Discover the Holy Quran, Surah No. 2 Al Baqarah Verses83-103

[taul]

--In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.


83- And remember We took a covenant from the Children of Israel (to this effect): Worship none but Allah. treat with kindness your parents and kindred, and orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people; be steadfast in prayer; and practice regular charity. Then did ye turn back, except a few among you, and ye backslide (even now).

84- And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this ye solemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.

85- After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselves, and banish a party of you from their homes; assist (Their enemies) against them, in guilt and rancour; and if they come to you as captives, ye ransom them, though it was not lawful for you to banish them. Then is it only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject the rest? but what is the reward for those among you who behave like this but disgrace in this life?- and on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned to the most grievous penalty. For Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.

86- These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter. their penalty shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.

87- We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of apostles; We gave Jesus the son of Mary clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you an apostle with What ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!

88- They say, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah's Word: we need no more)." Nay, Allah's curse is on them for their blasphemy: Little is it they believe.

89- And when there comes to them a Book from Allah, confirming what is with them, - although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without Faith, - when there comes to them that which they (should) have recognized, they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is on those without Faith.

90- Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that they deny (the revelation) which Allah has sent down, in isolent envy that Allah of His Grace should send it to any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith.

91-When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah Hath sent down, "they say, "We believe in what was sent down to us." yet they reject all besides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have ye slain the prophets of Allah in times gone by, if ye did indeed believe?"

92- There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.

93- And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and hearken (to the Law)": They said: "We hear, and we disobey:" And they had to drink into their hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed are the behests of your Faith if ye have any faith!"

94- Say: "If the last Home, with Allah, be for you specially, and not for anyone else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere."

95- But they will never seek for death, on account of the (sins) which their hands have sent on before them. and Allah is well-acquainted with the wrong-doers.

96- Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life, -even more that the idolaters: Each of them wishes He could be given a life of a thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him from (due) punishment. For Allah sees well all that they do.

97- Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the (revelation) to thy heart by Allah.s will, confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe,-


98- Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and apostles, to Gabriel and Michael, - Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith.


99- We have sent down to thee Manifest Signs (ayat); and none reject them but those who are perverse.


100- Is it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among the throw it aside? - Nay, Most of them are faithless.


101- And when there came to them an apostle from Allah, confirming what was them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the Book of Allah behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did not know!


102- They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: The blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah.s permission. Any they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they sell their souls, if they but knew!


103- If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but know!


May Allah help us understand the truth and guide us in the right direction.

 

[patriot]

2:83 (God never promised unconditional favors to any nation, the Children of Israel being no exception.) And remember when We took a Covenant from the Children of Israel,
? Serve none but God
? And be generous to your parents
? And to family and relatives
? And to orphans, widows, and those left without any means of support to make progress in the society
? And to those who have suffered loss of income, the disabled, the needy, and the poor
? And speak to people kindly
? And treat them nicely
? And establish Salaat
? And set up the Just Economic System of Zakaat.
Then, after that, you slid back, except a few of you. And you turn away from these Commandments even now.
[Salaat = To follow closely, like a runners-up (Musalli) follows the winning horse (Saabiq) = Follow Gods Commands closely. Aqimussallat = Establish the System that facilitates the following of Divine Commands. 2:3. Zakaat = Divinely ordained Economic Order in which people work according to their capacity and get compensated according to their needs. It is the System in which all members of the society flourish and, with their basic needs having been met, they are able to rise up on the ladder of self-actualization. The cornerstone of this Economic Order: The God-given natural resources and wealth are the common property of all, and every individual willfully leaves for the welfare of others whatever is over and above his needs. The Central Authority will be responsible for administering and maintaining the Just Economic Order of Zakaat. 2:219, 22:41, 27:12, 53:39]
Unfortunately, under the influence of fabricated Hadith, most commentators of the Quran confuse Zakaat with Sadaqaat. The latter means voluntary charity. See verse 9:60. It describes eight categories of the recipients of charity and not of Zakaat. With the solitary exception of few, to my knowledge, all commentators fail to notice the word Sadaqaat and somehow misread the word Zakaat which is not there in that verse. So powerful is the influence of blind following! The current 2.5% giving of one's wealth and the complex and contradictory details of Fiqh associated with it find no Authority in the Quran. One example is the flagrant disparity between the compulsory 'charity or poor-due' to be paid by a rich man who possesses gold versus a poor man who possesses some silver. The poor will pay charity on less than one tenth of what the wealthy has! Ihsan = An act of balance = Restoring symmetry and beauty = Social and individual equity = Selfless service = An act of equity. Yateem = Orphan = Who is left alone in the society = Lonely = Without immediate family = Helpless = Derivatively, a widow. Miskeen = The needy poor = One with no means to earn livelihood = The disabled = One whose life has stalled for any reason = Jobless = Truly bankrupt of finances = One whose running business has stalled. 17:23, 29:8, 46:15, 4:36, 6:151, 2:177, 2:215, 17:26]

2:84 And watch out! We accepted your solemn pledge that you would desist from mutual bloodshed, and from evicting your own folk from your townships. This is what you agreed to and you were witnesses to it.

