Re: Is Music Haraam ?
2:63 (O Children of Israel!) Behold, We accepted your Solemn Pledge, letting Mount Sinai tower above you as if a witness, and saying, “Hold fast onto what We have given you, and take to heart what is therein, so that you may walk aright.”
2:64 Then, even after that, you turned away. And were it not for the Bounty of Allah upon you and His Grace, you would have been undone.
2:65 You are well aware of those among you who broke the Sabbath, whereupon We said unto them, “Be you held in contempt like apes!”
[For social and ecological reasons and to inculcate the sanctity of the Law in your hearts, We had commanded you to desist from fishing or working on Saturdays and to strengthen your social ties rather than going after business on that day (4:154, 7:163-167, 16:124.) Persistent indiscipline is more befitting of an apish, rather than a human mentality. (4:47, 4:154, 5:60) Note: Strangely enough, some ancient, and modern commentators like Maududi, maintain that they were physically transformed into apes!]
2:66 We made this degradation a lesson for them in their times, and for the future generations, We made it a source of enlightenment - that should soften the hearts of those who wish to walk aright. (‘Wa’z’ = Admonition that softens the hearts.)
^^ Exactly.
this is some passage that terrorists use to justify their hatred for Jews...
They acted as if they were animals like pigs and monkeys....
They are not pigs and monkeys...
