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32:14 - "Taste ye then for ye forgot the meeting of this day of yours and We too will forget you<br />

taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for your (evil) deeds!" 3646<br />

3646 "Forgot": Cf. n. 1029 to vii. 51. "Forget" is here in the sense of "to ignore deliberately, to reject with scorn". In the<br />

sense of mistake or defect of knowledge it is inapplicable to the All-Perfect Being, for we are expressly told: "My Lord<br />

never errs, nor forgets": xx. 52. (32.14)<br />

5:13 - But because of their breach of their Covenant We cursed them and made their hearts grow<br />

hard: they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the Message<br />

that was sent them nor wilt thou cease to find them barring a few ever bent on (new) deceits:<br />

but forgive them and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind. 712713714<br />

712 Cursed them: that means that because of the breach of their Covenant, Allah withdrew His overflowing Grace from<br />

them. The withdrawal of Grace made their hearts grow hard in two ways: (1) they were no longer protected from the<br />

assaults of evil, and (2) they became impervious even to the message of forgiveness and mercy which is open to all<br />

Allah's creatures. (5.13)<br />

713 Israel, when it lost Allah's grace as above, began to sin against truth and religion in three ways: (1) they began to<br />

misuse Scripture itself, by either taking words out of their right meaning, or applying them to things for which they<br />

were never meant; (2) in doing so, they conveniently forgot a part of the Message and purpose of Allah; and (3) they<br />

invented new deceits to support the old ones. (5.13)<br />

22:2 - The Day ye shall see it every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-babe and every<br />

pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot<br />

yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah. 2771<br />

2771 Three metaphors are used for the extreme terror which the Awful Day will inspire, (1) No mother abandons the baby at<br />

her breast in the greatest danger; yet that will happen in this Dreadful Hour. (2) An expectant mother carries the young<br />

life within her with great pride and hope: yet the terror will overpower the hope at this "Hour", and nature's<br />

working will be reversed, (3) Men ordinarily retain their self-possession except under intoxication: here, without<br />

intoxication, they will be driven to frenzy with terror. (22.2)<br />

18:63 He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did<br />

indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its<br />

course through the sea in a marvelous way!" 2410<br />

2410 The attendant actually saw the fish swimming away in the sea, and yet "forgot" to tell his master. In his case the<br />

"forgetting" was more than forgetting. Inertia had made him refrain from telling the important news. In such matters<br />

inertia is almost as bad as active spite, the suggestion of Satan. (18.63)<br />

7:51 - Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play and were deceived by the life of<br />

the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs and<br />

as they were wont to reject Our signs. 1029<br />

1029 "Forgetfulness" may be involuntary, from a defect of memory, or figuratively, a deliberate turning away from, or<br />

ignoring of, something we do not want, as when we say in an argument, "you conveniently forget that so- and-so is<br />

so-and-so." Here the latter kind is meant. If men deliberately ignored the Hereafter in spite of warnings, can they<br />

expect to be received by Allah, Whom they themselves rejected? (7.51)<br />

87:6 - By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message) so thou shalt not forget 60846085<br />

6084 The soul, as it reaches the Light of Allah, makes gradual progress, like a man going from darkness into light. So the<br />

Qur-an was revealed by stages. So all revelation from Allah comes by stages. As usual, there are two parallel<br />

meanings: (1) that connected with the occasion of direct inspiration to the holy Prophet; and (2) the more general<br />

Message to mankind for all time. Everyone who understands the Message must declare it, in words, and still more, in<br />

his conduct. (87.6)<br />

6085 The particular occasion was an assurance to the Prophet, that though he was unleftered, the Message given to him<br />

would be preserved in his heart and in the hearts of men. The more general sense is that mankind, having once<br />

seized great spiritual truths, will hold fast to them, except as qualified in the following verse. (87.6)<br />

2:44 - Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are<br />

readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?<br />

87:6 – We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget.<br />

Fiqh-us-Sunnah<br />

Fiqh 2.46<br />

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