Eternal Words 5-Sura Al - Ma'idah (The Food) verse66
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(66) وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُواْ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالإِنجِيلَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لأكَلُواْ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن
تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ سَاء مَا يَعْمَلُونَ
66. " And if they had kept up the Turah and the Evangel and what was sent dow to them from their Lord, they would certainly have had (of the bounties) from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who are moderate, but (as for) many of them, evil is what they do. "
Commentary:
If the followers of heavenly Books other than the Holy Qur'an had submitted to the Qur'an, and had not imagined that surrendering to the Qur'an is the submission of the Children of Israel to Arabs, and had realized that the prophets' principles of teachings are all alike, and having faith in what was revealed after the Turah and Eveangel is a promotion to the higher class of belief not negating the former instructions, then, besides enjoying of the concerning merits in Hereafter, they would have received varieties of bounties in this very world, too.
In the preceding holy verse, the function of Faith in the spiritual felicity of the other life was referred to, but here, in the verse under discussion, its function in the worldly prosperity and economic welfare has been stated. The verse says:
" And if they had kept up the Turah and the Evangel and what was sent dow to them from their Lord, they would certainly have had (of the bounties) from above them and from beneath their feet. ... "
In the previous verse, the words were about the belief of the Jews saying that: " The hand of Allah's is tied up ", while, here, the verse points out that they should refer to the heavenly Books and then judge whether the hand of Allah is tied up or not. The reason that their glory and might changed into disgrace and degradation as a retribution was for that they turned their backs to the heavenly instructions and it was, not for the restraint of Allah (s.w.t.).
" ... Among them there are people who are moderate, but (as for) many of them, evil is what they do. "
