SECRET OF ADVANCEMENT OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TOLD IN VERSE 2:5 OF THE QURAN
WORD FOR WORD TRUE EXEGESIS OF VERSE 2:5 OF THE QURAN
Dear readers,
Greetings,
Further to my article “Revelation Never Stops” which I have written to explain verse 2:4 without hiding the truth that is mentioned in the Quran about future revelations. Despite, having clear explanation of each single word coming in the verse 2:4, many of us are still reluctant to accept the truth about further revelations beyond the Quran and they are inventing one after another excuses of rejecting the statement of verse 2:4 of the Quran. This is because they are badly stuck on their false belief that the Quran is the last revelation. Whereas, the Quran nowhere mentions that it is the last revelation but they are the clergymen of religion of Islam who have invented and made it viral that the Quran is the last revelation and no further revelation will come after the Quran.
I have already explained the words “وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلً” of verse 73:4 of the Quran in my numerous articles that in these words the Quran itself urges us to understand the Quran according to the syntax of its gradually formed columns or contexts. Therefore, taking the meaning of Quranic words out of their immediate context is a false practice of translating and understanding the Quran. But the slaves of their false belief are suggesting me in their comments to take the context of the whole book instead of the specific context of the words of the Quran where they were revealed. So, to reject the statements of the Quran and to modify the meaning of Quranic words they have invented a new terminology of “taking the context of the whole book” which is really absurd and impracticable. For example, if in one paragraph of a book the word “go” is used in a context of saying “go to hell”, it is not necessary that the same word “go” always or everywhere or in all contexts is taken to mean “go to hell” but according to its immediate context which could be “go to paradise” instead of “go to hell”.
A few years ago the same topic of ‘the last revelation’ came in discussion in a so called “Dars-e-Quran” (the Quran study session) of Ahl e Quran (the Quranists). When their Quran study session was over and all participants were gone I opened the Quran and highlighted the words of verse 2:4 to the teacher who was leading the Quran study session. He looked at the words of verse 2:4 very carefully. Then he kept quiet for a minute and said to me in a murmuring voice. “it means the new revelation might have come”. Whereas, a minute ago he was lecturing in the Quran study session that the revelation has stopped and no revelation will come after the Quran. Why did the same person admitted in front of me and said, “it means the new revelation might have come” because having seen the words of verse 2:4 his heart compelled him to admit the truth and the words “it means the new revelation might have come” slipped out of his tongue and he couldn’t stop himself admitting that “the new revelation might have come”. Perhaps, first time he might have seen the words of verse 2:4 with his naked eyes without the goggle of his religious belief. However, due to lack of knowledge of the Quran he might have reverted back to his original belief that Allah has stopped revelation.
Likewise, there are many people who understand and accept that revelation never stopped since the Quran nowhere puts any ban on further revelations but due to the misleading translations of the Quran and because of the false teaching of religion they still could not see revelations around them.
This is the same as God is everywhere but many people think that God lives in the black cuboid or in the octagonal dome or in so called sacred sanctums and sanctuaries of their faith.
Anyway, the verse 2:5 demonstrates the state of those who believe and accept the revelations. The words “أُوْلَـئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of verse 2:5 consist of two clauses of speech which you can easily understand if you keep the goggle of religion away and look at them with impartial eyes. You might have read this verse and its conventional translations so many times but did not take it seriously what is being said in the Arabic text of this verse. This is because like other verses of the Quran this verse was never translated in its context in which it was revealed to deliver its message for the benefit of people. Also, in the false exegesis and in the fake translation of this verse its message is sneakily diverted towards the hereafter and in the closing clause”وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of verse 2:5 it is invented that ‘they will be successful’ or ‘they will be prosper’. Where is “WILL BE” in these words of the Quran “وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ”???
A hypocrite pagan Basheer Ahmad, who wasted much of my time in replying to his nonstop questions which he used to write every day in the comment sections in a way as if he wants to learn the Quran, had eventually shouted at me in his recent comments telling me to shut up as I don’t know the grammar and cowardly sitting in a hidden corner instead of openly challenging his scholars who will let me know the correct grammar….! That pagan hypocrite did not know how many times I have challenged the scholars, Arabic teachers and even the native Arabs but no one turned up with any evidence or solid proof to prove me wrong.
Therefore, I am challenging everyone and all of them again to let me know where is “WILL or WILL BE” or any participle of future tense in these Arabic words of verse 2:5 of the Quran “وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” and according to which grammar this phrase is translated in future tense to mean ‘they will be successful’ or ‘they will be prosper’???
