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"Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong; they are the ones to attain felicity".
(surah Al-Imran,ayat-104)
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In the name of God, the Kind, the Merciful

 

A systematic study of the Holy Qur'an-27

 

 

By

Dr Javed Jamil

 

 

THE HISTORY OF CONFRONTATION

BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG (contd)

 

It is to be noted that

1.    Majority of the stories of the Quran are the same as in Bible;

2.    But there are several stories in Quran that are not there in Bible. These include the accounts of Prophets like Hud, Saleh, Shuayb, the possible prophets like Luqman and Dhul Qarnain (Peace be upon them)and the story of Companions of Cave, which is not there in Bible, though a similar story is there in some other Jewish literatures;

3.    There are some parts of Biblical stories that attract only hints in Quran; the details can be seen in Bible. The notable example is the indication given in Qur'an about an argument between Prophet Abraham (AS) and God relating to the possibility of Punishment to be given to the People of Lot. Quran says that Abraham argued for the sake of the people; Bible describes the details of the argument;

4.    There are several parts of stories about the Biblical figures that are there in Quran but not in Bible; the most notable examples are those of the stories of the birth and childhood of Mary and the birth and childhood of Jesus; both these parts are not there in the New Testament. It is also Quran that clarifies the truth of Jesus never having died and raised alive in the Heaven.

5.    Quran's stand is that prophets can make lapses but cannot commit grave sins. In Bible, there are certain parts of stories related to Noah, Lot and David, which cannot be acceptable to Quran.

 

 

ZAKARIYAH, MARIAM (MARY), YAHYA (JOHN), AND ISA MASIH (JESUS CHRIST)

 

* Behold ! a woman of Imran

Said: "O my Lord! I do
Dedicate unto Thee

What is in my womb

For thy special service:

So accept this of me:

For Thou hearest

And knowest all things.

When she was delivered,

She said: "O my Lord!

Behold! I am delivered

Of a female child!"

And God knew best

What she brought forth

"And nowise is the male

Like the female.

I have named her Mary,

And I commend her

And her offspring

To Thy protection

From the Evil One,

The Rejected."

Right graciously

Did her Lord accept her:

He made her grow

In purity and beauty:

To the care of Zakariya

Was she assigned.

Every time that he entered

(Her) chamber to see her,

He found her supplied

With sustenance. He said:

"O Mary! Whence (comes) this

To you? She said:

"From God: for God

Provides sustenance

To whom He pleases,

Without measure. " (3: 35-37/A)

 

* Kaf.Ha.Ya "˜Ain.Sad

(This is) a recital

Of the mercy of thy Lord

To His servant Zakariya.

Behold! he cried

To his Lord in secret,

Praying: "O my Lord!

Infirm indeed are my bones,

And the hair of my head

Doth glisten with grey:

But never am I unblest,

O my Lord, in my prayer

To thee!

"Now I fear( and colleagues)

(Will do) after me:

But my wife is barren:

So give me an heir

As from Thyself,

(One that) will (truly)

Represent me, and represent

The posterity of Jacob;

And make him, O my Lord!

One  with whom Thou art

Well-pleased!" (19: 1-6/A)

 

* While he was standing

In prayer in the chamber,

The angels called unto him:

"God doth give thee

Glad tidings of Yahya,

Witnessing the truth

Of a word from God, and (be

Besides) noble, chaste,

And a prophet,

Of the (goodly) company

Of the righteous."

He said: "O my Lord!

How shall I have a son,

Seeing I am very old,

And my wife is barren?"

"Thus", was the answer,

"Doth God accomplish

What He willeth."

He said: "O my Lord!

Give me a sign!"

"Thy sign," was the answer,

"Shall be that thou

Shall speak to no man

For three days

But with signals.

Then celebrate

The praises of thy Lord

Again and again,

And glorify Him

In the evening

And in the morning." (3: 39-41/A)

* (To his son came the command):

"O Yahya! take hold

Of the Book with might"

And We gave him wisdom

Even as a youth,

And pity (for all creatures)

As from Us, and purity:

He was devout,

And kind to his parents,

And he was not overbearing

Or rebellious.

So peace on him

The day that he was born

The day that he dies

And the day that he

Will be raised up

To life (again)! (19: 12-15/A)

 

* Behold! the angels said:

"O Mary! God has chosen thee

And purified thee-chosen thee

Above the women of all nations.

O mary! worship:

Thy Lord devoutly:

Prostrate thyself,

And bow down (in prayer)

With those who bow down."

This is the part of the tidings

Of the things unseen,

Which we reveal onto thee

(O Apostle !) by inspiration:

Thou wast not with them

When they cast lots

With arrows, as to which

Of them should be charged

With the care of Mary:

Nor wast thou with them

When they disputed (the point).

Behold! the angels said:

O Mary! God giveth thee

Glad tidings of a Word

From Him: his name will be Christ Jesus,

The son of Mary, held in honour

In this world and the Hereafter

And of (the company of) those

Nearest of God;

He shall speak to the people

In childhood and in maturity;

And he shall be (of the company)

Of the righteous." (3: 42-46/A)

 

* Relate in the Book

(The story of) Mary,

When she withdrew

From her family

To a place in the east

She placed a screen

(To screen herself) from them.

Then we sent to her

Our angel and he appeared

Before her as man

In all respects.

She said: "I seek refuge

From thee to (God)

Most Gracious: (come not near)

If thou dost fear God."

He said: "Nay I am only

A messenger from thy Lord,

(To announce) to thee

The gift of a holy son."

She said: "How shall I

Have a son, seeing that

No man has touched me,

And I am not unchaste?"

