Qur'an Alone Commentary (Sura 10)
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This is a commentary from the "Qur'an-aloner" perspective. It presents interpretations of all ayat relevant to the argument. I have altered the previous ones slightly and they can be found here
Sura 1 & 2
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364504mSura 3
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364515Sura 4
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364524Sura 5
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364530Sura 6
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364611Sura 7
http//allpoetry.com/column/2364615Sura 8
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364623Sura 9
http//allpoetry.com/column/show/2364641Sura 10 (this one)
http//allpoetry.com/column/2364749Prayer according to the Qur'an alone
http//allpoetry.com/column/2364536Feel free to copy, paste and use as you wish.
?Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book.?
1
The wisdom (al hikma) comes from Allah (SWT) through the Qur?an (1739, 3334, 362, 434, 4363, 545). It is (in part) the ability to recognise truth and to adhere to it (2269, 1912, 2621, 2683, 2814, 312, 3112, 3820). See also 1722-38 for specific examples of wisdom.
?What! is it a wonder to the people that We revealed to a man from among themselves, saying Warn the people and give good news to those who believe that theirs is a footing of firmness with their Lord. The unbelievers say This is most surely a manifest enchanter.?
2
Why do the unbelievers declare this? They declare this because Muhammad (SAW) is delivering the Qur?an. See the notes for 223. If Muhammad (SAW) could simply order people to do what he wanted, they would not declare this. Thus, the Qur?an is the only Revelation for religious guidance.
?Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is firm in power, regulating the affair, there is no intercessor except after His permission; this is Allah, your Lord, therefore serve Him; will you not then mind??
3
There is no guarantee of intercession during the Day of Judgement. We should serve Allah (SWT), and not His Messengers. How else do we do this except by following His ordinance? Do we need intermediaries to serve Him? Muhammad (SAW) was instructed to judge by the Qur?an alone (544-50).
?To Him is your return, of all (of you); the promise of Allah (made) in truth; surely He begins the creation in the first instance, then He reproduces it, that He may with justice recompense those who believe and do good; and (as for) those who disbelieve, they shall have a drink of hot water and painful punishment because they disbelieved.?
4
The promise is made to all of us, and thus it is the Qur?an. It is the truth.
?Most surely in the variation of the night and the day, and what Allah has created in the heavens and the earth, there are signs for a people who guard (against evil).?
6
An example of clear arguments from the Book.
?Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, their Lord will guide them by their faith; there shall flow from beneath them rivers in gardens of bliss.?
9
Those who believe will be guided by Allah (SWT). Faith (in the Qur?an as the mandate of Allah (SWT)) is the key, and not following ahadith.
?And certainly We did destroy generations before you when they were unjust, and their messengers had come to them with clear arguments, and they would not believe; thus do We recompense the guilty people.?
13
Messengers came with the clear arguments. However, the people did not accept them and therefore went astray.
?Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may see how you act.?
14
Nothing has changed (e.g. the sunna of Allah (SWT)).
?And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who hope not for Our meeting say Bring a Quran other than this or change it. Say It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself; I follow naught but what is revealed to me; surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a mighty day.?
15
The Qur?an is clear and contains the arguments. However, the disbelievers are not satisfied with the Qur?an and thus want to amend it with others books. The Messenger only followed the Qur?an.
?Say If Allah had desired (otherwise) I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have taught it to you; indeed I have lived a lifetime among you before it; do you not then understand??
16
According to this ayah, Who has taught us the Qur?an? Everything in the ordinance of Allah (SWT) is inside the Qur?an.
?Who is then more unjust than who forges a lie against Allah or (who) gives the lie to His communications? Surely the guilty shall not be successful.?
17
The Qur?an is the truth (240-42, 291, 2119, 2147, 548, 16102). Whoever follows else as a source of religious law/guidance follows a lie.
?And they serve beside Allah what can neither harm them nor profit them, and they say These are our intercessors with Allah. Say Do you (presume to) inform Allah of what He knows not in the heavens and the earth? Glory be to Him, and supremely exalted is He above what they set up (with Him).?
18
Those described in 1017 are idol-worshippers. They believe in intercession.
?And people are naught but a single nation, so they disagree; and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, the matter would have certainly been decided between them in respect of that concerning which they disagree.?
19
People are not meant to be divided. The only resolution to the dispute is the Word Allah (SWT).
?And they say Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord? Say The unseen is only for Allah; therefore wait-- surely I too, with you am of those who wait.?
20
Even the disbelievers could see that religious mandates came only from the Qur?an. Muhammad (SAW) did not know the unseen except what was disclosed to him. When it was time to reveal it, he did so (not willy-nilly whenever he liked).
?And when We make people taste of mercy after an affliction touches them, lo! they devise plans against Our communication. Say Allah is quicker to plan; surely Our messengers write down what you plan.?
21
People like to change the ayat.
?The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect.?
24
The Qur?an is a clear discourse.
?And Allah invites to the abode of peace and guides whom He pleases into the right path.?
25
How does Allah (SWT) do the inviting? Obviously through the Qur?an. It makes clear the right path (2213).
