Quran Chapter
5- 47 (Pt-6, Stg-2) (L-691) - درس قرآن
Act upon The Gospel
Surah
MAAA-‘IDAH (The
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
‘A-‘uu-zu
Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ 47.
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47. Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which
Allah hath revealed therein. And whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath
revealed; such are evil-livers.
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47. Wal-yahkum ‘Ahlul- ‘Injiili bimaaa
‘anzalAllaahu fiih. Wa mallam yah-kum-
bimaaa ‘anzalAllaahu fa-‘ulaaa-‘ika humul- faasiquun.
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Commentary
At first the Jews were told
that they should act upon the commands of Torah and neither change in the acts
for a little worldly gain, and nor they should hide anything from it.
The Jews refused to obey the
commands in two ways: Either they removed the command from the Scripture
entirely and said, “This command does not exist in the Torah”. Such people were
appointed as disbelievers as per first verse of this section. Or they admitted
the command but left to act upon it and changed it as they wished in accordance
with their pleasure. Such people have been named as “the tyrants”.
The Commentators have written
that there were two tribes of the Jews in Madinah, named; Banu
Qurayzah and Banu Nazayr during the period of the
revelation of these verses. Banu Nazayr were powerful,
while Banu Qurayzah were weak. The order of retaliation did
exist in the Torah i.e. that the punishment of any offence like murder, injury
during quarrel or if somebody wounds someone else, should be given equally to
all offenders, whether anyone of them belongs to a higher class or lower, is
powerful or weak, rich or poor. But Banu Nazayr used to get
life of human or property double in the form of retaliation or money from Banu
Qurayzah in the haughtiness of being powerful, and on the contrary pay
them half. So they are called tyrants and cruel in the second verse.
In this verse the Christians
have been addressed, “the People of the Gospel should act upon the entire
commands of Gospel. It is unlawful that their scholars did not care this
command of Gospel (You should be obedient heartily of Paraclete (Ahmad,
Muhammad) (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) and either they
concealed it or began to explain it with some other meanings. Although, they
had faith that Paraclete is the same person i.e. Muhammad
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), the Last messenger of Allah
Almighty. Even then they rejected by tricks.
It has been described in the
verse that such people, who practise deceit, are evil-livers and disobedient.
