Fazl-e-Umar — Page 277
Fazle Umar 277 verse a meaning which will suit his understanding, and which he will find true and relevant. The same words serve different purposes for different kinds of persons. The Holy Qur’an has something important and relevant to impart to men of all intellectual levels. Huzur was able to demonstrate that not only do the words and verses of the Holy Book follow an order appropriate to the subject in hand; their arrangement is appro- priate from many other points of view. He shows how even a tiny verse of the Holy Book holds within it a variety of meanings, each meaning appropriate for a particular purpose or point of view. Such an arrangement is miraculous. It answers to the needs of the general theme of the passage as well as the special themes, which one may find beneath the surface. In this way, the Surah opens up and there are several doorways, each doorway presenting a different scenario of the same chapter. For example, Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] elaborated upon Surah Ma’un. In the commentary of: “Hast thou seen him who denies the Judgement (Arabic Deen)?” (Ch. 107:V. 2) Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] presented twelve different meanings of the word “Judgement” in Arabic lexicon and his comments are spread over more than sixty pages to show the breadth of meaning hidden in this verse. The possible meanings of “Deen” can be requital or recompense, obedience, judgement or reckoning, ascendancy or predominance, mastery or rule, plan, prayer, religious organisation, righteousness, state or condition, Divine decree and also habit or custom. He drew on lexicons regarded as standard not only by Muslims but also by Arabic speaking non-Muslims. In view of the different meanings of “Deen” the above verse opens up many scenarios, it may signify: He is indeed a very bad man: 1. Who has no faith in Divine reckoning; 2. Who disobeys and defies the organisation of the community to which he be- longs;