?And on the day when We will gather them all together, then We will say to those who associated others (with Allah) Keep where you are, you and your associates; then We shall separate them widely one from another and their associates would say It was not us that you served Therefore Allah is sufficient as a witness between us and you that we were quite unaware of your serving (us).?
28
We should serve Allah (SWT) only. Those who associate others with Allah (SWT) are unaware of their doing so.
?Say Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth? Or Who controls the hearing and the sight? And Who brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living? And Who regulates the affairs? Then they will say Allah. Say then Will you not then guard (against evil)??
31
Therefore guarding against evil is serving Allah (SWT).
?This then is Allah, your true Lord; and what is there after the truth but error; how are you then turned back??
32
See the notes for 1017.
?Thus does the word of your Lord prove true against those who transgress that they do not believe.?
33
See the notes for 1017.
?Say Is there any of your associates who guides to the truth? Say Allah guides to the truth. Is He then Who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who himself does not go aright unless he is guided? What then is the matter with you; how do you judge??
35
Those who follow ahadith and Muhammad?s (SAW) ?sunna? are idol-worshippers.
?And most of them do not follow (anything) but conjecture; surely conjecture will not avail aught against the truth; surely Allah is cognizant of what they do.?
36
We should follow nothing but the truth (the Qur?an). There are no intermediaries to obeying Allah (SWT).
?And this Quran is not such as could be forged by those besides Allah, but it is a verification of that which is before it and a clear explanation of the book, there is no doubt in it, from the Lord of the worlds.?
37
The Qur?an is a clear explanation of every religious matter. Therefore we do not need extra (doubtful) sources.
?Or do they say He has forged it? Say Then bring a chapter like this and invite whom you can besides Allah, if you are truthful.?
38
If someone claims to have been given another source of religious law, they must bring a sura like the Qur?an along with the author/associate.
?And of them is he who believes in it, and of them is he who does not believe in it, and your Lord best knows the mischief-makers.?
40
Those who believe the Qur?an will not be mischief-makers. Nothing else is needed to prevent this (1037).
?And if they call you a liar, say My work is for me and your work for you; you are clear of what I do and I am clear of what you do.?
41
CHALLENGE
Prove from the Qur?an that there is punishment of death for apostasy.
?And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf to hear though they will not understand??
42
The Qur?an uses ?you? to mean Muhammad (SAW) while it is really referring to the Qur?an. Is this not further proof that ?Obey Allah and obey the Messenger? actually means the Qur?an?
?And every nation had a messenger; so when their messenger came, the matter was decided between them with justice and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.?
47
The Message contains the criterion by which to judge.
?And they say When will this threat come about, if you are truthful? Say I do not control for myself any harm, or any benefit except what Allah pleases; every nation has a term; when their term comes, they shall not then remain behind for an hour, nor can they go before (their time).?
48-49
Muhammad (SAW) did not know the future. From this ayah, why would Muhammad (SAW) be able to intercede except by Allah?s (SWT) permission? He could not guide himself nor anyone else in matters of religion.
?O men! there has come to you indeed an admonition from your Lord and a healing for what is in the breasts and a guidance and a mercy for the believers.?
57
The Qur?an is the admonition and also a guidance and mercy for believers. What other guidance do we need?
59
Do not make laws or prohibit things without a mandate from the Qur?an.
?And what will be the thought of those who forge lies against Allah on the day of resurrection? Most surely Allah is the Lord of grace towards men, but most of them do not give thanks.?
60
We should follow the Qur?an alone since it alone is the truth (1032).
?And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite concerning it any portion of the Quran, nor do you do any work but We are witnesses over you when you enter into it, and there does not lie concealed from your Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the heaven, nor any thing less than that nor greater, but it is in a clear book.?
61
Some people may also reject this ?master Book? (4070).
?They shall have good news in this world's life and in the hereafter; there is no changing the words of Allah; that is the mighty achievement.?
64
The words of Allah (SWT) cannot be changed (except by Him). Thus those who claim internal abrogation have no argument.
?Now, surely, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; and they do not (really) follow any associates, who call on others besides Allah; they do not follow (anything) but conjectures, and they only lie.?
66
The difference between the idol-worshippers and true Muslims is that true Muslims follow nothing but the Qur?an as their source of religious guidance.
?They say Allah has taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be to Him He is the Self-sufficient His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; you have no authority for this; do you say against Allah what you do not know??
68
There must be a scriptural basis for every hypothesis.
?Say Those who forge a lie against Allah shall not be successful.?
69
If you want to forge a lie against Allah (SWT), then write a hadith and say that even though it has no Qur?anic basis, it is still from Allah (SWT). People will believe it.
?And recite to them the story of Nuh when he said to his people O my people! if my stay and my reminding (you) by the communications of Allah is hard on you-- yet on Allah do I rely-- then resolve upon your affair and (gather) your associates, then let not your affair remain dubious to you, then have it executed against me and give me no respite.?
71
Messengers bring the sole reminder which is the Message. They rely solely on Allah (SWT) to do this.
?But they rejected him, so We delivered him and those with him in the ark, and We made them rulers and drowned those who rejected Our communications; see then what was the end of the (people) warned.?
