Lesson # 389
Israel (peace be upon him) forbade
some lawful food for himself only
Surah ‘Aali ‘Imraan (The Family of Imran
- 3), Stage – 1,
Verse – 93a of 200, Section – 10 of 20, (Part – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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93a. All food was lawful
unto the Children of Israel, save that which Israel forbade himself, (in
days) before the Torah was revealed.
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93a. Kullut-ta-‘aami
kaana hillalli- Baniii ‘Israaa-‘iila ‘illaa maa
harrama ‘Israaa-‘iilu ‘alaa nafsihii min qabli
‘an-tunaz-zalat-Tawraah.
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Lesson
Reason for
revelation of this verse is that the Jews said to the Messenger of Allah
Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him), “You tell that you
are at the Religion of Abraham (peace be upon him), but you eat those things,
which were unlawful for the family of Abraham (peace be upon him), for
instance; meat of the camel and its milk etc. How can you be a true follower of
Abraham (peace be upon him) in this form? Allah Almighty revealed this verse as
reply to their criticism.
The things which
the people eat now usually, those entire were lawful during the time of Prophet
Abraham (peace be upon him) and remained lawful until before the revelation of
Torah. However, some things were declared unlawful in this Scripture
particularly for the children of Israel. As far as it relates to unlawfulness
of the meat and milk of the camel, Prophet Jacob (peace be upon him) had sworn
not to eat and drink them much before the revelation of Torah, and following
him, his children had also given up use of these things. The cause to swear was
that Prophet Jacob (peace be upon him) was a patient of Arqun-nisaaa' (pain in the joints). He (peace be
upon him) made a vow with Allah Almighty, “Escape me from this pain and if I
became healthy, then I shall leave the use of my best favorite thing.
Therefore, he (peace be upon him) gave up use of meat and milk of the camel
which were his most favorite things for completion of the vow.
Remember it that
as per Islamic Divine Law the vow like this is not lawful to determine any lawful
thing as unlawful. God Almighty commands, “Yaaa
‘ayyu-han-Nabiy-yu lima tu-harrima maa ‘AhallAllaahu lak” (O Prophet! Why do you fix any thing as illegal, which Allah has
made legal for you), Surah:
Tahriim, section:1. If due to
error and omission someone swears then he must break it immediately and has to
pay expiation of it.
It is manifest
from this description that some command out of the previous religious laws of
God Almighty were cancelled. Some things were lawful in the beginning,
afterwards those were declared unlawful and some were unlawful, which were
fixed afterwards as lawful. Therefore, if now there is some difference
regarding lawful and unlawful between Muhammadan
religious law and the previous religious laws, then there is no reason to be
disbelieved in it. Moreover, in the present verse, leaving of any most loving
thing by Prophet Jacob (peace be upon him) has been described and in the
previous verse it was mentioned to spend most liked thing. Likewise, a light
relation has been produced in these both verses.
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