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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (50)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (113-114)


{ وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَىَ شَيْءٍ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى لَيْسَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَهُمْ يَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ فَاللّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ } [البقرة: 113]
113- Then each party claimed that the other party is in error and deviant from faith, and started to show hatred and enmity towards each other. So, the Jews said: The Christians are not right, denying the Prophethood of Jesus (Peace be upon him) and the Gospel. The Christians said: The Jews are not right, denying the prophethood of Moses (peace be upon him) and out of disbelief in the Torah as happened to the delegation of Najran with the rabbis of the Jews before the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as was reported in a Hadith of a good chain of narration. Each group reads in its book the truthfulness of those whom they denied. Each book of them was authentic in its time, however they denied that out of stubbornness and disbelief and faced falsehood with falsehood. So, Allah will gather them on the Day of Recompense, judge between them with His Justice, and give each group the torment it deserves.

- { وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَى فِي خَرَابِهَا أُوْلَـئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلاَّ خَآئِفِينَ لهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ } [البقرة: 114]
114- There will be no one more unjust than those who forbid that Allâh's Name be Glorified and mentioned frequently in masjids. Moreover, they strive to disable, destroy, and ruin these masjids. It was not proper for those to enter these masjids but in fear and humbleness rather than daring to destroy or disable them. The polytheists dared to prevent the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on the Day of Al Hudaybiyah from entering Al Masjid Al Haram (the Sacred Mosque in Makkah), so if you can prevent them to enter it, do that.

They were truly prevented when Islam became victorious and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) commended that the Jews and the Christians should be evacuated from the Arabian Peninsula and that was indescribable disgrace by killing, capturing, and humiliating them. They will have a great torment for the sanctity of the House which they violated by setting up idols around it, invoking other than Allah there, among other deniable acts they used to do.