74:31 Why is iddatahum a fitna for those who disbelieve?
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Salam,
This verse 7431 is likely a later interpolation in Qur'an, that was not part of the original Qur'an.
The verse in question is
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
The litigious expression is أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ / ashab an-nar. In this verse, it is understood as the wardens of the Fire, and those are Angels.
But the same expression is used in verse 239
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
In this verse, the أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ / ashab an-nar are the people who deny the signs of Allah.
Clearly, it is not possible for the same person, be it Allah, to have used the same expression with such opposite meanings.
It sounds like verse 7431 was initially more a commentary of Surah 74 that has later been incorporated as a verse when later scribes started to make a written copy.
This happens fairly frequently in history. -
The Arabic word-ASHAB- has many meanings, among them
Friend- Wa Ma Sahibukum Bimajnoon- Your friend is not crazy.
Dwellers of .._Ashab Al Aika..The dwellers of Aika region/place/country....
Guardians of each other "Wa Sahibhuma Fi ..Look after /guard your guardians/parents.
...etc.
In 7431 -Ashab Al Naar-are the GUARDIANS of Hell.
In 239 -Ashab Al Naar- are the DWELLERS of hell.Both verses make sense and are part of Qoran..
Or one can assume whatever is LIKELY to make sense to them. Unless of course there is hard evidence to go with it!
GOD bless.
Peace. -
Salaam,
Why is iddatahum / their number / their count / their amount a fitna / test / trial for those who disbelieve / reject ?
https//www.islamawakened.com/quran/74/31/default.htm
Salaam ibn_a,
in my understanding, this iddatahum (their count/cycle) is metonic cycle. Something that we can observe during our life time. Here is from my previous posts,Music is good ;D
Not because I'm a musician, but I consider the music is one of the God's signature. It's 12 notes pattern inline with the 19 metonic cycle which describe in Quran.
Quran talks about 19 cycle period related to leap year pattern in luni-solar calendar
7429 A signal <lawwāḥatun> to human beings.
7430 Upon it is nineteen.7431 And We have made the guardians of the Fire to be angels; and We did not make their prescribed number (of time period) <ʿiddatahum> except as a test for those who have rejected, so that those who were given the Book would understand, and those who have faith would be increased in faith, and so that those who have been given the Book and the believers do not have doubt, and so that those who have a sickness in their hearts and the rejecters would say "What did God mean with an example such as this?" It is such that God misguides whom He wishes, and He guides whom He wishes. And none know the soldiers of your Lord except He; and it is but a reminder for human beings.
Here, you should treat the word 'iddatahum' as cycle of time period. Please check the same word used in 2184, 2185, 3349, 651, and 654 to understand the context.
How's the music inline with the universe
http//www.jewfaq.org/graphics/keyboard.gif
In the fourth century, Hillel II established a fixed calendar based on mathematical and astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use, standardized the length of months and the addition of months over the course of a 19 year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years. Adar I is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of the cycle. The current cycle began in Jewish year 5758 (the year that began October 2, 1997). If you are musically inclined, you may find it helpful to remember this pattern of leap years by reference to the major scale for each whole step there are two regular years and a leap year; for each half-step there is one regular year and a leap year. This is easier to understand when you examine the keyboard illustration below and see how it relates to the leap years above.
http//www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm
Also there is another test/trial for the mankind using the palm tree model, you can find my old post in here,
Palm-Tree Model
https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9609156.msg413444#msg413444
and how it become a test for mankind,
https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9609156.msg414786#msg414786
Peace