Eternal Words 3-Sura-'Al-i-'Imran Verse187
Verse187
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(187)وَإِذَ أَخَذَ اللّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلاَ تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاء ظُهُورِ
هِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ
187. " And (remember) when Allah took a pledge from those who were given the Book (saying): ' You shall certainly make it known to people and you shall not hide it '. But they cast it behind their backs and took a small price for it , then, how bad is what they purchase."
Commentary:
The reason that there are many millions of the Christians, the Jews, and the Zoroastrians throughout the world is totally for the sake of inopportune silence of their learned people. According to the commentary of Atyab-ul-Bayan, there are more than sixty occurrences in the New Testament and Old Testament where the glad tidings of Islam and the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is refferred to, but the learned persons of the People of the Book have left all of them away.
The sin of concealment is so important that Allah has used such a meaning for its retribution that He has applied for no other sin. The concerning verse says: "... They are those that Allah does curse them and (also) curse them (all) those who curse (such ones)." (1)
Explanations:
1. Whatever concealment that causes people to remain in paganism, infidelity, ignorance and corruption is a great sin, and the concealer has a share in the sin of people.
2. The motive of the annihilating silences are usually obtaining wealth or social rank and or protecting it.
"... and took a small price for it, then, how bad is what they purchase."
3. The learned persons are responsible for their people.
4. The statement and exhibition of facts must be done in a way that nothing be concealed for people.
" And (remember) when Allah took a pledge from those who were given the Book (saying): ' You shall certainly make it known to people and you shall not hide it '. But they cast it behind their backs, ..."
5. Mere knowledge is not enough for attaining prosperity and felicity. Piety and appropriate heedlessness to the worldly wealth and social rank is necessary, too.
(1) Sura Al-Baqarah, No. 2, verse 159
