Quran Chapter 2- 170 (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-195)
- درس قرآن
Blind imitation
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘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.)
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ (170
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170. And
when it is said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they say:
We follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers
were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance?
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170.
Wa ‘izaa qiila lahumut-tabi-‘uu maaa
‘anzalAllaahu qaaluu bal nattabi-‘u maaa
‘al-faynaa ‘alayhi ‘aabaaa-‘anaa. ‘A-wa-law
kaana ‘aabaaa-‘uhum laa ya’-qiluuna
shay-‘anw-wa laa yahta-duun.
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Commentary
It has been described in
this verse about a habit of the illusion pro/whimsical, that is to say;
whenever, they are commanded to worship God Almighty, follow His orders and
rules in every field of life, earn and spend the wealth and property according
to His instructions, act upon the Divine law of the religion in the affairs,
business, money dealings, buying and selling, marriage/wedding festivities,
divorce, in such cases they reply: We shall respect only the customs of our
elders, forefathers and traditions of our dynasty. We shall go on that path
upon which we have seen our elders, ancestors and superiors”. As though; these
people have faith in the customs of their elders giving up the Commands and
instructions of God Almighty, they give priority to their customs and traditions
and give importance and force more than the Divine law of God Almighty.
Allah Almighty
commands that these people follow indiscriminate their elders, while it is
possible that their forefathers had not any intelligence and wisdom. They would
be going astray in the depravity. They would have totally fallen back from the
straight path. So following blind their likewise forefathers; these people will
fall surly in the destruction and ruin.
Our Wise Doctor and
famous Poet of the East Muhammad Iqbal has mentioned the
concept in the exaggerated view as under:
‘Aa-iini naw si
darnaa, tarzi kuhun pe arhna
Manzil yahi kathan hai
qawmon ki zindgi men
(To fear the new
constitution, to stay at the old form
It
is the difficult stage in the existence of the nations)
