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Norms of history mentioned in the Quran 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Norms of history mentioned in the Quran 2 2022-10-31 525 Views Norms In this part of the article titled “Norms of history mentioned in the Quran”, we shall continue with other relevant information on the topic. Yes, in the next world only the culprits will be punished. But this worldly punishment is more extensive and affects the culprit and the innocent alike.

Hence the two previous verses have nothing to do with the punishment that will be awarded on the Day of Judgement. They speak only of the norms of history and what a nation can achieve through its efforts. Another example: They indeed wish to scare you from the land so that they may drive you out from there. In that case, they will not be able to stay there for long.

The same has been Our method in the case of Our Messengers whom We sent before you, and you will not find Our method to be changing. (1) This verse also lays stress on the norms of history. It says: You will not find Our method (Our law) to be changing. In other words, Allah assures us that the way He treated the former Prophets is still valid because His law never changes.

Allah says that the people of Makkah now want to harass the Prophet in order to drive him out from there, for they have failed to eliminate him, silence his voice and crush his mission. Now the only option left to them is to drive the Prophet out of their city. This is one of the norms of history that we propose to explain.

According to this norm, the people of Makkah could not stay there for long when after the failure of all their efforts to resist the Holy Prophet they had become so desperate as to drive him out of this city. This did not mean that any chastisement was to befall them soon. Hence it cannot be said that no chastisement befell the people of Makkah while they successfully harassed the Holy Prophet and forced him to emigrate to Madina.

What the verse means is that they will not for long continue to be a fighting force, for because of their behaviour they will soon lose their position and will cease to be a force to be reckoned with. The Prophet who has baffled their designs so far, in future also will succeed in practically overawing them and breaking their resistance. And so it was. After the Holy Prophet left Makkah, they could not withstand it for long. Their resistance was broken. Makkah fell and became a Muslim State.