The only reason why these words “وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of verse 2:5 are translated in future tense because they want to divert the message of this verse to the hereafter to cover their falsification of taking the phrase “وَبِالآخِرَةِ” of preceding verse 2:4 which is falsely translate to mean the hereafter. Although, the phrase “وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” is apparently translated in present tense in some translations such as ‘those are successful’ but their way of making sentence and their exegesis again take their readers to the subject of the hereafter. Whereas, the word “الْمُفْلِحُونَ” refers to those (هُمُ) who have already got “الفلاح” or those who have already reached the state of “الفلاح”. So, “الْمُفْلِحُونَ” is a third person plural adjective noun of those who have made progress, have achieved advancement and who have been developed. Therefore, linguistically, grammatically, technically and from all aspects “هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” is the past sentence and these is no way of taking it into future and especially in the hereafter which is supposed to come in the far future. The word “الْمُفْلِحُونَ” is derived from Arabic root word “فلح” which refers to a cut-off point for further progress or further development or advancement. Therefore, the Qayamah, the day of judgment or the hereafter is yet to come in future but the phrase “هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of the past tense is telling us about those who are already developed, who have successfully progressed, who have achieved advancement or who are already flourished. However, if the composer of the Quran wanted to say something which would occur in the future he would have used a phrase of future sentence but he composed a phrase “هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of the past sentence. Hence, those scholars and translators of the Quran who falsely take the actual phrase of the past sentence “هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ”in the future sentence they are actually trying to correct the mistakes of the composer of the Quran. Perhaps they think that they are more knowledgeable than the composer of the Quran that’s why they modify his statements in their translations according to their pagan beliefs.
Anyway, according to its grammatical formation the closing clause of speech “وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ” of verse 2:5 is actually defining those particular people ‘who have made the progress’, ‘who have been developed’ and ‘those who have achieved the advancement, and the prefixed linking conjunction “و” has been used to establish its link and continuity with the speech of its preceding clause “أُوْلَـئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ” of the same verse 2:5 which begins with the third person plural subject pronoun “أُوْلَـئِكَ” (they) of all those who accept and believe in past, present and future revelation mentioned in the preceding verse 2:4. At the same time the same pronoun “أُوْلَـئِكَ” of verse 2:5 is defining them that they (who accept and believe in the past, present and future revelation) are those who are on the direction of their Sustainer or Lord.
Hence, in the verse 2:5 two very important universal facts have been mentioned according to its immediate true context.
1. Those who accept and believe in earlier, current and forthcoming further revelations (from verse 2:4). They are on the direction of their Sustainer (أُوْلَـئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ)
2. And they are those who have made the progress/who have been developed/who have achieved the advancement/who have become flourished (وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ).
Therefore, according to word for word true analysis of Arabic text of verse 2:5 of Surah Al Baqarah of the Quran we can derive the following word for word correct translation of this verse.
“أُوْلَـئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ”
They are on direction of their Sustainer and they are those who have become flourished
(Word for word correct translation of verse 2:5 of the Quran)
We have read the above verse of the Quran many times with or without its translation but we perhaps never noticed that the above verse 2:5 reveals the secret of development, progress and advancement of developed countries and their flourished people. They actually get benefit from earlier revelations, they go with the latest revelations and they always look forward to further or new revelations.
There is no doubt that the Quran is a comprehensive Devine revelation of social reformation, character building and development of human minds which increases our vision, critical thinking, tolerance, and righteousness, and it makes us peaceful, active and useful individuals for ourselves and for others. God created for us all that is on earth (2:29) and the Quran reveals universal facts and urges us to gain knowledge, use our brains, discover the universe and make our life smooth, happy and trouble free by following the Divine direction. Quran does not want us to sit idle and become a useless burden on the earth but it encourages us to utilize our apprehension and acknowledge the truth.
Whose consciousness, comprehension, perception, insight, understanding, notion and perceptual process coincides with the Divine direction they have revelation of Divine rules no matter who they are.
However, these revelations are written in straightforward, understandable and simple words so that whoever wants to study these revelations they clearly understand the Divine rules given in them and they use them to make their life easy and flourish.
If you read the biography of all well-known scientists, philosophers, philanthropists and reformers you will find one thing common in all of them that whenever and wherever they got stuck they found the solution in the trance which is well defined by the Quran in Surah Al Qadr 97 in the verses of which the same state of the valuable trance is mentioned and well defined in repeated phrase “لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ” (the valuable trance) and in the same Surah 97 (الْقَدْرِ) it is declared that the knowledge and the resources are revealed in the trance. In fact the whole Surah 97 (الْقَدْرِ) was dedicated for nonstop revelations of knowledge and properties together with attributes of the source (تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ).
