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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Holy Imams in Revival of Religion 3 - a Study of the Surah "bani-israel".

In the first Hadith which we narrated from Tabari, 326 in which the fabricated, false events surrounding the Gharaniq fable were spoken of, mention was made of verses in the Surah Bani Israel" the precise meaning of which is: "If we hadn't made you firm in your way with the purity and infallibility we gifted you with, you would have been close to developing an inclination towards them (the idolators, of the strong agents of wealth and power on the opposite front) .

We have, however, made you firm in your way and therefore you will not find the slightest inclination towards them let alone act according to the idolators desires!". 327 According to the basis of this verse, the prophet did not bring about the idolators desires and wishes, nor come to have the slightest desire for them nor even did this possibility for closeness and inclination exist in him.

This verse has complete resemblance in wording to the verse delivered about the Prophet Joseph (a.s) where the Lord says: "And he would have made for her were it not that he had seen the manifest evidence of his lord......." 328 The result of this verse in the Surah "Bani Israel" which is completely evident, is that there is no possibility that the Prophet will develop the smallest inclination towards the idolators or give a positive answer to their wishes.

An Evaluation Of The "Gharaniq" Narrative. Up until now we have presented the interpretation of the verses under discussion based of the literal meanings of their key words in the Arabic language, an observation of the approach taken by the verses in this surahs, attention to that which precede and followed them and most important keeping the whole Quran in mind while we have ignored the narratives introduced regarding them in the Caliphate school.

If we wish to refer to these narratives, first of all we must study their (sanad) narrators and texts; assaying their sanad by relying on history and "the study of the transmitters", and assessing their texts in a comparative study with the Quran. The Narratives Versus The Holy Quran.

We don't know how a group of Islams scholars such as Tabari (died 310 A.H), Vahedi (died 486 A.H), Zamakhshary (died 538 A.H), Bayzavi (died 791 A.H) and Suyooty (910 A.H) along with others could have included these narratives in their commentaries or .