A few days ago, the president declared a state of
emergency on a few states in north eastern Nigeria due to the activities of
Boko Haram that has wrecked havoc in these states. It is important that Muslims
know how to understand this whole fiasco, not to debate with anyone but for
themselves.
Allah makes a very profound statement in the Quran about
His book. He says:
......He misguides by means of it many, And guides many by
means of it, but He does not misguide anyone unless the inherently corrupt..
(Surah 2: 26)
Allah says that He causes people to be misguided by this
revelation and He also guides by this revelation. So you might ask: Why would
God send revelation and allow it to be used for misguidance? At the end of the
ayat, Allah mentions the kinds of people that would be misguided by Allah's
guidance, He says: He never misguides anyone except those who are inherently
corrupt. People who have a deeply rooted corruption in themselves.
Now this corruption could take many forms, it could be
psychological when people do not even realize they are been manipulated
particularly in the case of young gullible minds, or emotional when people are
traumatized by an incident and see the need to revenge or just outright
evil/corrupt minds.
Allah says that when you come to this book with some kind
of corruption like for instance in the case where you do not have complete
information and you rush to conclusions. In this case, the Quran has the option
for someone to manipulate it and say : this is what that means. This however
can only happen when something is corrupt. The approach,intention or emotions
could be the culprit of this corruption. Something corrupt has to be there for
the wrong conclusions to come out.
Islamic civilization has existed for a very long time and
this Quran has been studied for several centuries in different continents by
millions of scholars.Each one of these scholars did not casually read it, they
dedicated the whole of their lives just studying this book and none have come
up with the kinds of conclusions that some people do today that lead to the
loss of so many innocent lives.
For those who might think that this is Jihad, let's be
clear, this is nothing like Jihad. This is nothing sanctioned by the book of
Allah, it is a form of corruption and manipulation of the sacred text. It is
important we muslims understand that this kind of senseless violence is a
violation of Allah's book.
You see, some people read the Quran in translation and come
across some ayat like those in surah taubah(9), surah anfal( or surah ahzab
(33) or even surah baqarah (2).
You will find things like: Kill them wherever you
encounter them..... (Surah 2:191). A person can say: hey look your Quran says
kill them wherever you find them, these people are just obeying your Quran.
The question is, how come 1400 years of history and no
one thinks of that same statement the same way as these kinds of people? How
come they see something far more advanced, far more complex and far more
contextual?
We have to study this book carefully, i say this as a
person in the elementary stages of studying this book and to say i have been
blown away by it, is an understatement. We have to understand this book
clearly. We can't just take something out of it and quote it out of context.
I will give you a quote from the Quran, it is a complete
ayah: and the worst destruction be upon those who pray (Surah 107:4). A person
could present this and say : hey, this is why i don't pray.
But the next ayat clarifies it.
but are heedless of their prayer; those who are all show
and forbid common kindnesses. (Surah 107:5-7)
Now if we get into the habit of quoting ayat without a
proper understanding, this is the kind of corruption that can be spread. There
is more to it, there is always more to what is been said. This is an
unfortunate misuse of the Quran that is so common since most average muslims
aren't very educated in the Quran.
We have to understand that this is a manipulation and a
corruption of the pure teachings of this book.
The structures of our Sunday Quranic schools are broken
so very little is actually learnt,I intend to write a thread on that soon in
sha Allah and relate the kinds of reforms we need..
I got this from Nairaland.com.
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