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*Surah Al-Anaam, Verse 91:*
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إِذْ قَالُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَيْءٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ قُلِ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
They (the Jews, Quraish pagans, idolaters, etc.) did not estimate Allah with an estimation due to Him when they said: "Nothing did Allah send down to any human being (by inspiration)." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Who then sent down the Book which Musa (Moses) brought, a light and a guidance to mankind which you (the Jews) have made into (separate) papersheets, disclosing (some of it) and concealing (much). And you (believers in Allah and His Messenger Muhammad SAW), were taught (through the Quran) that which neither you nor your fathers knew." Say: "Allah (sent it down)." Then leave them to play in their vain discussions. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol. 7, Page 37).
#COMMENTARY
Qadara: to weigh, judge, or estimate the value or capacity of anything; to have power so to do. Compared, Qadir in chapter iv, verse 149. The Jews who denied the inspiration of Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) had a good answer in their own books about the inspiration of Moses. To those who do not believe in Moses, the answer is more general: is it a just estimate of ALLĀH to think either that He has not the power or the will to guide mankind, seeing that He is Omnipotent and the Source of all good! If you say that guidance comes, not through an inspired Book or man, but through our general intelligence, we point to the spiritual ignorance of "you and your ancestors" the sad spiritual darkness of men and nations high in the intellectual scale.
Compared, chapter v, verse 44. In those passages Guidance is put before Light, as they refer to ordinary or average men. Here Light is put first as the question is: does ALLĀH send inspiration?
The message to Moses had unity: it was one Book, the present Old Testament is a collection of odd books ("sheets") of various kinds: in this way you can make a show, but there is no unity, and much of the spirit of the original is lost or concealed or overlaid. The same applies to the New Testament.
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*Surah Al-Anaam, Verse 92:*
وَهَٰذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ مُّصَدِّقُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلِتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
And this (the Quran) is a blessed Book which We have sent down, confirming (the revelations) which came before it, so that you may warn the Mother of Towns (i.e. Makkah) and all those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in (the Quran), and they are constant in guarding their Salat (prayers).
#COMMENTARY
Mubārak: blessed, as having received ALLĀH'S Blessing: bringer of blessings to others, as having been blessed by ALLĀH. ALLĀH'S highest Blessing is the Guidance and Light which the Book brings to us, and which brings us nearer to Him.
Mother of cities: Makkah now the Qiblah and centre of ISLAM. If this verse was (like the greater part of the Chapter) revealed in Makkah before the Hijrat, and before Makkah was made the Qiblah of Islam. Makkah was nonetheless the Mother of cities, being traditionally associated with Abraham. (See chapter ii, verse 125).
All round Makkah: would mean, the whole world if we look upon Makkah as the centre.
An earnest study of the Qur-ān is true worship: so is Prayer, and so are all deeds of goodness and charity.
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