[ShamilB]

Originally Posted by ameen

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 clearly 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 gave as booty / spoils to His Messenger 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 the rich among you. So whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it, and remain 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 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 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 in the article is certainly uncharacteristic of the work of Harun Yahya, as virtually all his other work is heavily sourced with genuine use of Qur'anic Verses. It's hardly a surprise then, that it's not very difficult to realise the clear anomoly 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

First of all, your claim that this article is an "anomoly" in Harun Yahya's work shows either your ignorance of his works or your stubborn denial of the truth and authenticity of the Sunnah. If as you claim this was an "anamoly" then we should have seen many articles from Harun Yahya where he has argued against the following of Sunnah but we see no such thing. His position has never changed. Harun Yahya has never been of the belief or opinion that the Quran is a stand-alone document and has always maintained that the Sunnah should be followed in conjunction to the Quran. Here is another Harun Yahya article on this subject where he outlines proofs and evidences for why the Sunnah should be followed:
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AHL AL-SUNNAH - Harun Yahya

Remember, Harun Yahya is an authority on the Quran as he has spent many years studying the book. It is natural for him to write articles on a subject he is most familiar with. But even he realizes how incomplete the Quran would be without the Sunnah.

As far as your attempt to interpret the verse, it is clear you are just grasping at straws. That is quite a leap from the tafseer of the verse. The "whatsover" can be best understood by the message from the Prophet (SAW) because this is consistent with other verses where Allah (SWT) commands us to obey the Prophet (SAW).