DAY 296: Anam 91-94

• DAY 296: Anam 91-94

   They did not hold Allah in due esteem when they said, “Allah has not sent down anything to a human being.” Say, “Who has sent down the Book brought by Mūsā as a light and a guidance for people, which you keep in various sheets (some of which) you disclose, and a lot of which you conceal, and (by which) you were taught what you did not know, neither you nor your fathers?” Say, “Allah.” Then leave them to play with whatever they indulge in. This is indeed a Blessed Book We have sent down, confirming what was (revealed) before it, so that you may warn the town which is the Mother of All Towns, (i.e. Makkah) and those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they take due care of their prayers. Who does more wrong than the one who fabricates lies against Allah or claims, “I have received revelations!”—although nothing was revealed to them—or the one who says, “I can reveal the like of Allah’s revelations!”? If you ˹O Prophet˺ could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of death while the angels are stretching out their hands ˹saying˺, “Give up your souls! Today you will be rewarded with the torment of disgrace for telling lies about Allah and for being arrogant towards His revelations!” ˹Today˺ you have come back to Us all alone as We created you the first time—leaving behind everything We have provided you with. We do not see your intercessors with you—those you claimed were Allah’s partners ˹in worship˺. All your ties have been broken and all your claims have let you down.
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      Condemnation of Religious Corruption: A direct attack on those who possess scripture but distort it for worldly power and status.
      Affirmation of the Quran: Positions the Quran as the blessed, universal, and confirming truth that exposes previous distortions.
      The Severity of False Claims: Establishes that inventing lies about God or falsely claiming revelation is among the worst possible injustices.
      The Reality of the Afterlife: Provides a vivid, terrifying depiction of the death of the unjust and their solitary, helpless state on the Day of Judgment, stripping away all false supports and leaving them alone with their deeds.
      
      This passage condemns the religious elite for distorting revelation and arrogantly denying new prophecy, contrasting their fate—a solitary, humiliating return to God where all their false supports abandon them—with the Quran's role as the blessed, universal truth that confirms and safeguards the original message of all previous scriptures.
     
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