THE MOST LIVELY LESSONS TO BE TAKEN (VERSES NO. 108 - 111)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 1-4Verses 108-111

      In the first verse of this series, the prophet is ordered to announce his course, and declare his way clearly to man, that he invites all the mankind to Allah with perfect knowledge and perception.

      The central fact and the pivot of Islam in the physical and spiritual world is to hold fast to the ONENESS of God with Whom nothing is in competition or partnership. In other word serving and worshipping the only one true God, who is named Allah, is the way and the line of Mohammad the Messenger of God (AS). Not only Mohammad himself, but all his truthful followers who are Muslims, follow the same way which leads to Monotheism. Therefore our prophet and his followers are far from polytheism, and they associate nothing and no one with Allah. And so was the way trodden by Jacob and Joseph. In their story we have read that even in the prison, Joseph preached Monotheism, and called prisoners to leave the idols and worship the only true and one God, and avoid ascribing any partners to Him.

      There has always been the question that why men were chosen as God's apostles, and not the angels? The commentator's answer to this is that:ِ

      ``Any creature other than man, be it an angel or a jinn, has no personal experience of man's affairs, or man's feelings, or man's instincts, and therefore cannot be an apt spiritual teacher for mankind in the truest sense of the word. So, God inspired into His chosen men from among the townsfolk, so that they could see things truer than the ordinary persons:ِ

      And We sent not before you as apostles, except men of the townsfolk in whom we inspired. (OUR MESSAGE)''

      Men were the most suited to convey the Message of God to other men. Had the messengers been angels, they could not have been accepted as examples for other men. Therefore men were chosen and inspired to, by God, and were provided with evidences and clear signs, and then sent as the Messengers of God for the guidance of mankind.

      The next verse points at some critical moments in the prophet's life. The apostles insisted upon their assertions and doctrine, and the infidels upon their denial and resistance; so much so, that the prophets lost their hopes of being able to guide anyone else from among their people. And the apostles considered themselves branded as liars by the unbelieving world! When so, God's help came at once, and the believers were delievered from persecution, and the sinners were seized in punishment; and doors were opened for those who were inclined to repent and return.

      The last verse is a perfect mirror that reflects all sides of the story of Joseph, and the other prophets in which there are a wide variety of useful lessons for man to follow:ِ

      ``Verily there are lessons in their stories to be taken by men who are thoughtful....''

      In this mirror one can see the factors of success and failure, abjection and honour. It shows all the experiences of the past nations concised; as if, it lengthens the short life of an individual to be as long as the life of the whole mankind! A story like that of Joseph is not an imaginary tale or a fiction. The people of the Book have it in their scripture, and here it is confirmed in its principles, and with such an illustration that can be found no where else. This is because all the events and incidents that are described here, are mere truth and as they have happened.

 

      O, our Merciful Lord! Grant us seeing eyes and hearing ears, and wise heart with thoughtful mind, in order to find our proper way, out of the experiences left for us from the fates of the predecessor.

THE END OF SUREH JOSEPH (12)

 

 

 

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