The Holy War — Page 118
118 اْۤوُذَخَّتِا ْمُهَراَبْحَا َو ْمُهَناَبْهُر اًباَبْرَا ْنِّم ِنْوُد ِهّٰللا َو ِتَلاَق ُدْوُهَيْلا ُرْيَزُع ُنْب۟ا ِهّٰللا َو ِتَلاَق ىَرٰصَّنلا ُحْيِسَمْلا ُنْبا ِهّٰللا َكِلٰذ ْمُهُلْوَق ْمِهِهاَوْفَاِب َنْؤُـِهاَضُي َلْوَق َنْوُدْيِرُي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك ْنِم ُلْبَق ُمُهَلَتٰق ُهّٰللا ىّٰنَا َنْوُكَفْؤُي۰۰ َوُه ْۤيِذَّلا َلَسْرَا َو َحْيِسَمْلا َنْبا َمَيْرَم َو ۤاَم اْۤوُرِمُا اَّلِا اْۤوُدُبْعَيِل اًهٰلِا اًدِحاَّو ۤاَل َهٰلِا اَّلِا َوُه١ؕ ٗهَنٰحْبُس اَّمَع َنْوُكِرْشُي ۰۰ ْنَا اْؤُـِفْطُّي َرْوُن ِهّٰللا ْمِهِهاَوْفَاِب َو ىَبْاَي ُهّٰللا ۤاَّلِا ْنَا َّمِتُّي ٗهَرْوُن َو ْوَل َهِرَك َنْوُرِفٰكْلا۰۰ 1 ٗهَلْوُسَر ىٰدُهْلاِب َو ِنْيِد ِّقَحْلا ٗهَرِهْظُيِل ىَلَع ِنْيِّدلا ٖهِّلُك َو ْوَل َهِرَك َنْوُكِرْشُمْلا۰۰ (Pt. 10, R. 11)— Meaning that Allah Almighty says that: some of the Jews say, ‘Ezra is the son of Allah’, and the Christians say, ‘The Messiah is the son of Allah’; that is what they say with their mouths, for which there is no proof whatsoever. They only imitate the sayings of those who dis- believed before them; that is to say, those who have declared human beings to be Gods, or the sons of God. May they perish. How they are turned away from the teaching. They have taken their priests and their monks for Providers besides Allah, and so they have taken the Messiah, son of Mary, whereas We had commanded them not to worship any- one but the One who is God, who has no partner. [Too Holy is He for what they associate with Him!] They seek to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths; but Allah refuses but to perfect His light, though the disbelievers may resent it. He, it is who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth so that that religion may prevail over all religions, even though the idolaters may resent it. Now, look in these noble verses. Allah, the Lord of Glory, states clearly that before the Christians, the Jews—that is to say, some Jews— had also declared Ezra to be the son of Allah, and not only they but some disbelievers of the earlier ages had also given the same status to their spiritual guides and leaders. So what arguments do these people have to prove that those earlier people were wrong in considering their priests to be gods while they are right? Then, the Holy Quran indicates that these were the evils that had become prevalent in the world for the reformation of which this Messenger was sent so that, with the Perfect Teaching, he 1. S u rah at-Taubah, 9:30–33 [Publisher]