Al-An'aam (The Cattle)

Verse 89

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    89. "These are they to whom We gave the Book, the authority and the prophet hood; so if these (infidels) disbelieve in it, We have (already) entrusted with it a people who are not disbelievers in it."

    In this verse, three magnificent privileges, which have been the base of all privileges of the prophets, are referred to. It says:

    "These are they to whom We gave the Book, the authority and the prophet hood....."

    The Arabic term /hukm/ originally means: 'prevention, and restrain'. Then, since wisdom prevents faults and offences; also, correct judgment hinders injustice and oppression, and a just government may restrain some other unjust governments, the term is applied in every one of these three senses.

    Next to that statement, the verse continues saying that if these people, viz. pagans, the citizens of Mecca, and the like of them, do not believe in these facts, the invitation of the Prophet (S) will not remain without response.

    Allah has commissioned a group of people who not only accept it, but also protect it and guard it. They are such a group that never pave the path of infidelity and are surrendered to the Truth.1

    The verse announces:

    "... so if these (infidels) disbelieve in it, We have (already) entrusted with it a people who are not disbelievers in it."

    Footnotes

    1. In Tafsir Almanar and Tafsir Rouh-ul-Ma'ani, it is narrated from the commentators that the objective meaning of "... a people who are not disbelievers in it" is Iranians ↩