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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
2:146
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًۭا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ١٤٦
Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise (this revelation) as they recognise their sons. But lo! a party of them knowingly conceal the truth.
Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].
As for those to whom We gave the Book, they recognise the place (which has now been made giblah), as clearly as they recognise their own children. But some of them are knowingly concealing the truth.
يُخْبِرُ تَعَالَى [[في جـ: "يخبر تبارك وتعالى".]] أَنَّ عُلَمَاءَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ يَعْرِفُونَ صِحّة مَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ [كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ] [[زيادة من ط.]] كَمَا يَعْرِفُ أحدُهم وَلَدَهُ، والعربُ كَانَتْ تَضْرِبُ الْمِثْلَ فِي صِحَّةِ الشَّيْءِ بِهَذَا، كَمَا جَاءَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مَعَهُ صَغِيرٌ: "ابْنُكُ هَذَا؟ " قَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَشْهَدُ بِهِ. قَالَ: "أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَا تجْنِي عَلَيْهِ" [[رواه أحمد في المسند (٢/٢٢٦، ٢٢٨) وأبو داود في السنن برقم (٤٤٩٥) .]] .
[قَالَ الْقُرْطُبِيُّ: وَيُرْوَى أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ: أَتَعْرِفُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ كَمَا تَعْرِفُ وَلَدَكَ ابْنَكَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ وَأَكْثَرَ، نَزَلَ الْأَمِينُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى الْأَمِينِ، فِي الْأَرْضِ بِنَعْتِهِ فَعَرَفْتُهُ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ. قُلْتُ: وَقَدْ يَكُونُ الْمُرَادُ ﴿يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ﴾ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لَا يَشُكُّ أَحَدٌ وَلَا يَتَمَارَى فِي مَعْرِفَةِ ابْنِهِ إِذَا رَآهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ] [[زيادة من ج، ط، أ.]] .
ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُمْ مَعَ هَذَا التَّحَقُّقِ [[في جـ، ط، أ، و: "التحقيق".]] وَالْإِتْقَانِ الْعِلْمِيِّ ﴿لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ﴾ أَيْ: لَيَكْتُمُونِ النَّاسَ مَا فِي كُتُبِهِمْ مِنْ صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ﴿وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ﴾
ثُمَّ ثَبَّتَ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ [[في جـ: "النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم".]] وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِأَنَّ مَا جَاءَ [[في ط: "ما جاءهم به".]] بِهِ الرَّسُولُ [[في جـ: "النبي".]] ﷺ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الذِي لَا مِرْيَةَ فِيهِ وَلَا شَكَّ، فَقَالَ: ﴿الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ﴾
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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