Islam Guidance

verse44

Section 7
Relation of the Qur'an to the previous heavenly Books
Evidence from Turah - The Evangel and its evidence - The Qura'n's confirming the previous heavenly Books - Now the Qur'an to be followed.

(44) إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُواْ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ

وَالرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالأَحْبَارُ بِمَا اسْتُحْفِظُواْ مِن كِتَابِ اللّهِ وَكَانُواْ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَاء فَلاَ تَخْشَوُاْ

النَّاسَ وَاخْشَوْنِ وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

44. " Verily We have sent down the Turah, wherein is guidance and light, by which the prophets, who submitted themselves (to Us), judged for those who were Jews, and (so did) the rabbis and the scholars (of divinity of the Jews) in accordance with what they were entrusted with the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof. Therefore, do not dread the people, and dread (opposing) Me; and do not sell My Signs for a little price. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down, those are they that are the infidels."

Commentary:
Separate from confessing upon the falsification of the Turah and the Bible, the originality of the heavenly Books should be admired and glorified.
It is true that the Turah was revealed to Moses (a.s.) and the Eveangel was revealed to Jesus (a.s.), yet they have been accepted by all the prophets and the saints after them. And They wholly practiced according to the ordinances of those Books.
Thus, prophets have no commandment from their ownselves, save that they are surrended to the commandment of Allah. Then, when the prophets are surrended to the commandment of Allah, why should we not?
Islam is the religion of all. The prophets of the Israelites have been qualified with ' submition ', not with Judaism and Christianity.
And, in general, the scholars of every nation are responsible for the execution of the commandments of the Lord among people. Therefore, guardianship of the jurisconsult has evidences in all religions.
"... by which the prophets who submitted themselves (to Us) judged ..."
Explanation:
The Qur'anic word /rabbani/ is derived from /rabban/ which means: ' trainer '. As some other philologists have rendered, the person qualified with /rabbani/ is someone who has adjoined ' the Lord of the worlds ' and does not rest with other than Him. Such a person has become godly and have assumed the responsibility of people.
The Arabic term /hibr/ means: ' the effect of a good action ', since sholars are the source of benevolence in the society, they are called /hibr/ the plural of which is /ahbar/.
" Verily We have sent down the Turah, wherein is guidance and light, by which the prophets, who submitted themselves (to Us), judged for those who were Jews, and (so did) the rabbis and the scholars (of divinity of the Jews) in accordance with what they were entrusted with the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof. Therefore, do not dread the people, and dread (opposing) Me; and do not sell My Signs for a little price. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down, those are they that are the infidels."
It is narrated from Imam Ali (a.s.) who has said: " I am the trainer of this community ". Imam Sadiq (a.s.) also said: " Rabbaniun are the very Imams from Ahlul-Bayt."

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