3:8. ‘Our Lord!’, (they pray,) ‘Let not our hearts become perverse after You have guided us, and grant us from Your Own Self special mercy, for You alone are the Most Liberal Bestower. رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ 3:8 This is the prayer of those who are firmly grounded in knowledge. The more they know, the more they realize how little they know of all the profound truth of the spiritual world. They also realise that there is no bigger loss than going astray after having found the right path. The prayer is a fitting sequel to the preceding verse: it draws attention to the purification of the heart and intensive prayer that allows the elimination of the error of interpreting any seemingly ambiguous Qur’ânic statement in a manner that is at variance with the nucleus and foundation of the Book; with no ambiguity left, and is clear in meaning and decisive in exposition. “Purification of the heart” is therefore necessary to understand the underlying meanings. The Holy Qur’ân says that only those, who by leading righteous lives achieve purity of heart are granted true understanding and insight into the real meanings of the Holy Qur’ân (56:79). The verse points out that people often receive a favour from Allâh, which some time later, because of their sins, proves to be a stumbling block for them. They misinterpret Divine guidance and thus bring about their own ruin, as in the case of the Christians. Muslims are also warned to pay attention to this kind of error. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) while hearing some disputing over the interpretation of certain verses of the Holy Qur’ân, is reported to have said, “Thus were ruined those who have gone before you. They interpreted certain parts of their Scriptures in such a manner as to make them contradict other parts. But the Holy Qur’ân has been so revealed that different parts of it should corroborate with one another. So do not reject any truth by making one part contradict the other” (Ahmad bin Hambel).
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