuharri-fuunahuu
mim-ba’-di maa ‘aqaluuhu wa hum ya’-lamuun.
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Lesson
Tatma-‘uuna – (you have any hope) this word has been
derived from Tama-’a. Common meanings
of Tama-’a are ‘to long for’, ‘to
have greed’ and also it means ‘to hope’, ‘to expect’. Here it signifies towards
the last meaning.
Yuharri-fuunahuu – (they used to change it), origin of this word is harafa and infinitive mood is tahriif, which means ‘change’. There are
two ways of changing the words:
·
Literal change (to
change the words, to change its pronunciation, so that reality of the word may
be changed. For instance; the Jews used to speak the words ‘hintatun’ instead of ‘hittatun’ and ‘ra-iina’ instead of ‘raa-‘ina’).
·
Significant change (to
change the meanings of the words – in translation and explanation).
After telling the
important happenings in the history of the Children of Israel, God
Almighty commands in the previous verse that these people will not
admit/recognize any warning from these Revelations because their hearts have
become harder than rocks. Exemplary happenings have no effects on their hearts.
In this verse, Allah
Almighty admonishes the Muslims, “Do you wish that they should be agree to your
sayings, whereas from their ancestors, during the period of Prophet Moses
(peace be upon Him) and after them also there was a party, which used to change
intentionally after listening to the Speech of God Almighty. While it was the
condition of their elders then; Have you any hope that they will be true to
you? How can you expect from them of goodness? They are ill-disposed people.
They will never believe.
It appears from God
Almighty’s such proclamation that the Muslims should not have much expectation regarding
acceptance of Islam by the Jews.
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And when they fall in
with those who believe, they say: We believe. But when they go apart one with
another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you
that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then
no sense?
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Wa ‘izaa laqullaziina ‘aa-manuu qaaluuu ‘aamannaa. Wa ‘izaa
khalaa ba’-zuhum ‘ilaa ba’zin- qaaluuu ‘a-tuhad-di-suunahum- bimaa
fatahallaahu ‘alaykum li-yuhaaaj-juukum-bihii ‘inda Rabbikum. ‘Afalaa
ta’-qiluun.
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Lesson
Li-yuhaaaj-juukum-bihii – (they may contend with you concerning it), hajaj is the matter of haaaj-juu. The word hujjat is also made from it, which means “proof, argument and
reason”. Meanings of this entire sentence are, “to make it proof and argue with
this source”. The Jews, who transposed words in the Holy Scripture; Torah, used
to say to their hypocrite friends: You provide proofs to the Muslims against
your own, telling them the real teachings of your Book.
It is being mentioned
from here about the Jews, who were Hypocrites. Whenever, these people used to meet
cordially with the Muslims, they used to disclose their faith in the Last
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon Him) and to gain their favor,
they used to tell them the entire foretelling and emblems for authentication
and support of the Last Messenger (peace and blessings be upon Him), which exist
in their Religious Book.
But, whenever these Jews
used to meet with one another, they used to censure mutually: Why have you provided
the weapon against yourselves to the Muslims, telling about your teachings. The
Muslims will use these proofs against you and taking your own words as a warrant,
they will give evidence against you before God Almighty that the Jews did not
return to the real religion, whereas they had known everything”. As though,
these foolish people were supposing that Muslims can know these matters only
through the Jews. They do not know that God Almighty can expose their all matters
(open or hidden) in front of the Last Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be
upon Him) and the Muslims, any time.
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