With-Love-to-Muhammad

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266 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
ۤ اٰدَمَ‏ قَدْ‏ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكمُ‏ ْ لِبَاسً‏ ا يُّوَارِىْ‏ سَ‏ وْاٰتِكمُ‏ ْ وَرِيْشً‏ ا ؕ وَلِبَاسُ‏
التَّقْوٰى ذٰكلِ‏ َ خَيرْ‏ ٌ ذٰكلِ‏ َ مِنْ‏ اٰيٰتِ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ ِ لَعَلَّهُمْ‏ يَذَّكَّرُ‏ وْ‏ نَ‏
۝
يٰبَنىِ‏ ْ
O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to
you raiment to cover your shame, and to be an
elegant dress; but the raiment of righteousness —
that is the best. That is one of the Signs of Allāh, that
they may remember. 261
According to Farhan Khan, Allāh, the Exalted, has sent down
the raiment for previous nations, not for Muslims, and He has
exhorted the previous nations to choose the raiment of
righteousness, but not the Muslims. Then, in verse 28, Allāh
says:
ۤ اٰدَمَ‏ لاَ‏ يَفْتِنَنَّكمُ‏ ُ الش يْطٰ‏ نُ‏ امكَ‏ َۤ اَخْرَجَ‏ اَبَوَيْكمُ‏ ْ مّ‏ ‏ِنَ‏ الْجَنَّةِ‏ يَنزْ‏ ِ ‏ُع
عَنهْ‏ ‏ُمَا لِبَاسَ‏ هُمَا لِيرُ‏ ‏ِيهَ‏ ‏ُمَا سَ‏ وْءٰتهِ‏ ‏ِمَا ؕ اِنَّهٗ‏ يَرٰىكمُ‏ ْ هُوَ‏ وَقَبِيْهلُ‏ ٗ مِنْ‏ حَيْثُ‏
لاَ‏ تَرَ‏ وْ‏ نهَ‏ ‏ُمْ‏ ؕ اِانَّ‏ جَعَلْنَا َّ الش يٰطِ‏ ينْ‏ َ اَوْلِيَآءَ‏ لِذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ لاَ‏ يُؤْمِنُوْ‏ نَ‏
۝
يٰبَنىِ‏ ْ
O children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, even
as he turned your parents out of the garden,
stripping them of their raiment that he might show
them their shame. Truly he sees you, he and his tribe,
from where you see them not. Surely, We have made
satans friends for those who believe not. 262
Farhan Khan’s understanding of the above verse would be that
Satan can only seduce the previous nations, not the Muslims,
and satans were made friends of the disbelievers of the previous
261
Sūrah Al-A‘rāf, 7:27
262
Sūrah Al-A‘rāf, 7:28