Lesson # 604 From Holy Qur’aan
Christians
Forgot too a Part of that Whereof They were Admonished
Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
Verse
– 14 of 120, Section – 3 of 16 (Part–6) –Stage - 2
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
And with those who say: “Lo! We are
Christians,” We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they
were admonished. And therefore We have stirred up enmity and hatred among
them till the Day of Resurrection. And Allaah
will inform them of their handiwork.
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Wa minal-laziina qaaluu
‘innaa Nasaaraaa ‘akhaz-Naa
Misaa-qahum fanasuu hazzam-mimmaa zukkiruu
bih; fa-‘agrayNaa bayna-humul-‘adaawata wal-bagzaaa-‘a ‘ilaa
Yawmil-Qiyaamah. Wa sawfa
yunabbi-‘uhumUllaahu bimaa kaanuu
yasna-‘uun.
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Lesson
Nasaaraaa- either this word has come out from nasar, which means “to help”, if so,
then it means “the helper, the supporter”, or it has a relation with Naasirah, which is name of a village in
Syria, where Prophet Christ (peace be upon Him) used to live, and due to this
reason, He (peace be upon Him) is called Messiah Nasrii. In view of this illustration, Nasaaraaa means ‘The believers of Messiah (peace be upon Him), Who belonged
to Naasirah’.
‘AgrayNaa – (We stirred up), it is from ‘agraaa, which means “to induce, to
incite, to create, to apply, to put to work”. Yunabbi-‘u-
(to inform), it has been made from nabaaa-‘a,
which means “the news”. It aims that Allaah
Almighty will inform them. Yasna-‘uun –
(that, what they used to do), it is from san-‘at,
which means “to make something, to do any work”.
In
this verse, there is mention about the Christians. Allaah Almighty commands here, “We made a covenant with them
because they had believed in Prophet Christ (peace be upon Him) and it was
their covenant that they would obey Him (peace be upon Him). But afterwards
they broke the covenant too and like the Jews, they also became disobedient. They
forgot fundamental commands out of those, which were revealed for them in the New
Testament (the Gospel), and changed its words and meanings in accord with their
own desires, so they were deprived from their benefits. The biggest information
into those commands was, “after the Prophet Christ (peace be upon Him), the
Last Apostle of Allaah Almighty
(Muhammad) (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) will come in the
world. You should help Him and obey Him whole heartily”. But they removed His
name and entire description about Him (grace, glory, blessings and peace be
upon Him) from their Scripture.
It
has been told in this verse, “It is the result of forgetting the original
teachings of the Scripture that if a person said anything, the other said
against it. This mutual contradiction increased so much that they became enemies
of one another. On one side enmity between the Jews and the Christians was
produced, secondly, the Jews themselves were opponents mutually of each other,
and on the other side, different sects of the Christians began to fight against
one another.
Mutual
cooperation can be produced only by acting upon the original commands of the Scripture.
The Scriptures held with the Jews and the Christians, are not in their original
form. Therefore, they will be fighting always until the end of this world,
because now there is nothing remained to settle their mutual conflicts. Now there
is no method of their becoming conscious except that they would have to believe
in Holy Qur’aan, the Last Scripture.
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