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2810 This is the true end of sacrifice, not propitiation of higher powers, for Allah is One, and He does not delight in flesh or
blood (xxii. 37), but a symbol of thanksgiving to Allah by sharing meat with fellow-men. The solemn pronouncement of
Allah's name over the sacrifice is an essential part of the rite. (22.34)
2811 The good news: i.e. the Message of Allah, that He will accept in us the sacrifice of self for the benefit of our fellowmen.
(22.34)
78:2 - Concerning the Great News 5889
5889 Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection or the Hereafter, about which
there are various schools of thought among the Jews and Christians and other nations. There is practically nothing
about the Resurrection in the Old Testament, and the Jewish sect of Sadducees even in the time of Christ denied the
Resurrection altogether. The Pagan ideas of a future life-if any-varied from place to place and from time to time. Even
in the early Christian Church, as we learn from Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, there were contentions in that
little community (1, Corinthians, i. 11), and some definitely denied the resurrection of the dead (ib., xv. 12). Great
News may also be translated Great Message or a Message Supreme as I have translated at xxxviii. 67. In that case it
would refer to the Qur-an, or the Message of Revelation, or the Message of the Holy Prophet, about which there was
great contention in those days. As this Message also lays great stress on the Day of Judgment and the Resurrection,
the practical result by either mode of interpretation amounts to the same. (78.2)
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 5544
AbuHurayrah
Narrated by
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) recited this verse, "On that day it will tell its news, and asked whether they knew
what its news would be. On their replying that Allah and His Messenger knew best he said, "Its news will be that it will tell
what every man and woman did when they were on it, saying they did such and such a thing on such and such a day. This
will be its news."
Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.
NICKNAMES:
49:11 - O ye who believe! let not some men among you laugh at others: it may be that the (latter)
are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: it may be that the (latter) are
better than the (former): nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other nor call each other by
(offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after
he has believed: And those who do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong. 49294930
4929 Mutual ridicule ceases to be fun when there is arrogance or selfishness or malice behind it. We may laugh with
people, to share in the happiness of life: we must never laugh at people in contempt or ridicule. In many things they
may be better than ourselves! (49.11)
4930 Defamation may consist in speaking ill of others by the spoken or written word, or in acting in such a way as to
suggest a charge against some person whom we are not in a position to judge. A cutting, biting remark or taunt of
sarcasm is included in the word lamaza. An offensive nickname may amount to defamation, but in any case there is
no point in using offensive nicknames, or names that suggest some real or fancied defect. They ill accord with the
serious purpose which Muslims should have in life. For example, even if a man is lame, it is wrong to address him as
"O lame one!" It causes him pain, and it is bad manners. So in the case of the rude remark, "the black man". (49.11)
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4944
Narrated by
AbuJubayrah ibn ad-Dahhak
This verse was revealed about us, the Banu Salimah: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: ill-seeming is a name
connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has believed." He said: When the apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)
came to us, every one of us had two or three names. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) began to say: O so and so!
But they would say: Keep silence, Apostle of Allah! He becomes angry by this name. So this verse was revealed: "Nor call
each other by (offensive nicknames."
NIGGARDLY:
17:29 - Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach so
that thou become blameworthy and destitute. 2212
2212 Cf. the phrase for niggardliness in v. 64. We are not to be so lavish as to make ourselves destitute and incur the just
censure of wise men, nor is it becoming to keep back our resources from the just needs of those who have a right to
our help. Even strangers have such a right, as we saw in xvii. 26 above. But we must keep a just measure between
our capacity and other people's needs. (17.29)
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