Lesson # 661 From Holy Qur’aan
What! If their fathers
had no knowledge and guidance?
‘Al-Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)–Stage
- 2
Verse
–104 of 120, Section – 14 of 16 (Part - 7)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
And when it is said unto them: Come unto
that which Allaah hath revealed and
unto the Messenger, they say: Enough for us is that wherein we found our fathers.
What! Even though their fathers had no knowledge whatsoever, and no guidance?
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Wa ‘izaa
qiila lahum ta-‘aalaw
‘ilaa maaa ‘anza-lAllaahu wa
‘ilar-Rasuuli qaaluu hasbunaa
maa wajad-naa ‘alayhi
‘aabaaa-‘anaa. ‘Awa law
kaana ‘aabaaa-‘uhim laa
ya’-lamuuna shay-‘anw-wa laa
Yahtaduun.
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Lesson
In this verse, fundamental
education of Islam has been described in an interesting manner. Islam is
desirous that every command of Allaah
Almighty and His Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him)
should be obeyed and acted upon. If traditions, customs and ways of life of our
ancestors are against Islam, those should be given up entirely, because those
manners and customs have no proof of their being good, while the commands of Allaah Almighty and His Messenger
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) have proof as well as responsibility
of deliverance and success along with it too. So, this evasion that “how can we
give up that tradition, wherein we found our ancestors?” is quite debauch and loosely.
Its nonsense may be judged easily by using sense a little.
It is commanded that when the
people are invited towards the prescribed Way of Allaah Almighty and His Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and
peace be upon Him), they allege falsely: “Enough for us is that path, which our
ancestors have left behind for us. They used to act upon these traditions and
teach us the same”. In their reply, it has been told: Ask them, “Whether is it
possible that your fathers may be unaware from the original knowledge or
impossible? Is it not possible that they did not know the correct way? Would
you like to follow them even then in such condition? It seems against wisdom”.
It is visible that if any knower
more than them and who is well aware of the paths, says that the path, on which
they used to go away and guided their children to follow them, at last will
lead and let them fall in a blind pit, and then it will not be possible to come
out from it, then certainly the talk of that experienced and well acquainted
person is able to be listened and believed.
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