Obstinacy of the People of the Scripture (L-173)
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وَلَئِن أَتَيتَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا
الكِتابَ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ ما تَبِعوا قِبلَتَكَ ۚ وَما أَنتَ بِتابِعٍ قِبلَتَهُم
ۚ وَما بَعضُهُم بِتابِعٍ قِبلَةَ بَعضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعتَ أَهواءَهُم مِن
بَعدِ ما جاءَكَ مِنَ العِلمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَمِنَ الظّالِمينَ145. |
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145. Wa la-‘in
‘ataytal-laziina ‘uutul-Kitaaba bi-kulli ‘Aayatim-maa tabi-‘uu Qiblatak. Wa
maaa ‘anta bi-taabi-‘in- Qiblata-hum. Wa maa ba’-zuhum- bi-taabi-‘in-Qiblata
ba’-z. Wa la-‘inittaba’-ta ‘ahwaaa-‘ahum-mim-ba’-di maa jaaa-‘aka minal-‘ilmi,
‘innaka ‘izalla-minaz-zaalimiin. |
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145. Even if you
were to bring to those who were given the Book every proof, they would not
follow your direction, nor are you to follow their direction, nor do they
follow the direction of one another. And if you were to follow their desires,
after the knowledge that has come to you, you would be in that case one of
the wrongdoers. |
In this verse, stubbornness and bigotry of the Children of Israel has been mentioned. Allah Almighty commands: O Prophet (ﷺ)! If you will show them the entire portents of your Prophet-hood, produce before them all proofs concerning the Truth of Ka’-bah as Qiblah, even then, they will not be ready to admit it as Qiblah. Moreover, on the basis of opposite, jealousy, enmity, stubbornness and bigotry, they will stand firm on their ancient Qiblah. And because We have bestowed to you the Excellent Qiblah and the Qiblah of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him) , so you (ﷺ) don’t have any need to agree to their ignoble Qiblah. Due to cause of ending the leadership of the Children of Israel, you have been given a permanent and worldwide Qiblah. So the People of the Scripture have become hopeless from this matter that you will admit their Qiblah any time in future.
It has been described also that the People of the Scripture don’t find themselves followers of one Qiblah. So how can they expect that he (ﷺ) will agree upon their Qiblah. At the end, the Messenger of Islam (ﷺ) has been duly warned that after knowing about the final decision of God that the actual Qiblah is only Ka’-bah, if he (ﷺ) will admit and determine their Qiblah then he will be included into the unjust people too. Although, no Messenger of God (Peace be upon him) ever stains with any sin but it is intended to tell the Muslim nation from this warning that following any false religion is very heavy sin. Even in this matter, nobody can be favored whether he has most superior rank near God.
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