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- From: irfan@maxwell.ece.wisc.edu (Irfan Alan)
- Subject: DROPLET VOL 1, NO 5, PART 4
- Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Electrical & Computer Engineering
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 14:43:06 CST
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- DROPLET VOL 1, No 5, Part 4
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- D R O P L E T
- From The Vast Ocean Of The Miraculous Qur'an
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- Translations from the Arabic and Turkish Writings of Bediuzzaman
- Said Nursi,
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- The Risale-i Noor
-
- VOL 1, No 5, Part 4
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- ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QUR'AN (continued)
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- There are many great wisdoms and riddles in the Qur'anic oaths.
- For example, in the oath, "By the Sun and its (glorious)
- splendor" [Al Qur'an 91:1], the universe is shown in the form of
- a palace or a city as also indicated in the essence of the
- parable in the Eleventh Word. Further, by the oath of the
- verse, "Ya Sin. By the Qur'an full of Wisdom" [Al Qur'an 36:1],
- the sublime degree of the Qur'anic i'jaz (2) is emphasized such
- that the power of that i'jaz is shown in such a revered degree
- that it can be sworn with. In the oaths "By the star when it
- goes down" [Al Qur'an 53:1], and "Furthermore I call to witness
- the settings of the stars, And that is indeed a mighty
- adjuration if you but knew" [Al Qur'an 56:75,76], it is
- indicated that jinns and devils were cut off from receiving
- information from the unseen alems by the thrown stars so that
- any doubt about interference of soothsaying with the Qur'anic
- revelations were completely eliminated. Moreover, the greatness
- of Allah's Power and Allah's perfect wisdom are shown in the
- actions such as placing the stars in their orbits with utmost
- order despite their enormous bodies and spinning those numerous
- planets in the utmost spectacular way and ease. The oaths in
- "By the Winds that scatter broadcast" [Al Qur'an 51:1] and "By
- the (Winds) Sent forth one another" [Al Qur'an 77:1] direct the
- attentions to the benefits in the air-waves and their cleaning
- of the air. By the oaths made on the official angels of the
- winds, these ayats draw the attention to the fact that the
- events which seem to be occurring at random are in fact serving
- many important and delicate functions. Similarly, the stature
- (Makam) of each oath has different remarks and wisdoms. Because
- of insufficient time, we will briefly explain one remark -out of
- many- in this oath: "By the Fig and the Olive" [Al Qur'an 95:1]
- (will continue)-
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- Footnotes:
- 2. I'jaz: human's inability to reach the level of the Qur'an
- in any aspect. (Irving's Translation of the Qur'an, p.xxi)
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- End of the Droplet Vol 1, No 5
- To be continued from Vol 1, No 6 In$a Allah.
- Your Br. Irfan in Islam.
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