The Exalted Prophet's Wives
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:05 pm
2:75 Do you still hope that they will join your ranks in Faith?
Surely, a party among them used to listen to the Word of God in
the Torah, then, distorted its words and true meanings, after they
had understood it. And they knew full well what they were doing!
2:76 Verily, when they meet with those who have attained belief,
they say, “We have attained belief.” But when they meet each
other in private, they say, “Would you inform them (the believers)
of what God has disclosed to you? Therewith they may engage
you in argument before your Lord. Will you not, then, use your
senses?”
2:77 Do not they realize that God knows what they conceal and
what they reveal?
2:78 Among them are unlettered folk who know not the Scripture,
but learn their wishful beliefs through hearsay. They depend on
nothing but conjecture.
[They go to their religious men saying, “What do we know of
religion? So, you tell us.” 2]
2:79 Then, woe unto those (their scholars) who write the Scripture
with their own hands and then claim, “This is from God.” They
traffic with it for petty gains. Woe unto them for what they write,
and for the illicit profits they make thereby.”
[In the name of religion, they exploit the masses, feeling unduly
proud as they peddle the false notion of being "the chosen ones".
Furthermore, they extort money from the ignorant.]
2:80 Yet they say, “The Fire will not touch us but for a few
numbered days.” Say, “Have you received a promise from God? –
for, God never breaks His promise. Or is it that you say things
about God that you have no knowledge of?”
2:81 Nay, but whoever disrupts the lives of others, so much so that
his crimes surround him - those are the rightful companions of the
Fire – therein they will abide.
2:82 And those who choose to be graced with belief, and do works
that benefit humanity and nature – those are the rightful dwellers
of Paradise - therein they will abide.
Surely, a party among them used to listen to the Word of God in
the Torah, then, distorted its words and true meanings, after they
had understood it. And they knew full well what they were doing!
2:76 Verily, when they meet with those who have attained belief,
they say, “We have attained belief.” But when they meet each
other in private, they say, “Would you inform them (the believers)
of what God has disclosed to you? Therewith they may engage
you in argument before your Lord. Will you not, then, use your
senses?”
2:77 Do not they realize that God knows what they conceal and
what they reveal?
2:78 Among them are unlettered folk who know not the Scripture,
but learn their wishful beliefs through hearsay. They depend on
nothing but conjecture.
[They go to their religious men saying, “What do we know of
religion? So, you tell us.” 2]
2:79 Then, woe unto those (their scholars) who write the Scripture
with their own hands and then claim, “This is from God.” They
traffic with it for petty gains. Woe unto them for what they write,
and for the illicit profits they make thereby.”
[In the name of religion, they exploit the masses, feeling unduly
proud as they peddle the false notion of being "the chosen ones".
Furthermore, they extort money from the ignorant.]
2:80 Yet they say, “The Fire will not touch us but for a few
numbered days.” Say, “Have you received a promise from God? –
for, God never breaks His promise. Or is it that you say things
about God that you have no knowledge of?”
2:81 Nay, but whoever disrupts the lives of others, so much so that
his crimes surround him - those are the rightful companions of the
Fire – therein they will abide.
2:82 And those who choose to be graced with belief, and do works
that benefit humanity and nature – those are the rightful dwellers
of Paradise - therein they will abide.