The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

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CH. 5 AL-MĀ'IDAH PT. 6 nose, and an ear for an ear, and a tooth for a tooth, and for other And whoso waives the right وَالْأُذُنَ بِالْأُذُنِ وَالسِّنَّ بِالسِّنِّ injuries equitable retaliation وَالْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصُ فَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ thereto, it shall be an expiation فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُ وَمَنْ لَّمْ يَحْكُمُ بِمَا for his own sins; and whoso أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فَأُولَيْكَ هُمُ الظَّلِمُوْنَ وَقَفَّيْنَا عَلَى أَثَارِهِمْ بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ judges not by what Allah has sent down, these it is who are wrongdoers. 677 47. And 'We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their L مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَّوْرَيةِ footsteps, fulfilling that which وَأَتَيْنَهُ الْإِنْجِيلَ فِيْهِ هُدًى وَنُورُ was revealed before him in the وَمُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَّوْرِيةِ contained وَهُدًى وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ Torah; and We gave him the Gospel which guidance and light, fulfilling that which was revealed before it in the Torah, and a guidance and an admonition for the God- fearing 678 وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْإِنْجِيلِ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ And let the People of the. 48 Gospel judge according to what 677. Commentary: 5:45, 48. 2:88; 57:28. º3:51; 61:7. As the law mentioned in this verse is clearly stated to have belonged to the Torah, though it is not to be found in the Bible as we now have it, the words, And whoso waives the right thereto, constitute clear evidence of the fact that the teaching about forgiveness of which Christians boast so much was no monopoly of the Gospels. It was contained in the Torah also, though at the same time there can be no denying the fact that 784 the teachings of Moses lay extra stress on retaliation, as do those of Jesus on forgiveness and resistance. 678. Commentary: non- The words, We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, show that, like the Prophets who preceded him, Jesus also was a follower of the Law of Moses, the Gospels being only an exposition of selected teachings of the Torah suited to those times.