LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *COMMENTARY AND TAFSIR OF THE VERSES OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN (Episode 113)

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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                                *COMMENTARY AND TAFSIR OF THE VERSES OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN (Episode 113)*                                                                


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All-Baqara : 107

*أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ*

*Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allah any protector or any helper*
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At first, the Muslims used to pray with their faces turned towards the Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), later Allah ﷻ commanded them to turn toward the Ka’abah. _Similarly, certain other commands were abrogated altogether or replaced by others.
▪ This provided the Jews and some of the idolators an opportunity to taunt the Muslims. They claimed that these changes were made by the Prophet ﷺ himself and not by Allah ﷻ. They argued that if everything that Allah ﷻ revealed was good, as the Muslims affirmed, why should one command be replaced by another.
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_The purpose of such taunts and arguments was and still is to sow the seed of doubt in the hearts of the Muslims.
▪ By revealing ayaat Allah ﷻ has refuted their claim. _The ayah declares that if Allah ﷻchooses to abrogate a command in a certain ayah while retaining the ayah itself as a part of the Qur’an, or chooses to remove an ayah from the memories of men altogether, there is nothing objectionable in it. _Allah ﷻ  alone knows the wisdom that lies in His choice, and He makes these changes for the good of men. In fact, He always sends another ayah or command better than or at least equal to, what He has abrogated.
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Allah ﷻ  knows what is good for men at a particular time, and makes these changes according to this knowledge.
*Examples of naskh in the previous Scriptures*
_Ibn Katheer writes Allah ﷻallowed.
▪  *Prophet Adam* to marry his daughters to his sons and then later forbade this practice.
▪  Allah also allowed *Prophet Nuh* to eat from all kinds of animals after they left the ark, then prohibited eating some types of foods.
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▪ Further, marrying two sisters to one man was allowed for Israel *(prophet Yaqub)* and his children, but Allah ﷻ prohibited this practice later in the Torah.
▪ Allah commanded *Prophet Ibraheem [Abraham]* to slaughter his son, then repealed that command before it was implemented.
▪ Also, Allah ﷻ commanded the *Children of Israel* to kill those who worshipped the calf and then repealed that command, so that the Children of Israel were not all exterminated. There are many other instances that the Jews admit have occurred, yet they ignore them.
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The word nansakh [نَنسَخْ] and it has two lexical meanings *(1)* to write, and *(2)* to abolish, to repeal. In the ayah the second meaning applies.
▪ _Ibn Katheer writes that the naskh only occurs with commandments, prohibitions, permissions, and so forth. As for the stories, they do not undergo abrogation. The meaning of naskh in the case of commandments is removing the commandment and replacing it by another.
_*And whether the naskh involves the wordings, the rulings or both, it is still called naskh*.
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▪ The other form of naskh mentioned in this ayah  *isnunsiha [نُنسِهَا]*

Sometimes Allah ﷻ made the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions radhiAllahu ‘anhum forget a certain ayah altogether. *Why change a command?*
▪ Allah ﷺ says *“We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it…”*...Better in terms of the benefits that it offers or it could also mean easier in implementation.
▪ Making laws and repealing them to promulgate new ones in their stead is a regular and well-known practice in human governments.
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▪. But in the case of man-made laws abrogation takes place sometimes because the law-makers do not understand the situation properly while making a certain law, and have to change it when they realize their mistakes.
▪. Also, sometimes when a law is promulgated, it is in accord with the prevailing situation, but when unforeseen changes alter the situation, the law too has to be changed.
_These two forms of abrogation, however, are out of the question in the case of Divine injunctions.
👉There is, however, a third form too.
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▪ The lawmaker makes the law knowing well that the circumstances are going to change and the law will no longer be suitable for the new situation.
So, when the situation changes as he already knew, he changes the law too, and promulgates a new one which he had thought of at the very start. For example, a physician prescribes a medicine for a patient in view of his present conditions, but he knows that when the patient has been using it for two days, his condition will change and require a new medicine.
– with this realization, he prescribes a medicine suitable for that day, but two days later, when circumstances have changed, he prescribes a new one.
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▪ The physician can easily give the patient written instructions for the whole course of the treatment, with all the changes in the medicines duly indicated.
But this would be putting too much burden on the already feeble patient, and there would also be the danger of some harm through a possible error or misunderstanding.
👉 *This is the only form of abrogation which can occur, and has been occurring in Divine commands and Divine books*.
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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an llaaila Ilan Anta wastagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. May Allah Azza wajjala strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN