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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Holy Quran Text. Translation & Commentary (volume One) No One Can Do Anything Without the Permision of God In the above verses, we read that the sorcerers could not hurt any one except by the permission of God! such a denotation connotes that no one can do anything without the permission and the will of God! This idea is of course not a COMPULSION in contrast to the FREE WILL OF MAN.

It rather means that every individual power of the creatures, is rooted in the power of the Omnipotent creator Lord, and it is one of the most important principles of MONOTHEISM. From this motive we may even say that: a fire burns and a sword cuts, only if Allah wills; and if HE wills not, they don't cut and burn. Therefore, it is not so that a magician may do whatever he wants, or can do something against the will of God, and can set bounds for God's Grace or HIS realm of power.

Burnings and cutting and etc., are functions granted to things by their Creator Lord, and the limited FREE WILL that He has given MAN is a means of trial and developement. يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تَقُولُواْ رَعِنَا وَقُولُواْ انظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُواْ وَلِلْكَـفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ(( 104 )) 104- O, BELIEVERS!

SAY NOT (TO THE PROPHET) RA"INA" (A WORD WITH TWOFOLD MEANING: ARABIC= ATTEND US AND IN HEBREW IT MEANS: ``OUR EVIL ONE'') BUT SAY ONZURNA (WHICH IS AN UNAMBIGUOUS WORD OF THE SAME MEANING=ATTEND US) AND PAY ATTENTION, AND FOR UNBELIEVERS AWAIT A PAINFUL CHASTISEMENT.

[ 122 ] مَّا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ وَلاَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْر مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَاللهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَاللهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ(( 105 )) 105- THE UNBELIEVERS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, AND THE POLYTHEISTS (PAGAN ARABS) DO NOT LIKE THAT ANYTHING GOOD SHOULD COME DOWN TO YOU FROM YOUR LORD; BUT ALLAH ALLOCATES FOR HIS MERCY WHOM HE WILL; AND ALLAH IS OF GREAT GRACE. THE COMMENTARY OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO.

104.IBN-ABBASS, has narrated that: ``when the prophet rehearsed the Qura"nic verses to his companions and disciples, some of the audience would ask for a pause or delay, so that they could follow up or take a note. For this purpose they made use of the word RA"INA" which means: please attend us and give us time. But this Arabic word could have a two fold meaning, and in HEBREW language could mean: `you are our evil one'.

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