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section 12
muslims raised for the welfare of mankind.
muslims, as a whole, were raised for the welfare of human beings. they
might not afraid of the jews. ö the strength of the jews shall be a failure.
muslims should not take the jews as friends.
110. " you are the best nations brought forth for (the benefit of) mankind.
you enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and believe in allah;
and if the people of the book had believed,
it would surely have been better for them. some of them are
believers while most of them are transgressors."
commentary:
again, an invitation to truth.
in this holy verse, again it has returned to the proposition of
`enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong' and also ` belief in allah '
when it says:
" you are the best nations brought forth for (the benefit of) mankind.
you enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and believe in allah;..."
it is interesting that the reason of being the best nations for muslims
is stated the fulfilment of `enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong'
and ` belief in allah '. this shows that the improvement of human society,
without belief in allah and not being accompanied with invitation to
the truth and struggling against corruption, is impossible. besides that, the
accomplishment of these two obligatory duties guarantees the spread of
belief and the execution of all personal and social rules, while the surety of
execution is verbally prior to the law itself.
then it points out that the benefits of a religion which is so clear and
the ordinances which are so magnificent, are deniable for none. therefore,
if the people of the book (the jews and the christians) do believe, it is of
their own gain. but, unfortunately, only a minority of them have
recalcitrated the foolish bigotries and have embraced islam eagerly, when
the majority of the people of the book have disobeyed the command of
allah.
"... and if the people of the book had believed, it would surely have been
better for them. some of them are believers while most of them are
transgressors."
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