2:85 Yet it is you who subdue and slay your own folk, and evict a weak faction among you from their homes. And you support one another in hurting the community and sowing the seeds of discord. And when these homeless people get enslaved by others and are brought to you, you ransom them, whereas it was unlawful for you to evict them in the first place. What! Do you wish to accept one part of the Scripture and reject the other? Think then, what the reward of such wrongdoing must be - nothing but disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection the most grievous chastisement! For, God is not unaware of what you do.
[The verse is referring to the Jewish community of Madinah (Medina), but as is always the case in the Quran, the Commands have a wide historical applicability; in this case, to oppressive societies anywhere anytime. Ithm = Any action that depletes individual or communal energy. Udwaan and its derivatives = Wedge = Creating distance between hearts = Discord = Crossing the bounds of Law = Committing excesses = Deeds beyond decency = Transgressing moral values]

2:86 These are the ones who buy instant gratification in exchange for Eternity. The logical consequence of this trade is relentless suffering in a state of utter helplessness.
[Numerous verses underscore the point that the Law of Cause and Effect has no room for making amends in the Hereafter, hence, the helplessness. Duniya = This world = Immediate gains = Short term benefits = Short-sightedness = Disregarding the Law of Cause and Effect = Forsaking the Future. Aakhirah = Hereafter = Life to come = Eternity = Long term = Far-sightedness = Future = Logical outcome = Tomorrow as built on today]

2:87 And, surely, We gave the Scripture to Moses, and after him We sent a succession of messengers. And We gave Jesus, son of Mary (Mariam), clear evidence of the Truth and We strengthened him with Gabriel (Jibraeel). Yet, is it not the case that whenever a Messenger came to you with messages that did not conform to your desires, you resorted to self-glorification? And some of them you called impostors, and others you killed or tried to subdue.
[Also, you attempted to strike a deal with the messengers to alter the revelations. 10:15, 11:113, 17:74, 68:9. Roohul Qudus = Gabriel 2:87, 2;253, 5:110, 16:2, 16:102, 26:193, 42:52]

2:88 And they say, Our hearts are bags of knowledge. Nay, but God has deprived them of His Grace for their persistent rejection of the Truth. Therefore, only a few of them will choose to believe.
[2:6. Lanah = Curse = Deprivation of Gods Grace = Gods rejection = Condemnation = Losing citizenship of the Islamic State = To be downgraded = Abasement = Lasting humiliation]

2:89 Whenever Revelation from God is delivered to them, confirming (the Truth in) what they have, they flatly deny it! Yet, before that, they had been praying for winning the hearts of those who denied all Divine Revelation. And now that a Message has come to them that they very well recognize, they deny it and conceal (what they know). Gods condemnation is the due of all those who turn ungrateful. [Kufr = Rejecting, denying or concealing the Truth = Ingratitude. 2:101, 2:41, 7:157]

2:90 Awful indeed is the price for which they sell their selves. They reject what God has revealed, complaining grudgingly as to why God should bestow His Bounty of Revelation to whomever He may elect among His servants! Thus, (for their bias) they have experienced wrath upon wrath (bitter consequences of their misdeeds). And for all those who deny the Truth, the logical consequence is a humiliating suffering.
[Ghadhab = Opposite of Blessing = Bitter consequences = Logical results of defying Divine Laws = Physical and mental destitution for defying God = Suffering loss = Incorrectly translated as anger or wrath in relation to God. See 1:7, 2:61. Grudgingly: They cannot get over the fact that God has elected a non-Israelite Prophet. 2:97, 2:100-101, 2:142, 5:18, 7:157]

2:91 When it is said to them, Believe in what God has revealed, they say, We only accept what has been sent to us. And they reject all besides that, even though it is the Truth confirming what they possess. Say, (If you claim to believe in the Scripture that you have), then why did you oppose and even slay the prophets of God before, if you were indeed believers? [2:101. For Qatl, see 2:54]

2:92 Surely, Moses came to you with all evidence of the Truth, yet you worshiped the golden calf in his absence! You did, thus, exchange the Right with the Wrong and hurt yourselves.

