A brief acquaintance of Surah ‘Aali ‘Imraan
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
This Surah was revealed at Al-Madinah. It has 200 verses
and 20 Sections. In Surah
Al-Baqarah especially the
children of Israel were addressed, but in this Surah direction of speech is towards the
Christians. According to Sayings of God’s last Messenger (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon him), this Surah has also many virtues like Surah Al-Baqrah.
One
narration about the purpose of revelation of this Surah is copied. When Messenger of Islam
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him) migrated to Madinah, the Light of true
religion spread near and at distance. Nevertheless, the Jews who lived in the
surroundings of Madinah denied the true religion after its revelation
by Allah. One group of the Christians came from Najraan for augment and debate. Najraan
is a place in the territory of Yemen in the south of Arab. During those days,
there was much population of the Christians in Najraan. This group had fourteen well-known persons. From them,
three were most famous:
1. Abdul Masiih Aaqib -
due to chief-ship and wealth.
2. Eiham al-Sayyad -
due to judgment and management
3. Abu Haarisah bin Aqlamah
- due to being a religious scholar
The
3rd individual belonged
actually to the notorious tribe of the Arab “Bani Bakr bin Waayel”. The
kings of Rome used to honor and regard him with respect; keeping in view his
knowledge about the religion, grandeur and nobility. They built churches
spending much wealth and appointed him on superior rank of religious matters.
These people reached Madinah and discussed in detail with the
Messenger of Islam (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him).
Holy
Qur’an appealed the learned persons
in this auspicious Surah for concordance and mutual aid, and if
they cannot be partners in other matters, even then; they should join at least
for preaching about Oneness of God and its dissemination because it is a mutual
aim of all of us.
The
entire Prophets of God (peace be upon them) came in this world with only one
purpose. In this connection, the Messenger of Islam (grace, glory, blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) is the last link of this chain. His nation is
owner of perfection and evidence with the title of “Well Nation”. Therefore,
this last nation of the world was informed about its duties and
responsibilities along with this description. Moreover, it warned that it
should avoid those matters, which became causes of destruction of the earlier
nations.
Surah Al-Imran begins with the words,
“Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal, He revealed the
Scripture with truth for guidance of the humanity. He completed them by
revealing the Holy Qur’an in the
last. He established the touchstone to examine the true and false. Some verses
of Holy Qur’an are so clear and
bright that everyone can understand them easily. But each individual cannot
recognize the meanings of some verses. We should believe in all of them and
have faith that their meanings are entirely correct, and these entire are from
our Lord.
Then
He commanded that the heart of humankind inclines more to wife and children,
heaps of gold and silver, holding up and keeping his wished things. However,
these entire things are transitory. The heart should be in love with only
acquiring willingness of Allah and preparation for the next world (the Day of
Resurrection). Remaining a seeker of the Heaven is the best aim. God has
determined Islam as religion for the human world. Alas! Some people shirk from believing
in it. Afterwards, the recitation is about the birth of Mary and her
fostering, birth of Jesus (peace be upon them), His attempt to correct the
nation and his miracles etc. Then; the Christians are invited for reaping
advantage from the real preaching of Jesus (peace be upon him) and obeying the
Holy Qur’an, the Scripture brought by
the Last Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him), because their
own Scripture (Gospel) is witness of His truth. It described also that Prophet
Abraham (peace be upon him) was neither Jew, nor Christian, but he was a Muslim.
After
that, a useful message has been delivered to the Jews and the Christians that
they should give up the slavery of one another and submit themselves
collectively before God. If they do not believe in this message, then the Muslims
should hold it fast and act upon these principles strongly with unity. They
should set aside their personal quarrels with one another. In this way, they
will become the best nation out of the entire nations. Observing them, other
people will begin to abstain from evils and choose good works.
Then
Muslims are being directed towards the Battle of Badr that, their victory was a very
powerful miracle of the Dignity of Allah Almighty. It was impossible for them to
succeed in this Battle without Support of Allah Almighty. Then it has been
commanded about unlawfulness of the interest/usury and to be saved from it.
Probably; the command about forbidding from usury has come here due to the
reason that as the Muslims gained in the Battle, likewise they will get
advantage due to leaving the usury. And the entire humankind will escape from destruction.
Then
there is a mention about the Battle of ‘Uhad.
The loss, which was suffered by the Muslims, that was due to non-implementation
of the orders of the Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him).
Practices of the Hypocrites is cursed, which they adopted in this Battle and
thus; it became reason of loss of the Muslims and Islam.
The Muslims are being guided that path of life
of the Jews and the Christians is untrue and objectionable, they should not
follow it, otherwise, they will suffer. They should not be misled by apparent
prosperous of the Infidels. At last, their place is the Hell. However, whoso
will embrace Islam and do good works, will gain retribution. So have fear of
God, in it; there is prosperity and success for you
