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4598 Allah is Most High, Most Wise: man is, in spite of his high destiny, often the lowest of the low
(xcv. 5). Yet Allah, out of His infinite Mercy and Grace, has bestowed His revelation on man.
How does it come about? Three ways are mentioned: (1) Wahyun, Inspiration; (2) from behind
a veil; and (3) by the sending of a Messenger: see the notes following. Wahyun, Inspiration, is
interpreted to be of two kinds: (1) a suggestionthrown by Allah into the heart or mind of man,
by which man understands the substance of the Message, whether it is a command or
prohibition, or an explanation of a great truth; and (2) verbal or literal inspiration, by which the
actual words of Allah are conveyed in human language. (42.51)
4599 Behind a veil: not of course a material veil, but the veil of Light. Muslim relates a tradition that
the Prophet said: "His veil is Light: were He to withdraw it, then would the august splendours
of His countenance surely consume everything that comes within His Sight." (42.51)
4600 Messenger: Rasul: the angel Gabriel, through whom the revelations were given to the holy
Prophet. (42.51)
42:52 - And thus have We by Our command sent inspiration to thee: thou knowest not (before)
what was Revelation and what was Faith; but We have made the (Qur'an) a Light wherewith
We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight
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4601 Before the receipt of his mission in his fortieth year, the holy Prophet, though a man of steadfast virtue and purity and
unflinching in his search for Truth, was yet unacquainted with Revelation in the highest sense of the term and with the
certainty that comes from perfected Faith, or realised nearness to Allah. Ruh, which I have here translated Inspiration
has also been understood by some Commentators to refer to the angel Gabriel, the vehicle of Revelation. The Light of
the Qur-an made all things clear to man, and to the world. (42.52)
4602 The Qur-an and the inspired Prophet who proclaimed it, are here identified. They were a Guide to men, showing the
Straight Way. This Way is described in various ways: for example, see i. 6, and n. 22; xviii. 1-2, and notes 2326-27;
and xc. 11-18. (42.52)
INTERCESSORS: See under “Partnership”:
INTOXICATION:
4:43 - O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged until ye can understand all
that ye say nor in a state of ceremonial impurity
(562 The reference is either to a state of intoxication or to a dazed state of mind on account of drowsiness or some other
cause. Or perhaps both are implied. Before the prohibition of intoxicants altogether was promulgated, it was at least
unbecoming that people should come to prayers in such a state. For prayers it is only right that we should collect our
whole minds and approach Allah in a spirit of reverence. (4.43)
5:90 - O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows
are an abomination of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination) that ye may prosper.
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5:91 - Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling
and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 1.243
Aisha
Narrated by
The Prophet said, "All drinks that produce intoxication are Haram (forbidden to drink).
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 8.766 Narrated by
Uqba bin Al Harith
An-Nu'man or the son of An-Nu'man was brought to the Prophet in a state of intoxication. The Prophet felt it hard (was angry)
and ordered all those who were present in the house, to beat him. And they beat him, using palm-leaf stalks and shoes, and I
was among those who beat him.
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