Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, Verses 74-77 Journal Article

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﴿وإنّ منها لما یهبط من خشیة اللّه وما اللّه بغافل عمّا تعملون﴾ And indeed, some of the stones are certainly stones that crumble down out of fear and awe of God. Like a mountain that falls, either suddenly or gradually, due to an earthquake or other natural factors such as snow and rain, avalanches and frost, or heat and solar radiation; while your hearts, O people, remain so firm and steadfast in disbelief, heresy, and the wrong and erroneous path, that they do not move from their place, and there is no trace of movement or motion for the word of truth within them. Even though a group of their ancestors used to hear the word of God [which was the Torah], then they would divert it from the correct and right path, changing it into error and falsehood, [just as the signs and glad tidings regarding your appearance, O our Messenger, which are included in the Torah, these people, despite reading and seeing them and hearing them from their leaders and their leaders hear and fully comprehend everything and realize through the power of intellect that it is entirely true, right, and consistent with reality; however, despite this, due to worldly greed and the love of leadership and status, they have led it to transformation, changing words and meanings in such a way that they do not coincide with the signs of the appearance of the Mission, and thereby prevent people from gravitating towards Islam] and they are fully aware and cognizant of this ugly and insidious method of theirs, knowing that they are doing evil and concealing the truth.