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*Role of Prophet
Muhammad
By Ijaz Chaudry
SBO -
Submission.org
AM -
Al-Muzzammil
What does
"containing YOUR MESSAGE" mean in (Quran 21:10):
AM - there
always is an underlying reason for every cause. To understand the belief system
of the followers of Dr Rashad Khalifa, and the underlying cause of that belief
one has to look at the "Role of Prophet Muhammad". Understanding the "Role of
Prophet Muhammad" in the words of SBO is the key to understand the ethos of
followers of Dr Rashad Khalifa. Since messengers sets precedents for the
believers, prophet/messenger Muhammad had set a milestone for the followers of
Dr Rashad Khalifa (Quran 6:34) … the history of My messengers sets precedents
for you. And the very fundamental of their belief is ingrained in their
understanding of this role.
What follows
is excerpt from Submission.org, which is than spelled out, before an alternative
view is presented. This view will comprehend the whole Quran.
SBO -
Prophet's Only Duty
The Quran
utilizes "the double negative" to emphasize that the prophet had NO duty EXCEPT
delivering the Quran.
[Quran
42:48] You have NO duty EXCEPT DELIVERING the message.
[Quran
13:40] Your ONLY duty is delivering, we will call them to account.
[Quran 5:99]
The messenger has NO function EXCEPT delivery of the message.
THE QURAN IS
THE MESSAGE
[Quran
21:10] We have sent down to you a scripture containing YOUR MESSAGE. Do you not
understand?
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from <https://submission.org/Role_of_Prophet_Muhammad.html>
AM - above is an excerpt
from Submission.org under the page called "Role of prophet Muhammad". This
excerpt is from the top of this page and there is URL if one wants to verify
this excerpt with what is on that page.
In this excerpt for the
reason of clarification, I have changed some format, I have made the subheadings
un-bold and I have italicized
some of the verses of the Quran. This is only done to make it readable when
referring to different sections of the excerpt.
So my understanding of
what SBO is saying here in short is that Muhammad only delivered the Quran, and
that was his message, and now it is SBO's message too. So according to SBO the
verses in italics confirm that Muhammad's sole duty was to deliver the message.
And that these verses are ultimately referring to [Quran 21:10].
SBO have interpreted the
word “scripture” in (Quran 21:10) to be the Quran. Despite the fact that [Quran
21:10] does not mention the word Quran at all. At first glance it does appear
that way. However, the question arises is (Quran 21:10) referring to the Quran
or is there some other explanation? We need to investigate that!
As far as can be seen,
there are two groups of verses under discussion. The italicized verses are
simple verses while (Quran 21:10) is a multiple meaning verse. It is multiple
meaning, verse because of the two key words, "scripture" and "Your". It is not
clear what the name of this scripture is and it is not clear if the word “Your”
applies to individual or is it used as a generic term?
Since SBO have
highlighted that the message is the Quran as revealed to Prophet Muhammad, it
follows from that the words "Your message" to be “one message for all” which is
the Quran revealed to Prophet Muhammad. Thus these two words have been
understood by the followers of Dr Rashad Khalifa to be of generic nature.
At this point it is
important to find out two key points on which this argument hinges on. First we
need to prove if the word "scripture" is referring to the Quran. Second we need
to validate if the words "Your message" in this verse is of generic nature. To
do this we will look at (Quran 21:10) in detail.
First lets go to the
basics, let’s find out the meaning of the word "containing" which is used in the
phrase "containing YOUR MESSAGE" in [Quran 21:10]. Following is the dictionary
meaning of the word "containing";
Containing
- have or hold (someone or something) within.
This
phrase "containing your message", based on the dictionary meaning of the word
"containing", cannot be the Quran. When one says "The Quran is the message" the
wordings in this phrase imply the whole Quran. However, the phrase
"containing YOUR MESSAGE" in (Quran 21:10) is
talking about "have or hold YOUR MESSAGE within", it is almost saying as if
the message is from the Quran, rather than the Quran itself.
But how can we be sure
of this?
The numbers speak out as
follows;
The geometric value of
al-quran is Alef = 1 + Laam = 30 + Qaf = 100 + Ra' = 200 + Alef = 1 + Noon = 50;
382;
There is a tried and
tested fully operational method of coding used with thousands of codes with
various verses of the Quran, which is simple to understand and use. (Quran 74:31
- point 4) states that the miracle of 19 removes traces of doubts from the
hearts of the believers. And indeed this method of coding will be helpful,
either to prove or disprove if the word "scripture" mentioned in (Quran 21:10)
is indeed the Quran!
When you add or
concatenate the gv of al-quran (382) with (Quran 21:10) in any order or form,
the result is never the multiple of 19.
Now another combination is tried which is, sometimes in the coding
mechanism for emphasis purpose one can separate gv of al (31) from the gv of
quran (351). Now if we concatenate these two gv's with chapter and verse (Quran
21:10), once again we do not get multiple of 19 in any combination. Therefore if
the word "scripture" in (Quran 21:10) meant the Quran, than we would have found
the multiple of 19.
