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Al-Bayan, Discourses on the Qur'an
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

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Surah Aal i Imran
Aayaat 100 to 104.

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Gratitude is only for God,
the Lord of the World,

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and may His peace and mercy
be on Muhammad, the trustworthy.

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I seek refuge with God
from the accursed Devil.

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In the Name of God, the Most Gracious,
the Ever Merciful.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, We are beginning

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the study of Surah Aal I Imran from 
verse 100 in the Quran.

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Earlier, the first section of the chapter
concluded on verse 99

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This chapter is based on two sections,
one introduction and one conclusion.

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This is the structure of its subject matter.

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There is an introduction.

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Then begins a section on the completion of 
proof on the People of the Book

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and it reaches a conclusion on verse 99.

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Now begins the second section which would 
finally lead to the conclusion of the chapter.

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This verse onwards the address is 
directed towards the Muslims.

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The direction of the address has changed.

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In these verses of the Quran, this 
method is generally adopted.

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Either the address is 
directed towards the Muslims,

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as in Surah Nisa and then the 
People of the Book are discussed.

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After the introduction of the chapter,
the chapter will either begin

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by addressing the People of the Book
and then the Muslims.

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If you look here, the proof has been
completed upon the People of the Book.

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All proofs were given and as we 
say in the last lecture,

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at the end of that topic, the Quran 
provided answers to the

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three main objections raised by
the people of the book.

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After providing answers to their 
objections

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they were sternly reprimanded and
then they were also invited to Islam

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and they were asked to not reject 
the Quranic verses

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and not to stop people from Allah's
path

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and not to malign those things that
they have been made witness to

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because this is not the correct attitude.

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Now the address is directed 
towards the Muslims,

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Muslims are first warned of the 
deviant schemes of the People of the Book

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which they would employ to turn away 
the Muslims from the path of the truth

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But they should stay steadfast 
on the path of Allah.

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After this, the subject of purification 
and cleanliness of the Muslims will begin

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In other words, Muslims should 
reform themselves,

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they should fulfil their obligation towards
islam,

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they should hold on to the rope 
of Allah steadfastly,

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they should follow the way of Allah
and the Prophet in difficult times.

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So, these things which are important 
for their purification, eduction

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the purification of their wisdom and
character will be discussed.

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So, this is the structure of this
chapter.

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Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo 
in tutee'oo fareeqam

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minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba

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Believers! If you yield to a group from 
among these People of the Book,

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It is obvious that from all the things
that have been said,

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one of these includes telling the 
people of the book

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about things they have been 
doing wrong.

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On the other hand, since they are
religious people

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and they are at the forefront of religious
issues,

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people look up to them with respect to
these issues,

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in a way, they have the status 
of religious leaders,

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the common people of Arabia,
those from the tribes of Aws and Khajraj

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and people from other tribes think that
these people have the best understanding

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of issues relating to Prophethood for
they have a whole history of Prophets.

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We can make a mistake but

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these people cannot make any 
mistakes in this regard.

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So, these people would be influenced 
by them to an extent as well.

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That is why this issue was introduced by
stating that:

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Believers! If you yield to a group 
from among these People of the Book,

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By 'a group', Quran refers to those
people who are stubborn

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and these people usually include their
religious leaders,

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something which the Quran tells us.

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They are the leaders and hence trusted
by the common populace.

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It is mostly those people.

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By 'a group', Quran refers to those
people only.

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And By 'a group', Quran also refers to those
people who are not part of this group.

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It Is not as thought every one from 
among the people of the Book

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has become an ingrate.

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A group from among them which also 
plays the leadership role

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indulges in such activities.

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If you yield to this group from 
among the People of the Book,

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then what will these people do?

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yaruddookum ba'da eemaanikum kaafireen

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Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo in 
tutee'oo fareeqam

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minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba

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Believers! If you yield to a group from 
among these People of the Book,

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they will turn you back from belief to 
disbelief.

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Their real intention is that you 
yield to these people

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so that they will also lead the 
Muslims into disbelief like themselves.

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I have already mentioned that the people
of justice from among them,

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those people that the Quran will praise 
later on,

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the Quran always mentions them by setting 
them apart from these people.

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The Quran tells us that there are such 
people who talk of justice,

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and don't act stubbornly at all.

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Although it can be the case that

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their minds may still lack 
clarity,

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but they ask questions and they 
engage and then again

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there are people who have a
clarity in their thoughts

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but their still persists a dissonance
in their actions.

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In other words, he pauses regularly
wondering if his decision was right of not.

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Even those people that have such 
ambiguities are different.

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But these people are the ones who are
in such a place because of their stubbornness

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that if you listen to them, then you
should know their objective.

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It is that they will also lead you into
disbelief

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just as they disbelieve out of
their sheer stubbornness.

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And you think that since they are 
believers

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and hence they cannot lead you into
disbelief...

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It is obvious that if religious leaders 
and believers are like that

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then people feel that the leaders
have no reason to lead them away.