However, religion has changed the Quranic definition of revelation and made it an integral part of traditional prophet hood. Whereas, the revelations and prophets defined in the Quran are totally different to the prophets and revelations portrayed in religions. Religions take prophet figures to induce and satisfy their personality cult and bring prophets more or less in the same level of God. Whereas, the Quran frequently calls them “عبد”, i.e. ‘who serves God’ or ‘Divine server’. Quran also uses their working title”نبی” according to their job of”نبأ” taken from Aramaic and Hebrew words נְבִיָּא (n’ḇiyyā) and נְבִי (n’ḇī) respectively, derived from the same Semitic proto root ن ب ء (n-b-ʾ) which refers to one who retrieves and conveys information of Divine rules or Universal Facts. Likewise, according to the Quran “revelation” is a Divine communication, Divine direction, Divine instruction, Divine enlightenment or simply Divine help in any matter. But religions have modified the actual purpose and real meaning of Divine revelation to practice their dark aged rituals in the name of Divine orders. Only those became flourished “الْمُفْلِحُونَ” who broke the iron chains of religions and followed Divine revelations. They are those who correctly understood Divine revelations, practically utilized their evergreen fruitfulness and developed themselves but religions interpreted the fruitfulness of evergreen Divine revelations to mean: God said, “Behold! I have given you evergreen seed-bearing plant that grows throughout the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit”.
Oh come on, that time has gone when clergy of religions used to make people fools with such interpretations of Divine revelations as seen above.
Quran tells the whole mankind to practice and apply Divine revelations in their life to make their life good and the Quran gives equal opportunity to each and every individual to go up in the world and develop themselves following Divine revelations. This is the reason why enclitic form of suffix pronoun “ـك” was used in the phrase “بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ” of preceding verse 2:4 which refers to speaker’s audience, readers and listeners individually and each and every individual directly held responsible for accepting the revelation of their time or acceptance of revelation of their time imposed on each and every person individually. Likewise, the same enclitic suffix pronoun “ـك” has been used again in the phrase “وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ” to impose responsibility to each and every person individually of accepting all earlier revelation. Whereas, having collective belief in forthcoming or future revelation was made mandatory with the third person plural pronoun “هُمْ” because it is not necessary that each and every individual will be alive in the time of further revelations. Therefore, if you carefully look at the grammatical formation of all phrases of verse 2:4 you will instantly understand that all people are being addressed individually rather than addressing the prophet only. Those scholars who are brainwashed by religion and invent that enclitic form of suffix pronoun”ـك” was used for prophet only, especially for the exalted prophet on whom the Quran was revealed, they must take into account the plural pronoun”هُمْ” and suffix of plural subject pronouns”ونَ” coming in the phrase”يُوقِنُونَ” without going into any argument whether the phrase”وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ” was used to urge people to have faith or belief in the Hereafter as translated by our scholars or to have faith or belief in forthcoming or further revelation as actually stated in the context of this verse. This is because Divine rules are same for everyone and even prophets have no exemption. Therefore, if this clause “وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ” also applies on prophet, as it should, then enclitic suffix pronoun “ـك” has been actually used to impose responsibility on everyone individually, including the prophet, to accept earlier revelation and revelation of the time of everyone. Moreover, if you look at the context of this verse from the very first verse “الم” no prophet is mentioned in any verse. Hence, the prophet was only in the mind of our scholars who bring the prophet in the translation of verse 2:4 just because of their religious belief and they hide the original message of this verse which applies on everyone individually to accept earlier revelation and revelation of their time.
If you pay attention to the formation of words of these verses of the Quran you will correctly understand what I have explained in the above lines.
Verses of the Quran are linked with each other in their columns to clearly deliver the correct message of the Quran. Therefore, each and every verse and their words must be read and understood within the columns of their immediate contexts.
Since, verse 2:5 is also coming in the context of revelation and in the extension of the statement of verse 2:4 in which acceptance of earlier and present revelation and having faith in future revelation has been made mandatory, the verse 2:5 actually describes the outcome of practical applications of revelations in our life and it reveals the secret of advancement, development and flourishing progress of those who are on the direction of their Sustainer by adopting His revelation to change their life.
We know about earlier revelations but now, we need to determine what the present revelations are and how they have developed and flourished those who wholeheartedly accepted them and applied them in their life.
In simple words, all scientific formulations and notions of peace and social justice coinciding with universal facts and containing Divine direction, are revelations. They are available in the shape of factual literature of science and social justice. Their practice is found in modern and advanced people who work for peace, justice, humanity and serve mankind with the advancement of knowledge. Their practical applications can be seen around us in so many essential forms such as light, electricity and medication etc. Their advanced practical shapes can be seen in the form of motor, vehicle, railway train, aeroplane, space shuttle, satellite, radio and television etc. Their more advanced and latest practical shapes can be seen in wifi, internet, mobile phone, computer, robot, ultra sonic and magnetic tools and diagnostic machinery etc. Their forthcoming application will lead us to virtual world and God knows what will come next but seeing the advancement of present time in the comparison of the past we believe that the future of human being will be more advanced under the guidance of future revelations.
