Yunos (Jonah) 15-17
15- AND WHEN OUR CLEAR AYAHS ARE RECITED TO THEM, THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO MEET WITH US WOULD SAY: “BRING ANOTHER QURAN OR CHANGE IT”. SAY: “I CAN NOT CHANGE IT OF MY OWN ACCORD, I JUST FOLLOW WHAT HAS BEEN REVEALED TO ME, AND I FEAR THE PUNISHMENT OF A GREAT DAY IF I DISOBEY MY LORD.
16- SAY: “IF ALLAH WILLS I WOULD NOT HAVE RECITED IT TO YOU, NOR WOULD YOU HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT, FOR I LIVED A LIFE TIME WITH YOU BEFORE HAND, DO YOU NOT COMPREHEND”.
17- WHO IS MORE TRANSGRESSING THAN HE WHO INVENTED LIES CONCERNING ALLAH OR DENIES THE TRUTH OF HIS AYAHS, FOR THE EVIL DOERS DO NOT SUCCEED.
This is a stern warning both for the believers and the disbelievers.
People used to drink alcoholic drinks and other intoxicants, commit adultery, gamble, practice magic, usury, and other practices which Islam prohibited. Some of the disbelievers did not want to believe as they did not wish to stop such practices.
Allah the Highest is telling us that the Quran is very clear about these, and cannot be altered. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, cannot change it of his own accord, his is to follow what is Allah the Highest sent to him, like the rest of the Muslims, and should any Muslim disobey these commands, he will be punished in the Hereafter.
Nations before us like the Children of Israel changed what was in their holly books to accommodate their life, and reduce restrictions, and Allah the Highest promised that He will be punishing them. Allah the Highest said about them: “WOE IS FOR THOSE WHO WRITE THE BOOK WITH THEIR OWN HANDS THEN SAY: ‘THIS IS FROM ALLAH’, WHILE IT IS NOT FROM ALLAH, IN ORDER TO SELL IT FOR A MISERLY PRICE. WOE TO THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR HANDS HAVE WRITTEN AND WOE TO THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE EARNED”. (S: 2 A: 79)
Allah the Highest does not tolerate such perversion of His words even if it is from a messenger. Allah the Highest said: “IT IS SENT FROM THE LORD OF ALL CREATION * AND HAD HE SAID SOME LIES CONCERNING US * WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM BY OUR RIGHT (HAND) * AND WE WOULD HAVE CUT HIS BIG BLOOD VESSEL * AND NONE OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT HIM”. (S: 69 A: 43-47)
The Quran is Allah’s very word, it is not for us to alter or change even a little.
Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, lived in Makah up to age of 40 before the he started to receive revelations. He was known among people as the “Truthful and Honest”. He did not tell lies about people, and it is unthinkable that he made lies about God.
To make any changes in the word or the meaning of Allah’s words is a great sin, and all Muslims should be aware of that.
Towards the end of the life of Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, a man in Yamamah claimed to be a prophet and to receive revelations; his name was Musilima and was called “Musilima the Liar”. Allah’s messenger’s companion Amro Ibn El-Ase went to see him, and this was before Amro became a Muslim. Amro listened to what Musilima said, as having been revealed to him, and then said: “By Allah, you know that I know that you are lying”.
After the life of Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, Abu Bakr became Khalifa. Abu Bakr fought Musilima and defeated him and his supporters in Yamamah. Musilima’s supporters repented before Abu Bakr, who made them read out some of what Musilima claimed to be revealed to him, which was nonsense words, rhyming badly, and then said to them: “What happened to you? Why were your minds absent then?”
At present we find some Muslims speaking in the media and writing about Islam, without proper knowledge, and without checking the authenticity of the Hadith they quote. Also without knowledge of the proper meaning of the words of the Quran and Hadith, and without knowledge of the principles of the Islamic Law (Fiqh)
To quote false Hadith and make statements that misguide others, Muslims and non-Muslims, mounts to inventing lies in Allah’s name, and concerning Allah the Highest, His messenger, prayer and peace upon him, and Islam. This is a serious offense that is severely punished in the Hereafter.
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