Bismillah
Peace
As I can see I dont think u r inclined to this exercise any way, as we always said since the topic was raised it remains very useful to cover it Insh a Allah.
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Moving on, let us look more deeply into the Ayah saying:
““We have, without doubt, sent down the message; and we will assuredly guard it (from corruption). (Quran 15:9)
In this Ayah Allah Used a word, a term to identify Quran as remembrance, Allah Called it Adhikr. I don’t want to take u to different roads now. But dhikr being used here instead of Quran, Furqan or the other synonyms Allah Used to call His book is not haphazard. The Ayah is talking about first revealing it, then protecting and guarding it, which makes the word dhikr here a perfect connotation Sobhan Allah.
Having said that, since the One who revealed it, sent it down to mankind, granted it to mankind Is Allah Who at the same time Protected it. And here Allah used a form or a style of talking saying in Arabic:
<i>Wa Enna lahu lahafezoun</i>. Allah literally is saying and We to it “lahu” Are surely, certainly protecting, Allah Added a <i>lam</i> to the verb of protection. He Could have said [<i>I]wa</i> Enna hafezounahuh [/i]the wa is and, the enna is we hafezounahuh is protecting, since in Arabic when u need to conjugate the verb into third person u add a ha at the end. So this will be hafezoun; protecting, protecting what? huh it which is of course the object mentioned before.
But putting the object before the verb that is also coupled with the <i>lam</i> of confirmation indicates a sense of major importance of the object while simultaneously makes an incomparable affirmation of the sense of eternal protection.
Again Allah Started by explaining that it is Allah Who Revealed it, but He Didn’t State this is any form, no He made it is a very stylish manner that leaves no doubt about it. In Arabic Allah Say: <i>Enna Nahun</i>, Enna is it is Us We.
Just look at the use of two different styles of the pronoun. Allah in this Ayah Meant to confirm much meanings than any size of literature may cover Sobhan Allah. Just by these two styles of pronouns it leaves no doubt that Allah Is the One Who Revealed the Quran.
Being Allah Is the One Who Revealed, Sent it down, Allah Who? Allah The All Knowing, Allah The All Wise, All The Eternal, makes us feel that each and every word contained in this book is not set there for no reason or with no value. Leave alone being unnecessary to be used, or put first then removed.
This Ayah explains how it is totally impossible for the contents of this book to be mixed with parts that are not from the same source.
I am trying to cover the three categories of abrogation as understood to people, with special emphasis on the part of Surat Najm Quran 53.
What is the use of revealing an Ayah that sets certain rules, then abrogate which means literally annuls the rule as being valid and replace it with another rule, yet the first rule remains in the book but not used.
The best explanation I heard from a scholar about this is: suppose a father made a will and advised his son to strictly adhere to. Instead, the son keeps reading it everyday but does not enforce it though. What is the use of having the rules in the book without enforcing them?
Remember we are talking about Allah here not a human legislator, which is even unlikely to happen with. Show me where in the manmade laws that we keep the annulled legislation intact but not enforce them. Never. So how can this be commanded by the One Who Made the comprehensive legislation.
How can Allah Confuse people or keep rules in the book, the manual, the curriculum that are not used or applied. As for me I don’t understand this. I know that each and every word, no every letter in this book is important to be understood and applied.
This book didn’t really leave anything out. No matter how tiny it looks to u, it regulates our lives. It even contains which people we may visit and eat at their places, it contains when children must take permission first before getting into their parents room, it contains what a father have of reponsibility towards a wife when she gives birth. Sobhan Allah, these are not but few examples of how Quran regulates our lives.
I prefer to go on this topic bit by bit and Insh a Allah I will keep posting though slowly for more benefit.
Alhamdulelah Rubel a`lameen and prayer and peace be upon His Messenger