VERSES NO. 116- 117

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 02)
Verses 118-120verses 116-117

VERSES NO. 116- 117

      These verses were revealed in Mecca, when Muslims were in minority and idolaters in majority. So this sort of thought could confuse the minds of some new converts that; if the creed of idolatry is so bad, why is it predominant; having more power and influence than Islam and Monotheism?

      Here the prophet is addressed and told not to worry in the path of truth, for the fewness of the truthfuls; because most of the people are astraying, and they follow their conjectures, and their decisions are based almost all upon estimation. What leads the majority of people in the life, is a handful of conjectures, deceits, caprices, and false and suprestitous notions.

      Among the nations, now the numerical majority is valid for all choices and elections; but in contrary, Quran gives more validity and importance to qualifications, and quality and the less to quantity.

      True that wisdom can guide man to a right path- but this is to some limited extent, and man needs more guidance and knowledge to solve many of his problems and difficulties. It is only God's guidance which is the true and correct guidance that may end in prosperity of man. A scan on the face of our present world and their governments elected by majority, will detect that such a method of treatment will not cure the patient. Most of the destructive wars have been approved by the majority of representatives in a parliment. All these obscenity and lewdnesses, the fluency of intoxicants, gambling, abortions and miscarriages, and all sorts of corruptions and abominable acts that one is ashamed to mention, are all done by the approval of the majority! The colonization of weak nations; the exploitation of the weak by the powerful, and all sorts of transgressions and oppressions given legal names and forms, are done by the approval of majority!

      To shorten and summarise the matter, let us say that the majority of people accepted the Samaritan with his speaking calf, but rejected NOAH with his noiseless Ark!

 

 

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