The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 21
T H e F I r S T Pr o o F T H e F I r S T Pr o o F 21 and the Jews for interpolating the Books of God through their deception, and declared them the leaders of all nations in every mischief and sin. And it also charged the idolaters time and again that you worship rocks, mortals, stars, and the elements, and have forgotten the True Creator; and that you devour the wealth of the orphans, murder children 1 ٭ , oppress your near relatives, and have exceeded the limits of moderation in every matter. Then it says: 2 اْۤوُمَلْعِا َّنَا َهّٰللا ِيْحُي َضْرَاْلا َدْعَب اَهِتْوَم Meaning that you should keep in mind that the entire earth had died and now God shall quicken it anew. In short, the Qur’an charged the whole world of associating partners with God, moral corruption, and idolatry, which are the mothers of all sins. It declared the Christians and the Jews to be the root of all evils 1. ٭ Footnote: As He says: ٗهُّسُدَي يِف ِباَرُّتلا [ S u rah an-Na h l, 16:60] Meaning that, the polytheist buries his daughter alive and God says: ِّيَاِب ٍبْۢنَذ ْتَلِتُق َو اَذِا ُةَدٗءْوَمْلا ْتَلِٕىُس [ S u rah at-Takw i r, 81:9–10] Meaning that, the girls who had been buried alive shall be asked on the d ay of Judgement as to what sin they had been killed for. This is an indication of the prevailing circum- stances of the country in which such evil deeds were being committed. The same has been alluded to by an ancient Arab poet Ibn al-A‘r a b i who says: ِ ِ اُمّه ْ ظُلْم ُ مِن َ الْمَوْؤُد لَقِی ُمَا وَعَامِر َ جَمِیْعًا ُ ذُھْل لَقِیْت كَمَا Meaning: The girl buried alive suffers not as much injustice from her mother as was perpetrated against d huhal and ‘ A mir. —Author 2. S u rah al- H ad i d, 57:18 [Publisher]