Salam Friendz and Foez !
Here is another verse to break your false beliefs.
Lets see how you deny this one.
Chapter – 17 a.k.a.; Isra’, The Night Journey, Children Of Israel / Bani Israel
Revealed in Mecca,
Verse 94 in continuation with preceding verses.
The verse under discussion is focussing on the limited mental faculties of disbelievers. These people have not the capacity even to understand and appreciate these matters, much less to produce a book like the Quran - humanity’s trustworthy guide. In spite of their patent inability to accept the challenge they persist in their denial of the divine origin of the Quran out of sheer obstinacy.
When the Meccans were confounded by the answers of the Quran to their questions and objections they turned round and demanded of the Prophet that if the Quran comprehended every kind of knowledge then He should be able to work miracles - cause springs to gush forth from the earth, grow gardens and build houses of gold for himself. The demand was either intended as mockery or had its basis in the belief that they shared with the Jews that most wonderful works could be performed by special spiritual exercises and by the help of disembodied spirits.
The scornful tone of the disbelievers’ discourse is continued in this verse. They are represented as saying to the Prophet that if he could not accomplish any of the things they demanded of him he might at least have some good things for himself. Pharaoh had challenged Moses that he could not be a true Prophet because be possessed no bracelets of gold (43:54); but the Meccan disbelievers went a step further and declared that the Prophet’s claims could only be regarded true if he possessed a house made of gold.
The words, Or thou ascend up into heaven… that we can read, contain a derisive reference to the Mi’raj or the Ascension of the Prophet, The disbelievers meant to say that they would not believe in his Ascension unless he stayed in the heavens and let fall to them a book that they might read.
To these foolish demands of the disbelievers the words, Say, Holy is my Lord ! I am not but a man sent as a Messenger, embody a crushing reply. They are told that their demands fall under two heads :
**(a)- those that pertain to God; **
**(b)- those that pertain to the 'Prophet. **
The demands of the first category are frivolous in character and God is above such frivolities. These demands have nothing to do with the spiritual development of man for which divine Messengers are raised.
As for their demands pertaining to the Prophet, they are incompatible with his humanity and his mission as a Prophet of God. A human being, even one invested with prophethood, could not and would not indulge in such acrobatic feats.
In the light of these words of Allah, it is very evident for a literate brain that it is beyond the capacity of a Human even Prophets to ascend up in the sky and comeback.. this beautiful verse (94) when read in conjunction with verse 96, clearly nullifies that false ideology… even the journey of Mi’raj and the incidence of Jesus’s ascension to Sky are just erroneous dogmas which has no authenticity in Quran and Hadith. They are all Christian doctrines which has been embedded into Muslim’s beliefs over the time.
Just picture for a while, why Holy prophet(sa) has to ascend up in the sky during Mi’raj. Was God not there where He was sleeping that night?? OR does God has a special bureau up in the sky for all His official work?? Only a physical thing moves towards a physical destination, so a spiritual one towards spiritual. You people have made GOD a “physical” being instead of a “spiritual” entity and are happy to ponder your life on such illogical ideologies.
O perfect Muslims, Please review your beliefs, dont deny the word of Allah, try to understand by yourself what Allah says, its not a book to keep in decorative covers neither it is your property. This book is meant for MUT’TAQEEs only, (4:Al-Baqra)… so if you want to understand it, you must possess some TAQWA first.
THINK if you can !
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[This message has been edited by Zalim (edited June 04, 1999).]