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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-mizan an Exegesis of the Qur'an (volume Two) Volume 2: Surah Baqarah, Verses 104-105 0 you who believe! do not Say, "Have regard for us", and say, "Wait for us"; and listen; and for the unbelievers there is a painful chastisement (104).

Those who disbelieve from among the People of the Book do not, like, nor do the polytheists, that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord; and Allah chooses especially whom He pleases for His mercy, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace (105). ******** **COMMENTARY ** QUR'AN: 0 you who believe!: it is the first place in the Qur'an where the believers have been addressed in this way, "O You who believe!" This mode of address has been used.

in some eighty-five places in the Qur'an.* Addressing the believers as "0 you who believe! ", or describing them as "those who believe", is a special distinction accorded to this ummah. Otherwise, the previous nations are variously described as "the people" (e.g., "the People of Nuh ", and, "the People of Hud", "He said. '0 my people! have you considered if I have a clear proof from my Lord. . . ' " ( 11:88)); and "the dwellers " (e.

g., "the dwellers of Madyan ", "the dwellers of the Rass"); and "the children" (e.g., "the Children of Israel". "O Children of Israel!"). The epithet, "those who believe", is, therefore, a mark of honor awarded to the believers of this ummah. It appears from deep meditation of the Qur'an that the import of the words, "those who believe", is somewhat different from that of the words, "the believers". (For an example of the latter, see the verse: and turn to Allah all of you, 0 believers!

(24:31)) Allah says in the Qur'an Those who bear the throne and those around it celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe: "Our Lord! Thou embracest all things in mercy and knowledge, therefore grant forgiveness to those who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy way, and save them from the punishment of the hell. Our Lord!

and make them enter the gardens of perpetuity which Thou hast promised to them and those who do good of their fathers and their wives and their offspring, surely Thou are the Mighty, the Wise" (40:7-8). It shows that the angels and the bearers of the throne ask forgiveness for "those who believe"; then the same group has been referred to as "those who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy way".