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“...and that, besides Allah, you have neither guardian nor helper?" In fact, the first part of this verse denotes the absolute sovereignty of Allah in religious ordinances and that He is able to recognize and has the required knowledge to decide what is good for His creatures. Then, believers should not hearken to the vain words of some self-centered fellows who have doubt in the abrogations of the Divine Ordinances.

And the second part of the verse is a warning to those who choose refuge and support in other than Allah, because there is no real support in the world save Allah. It should also be noted that the term / nasx / 'abrogation' in philology means: 'to abolish, destroy', and from the point of view of religion it means: 'to nullify a rule and substitute another in its place'. The detailed explanation about this subject will be discussed later.

And he who exchanges Faith for infidelity, he has surely strayed from the right way." Occasion of Revelation In the books you may find some apparently different occasions of revelation for this verse, but their conclusions are nearly the same. A few of them are as follows: One of the occasions of revelation upon the above verse has been narrated by Ibn Abbas.

It is stated that once Wahab-ibn-Zayd and Rafi'-ibn-Harmalah came to the holy Prophet (S) and asked him to bring a letter from Allah for them to read and then they might believe. Or, it happened that he (S) was asked to make some streams appear and flow for them so that they might follow him. Some other commentators have said that a group of Arabs wanted from the Prophet of Islam (S) the same things that the Jews wanted from Moses (as).

They asked him to show the Lord clearly so that they could see Him with their own eyes and then they would believe. As a response to them for their demand, the above verse was revealed. Some Futile Pretexts The addressees, in this verse, are some Muslims whose Faith was feeble, or the pagans. The Jews are not mentioned directly in this verse but, as we will explain later, it is not far removed from the story of the Jews.