Continued after the elaboration on الْأَهِلَّةِ in the following verse in part 3 of this essay: 2/189: يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ Translation: They ask thee, [O Muhammad], about the crescents
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The Calendar related Pronouncement in Verse 2.189
This verse was revealed in the early period of Medina after it had become a Muslim city-state
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Verses 10.5 And 36.39
These verses were revealed in Mecca. As pointed out earlier, at that time the regulation of the calendar was in the hands of the unbeliever chieftains, and also Muslims were being persecuted there. As a result, these verses were not meant to make or reform the calendar.
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The reckoning of time has ever been very essential fabric of human life. Recall just one example: After a baby was born, its parents ever in history kept counting how many weeks, months, years passed. At what age the baby was to be weaned.
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Q38.29: In the interpretation of verse 38:29, almost all commentators have portrayed that only people of understanding can comprehend and receive guidance present in the Qur’an. Therefore, these interpretations reflect that
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Q. 17/36: A little thinking suggests that the above translation of the divine commandment cannot be right as it is in effect asking every Jew, Christian, Hindu, Atheist, or other to follow the knowledge he or she has. Similarly, it leaves no room for preaching Islam to non-Muslims
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