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Originally Posted by ShamilB
Ok wise one, what are the verses that are being "taken out of context" and what is so "misleading" about this article compared to the other ones that you and AceOfHearts love to post?
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salam,
you are asking as if you are very willing to accept any convincing answer you read, even if it is against the opinions of the Sunni scholars. The sad thing is that no matter how conspicuously inaccurate a Sunni interpretation is shown to be, you are unlikely to let go of those opinions. To take an obvious example, let's take a look at Verse 59:07, which in its natural context, can be seen to be regarding the Prophet dealing with the spoils and booties of war by sharing them between people:
"Whatever Allah has given to His Messenger as war-booty from the people of the townships, is for Allah and His Messenger, and the relatives and the orphans, and the poor and the wayfarers, so that they may not become a fortune used by only the rich among you. So whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it, and be conscious of Allah. Indeed, Allah is severe in punishment." - (59:07)
Just by reading this Verse in its context, we can see that when Allah says:
'whatever the Messenger gives you / forbids you...', the Verse is referring to whatever he assigns of the booties and spoils of war to the people. In other words, the Prophet had a duty to fairly share the booty between those who need it most, so that as the Verse explains, they don't become an exploitation of greed by being a
'fortune used by only the rich among you.'
Despite this clear post-war context given in the Verse, the article you have posted makes an overtly blatant misinterpretation by quoting only a PART of the Verse. As should be clear to you now, this cropped out part has been used in the article to allow for the introduction of NEW PROHIBITIONS and laws which have nothing to do with the Qur'an, but are rather found in Hearsay and Hadith.
Here is the relevant quote from the article:
"For example, the verse ".... and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah. (Surah Al-Hashr, 7) shows that the prophet may forbid certain things for His ummah, apart from those things that are forbidden in the Qur'an."
The quoted part in bold emphasises the tendency of the article to direct others away from the teachings of the Qur'an, and shows an underlying motivation to encourage Muslims to follow other books as their source of religion. Such a tendency is totally uncharacteristic of the works of Harun Yahya, as virtually all his other work is heavily sourced in the genuine use of Qur'anic Verses. It's hardly a surprise then, that it's not very difficult to realise the clear anomaly in this piece of writing, compared to countless other works of Harun Yahya which have been successfully written in the true Qur'anic spirit.
wasalam