Maeda 48-50
48- AND WE SENT UPON YOU THE BOOK CONFIRMING THE BOOKS SENT BEFOREHAND, AND SUPERSEDING THEM, THEREFORE JUDGE BETWEEN USING WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN AND DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR DESIRES INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH THAT CAME TO YOU. SUCH ALLAH MADE A LAW AND WAY FOR EACH OF YOU, AND IF ALLAH WILLED, HE WOULD HAVE MADE YOU ONE NATION, BUT TO TEST YOU WITH WHAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU, SO COMPETE FOR DOING THE GOOD DEEDS, TO ALLAH YOU WILL RETURN AND HE WILL INFORM YOU THE TRUTH CONCERNING WHAT YOU DIFFERED ABOUT.
49- AND JUDGE BETWEEN THEM WITH WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN TO YOU, AND DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR DESIRES, AND DO NOT LET THEM TEMPT YOU AWAY FROM SOME OF WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN TO YOU, BUT IF THEY TURN AWAY FROM YOU, THEN KNOW THAT ALLAH WANTS TO AFFLICTE THEM BECAUSE OF SOME OF THEIR SINS, FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE WICKED INDEED.
50- DO THEY SEEK THE RULE OF THE TIMES OF IGNORANCE, AND IS THERE ANY RULES BETTER THAN ALLAH’S RULES FOR THOSE WHO ARE CERTAIN.
Allah the Highest tells us about the status of the Quran in relation to the other books sent before hand “CONFIRMING THE BOOKS SENT BEFOREHAND, AND SUPERSEDING THEM”. One will not find principle differences between the Quran and the Engeel, Torah or Zabor. However with the Quran and Allah’s messenger’s teachings, they supersede the other books. This is because they are the last and final complete message. It is not a coincidence that very little is left of the other books.
The Quran is also the reference book. As other books have been perverted, therefore what we find in other books agreeing with the Quran we accept, otherwise we do not.
“THEREFORE JUDGE BETWEEN USING WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN AND DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR DESIRES INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH THAT CAME TO YOU”. Here, Allah the Highest commands His prophet and commands us that should we deal with the People of the Book, judging for them or deal with them in any way, we should use and adhere to what Allah the Highest sent us of the Quran, and the Teachings of His messenger prayer and peace upon him.
In Allah’s book, there is what Allah the Highest desires for us, and if we use it otherwise, then we are following human desires. The believers should never choose man made Laws instead of Allah Law.
However many Muslims live in non Muslin countries where the Law of the land is not Islamic. Indeed the law of the land is not totally Islamic in most Muslim countries, but Islamic in many parts. We should obey the laws of the land in, if we can not apply Islamic Law. However, when we can apply Islamic Laws in our lives, we should do so, without getting into serious conflict with the laws of the land. Examples of these are Laws of inheritance, marriage, trading, etc. where we may apply Islamic Law without getting into conflict with the local laws.
“SUCH ALLAH MADE A LAW AND WAY FOR EACH OF YOU” there are Laws in the Torah and in the Engeel. These laws regulate our life on Earth. They also show those who obey Allah the Highest from those who do not, for Allah the Highest said: “BUT TO TEST YOU WITH WHAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU”
“SO COMPETE FOR DOING THE GOOD DEEDS, TO ALLAH YOU WILL RETURN AND HE WILL INFORM YOU THE TRUTH CONCERNING WHAT YOU DIFFERED ABOUT”.
Allah the Highest invites and commands us not to do good only, but to compete with each other in doing what is good and righteous. This is because the result of this competition decides our rank and status in the Hereafter. Allah the Highest said about the Day of Resurrection “THE PEOPLE OF THE RIGHT, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE RIGHT * AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LEFT, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE LEFT * AND THE FOREMOST, THE FOREMOST * THEY ARE THOSE DRAWN NEARER (TO ALLAH) * IN THE GARDENS OF DELIGHT * A GROUP OF THE EARLY ONES * AND A FEW OF THE LATER ONES”. (S:56 A:8-14)
These are the ranks for people in the Hereafter, which Allah the Highest will reveal for us then.
We are commanded whenever we can to use Allah’s Law, and rule in disputes. We should not use other laws if we can, unless we live in a non-Muslim country, and we have to obey their Laws. Those who do not want to use Allah’s Laws, are doing themselves injustice, and they will know that on the Day of Resurrection. Allah the Highest lets them go astray, and have their way out of anger with them, Allah the Highest lets them continue on the wrong path.
Allah the Highest considers using laws other than His to be using the laws of Ignorance, while there are the laws of God, which provide the supreme justice. This is particularly bad for those who say that they are Muslims. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Of people the ones Allah hates most are those who seek the ways of ignorant times, and he seeks the blood of another without a just cause to shed his blood”. (Tabrani & Bukhari)
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