A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 10
10 Quranic verses ۡ ﻟَﻮ َ ﺗَﻘَﻮَّل 2 2 and ۡ و َ اِن َّ ﻳ ُ ک ٗ ʅَﺎذِﺑًﺎ ﻓَﻌَﻠَﻴɟۡ ِ کَﺬِﺑɟُ 3 nor does he want to. Rather they are rejected in Qa t ‘ul-Wat i n and, in his and Muhammad D i n’s view, the following verses are also abrogated and of scant significance: ِ وَ ﻗَﺪۡ ﺧَﺎبَ ﻣَﻦ َٰ اﻓۡرت ی 4 َ اِنَّ اﻟَّﺬِﻳۡﻦَ ﻳَﻔۡرتَُوۡنَ ʄَʋَ اﻟﻠɟȹِ اﻟۡک. َ ﺬِبَ ﻻَ ﻳُﻔۡﻠِﺤُﻮۡن 5 َ ﻓَﺒَﺪَّل. ﻣِّﻦَ اﻟﺴَّﻤَﺂءِ. رِﺟۡﺰًا ʄَʋَ اﻟَّﺬِﻳۡﻦَ ﻇَﻠَﻤُﻮۡا ﻗِﻴۡﻞَ هلَُﻢۡ ﻓَﺎَﻧۡﺰَﻟۡﻨَﺎ ﻗَﻮۡﻻً ʌَريَۡ اﻟَّﺬِی اﻟَّﺬِﻳۡﻦَ ﻇَﻠَﻤُﻮۡا 6 All these verses, including the verse in which God says that if the Prophet sa had attributed lies to Him, He would have seized him and cut his jugular vein, are seemingly dismissed in Qa t ‘ul-Wat i n. Thus, according to Ha fi z Sahib, the warnings God issued in them are inva- lid and even if some Prophets had made false claims— God forbid—they would not have been destroyed. He 2 [The verses say] And if he had falsely attributed even a trivial statement to Us, We would surely have seized him by the right hand,— Al- Ha qqah , 69:45-46 [Publishers] 3 And if he be a liar, on him will be the sin of his lie;— Al- Mu’min , 40:29 [Publishers] 4 And surely, he who forges a lie shall perish. — Ta H a , 20:62 [Publishers] 5 Surely, those who forge a lie against Allah do not prosper. —An- Na h l , 16:117 [Publishers] 6 The transgressors changed it for a word other than that which was said to them. So We sent down upon the trans- gressors a punishment from heaven,— Al-Baqarah , 2:60 [Publishers]