Eternal Words 6-Sura Al-'An'am Verse151
Verse151
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Section 19
Guiding Regulations of Life
Duties to Allah. self and others - Allied laws in the scriptures given to Moses (a.s.)
(151) قُلْ تَعالَوْا أَتْلُ ما حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَلاَّ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئاً وَ بِالْوالِدَيْنِ إِحْساناً وَ
لا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلادَكُمْ مِنْ إِمْلاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ وَ لا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَواحِشَ ما ظَهَرَ مِنْها وَ ما
بَطَنَ وَ لا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ ذلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
151. " Say: ' Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you from : that you do not associate anything with Him, and show kindness to your parents, and do not kill your children for poverty - We provide for you and for them - and do not approach indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden save for justice. This He has enjoined you with so that you might understand."
Commentary :
Ten Commandments :
After nullifying the artificial ordinances of pagans, which were mentioned in the former verses, this current verse, and two verses next to it, have pointed to the principals of prohibitions in Islam. Thereby, the Qur'an refers to the first class capital sins in an expressive short and interesting statement. These sins, which are prohibited in Islam, are detailed through ten parts. At first, it says:
" Say: ' Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you from: ..."
1. "... that you do not associate anything with Him, ..."
2. "... and show kindness to your parents, ..."
3. "... and do not kill your children for poverty. ...", because your sustenance and theirs are totally with Allah (s.w.t.), and He gives the sustenance of all. "... We provide for you and for them. ..."
4. "... do not approach indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ..."
That is, not only you must avoid doing them, but also you must not approach them.
5. "... and do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden save for justice. ..."
This part of the verse means that you should not pollute your hands by shedding the blood of the innocent persons. And you should not slay the souls whom Allah has held in esteem and shedding their blood is not permissible, unless the allowance of slaying them has been issued according to the laws of Allah, for example, when the one is a murderer.
Then, following these five items, in order to emphasize on it more, the verse says:
"... This He has enjoined you with so that you might understand."
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