QURAN TAFSIR ( QURAN AS IT EXPLAIN ITSELF)
3:61. Whoever debates with you in this after the knowledge has come to you, then say: "Let us call our children and your children, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then, let us invoke and make the curse of God upon the liars."
[Bahl = To leave alone = Let someone hold on to his views = Let others do as they will. Erroneously, but commonly, Mubahila = A contest of mutual cursing! This verse has been subjected to much conjecture through ‘Shan-e-Nuzool’the circumstances of a revelation.Some exponents assert that the exalted Prophet is being told here to run a cursing contest with some Christians from Najran in Southern Arabia!]
3:62. This is the narration of truth, there is no god except Allah; and Allah is the Noble, the Wise.
3:63. And if they turn away, then Allah is aware of the corrupters.
3:64. Say: "O people of the Book, let us come to a common understanding between us and between you; that we serve none except Allah, and that we do not set up anything with Him, and that none of us takes each other as patrons besides Allah" If they turn away, then say: "Bear witness that we have submitted."
3:65. "O people of the Book, why do you debate with us regarding Abraham when the Torah and the Injeel were not sent down except after him? Do you not comprehend?"
3:66. Here you have debated in what you knew; so why then do you debate in what you do not know? And Allah knows while you do not know.
3:67. Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Nazarene, but he was a monotheist who submitted; he was not of the polytheists.
3:68. The most legitimate people to Abraham are those who followed him; and this prophet, and those who believed; and Allah is the supporter of the believers.
3:69. A group from the people of the Book wished that they could misguide you, but they only misguide themselves and they do not notice.
3:70. "O people of the Book, why do you reject the revelations of Allah while you are bearing witness?"
3:71. "O people of the Book, why do you confound the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know?"
3:72. And a group from among the people of the Book said: "Believe in what was sent down to those who believe during the beginning of the day, and reject it by the end of it, perhaps they will return."
3:73. "And do not believe except in he who follows your system." Say: "The guidance is the guidance of Allah." That anyone should be given similar to what you have been given, or that they debate with you at your Rabb. Say: "The bounty is in the hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He chooses, and Allah is Encompassing, Knowledgeable."
[He has now chosen a non-Israelite Prophet for His grace of revelation.
7:157. "Those who follow the Gentile messenger prophet whom they find written for them in the Torah and the Injeel; he orders them to kindness, and prohibits them from vice, and he makes lawful for them the good things, and he makes unlawful for them the evil things, and he removes their burden and the shackles that are upon them. So those who believe in him, and support him, and help him persevere, and follow the light that was sent down with him; these are the successful ones."
Manyyasha = In accordance with His laws = Per His due measure. Erroneously translated as ‘Whom He wills’. An error like this turns the dynamic Islam into a fatalistic religion.
3:26. Say: "Our Allah, Possessor of kingship; you grant kingship to whom You please, and revoke kingship from whom You please, and honor whom You please, and humiliate whom You please; in Your hand is goodness. You are capable of all things."
4:88. What is the matter with you that you are divided into two groups over the hypocrites, while Allah has regressed them for what they have earned? Do you want to guide those whom Allah misguides? Whoever Allah causes to be misguided, you will never find for him a path.
10:25. Allah calls to the abode of peace, and He guides those whom He wishes to a straight path.
74:31. And We have made the guardians of the Fire to be angels; and We did not make their number 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 Allah mean with an example such as this?" It is such that Allah misguides whom He wishes, and He guides whom He wishes. And none know the soldiers of your Rabb except He; and it is but a reminder for human beings.]
3:74. He singles out with His mercy whom He chooses, and Allah is with Great Bounty.
3:75 . And from among the people of the Book are those whom if you entrust him with a large amount he gives it back to you, and there are those whom if you entrust with one gold coin he will not return it to you unless you are standing over him. That is because they said: "We have no obligation towards the Gentiles." They say about Allah lies while they know.
3:76. Indeed, anyone who fulfils his pledge and is righteous, then Allah loves the righteous.
3:77. The ones who purchase with the pledge of Allah and their oaths a cheap price, those will have no portion in the Hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them, nor will He look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they will have a painful retribution.
3:78. And from among them is a group who twist their tongues with the Book so that you may think it is from the Book, while it is not from the Book, and they say it is from Allah while it is not from Allah, and they say about Allah lies while they know.[2:101]
3:79. It is not for any human being that Allah would give him the Book and the authority and the prophethood, then he would say to the people: "Be servants to me rather than Allah!" Rather: "Be Devotees for what you have been taught of the Book, and of what you have studied."
3:80. Nor does He order you that you take the angels and the prophets as patrons. Would He order you to rejection after you have submitted?
3:81. And Allah took a covenant from the prophets: "For what I have given you of the Book and wisdom, then a messenger will come to you authenticating what is with you. You will believe in him and support him." He said: "Do you testify, and agree to this burden?" They said: "We testify." He said: "Then bear witness, and I am with you bearing witness."
[This was the promise with their nations. The personal covenant made with each Messenger is mentioned in
33:7. And when We took from the prophets their covenant. And from you, and from Nuh, and Abraham, and Musa, and Isa, son of Maryium; We took from them a solemn covenant.
