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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
2:135
وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ١٣٥
And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of Abraham, the upright, and he was not of the idolaters.
They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."
The Jews say, "Become Jews and you will be rightly guided"; the Christians say, "Become Christians and you will have the true guidance." Say to them, "Nay, we turn away from every other way and accept the way of Abraham, and Abraham did not associate other gods with Allah."
قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ أَوْ عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صُوريا الأعورُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَا الْهُدَى إِلَّا مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ، فَاتَّبِعْنَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَهْتَدِ [[في جـ: "تهتدي"، وفي ط: "تهدى".]] . وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَى تَهْتَدُوا﴾
وَقَوْلُهُ ﴿بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا﴾ " أَيْ: لَا نُرِيدُ مَا دَعَوْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَالنَّصْرَانِيَّةِ، بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ ﴿مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا﴾ أَيْ: مُسْتَقِيمًا. قَالَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ، وَعِيسَى بْنُ جَارِيَةَ.
وَقَالَ خَصِيف عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ: مُخْلِصًا. وَرَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: حَاجًّا. وَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنِ الْحَسْنِ وَالضَّحَّاكِ وَعَطِيَّةَ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ.
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ: الْحَنِيفُ الذِي يَسْتَقْبِلُ الْبَيْتَ بِصَلَاتِهِ، وَيَرَى أَنَّ حَجَّه عَلَيْهِ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا.
وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ، وَالرَّبِيعُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ: حَنِيفًا، أَيْ: مُتَّبِعًا. وَقَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ: الْحَنِيفُ الذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِالرُّسُلِ كُلِّهِمْ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِمْ إِلَى آخِرِهِمْ.
وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ: الْحَنِيفِيَّةُ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. يَدْخُلُ فِيهَا تحريمُ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَالْبَنَاتِ وَالْخَالَاتِ وَالْعَمَّاتِ وَمَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ [[في جـ: "الله تعالى".]] والختانُ.
About this surah
Madani · order 87
Summary
Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah into "The Cow" or "The Heifer" as to translate any English name, say Mr. Baker, Mr. Rice, Mr. Wolf etc., into their equivalents in other languages or vice versa, because this would imply that the Surah dealt with the subject of "The Cow". Many more Surahs of the Quran have been named in the same way because no comprehensive words exist in Arabic (in spite of its richness) to denote the wide scope of the subject discussed in them. As a matter of fact all human languages suffer from the same limitation.
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