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Changing Of Effectiveness Of Quran
Al-Fajr – 89:3
Arabic
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
A deliberation on other verses in which oaths of similar meaning have been stated (eg. 74:32-34 and 81:17-18) shows that two arguments have been used by the Qur’ān to remind man of the Day of Judgement. The first one is that certain contrasting events of this world which are profound in nature draw our attention to the Day of Judgement. The second one is that there exists a law of gradual progression for each event and each of the Almighty’s decrees has an appointed time. In this particular sūrah, an example of the first argument is the first and last oath ie each day, the rising dawn and the departing night reminds us that the night of this world will one day manifest into dawn of the next one. An example of the second one is the second and third oaths ie the phases of the moon which sometimes result in a month of twenty nine days and sometimes in one of thirty, remind us that this world also, like the moon, shall gradually complete its cycle and finally disappear. Furthermore, the uncertainty in the number of days of a month points to the fact that the life span of this world is also uncertain; the transition to the next world would be sudden and unexpected.
Isn’t the meaning of this lost now that we have science that knows how many days the lunar month will be? Or do we just understand how it would’ve been uncertain back then
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Changing Of Effectiveness Of Quran
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I cannot understand that how you inferred uncertainty from the ayahs you mention. Can you kindly explain?
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Sorry- I just posted Ghamidi sahab’s al-bayan. It seems he means that we are not sure when the lunar month will end, and that in olden days there would usually be a certain uncertainty surrounding its appointment
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Thank you for clarification
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The meaning of the verse is crystal clear. Of course the examples used to explain something had to be in line with what the direct addressees of the Quran could understand at the time.
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