RE: "Why not a proof/Sign/indication" - challenge and various responses to it in Quran.
November 19, 2017 at 4:05 pm
The mockery that destroys people in the past:
[Yusufali 18:106] That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
[18:56] We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our signs and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest.
[Yusufali 18:57] And who doth more injustice than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.
The last phrase shows that a people who guidance is manifested to them and they are called to won't follow it. They have forgotten the severity of their deeds and take signs of God as a mockery.
In fact, if you mock the issue of guidance and the guide, where will you go but settling for error and darkness?
[Yusufali 25:41] When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
[Shakir 25:9] See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find a way.
And how can they find a way when they mock the person who's family with him is the way to God:
[Pickthal 25:57] Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
[42:23] That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah gives Glad Tidings to His Servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin (of mine)." And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).
When we mock the issue of guidance and the guide, naturally, we aren't looking for a proof regarding this guide:
[13:7] And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people, there is a guide.
And that guide is the one himself is God's proof:
[Pickthal 98:1] Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them,
[Yusufali 98:2] A messenger from Allah, rehearsing scriptures kept pure and holy:
And the Messenger reciting the signs of God was also said to be a sufficient sign:
[Shakir 29:50] And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a plain warner.
[Shakir 29:51] Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to you the Book which is recited to them? Most surely there is mercy in this and a reminder for a people who believe.
And indeed, in all this, was has to believed in primarily:
[Shakir 6:37] And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to him from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know.
That is God is capable of sending down signs.
The question arises, what would such signs look like. Fron a staff turning to a snake, to waters being parted, surely God is capable of manifesting proofs and signs, the Quran has shown many possible sufficient proofs for Messengers.
Now that we don't have access to witnessing such signs, what is the type of proof we have.
This is where a book from God a long with it's reciter and manifestor of it's teachings, is sufficient, but in different times and places, the hiddenness and manifestation with respect to each soul is up to God:
[10:20] And they say: Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord? Say: The hiding (of it) is only up to Allah; therefore wait-- surely I too, with you am of those who wait.
The Messenger had a manifest aspect and hidden aspect. Everyone witnessed he was human, but not everyone could witness him as a proof from God and sign from God:
[6:33] We know indeed the grief which their words do cause you for it is not you that they reject, but rather it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked deny.
And this doesn't mean everyone who denies Mohammad is such a person because the Quran says:
[Yusufali 4:97] When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge!
[Shakir 4:98] Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to escape);
[Shakir 4:99] So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
Weak here doesn't refer to psychologically or physically weak, but without power to access the truth.
And in this regard, the light of God is promised to manifest and be perfected for humanity and the true religion to overcome all false ideologies and religions, and it was said: "wait, for we are of those waiting....".
But indeed, taking the issue of proofs from God and signs from God and his books and his Messengers as a mockery is of the worse injustices we can do. Where will we go if we don't come to the door that God has opened for us.
Where will be, if we don't seek a light and to be illuminated by it. It's obligatory for humans to seek guidance and they maybe forgiven if it was hidden from them and they had no means to it and had no way to disbelieve or believe.
The issue of guidance is essential to humans, and cannot be mocked, for we will naturally go astray.
And God is not asking us to blindly accept any book or follow what we have no knowledge, but to reflect over his proofs and signs and his holy recitation, so that we may know it is from God.
If we assume all holy books have no origin from God and go to them with that attitude, we will never discover, the true words of God and his holy majestic reciation and his reminder among the falsehoods, and the truth has to preferred over the falsehood.
A mocking behaviour to the issue of Revelation and Prophethood is where the real immaturity is at and it is a mockery that destroys as the disease it is to those who take its mantle.
[Yusufali 18:106] That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
[18:56] We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our signs and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest.
[Yusufali 18:57] And who doth more injustice than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.
The last phrase shows that a people who guidance is manifested to them and they are called to won't follow it. They have forgotten the severity of their deeds and take signs of God as a mockery.
In fact, if you mock the issue of guidance and the guide, where will you go but settling for error and darkness?
[Yusufali 25:41] When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
[Shakir 25:9] See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find a way.
And how can they find a way when they mock the person who's family with him is the way to God:
[Pickthal 25:57] Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
[42:23] That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah gives Glad Tidings to His Servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin (of mine)." And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).
When we mock the issue of guidance and the guide, naturally, we aren't looking for a proof regarding this guide:
[13:7] And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people, there is a guide.
And that guide is the one himself is God's proof:
[Pickthal 98:1] Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them,
[Yusufali 98:2] A messenger from Allah, rehearsing scriptures kept pure and holy:
And the Messenger reciting the signs of God was also said to be a sufficient sign:
[Shakir 29:50] And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a plain warner.
[Shakir 29:51] Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to you the Book which is recited to them? Most surely there is mercy in this and a reminder for a people who believe.
And indeed, in all this, was has to believed in primarily:
[Shakir 6:37] And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to him from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know.
That is God is capable of sending down signs.
The question arises, what would such signs look like. Fron a staff turning to a snake, to waters being parted, surely God is capable of manifesting proofs and signs, the Quran has shown many possible sufficient proofs for Messengers.
Now that we don't have access to witnessing such signs, what is the type of proof we have.
This is where a book from God a long with it's reciter and manifestor of it's teachings, is sufficient, but in different times and places, the hiddenness and manifestation with respect to each soul is up to God:
[10:20] And they say: Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord? Say: The hiding (of it) is only up to Allah; therefore wait-- surely I too, with you am of those who wait.
The Messenger had a manifest aspect and hidden aspect. Everyone witnessed he was human, but not everyone could witness him as a proof from God and sign from God:
[6:33] We know indeed the grief which their words do cause you for it is not you that they reject, but rather it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked deny.
And this doesn't mean everyone who denies Mohammad is such a person because the Quran says:
[Yusufali 4:97] When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge!
[Shakir 4:98] Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to escape);
[Shakir 4:99] So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
Weak here doesn't refer to psychologically or physically weak, but without power to access the truth.
And in this regard, the light of God is promised to manifest and be perfected for humanity and the true religion to overcome all false ideologies and religions, and it was said: "wait, for we are of those waiting....".
But indeed, taking the issue of proofs from God and signs from God and his books and his Messengers as a mockery is of the worse injustices we can do. Where will we go if we don't come to the door that God has opened for us.
Where will be, if we don't seek a light and to be illuminated by it. It's obligatory for humans to seek guidance and they maybe forgiven if it was hidden from them and they had no means to it and had no way to disbelieve or believe.
The issue of guidance is essential to humans, and cannot be mocked, for we will naturally go astray.
And God is not asking us to blindly accept any book or follow what we have no knowledge, but to reflect over his proofs and signs and his holy recitation, so that we may know it is from God.
If we assume all holy books have no origin from God and go to them with that attitude, we will never discover, the true words of God and his holy majestic reciation and his reminder among the falsehoods, and the truth has to preferred over the falsehood.
A mocking behaviour to the issue of Revelation and Prophethood is where the real immaturity is at and it is a mockery that destroys as the disease it is to those who take its mantle.
