As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s 17 Verses episode is from Surah 2, Al-Baqarah or the Cow, verses 72-86. These verses recount the miracle of bringing a dead person back to life and the Israelites’ reaction to the miracle. It accuses them of hypocrisy in faith and taking credit for the word of God. It recounts the punishment of the Children of Israel for breaking their covenants with God.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.And remember the incident, when you killed a man and started disputing as to who killed him, Allah made it known what you concealed.[72] So, We said: “Strike the dead body with a piece of the slaughtered cow.” Thus Allah brought the dead to life and showed you His Signs so that you may understand His power to restore life.[73] But, even after seeing that your hearts became hard like a rock or even harder, for there are some rocks from which rivers gush out, and there are some which break asunder and water comes out of them, and there are some which fall down with the fear of God. Allah is not unaware of what you do.[74] 2:[72-74]
Do you, O Believers, still hope that the People of the Book will believe in what you say, when some of them have already heard the word of Allah and perverted it, knowingly, after they understood it?[75] When they meet the Muslims, they say: “We too are believers,” but when the People of the Book meet each other in private, they say: “Would you disclose to the Muslims what Allah has revealed to you? So that they may use it as an argument against you in the court of your Lord? Have you no sense?”[76] Do they not really know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal?[77] 2:[75-77]
Among them, there are some illiterates who do not know their Holy Book; except that they follow their own desires and do nothing but conjecture.[78] Woe to those, who write the Book with their own hands and then say: “This is from Allah,” so that, they may sell it for a petty price! Woe to them, for what their hands have written and woe to them, for what they have earned.[79] 2:[78-79]
The Jews say: “The fire shall not touch us except for a few days.” Ask them: “Have you obtained such a promise from Allah which Allah would not break? Or do you assert against Allah what you do not know?”[80] Yea! Those who commit evil and become encircled in sins are the inmates of Hell-fire; they shall live therein for ever.[81] As for those who believe and do good deeds, they will be the residents of Paradise and live therein forever.[82] 2:[80-82]
Remember, when We took a covenant from the Children of Israel: “You shall worship none but Allah; be good to your parents, relatives, orphans and destitute, speak fair to the people, establish prayers and practice charity.” But you broke the covenant, except a few of you, and you paid no heed.[83] 2:[83]
Also remember another covenant which We took from you: That you shall not shed blood among yourselves and you shall not expel your own people from your homes; you confirmed it and you are witness to it.[84] Yet, there you are, killing your own people, expelling a group amongst you from their homes, backing each other with sin and aggression; and if they come to you as captives, you trade them for ransoms whereas their expulsion was unlawful for you to begin with. Do you believe in a part of your Holy Book and reject the rest? So, what other punishment do such people among you, who behave like this, deserve, than disgrace in this world and to be driven to grievous punishment on the Day of Judgment? Allah is not unaware of what you do.[85] Such are the people who trade in the life of Hereafter for the life of this world; so neither their punishment shall be lightened nor shall they be helped.[86] 2:[84-86]
Ameen.
This concludes today’s episode of the 17 Verses Podcast. I hope that this selection has helped increase your understanding of the holy Qur’an just a little bit.
Thank you and be well.