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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (7)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (21-24)



{ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ } [البقرة: 21]
21- O people, worship Your Lord who created you as He created those who were before you. Worship Him alone and do not associate partners with Him in worship, for He has created all creatures. It is He Who is worthy of worship, perhaps you may become from the guided obedient ones.

{ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأرْضَ فِرَاشًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَأَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَكُمْ فَلاَ تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَنْدَادًا وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ } [البقرة: 22]
22– He is Allah who created the earth for you as a resting place that suits your living and made the sky as a ceiling for it. The sun sends its heat and light to benefit you. He sends rain from the clouds to water your plants and to bring forth sustenance for you and for your animals. So, do not associate partners with Allah in worship because He is the Only Creator and the Only Provider of sustenance. You know that there is no other god to provide sustenance but He, so He is the Only worthy of worship.


{ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ } [البقرة: 23]

23- If you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt about the prophethood of Muhammad, then bring a Surah of the like thereof and call whomever you want from your aid and helpers if you are truthful that the Qur'an was revealed by other than Allah.


{ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِرِينَ } [البقرة: 24]
24- If you are not able to do that, and surely you will not be able, then know that the Qur'an is the true Word of Allah. Know that the denial of the truth will result in the torment of Hell which its fuel will be the bodies of the infidels, the oppressors, and the very huge solid rocks that are ready to burn those who have disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger.