IF IT WAS ORDERED TO ARREST DRUNKARDS....!? (VERSES NO. 61 - 64)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 65-67Verses 61-64

      After studying the sad story of the female infanticide, a reader may ask:ِ ``Why does God not punish such people for their dreadful crime soon after, so as to quench the flames of such heinous sins?''

      The first verse of the above group, (NO.61) is to answer this:ِ

      ``If Allah would seize people for their oppression, no moving creature would be left upon the earth unpunished!''

      The above topic is a Persian proverb that; ``If it was ordered the drunkards to be arrested, all had to go to jail!'' So also if God had to punish soon after a sin was committed, He had to turn the earth into an excruciating house. Then Man had to perish for his sin, and the animals that are created to serve Man, would have to perish too, by losing their master and support:

      Of course this verse does not imply that every one who lives in the earth is opprossor, and that there are not any good and guiltless people. But we should know that, when a fire is lit, it burns both, damp and dry wood. On this motive we have also the verse; S 8:25 in Qurän saying:ِ

      ``Fear you of the trials, which affect not in particular only those of you who have oppressed....''

 

      Such a warning is against internal discords and social guilts the bad results of which may affect and afflict both innocent and guilty. However Allah does not hasten to punish His guilty servants. If He were to punish instantly for every evil deed, or any failing, no moving creature could escape the punishment, because we are almost all drunkards! God, due to His Infinite Mercy, gives enough time and respite for amendment, and finding out the way to development and evolution. But the sinners should not think that God's respite is a sign of His consent, and they are allowed to do whatever they like.

      On the other hand we should reflect on this fact that, the good or bad consequence of each deed is mingled and accompanied with that deed; and that, there is a reaction for every action. Our deeds will eventually return back to us, as the echo of our sounds do. Therefore no good can spring out of evil.

      In the next verse we read:ِ

      ``By Allah We sent our Messengers to the nations before you, but Satan adorned for them their deeds....''

      God has sent thousands of apostles of various classes and grades, to cover all ages and all people, to teach the truth and to show man the straight path of God, which leads to salvation and prosperity. But Satanic temptations have always worked against prophethood and prevented a group of people and caused differences and even enmity among the jarring sects. Many people have preferred their own ways, or that of their forefathers. Thre are also other people who know that they are going the wrong way, but to protect some social privileges they have obtained, they arrogantly assert themselves and insist upon their assertion. For example they may say:ِ

      ``Jesus Christ or Moses, has said this and that, or they have done so and such; and thus they create differences; and here is Qurän as a Criterion for the distinction of wrong and right:ِ ``And We did not send the Book to you except that you may make clear to them that in which they differ, and also as a guidance and Mercy for a people who believe.''

      Therefore, an object of the Holy Qurän sent down to our prophet is to guide the people to the true one God, the faith in whom can lead to the unity of mankind, and guide them to the right conduct.

 

 

 

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