He said: "So (it will be):

Thy Lord saith, "˜That is

Easy for Me and (We

Wish) to appoint him

As a Sign unto men

And a mercy from Us':

It is a matter

(So) decreed." (19: 16-21/A)

 

* So she  conceived him,

And she retired with him

To a remote place.

And the pains of childbirth

Drove her to the trunk

Of a palm-tree:

She cried( in her anguish):

"Ah! would that I had

Died before this! Would that

I had been a thing

Forgotten and out of sight!"

But  (a voice) cried to her

From beneath the (palm-tree)

"Grieve not! for thy Lord

Hath provided a rivulet

Beneath thee;

And shake towards thyself

The trunk of the plam-tree:

It will let fall

Fresh ripe dates upon thee.

So eat and drink

And cool (thine) eye

And if thou dost see

Any man, say, "I have

Vowed a fast to (God)

Most Gracious, and this day

Will I enter into no talk

With any human being."

At length she brought

The (babe) to her people,

Carrying him (in her arms).

They said :"O Mary!

Truly an amazing thing

Hast thou brought!

O sister of Aaron!

Thy father was not

A man of evil, nor thy

Mother a woman unchaste!"

But she pointed to the babe.

They said: "How can we

Talk to one who is

A child in the cradle?"

He said: "I am indeed

A servant of God:

He hath given me

Revelation and made me

A prophet:

And He hath made me

Blessed wheresoever

I be,

And hath enjoined on me

Prayer and charity as long

As I live;

He hath made me kind

To my mother, and not

Overbearing or miserable;

So peace is on me

The day I was born,

The day that I die,

And the day that I,

Shall be raised up

To life again"! (19: 22-33/A)

 

* "And God will teach him

The Book and wisdom,

The Law and the Gospel,

And (appoint him)

An apostle to the children

Of Israel, (with this message):

"˜I have come to you

With a sign from your Lord,

In that I make for you

Out of clay, as it were,

The figure of a bird,

And breathe into it,

And it becomes a bird

By God's leave:

And I heal those

Born blind, and lepers,

And I quicken the dead

By God's leave;

And I declare to you

What ye eat, and what ye store

In your houses; surely

Therein is a Sign for you

If ye did believe;

(I have come to you),

To attest the Law

Which was before me.

And to make lawful

To you part of what was

(Before) forbidden to you;

I have come to you

With a Sign from your Lord.

So fear God,

And obey me.

It is God

Who is my Lord

And your Lord:

Then worship Him.

This is a Way.

That is straight.' (3: 48-51/A)

 

* Behold! the Disciples said:

"O  Jesus the son of Mary!

Can thy Lord send down to us

A tablet set (with viands)

From heaven?" Said Jesus:

"Fear God, if ye have faith."

They said: "We only wish

To eat thereof and satisfy

Our hearts, and to know

Thou hast indeed

Told us the truth; and

That we ourselves may be

Witnesses of the miracle."

Said Jesus son of Mary:

"O God our Lord!

Send us from heaven

A Tablet set (with viands),

That there may be for us

Fro the first and the last of us

A solemn festival

And a sign from Thee;

And provide for our

Sustenance,

For thou art the best

Sustainer (of our needs)."

God said:" I will Send down unto you:

But if any of you

After that resisteth faith,

I will punish him

With a penalty such

As I have not afflicted

On anyone among

All the peoples." (5: 114-115/A)

 

* O ye who believe! 

Be ye helpers of God

As said Jesus the Son of Mary

To the Disciples, "Who will be

My helpers to (the work

Of) God?" Said the Disciples,

"We are God's helpers!"

Then a portion of the children

Of Israel believed, and

A portion disbelieved:

But We gave power

To those who believed

Against their enemies,

And they became

The ones that prevailed. (61: 14/A)

 

* And remember, Jesus,

The son of Mary, said:

"O children of Israel!

I am the apostle of God

(Sent) to you, confirming

The Law (which came)

Before me, and giving

Glad tidings of an Apostle

To come after me,

Whose name shall be Ahmed. (61: 6/A)

(Note: Ahmed means "˜praiseworthy', the word     nearest to the original Hebrew word, which is now translated as "counsellor" or "comforter".)

 

* And  (the unbelievers)

Plotted and planned,

And God, too, planned

And the best of planners

Is God.

Behold! God said:

"O Jesus ! I will take thee

And raise thee to Myself

And clear thee (of the falsehoods)

Of those who blaspheme;

I will make those

Who follow thee superior

To those who reject faith,

To the Day of Resurrection:

Then shall ye all

Return unto me,

And I will judge

Between you of the matters

Where in ye dispute. (3: 54-55/A)

 

* That they said( in boast),

"We killed Christ Jesus

The son of Mary,

The Apostle of God;"

But they killed him not,

Nor crucified him,

But so it was made

To appear to them,

And those who differ

There in are full of doubts,

With no (certain) knowledge,

But only a conjecture to follow,

For of a surety

They killed him not;

Nay, God raised him up

Unto himself; and God

Is exalted in Power, Wise.... (3: 157-158/A)

 

Companions of the cave

 

* Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?  Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from   Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!" Then We drew (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not).  Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried! We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance. We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity! These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against God? When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than God, betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease."

 

Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are among the Signs of God. He whom God guides is rightly guided; but he whom God leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him to the Right Way. Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them. Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "(God) (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: and let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you. For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force you to return to their cult, and in that case ye would never attain prosperity." Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of God is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their  affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building over them": Their Lord knows best about them: those who       prevailed over their affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."

 

 (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully guessing at the  unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord knoweth best their number; It is but few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, into controversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers. Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"- without adding, "So please God" and call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest, and say, "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." So they stayed in their Cave three        hundred years, and (some) add nine (more). Say:   "(God) knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears     (everything)! They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.  (18: 9-26/A)

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