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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The benefits of the verse: ((Before it, guidance for the people, and He sent down the criterion...))

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Can we say that
from before من قبل
indicates that the era of these two books has passed and ended? In any case, there is weight in the issue, or in using this as evidence for what we said, meaning that we do not assert this with certainty. However, we have evidence from other than this verse, which is what is in Surat al-Ma'idah, where Allah said:
confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it مصدقا لما بين يديه من الكتاب ومهيمنا عليهم
[Al-Ma'idah 5:48]
. Among the benefits of the noble verse is the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, toward His servants and His care for them, as He used to send down books to His messengers as guidance for the people,
a guidance for the people هدى للناس
is that not so? Yes. Among the benefits of the noble verse is the affirmation of wisdom for Allah the Exalted in His legislative rulings, just as it is affirmed in His cosmic rulings, due to His saying:
a guidance for the people هدى للناس
Because we mentioned that
guidance هدى
is the object of the preposition "for" (mufa'il la-ajlihi), meaning for the sake of that. Thus, it affirms wisdom for Allah, and He is indeed so. Among the names of Allah the Exalted is al-Hakim (the Wise), and He is the Possessor of wisdom. Wisdom is hitting the mark of correctness, or if you wish, say: placing a thing in its proper place, or if you wish, say: perfecting a thing and making it sound. All these expressions point to the fact that the action of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, or that the cosmic and legislative rulings of Allah are all encompassed in wisdom.
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