Based on the
calculations mentioned in the previous paragraph, we confirm by the method of
elimination that the word “scripture” used in (Quran 21:10) is not referred to
Quran. Now the question is what does the word "scripture" refer to? The answer
is as follows;
See how numbers unravel
this mystery;
When you take away the
geometric value of al from geometric value of al-quran we get 382 - 31 = 351 and
when we add this number with chapter/verse (Quran 21:10) we get the sum which is
equal to the geometric value of al-quran;
21 + 10 + 351 = 382;
God's signs come in many
shapes and sizes, and because this code is part of the Quran, we cannot take
this lightly, this indeed confirms that (Quran 21:10) is not talking about "The
Quran" which was the Quran as revealed to prophet Muhammad. But if it is not the
Quran what else could it be? For this purpose we go back in history and try to
understand where the word Quran came from;
One of the understandings of where the
word Quran was derived from is that it has come about from a Arabic word al-Qar,
which means in English "to collect".
Keeping the meaning for
the word al-Qar in mind and interpreting the code above into narrative, we can
deduce what is happening.
The code above is
finally balanced equation. Both the left and right side of the equation has the
same value 382 which is the geometric value of the "the Quran" or al-quran.
However, there is subtle difference between the left side of the equation from
the right side of the equation. Left side of the equation have components while
right side does not.
One of the components on
the left side of the equation is the geometric value of "Quran" without "al" or
"the". The "al" or "the" when used with the Quran is specific to the original
Quran which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. However, Quran on its own does not
mean that it was "the Quran" revealed to Prophet Muhammad. These two words
al-quran and quran are not made up; they really exist in the Arabic Quran. There
is further explanation of usage of these two words with proofs in the intro of
"The Latest Most Modern Translation of The Quran" by Ijaz Chaudry. Thus gv 351
suggest that this Quran is collection from "the Quran", but does not necessarily
be just the Quran. The question would arise why would it have material other
than the Quran and how can we explain that? The answer is as follows;
Based on the
investigation done in the previous paragraph, we are finding subtle difference
between "Quran" and "the Quran". Since both cannot be the same because of the
name differences. We are in a position where we are able to question the SBO's
understanding of the words "Your message" in (Quran 21:10) as a generic term
“one message for all”.
Let us assume that "containing
YOUR MESSAGE", is not a generic phrase as "one message for all" but "many
messages to many" and then continue investigating. We know that the Quran is a
dynamic book catering for new generations. Based on this fact alone, we can
safely confirm that message for one generation could be different from message
to another generation. For example Lot was sent to homosexuals while Abraham was
sent to Statue worshippers. That made their message slightly different to each
other, because of the environment they were in. These same criteria apply today,
some of us around the world could meet a homosexual and want to give him the
message and another believer might meet a Hindu who believes in statues and want
to give him a message. But that is not all any believer can eventually be in any
situation at any one time, so the message changes for different situations at
different times and places. And each time words will be added to the message
appropriate to the situation other than just the Quran.
Therefore
keeping this in mind it seems that "containing YOUR MESSAGE" is not a generic
term, but specific to the individual in that unique environment. The message
will be different for different reader, personal to the individual. So if it was
all "the Quran" as revealed to Muhammad then the message would have been the
same (one message for all). Since that is not what this verse is implying, it
could only mean interpretation of the Quran by different people at different
times, which could include material other than "the Quran". This is not
different from appendices by Dr Rashad Khalifa, or what you or I have on our
websites. We are all doing it which is that we are collecting the message from
the Quran in the form of written scripts to forward our views. Which contain
narration from other than the Quran, in order to promote our message and point
of view.
Conclusion:
So in short we conclude that (Quran 21:10) is not referring to "the Quran" or
al-quran revealed to Prophet Muhammad, but derivation of the message from the
Quran, which includes interpretation of verses of the Quran. From my own
experience the Miracle of 19 plays a significant part in the interpretations of
the Quran, because it makes the interpretation divine.
There is further
confirmation within the verse (Quran 21:10) that the interpretations of the
Quran is the right way. The phrase "containing YOUR MESSAGE" in this verse is
additional proof. Because the word "YOUR", makes it personal to whoever is
interpreting the message as opposed to the universal message (one message for
all). One verse from the Quran can mean more than one thing if interpreted by
more than one reader. The word "scripture" in (Quran 21:10) is now clarified
to be collection of message from the Quran in a form of a script and it is not
"the Quran" as revealed to Prophet Muhammad. There are thousands of examples of
these scripts about the religion of Islam all around us. The only thing which
has changed now is that the Quran has confirmed this fact in (Quran 21:10). We
have been collating information from the Quran for years without questioning if
it was correct to do that, now we have the answer that it is correct.