2:93 Recall again that We accepted your solemn pledge, with Mount Sinai towering above you, as witness, Hold fast to what We have given you, and listen with your hearts! They (your elite) said, We hear and we disobey. (The desire to worship a tangible deity was so intense in them that) their hearts were infused with the love of the golden calf. This led them to persistently refuse to acknowledge the Truth. Say, Evil indeed is what your faith enjoins on you if you have any faith at all. [It teaches you to go back to the primitive ways of worshiping tangible objects!] '

2:94 Say, If the Eternal Abode with God is especially reserved for you to the exclusion of the rest of mankind, then show your readiness for death, if you are truthful.
[2:80, 2:211-112, 5:18, 11:7, 67:2. Live an open life in the society instead of your secluded enclaves. 33:26, 59:2]

2:95 But they will never show their readiness for it due to the deeds their hands have sent forth. And God is well Aware of the wrongdoers. [See Zulm in 2:35 and in Preface]

2:96 Of all mankind, you will find them the most ardently desirous of a long life; even more than the idolaters. Every one of them would love to live a thousand years. Yet, the grant of longevity will not save him from the dire consequences of his transgressions. For, God is Seer of all that they do.

2:97 (They are displeased with Gabriel for bringing Revelation to a gentile Prophet. 2:90.) Say (O Prophet), Who bears a grudge against Gabriel?" For, he has revealed (the Quran) upon your heart by Gods Leave, confirming what was revealed before it. And it is a Beacon of Light and glad tiding for all those who accept it. [2:101]

2:98 Whoever bears a grudge against God, His angels, His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael, must know that indeed, God opposes the deniers of Truth.
[2:87, 16:2, 16:102, 26:193, 42:52. The Divine Law intervenes between obstinate rejection and true Success. Adu and its derivatives = Enemy = Wedge = Opponent = Causing remoteness = Divider = Bearer of grudge. It must be noted that the Quranic terminology carries various shades of meanings according to the context, and whether the terms are referring to humans or to the Creator]

2:99 Surely, We have revealed unto you clear verses, and none will deny them but those who drift away from reason.

2:100 (This reflects in their daily lives.) Is it not so that whenever they make a pledge with others, a party among them breaks it (and others feel liberated from their collective responsibility)? Nay, indeed! Most of them choose to disbelieve.

2:101 And now that a Messenger has come unto them from God confirming the Truth in what they have, a party among those who were given the Scripture before, cast the Book of God (the Bible) behind their backs as though unaware of what it says (concerning the advent of Prophet Muhammad).
[Note the Truth in. 7:157, 61:6. A glimpse of what the Bible says about the advent of Prophet Muhammad (S):
Deuteronomy
18:15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me [Moses]; unto him ye shall hearken;
18:18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Gospel of John
14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Farqleet (Arabic) = Paracletos (Greek) = The Comforter = Periclytos (Greek) = The Praised One = Mawhamana (Aramaic) = The Praised One = Muhammad (Arabic)]

2:102 (They had followed conjecture in the past as well.) Some satanic folk spread a rumor in the Kingdom of Solomon. Solomon never disbelieved in the Divine Laws, but the satanic folk did. They fabricated a story that two angels Haaroot and Maaroot had descended in Babylon and taught magic to some people; and that they used to warn people, We are only a temptation, therefore be not oblivious to the rational Divine Laws. The rumor further stated that people learned magic from both of them and learned how to create discord between a man and his wife. They could harm none against the Divine Laws. And what they try to learn only harms them and does not profits them. Indeed, they ought to know that any person indulging in this trade (the so-called occult sciences) will be a loser in the long run, and shall have no portion in the Hereafter. And certainly, evil is the price for which they sell their humanity, if they only knew better.

[The entire story of Haaroot Maaroot was Hazaliat (nonsense). Magic, amulets, ghoul, demon-possession, exorcism, witchcraft, evil eye, fortune telling, astrology, palm reading, clairvoyance, knowledge of the future, Voodoo, are nothing but conjecture. These things can neither harm nor benefit anyone since nothing happens in the Universe contrary to the immutable Divine Laws in Nature. However, superstitions can harm people by becoming self-fulfilling prophecies. 3:123-127, 6:73, 7:54, 45:22]

2:103 If they had believed (in the immutability of the Divine Laws) and remained mindful (of this fact), the reward for their actions would have been far better from Gods Presence. This is so because they would have, then, used this knowledge.
[Divine Laws never change 33:62, 35:43, 48:23, and you will never find even a slight turn in them 17:77]