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TAKING THE QUR'AN AS A GUIDE

mit "without any knowledge":
And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle – Say: "Is it the
two males He has made unlawful, or the two females, or
what the wombs of the two females contain? Were you
then witnesses when Allah gave you this instruction?"
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents
lies against Allah, thus leading people astray without
any knowledge? Allah does not guide the people of the
wrongdoers. (Surat al-An'am: 144)
These verses also make clear that most people tend to judge
on Allah's behalf and attribute those things about which they
have no knowledge to religion. This being the case, our Lord,
Who has the best knowledge of human nature, warns human-
ity thus: "Do not say about what your lying tongues describe:
'This is lawful and this is unlawful,' inventing lies against
Allah" (Surat an-Nahl: 116) In Surat as-Saffat, on the other
hand, Allah asks these people:
What is the matter with you? How do you reach your
judgment? Will you not pay heed? Or do you have some
clear authority? Bring your Book, then, if you are telling
the truth! (Surat as-Saffat: 154-157)
Only Allah judges, and the Qur'an conveys His judgments
in the most explicit and comprehensible form. Allah draws an
absolute line between what is lawful and unlawful, and ex-
plains everything related to these judgments so that nothing is
left open to question. People can determine if a judgment is
correct or not by referring to the Qur'an and the Sunna of our
Prophet (saas). This is a great mercy and ease Allah granted to
humanity. Indeed, our Prophet (saas) states that the Qur'an is

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