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General Discussions / Re: 2:73 How was the murderer caught?
« on: December 12, 2011, 12:41:01 AM »
Thanks Truth Seeker for your comments. As this is not a standard method of exposing a disputed murder one wonders what was the reason for Allah to mention this incident?
Since the story does not start with people disputing Allah's power of resurrection but rather a dispute about a murder (who did it? blame going around, whether it was justified or not? Some people perhaps saying "Don't look at me, I did'nt do it" etc. etc.), we can safely assume the miracle here was to expose the murderer and not to demonstrate Allah's powers of resurrection.
Interestingly I ran into a unique interpretation by Dr. Kamal Omar which seems to suggest that a resucitation took place and in this way Allah pointed out a way to revive a seemingly dead person. Just sharing:
2:74 So We said: 'œStrike him (on his chest) by means of a part (i.e., the upper limb) of this (his own deadbody). In this way Allah revives the (apparently) lifeless and He (thus) explains to you His (natural scientific) laws so that you may use your intellect.
Since the story does not start with people disputing Allah's power of resurrection but rather a dispute about a murder (who did it? blame going around, whether it was justified or not? Some people perhaps saying "Don't look at me, I did'nt do it" etc. etc.), we can safely assume the miracle here was to expose the murderer and not to demonstrate Allah's powers of resurrection.
Interestingly I ran into a unique interpretation by Dr. Kamal Omar which seems to suggest that a resucitation took place and in this way Allah pointed out a way to revive a seemingly dead person. Just sharing:
2:74 So We said: 'œStrike him (on his chest) by means of a part (i.e., the upper limb) of this (his own deadbody). In this way Allah revives the (apparently) lifeless and He (thus) explains to you His (natural scientific) laws so that you may use your intellect.