Hence, revelations are essential and backbone of development, advancement and progression in the direction designed for human being. But the followers of religion are still sitting in the hell of Dark Age. Whereas, sitting in the same state is called Jahammum (جھنم) or Hell fire which they know very well by its name and believe that they will not go to Jahammum (جھنم) because it has been made for nonbelievers only and till they have belief in their heart equal to a slightest mole they cannot go to Jahammum (جھنم) nor will Hell fire harm them. However, the Quran does not say such things but in verse 13:11 the Quran warns them “that God does not change mind/knowhow by ethnicity or origin until they change their mind/knowhow by themselves” (إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ)
Is it God’s justice that he will not get any reward in the Hereafter who have invented light under which we perform so many things? This is because who lit up the whole world at night he was not the follower of their religion therefore he will go to Hell. Who invented electricity he will also go to hell because he is not the fellow of their pagan institute. Those who invented medicines, surgeries and diagnostic and operating tools to save life of millions and trillions of people they will also go to Hell because they were not believing the pagan rituals of religion. Those who go to perform Hajj and Umrah, they will get all rewards of performing Hajj and Umrah, and get all forgiveness by wiping out their all black deeds and sins but he will go to Hell who was given the Divine law of flying in the air and who have made that aeroplane in which they sit and go to perform Hajj and Umrah. On whom Divine laws of communication were revealed they will go to Hell and will not get in the Hereafter any credit or reward of serving the whole mankind with internet, mobile phone, VoIp calling and Zoom applications.
There are countless revelations which you can see around yourselves and ponder upon them as to how it was possible to retrieve them without Divine help.
So, those who reluctantly believe in further revelations and also those who do not believe in any further revelation they should look around with open eyes and be grateful to Allah that He keeps sending His revelations to the world for our benefit and advancement.
Remember: Ungrateful people are called Kafir in the Quran so be grateful to Allah for His never ending blessing in the form of His one after another revelations.
Also, please be aware of those fraudulent people who claim that God’s revelation came to them and they have word to word copied and published that revelation. When you read them they will look alike the following writing.
“I am Allah Almighty, and I know everything which has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come! No man can behold ‘all My works’ and no man can behold ‘all My glory’ — although I am ‘the Maintainer’ of all ‘living entities’ and although I am everywhere!”
“I am the Lord, and there is none else, and I envy no one! But whoever renders service and devotion to Me is a friend. This is ‘the goal’ and without a doubt, it is the ‘highest destination!’ Come, worship Me — I invite you. Nothing ‘eternal’ can be gained by what is not Eternal. Endless is My name, and also My Words. He who sees this — My Devotee, he knows it! From him you will learn ‘the Path of Truth.’ For he follows the good road and obtains distinction — perceiving ‘above the darkness’ the higher light. Let him manifest that which is brilliant, that you may cross beyond darkness in the Light!”
The time has gone in which the above language was used in the interpretations of revelations or scriptures but now a days it looks absurd and impracticable. Also, it does not fit in the definition and criteria of revelation mentioned in the Quran. This is because first of all the true revelations are written in simple, straightforward, easy to understand and in the writing style of the time in which they are revealed so that people of that time will understand them correctly and get their benefits from their practical applications which is the actual purpose of revelation.
Secondly, the true revelations are based on the acknowledgement of universal facts and Divine direction of social justice and its outcomes.
Thirdly, the true revelations are written in precise, clear cut and to the point words, like smart digits, in which nothing can be added and nothing can be extracted.
Fourthly, the words such as rituals, worship and personality cult are not the part of their originally revealed text.
Therefore, the above cited sample paragraphs taken from the false revelation cannot be a true revelation.
One more point I would like to make clear in this article about our concept of prophets which is coming from our religion that they say if we accept something is revealed on someone he will become a prophet as angels used to come to prophets with Allah’s message but the door of prophet hood has been closed. Therefore, if no prophet will supposed to come, how the revelation will come to the world?
I will explain the simple answer to this question without going into any argument of closing or not closing the door of prophet hood.
If coming an angel to someone and bringing a message or establishing communication between human being and angels is the only criteria of becoming a prophet then each and every human being is a prophet because they say angels come to fetus to blow Ruh or spirit into them in the womb and they also say that angels come to everyone, with Allah’s orders, at the time of death to extract their Ruh or spirit. Therefore, according to the literature of the same religion, angels come to every one twice and communicate with each and every human being since everyone is born and everyone dies. Hence, everyone is a prophet.
Now, I will leave it to you to ponder upon the definition of prophet given by religion and the prophet described and defined by the Quran. I am sure if you look into this matter with open eyes you will find the truth otherwise like plenty of other people you will keep wandering in the blind maze and will never find the truth.
Many thanks for your time and patience.
Kashif Khan
Note: Same article in Urdu is underneath for Urdu readers.
