Analysis of Islamic Scripture. Al-Baqarah Verses 8 - 18

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Asim Khan                996228531

Paper 1: Al-Baqarah Verses 8 - 18

Whenever people talk about the attributes of Allah, they have a tendency to emphasize the generosity and the compassion that He possesses for all of mankind. They usually overlook the fact that Allah’s generosity and compassion is reserved for people who follow His guidance. As for the people who do not follow the guidance of Allah, a great loss awaits them and Allah has reserved sheer destruction for them. This is clearly illustrated in verses 8 through 18 in Al-Baqarah. These verses were revealed in Madinah at a time when a new kind of people had begun to join the community of Muslims—the munafiqin (hypocrites). The munafiqin were people who had denied Islam but had come under the folds of Islam to harm it within. While maintaining strong ties with the non-believers, the munafiqin had also joined the Muslims, and their duplicity made them a great threat to the Muslim community. In order to warn the Muslims against the munafiqin, Allah has revealed the true identity of the munafiqin and has portrayed a negative image of the munafiqin. Through the use of a good sentence structure, a negative tone and an evocative parable, Allah has conveyed a very strong message against the munafiqin in verses 8 through 18 in Al-Baqarah.

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The structure of the passage really shows how discontent Allah is with the munafiqin. Verses 8 through 16 contain very short verses and these short verses indicate the abrupt and confrontational conversation that Allah is having with the munafiqin. Whenever Allah speaks to the munafiqin, the munafiqin respond with very short replies and this is an indication of how disrespectful and insincere they are towards Allah. In response, Allah is also very abrupt in His conversation with the munafiqin. This conveys the message that if the munafiqin are not sincere with Allah, then the Muslims should also not be ...

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