73
They rejected the reminder consisting of ayat, and thus they went astray.
?Then did We raise up after him messengers to their people, so they came to them with clear arguments, but they would not believe in what they had rejected before; thus it is that We set seals upon the hearts of those who exceed the limits. Then did We send up after them Musa and Haroun to Firon and his chiefs with Our signs, but they showed pride and they were a guilty people. So when the truth came to them from Us they said This is most surely clear enchantment! Musa said Do you say (this) of the truth when it has come to you? Is it magic? The magicians will not be successful. They said Have you come to us to turn us away from what we found our fathers upon, and (that) greatness in the land should be for you two? And we are not going to believe in you.?
74-78
The process in 1071-73 has been repeated and has not changed (3543). Messengers bring the truth, but people prefer to follow their traditions.
?And Allah will show the truth to be the truth by His words, though the guilty may be averse (to it).?
82
The Word of Allah (SWT) describes the truth and is the truth. The disbelievers are not satisfied.
?But none believed in Musa except the offspring of his people, on account of the fear of Firon and their chiefs, lest he should persecute them; and most surely Firon was lofty in the land; and most surely he was of the extravagant.?
83
People should have courage and not bow to social standards.
?And Musa said O my people! if you believe in Allah, then rely on Him if you submit.?
We should rely on the Word of Allah (SWT), not on hadith narrators.
?And We revealed to Musa and his brother, saying Take for your people houses to abide in Egypt and make your houses places of worship and keep up prayer and give good news to the believers.?
87
Revelation is not always be ?the Qur?an?, and the ?good news? need not be a part of the Book (4070). However, the Qur?an contains all religious guidance (6157).
?He said The prayer of you both has indeed been accepted, therefore continue in the right way and do not follow the path of those who do not know.?
89
The right way is in the Qur?an (2170).
?And We made the children of Israel to pass through the sea, then Firon and his hosts followed them for oppression and tyranny; until when drowning overtook him, he said I believe that there is no god but He in Whom the children of Israel believe and I am of those who submit.?
90
A proper Shahada.
?And certainly We lodged the children of Israel in a goodly abode and We provided them with good things; but they did not disagree until the knowledge had come to them; surely your Lord will judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that in which they disagreed.?
93
The knowledge is in the Message.
?But if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to you, ask those who read the Book before you; certainly the truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore you should not be of the disputers.?
94
The Qur?an is the truth. It is unchanged and thus we do not need anything extra.
?And you should not be of those who reject the communications of Allah, (for) then you should be one of the losers.?
95
There is no doubt in the Qur?an (21).
?Surely those against whom the word of your Lord has proved true will not believe,?
96
The Word of Allah (SWT) is what will be proved true (not ahadith).
?And wherefore was there not a town which should believe so that their belief should have profited them but the people of Yunus? When they believed, We removed from them the chastisement of disgrace in this world's life and We gave them provision till a time.?
98
If Muslims want to prosper, they should follow the Qur?an alone.
?Say Consider what is it that is in the heavens and the earth; and signs and warners do not avail a people who would not believe.?
101
Signs and warners should be enough (to convince us), but people want more ahadith to ?confirm? them.
?What do they wait for then but the like of the days of those who passed away before them? Say Wait then; surely I too am with you of those who wait.?
102
Those who receive a Messenger but do not follow the Message alone can expect to be like the people who rejected the ayat.
?Then We deliver Our messengers and those who believe-- even so (now), it is binding on Us (that) We deliver the believers.?
103
The Messengers are delivered along with those who believed the Message. Are Messengers automatically saved? Only if they deliver the Message (thus) believing it (6945). Those who believe will be rightly guided (762-63).
?Say O people! if you are in doubt as to my religion, then (know that) I do not serve those whom you serve besides Allah but I do serve Allah, Who will cause you to die, and I am commanded that I should be of the believers.?
104
Believers serve Allah (SWT) alone. Do we serve Allah (SWT) by inventing a ?Prophetic Sunna?? Do we need intermediaries to serve Allah (SWT)?
?And that you should keep your course towards the religion uprightly; and you should not be of the polytheists.?
105
What is the right course? It is the Qur?an.
CHALLENGE
Explain why we need something else if we are to serve Allah (SWT) alone.
?And do not call besides Allah on that which can neither benefit you nor harm you, for if you do then surely you will in that case be of the unjust.?
196
We should not associate others with Allah (SWT) nor call on other sources for our guidance. The Messenger was instructed to follow the Qur?an alone (7203, 1015).
?And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He; and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.?
107
We should not expect nor hope for intercession.
?Say O people! indeed there has come to you the truth from your Lord, therefore whoever goes aright, he goes aright only for the good of his own soul, and whoever goes astray, he goes astray only to the detriment of it, and I am not a custodian over you.?
108
The Qur?an is the truth. Those who believe in it will be guided, and the Messenger is merely a plain warner (7184).
?And follow what is revealed to you and be patient till Allah should give judgment, and He is the best of the judges.?
109
We are ordered to follow the Qur?an alone.
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