09-19-2007, 01:11 AM
Bismillah
And what is nahy which is the command verb of the conjugation included in this Ayah?
I will just get few examples in Quran in an effort to bring it closer:
“But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts” (Quran 79:40)
Recite (O Muhammad) what has been revealed to you of the Book (the Qur'an), and perform the prayer. Verily, the prayer prevents from indecent and evil deeds and the remembering (praising, etc.) of (you by) Allah (in front of the angels) is greater indeed [than your remembering Him]. And Allah knows what you do. (Quran 29:45)
Have you (O Muhammad) seen him (i.e. Abu Jahl) who prevents, (Quran 96:9)
The act of nahy bears more than forbid as brought in the translation of the meanings of this noble Ayah subject to this explanation. It means : reject, tell someone off, deny, stop oneself, condemn, restrain, prevent, forbid, take away from. And when we continue the Ayah saying nahy anelmunkar. What is exactly Munkar. Munkar is what is universally unacceptable, condemned, denied, rejected, detested, hateful act, shameful act.
Now we have a wider spectrum of the picture regarding the meanings of the vocabularies used to build this Ayah. By this Ayah an essential rule is established. That is why we have to really be fully understanding, we have to dig deep and take an insightful look into the core of each and every single word. Then we put them together and allow our minds to grasp the full meaning Insh a Allah.