1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

some things without rulings, out of mercy for you,
not that He forgot them, so do not ask about
them.
Allah said next,
قَدْ‏ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ‏ م ِّن قَبْلِكُمْ‏ ثُم َّ أَصْبَحُواْ‏ بِهَا آَافِرِی ‏َن ﴿١٠٢ ﴾
Before you, a community asked such questions, then on
that account they became disbelievers.
meaning, some people before your time asked
such questions and they were given answers.
They did not believe the answers, so they became
disbelievers because of that. This occurred
because these rulings were made plain to them,
yet they did not benefit at all from that, for they
asked about these things not to gain guidance,
but only to mock and defy.
مَا جَعَلَ‏ الل َّهُ‏ مِن بَحِيرَةٍ‏ وَلاَ‏ سَآئِبَةٍ‏ وَلاَ‏ وَصِيلَةٍ‏ وَلاَ‏ حَا ‏ٍم
وَلَكِن َّ ال َّذِینَ‏ آَفَرُواْ‏ یَفْتَرُونَ‏ عَلَى الل َّهِ‏ الْكَذِبَ‏ وَأَآْثَرُهُمْ‏
لاَ‏ یَعْقِلُونَ‏
5:103 Allah has not instituted things like Bahirah or
a Sa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Ham. But those who
disbelieve invent lies against Allah, and most of
them have no understanding.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ‏ لَهُمْ‏ تَعَالَوْاْ‏ إِلَى مَآ أَنزَلَ‏ الل َّهُ‏ وَإِلَى الر َّسُولِ‏
قَالُواْ‏ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ‏ ءَابَاءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ‏ آَانَ‏ ءَابَاؤُهُمْ‏ لاَ‏
یَعْلَمُونَ‏ شَيْئاً‏ وَلاَ‏ یَهْتَدُو ‏َن
5:104 And when it is said to them: "Come to what
Allah has revealed and unto the Messenger.'' They
say: "Enough for us is that which we found our
fathers following,'' even though their fathers had no
knowledge whatsoever and no guidance.
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