The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 26
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 26 ] corrupted the Quranic teaching. Allamah Ibn-e-Jarir was a prominent writer and a respected individual, yet even he could not escape the influence of the dark perspectives of his times. Allamah Alusi states a quotation by Allamah Ibn- e-Jarir in his book, Tafs i r R uh ul-Ma‘ a n i : Allah has created an ocean beyond this earth which is encompassing this earth. Moreover, there is a mountain beyond that ocean called ‘Q a f’ and the heavens are spread over it…. …On the other side of this mountain, God has created another earth similar to this one and another heaven is established over it. Thus, there are seven earths, seven oceans and seven mountains and this is ordained by God as: 16 ( Tafs i r R uh -ul-Ma‘ a n i , by Mahmud al-Alusi Abul- Fa d l, part 26, p. 171, D a ro I h y a it-Tur a th al-‘Arab i Beirut) An Interesting Example of Maududi’s Commentary Maulav i Maududi’s commentary is very interesting. Here is an example of his commentary: 16. The entire verse has been translated by Maulav i Sher ‘Al i ra as: ‘And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink , with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely, Allah is Mighty, Wise. ’ ( S u rah Luqm a n, 31:28 ). . . . . .