2:101. And when a messenger came to them from Allah, authenticating what was with them, a group of those who had already received the Book placed the Book of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know.
& 3:78. And from among them is a group who twist their tongues with the Book so that you may think it is from the Book, while it is not from the Book, and they say it is from Allah while it is not from Allah, and they say about Allah lies while they know. for ‘the truth in’]
3:82. Whoever turns away after that, then they are the drifted away from the right path.
3:83. Is it other than the system of Allah that they desire, when those in the heavens and the earth have submitted to Him voluntarily or by force? And to Him they will be returned.
[All things in the Universe surrender to Allah, either by free will as the believers do, or through their innate nature such as animals, trees, stars, seasons etc. Even the deniers of the truth live by Divine laws in their physical lives]
3:84. Say: "We believe in Allah and what was sent down to us and what was sent down to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Patriarchs, and what was given to Moses and Isa and the prophets from their Rabb. We do not make a distinction between any of them, and to Him we submit."
[All Prophets were one in purpose.
2:253 . Such messengers, We have preferred some over others; some of them talked to Allah, and He raised some of them in rank, and We gave Jesus, son of Maryam, the clear proofs and We supported him with the Holy Spirit. And had Allah wished, the people after them would not have fought after the proofs had come to them, but they disputed, some of them believed and some of them rejected. If Allah had wished they would not have fought, but Allah does what He pleases.
17:55. And your Rabb is fully aware of who is in the heavens and the earth. And We have preferred some prophets over others, and We gave Dawud the Psalms.]
3:85. And whoever follows other than submission as a system, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he is of the losers.
[This is because the Deen Islam of the entire Universe is Submission.]
3:86. How can Allah guide a people who have rejected after believing, and they had witnessed that the messenger was true, and the clarity had come to them? Allah does not guide to those who choose to do wrong.*
[Zaalimeen = Oppressors = Those who hurt themselves or others = Who displace something from its rightful place = Who relegate the truth = Those who choose to do wrong = Violators of human rights = Misdirected = Those who prefer to live in the darkness of ignorance = Commonly translated as wrongdoers.
*This verse 3:86 very much applies to today’s Muslims.
The Prophet did establish the Divine System in the State of Madinah as a living witness to the Qur’anic truth.]
3:87. To these the punishment will be that the curse of Allah will be upon them and that of the angels and the people all together!
3:88. Abiding therein, the retribution will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
3:89. Except those who repent after this and make amends, then Allah is Forgiver, Merciful.
3:90. Those who have rejected after their belief, then increased in rejection, their repentance will not be accepted, they are the strayers.[4:18]
3:91. Those who have rejected and died while they were rejecters, if the earth full of gold were to be ransomed with it would not be accepted from any of them. For these there will be a painful retribution and they will have no supporters.
[We have already seen that 'Azaab = Torment = Chastisement = Punishment = Suffering, is a natural consequence of transgressions according to the Law of Cause and Effect. Allah does not punish people out of rage like human tyrants and kings. Reward and punishment are built-in results of one's own deeds. So, no helpers either]
3:92. You will not reach piety until you spend from what you love; and whatever you spend, Allah is aware of it.
[Allah, the Knower of your own ‘self’, reminds that Paradise is for those who attain self-actualization by giving.
92:18. The one who gives his money to purify. ]
3:93 . All the food was made lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel forbade for himself before the Torah was sent down. Say: "Bring the Torah and recite it if you are truthful."
3:94. Whoever invents lies about Allah after this, these are the wicked.
3:95. Say: "Allah bears truth. Follow the creed of Abraham, monotheism, and he was not of the polytheists."
3:96. The first Sanctuary established for the people is the one in Bakk'a, blessed, and a guidance for the worlds.
[2:125. And We have made the Sanctuary to be a model for the people and a security. And you shall take, from the station of Abraham, a place for making the contact. And We entrusted to Abraham and Ismai: "You shall purify My Sanctuary for those who visit, and those who are devoted, and the kneeling, the prostrating."]
3:97. In it are clear signs: the station of Abraham. And whoever enters it will be secure. And Allah is owed from the people to make Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary, whoever can make a path to it. And whoever rejects, then Allah has no need of the worlds.
[Pilgrimage = Joining the Hajj Convention. Mankind can realize the blessings of unity by rallying around this Divinely appointed Center of Ideology.
22:25. Surely, those who have rejected and repel from the path of Allah, and from the Restricted Temple that We have made for the people - for the one devoted therein and the one who visits it - and whoever inclines to evil action in it, We will let them taste a painful retribution.
The idolaters are forbidden only to ‘ya’mur’ or administer the Masjid for obvious ideological reasons.
9:17. It was not for the polytheists to maintain the temples of Allah while they bear witness over their own rejection. For these, their works have fallen, and in the Fire they will abide.]
3:98. Say: "O people of the Book, why do you reject the revelations of Allah, while Allah is witness over what you do?"
3:99. Say: "O people of the Book, why do you repel from the path of Allah those who believe? You wish to twist it while you are witnesses. And Allah is not unaware of what you do."
3:100. O you who believe, if you obey a group of those who received the Book they will turn you after your belief into rejecters!
[The very act of heeding or obeying others against the messages of Allah is an indication that such people have not understood the beauty in these messages]
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