Editing Screen: Surah Al-Isra 17 : 4

Editing: Al-Isra

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>In the book which God gave Moses to serve as a source of guidance to the Israelites, He issued them with a warning that they would be doomed to destruction should they spread corruption on earth. The destruction was visited on them twice because its causes were repeated. This is followed by a warning of further episodes of destruction should they revert to their old ways of spreading corruption. This leads to the inevitable operation of God’s laws of nature that never fail:</p> <p>“We made it clear to the Children of Israel in the book: ‘Twice will you spread corruption on earth and will indeed become grossly overbearing.’” (Verse 4)</p> <p>This judgement is merely information given to them by God, spelling out what they will do and what will happen to them as a result. It is based on God’s knowledge of their fate. It is not an act of predestination that they cannot escape, or that forces their hands so as to behave in a certain way. God does not compel anyone to be corrupt or to spread corruption. “Say: ‘never does God enjoin what is indecent.’” (7: 28) It is the nature of God’s knowledge that makes Him aware of what will happen in the future in the same way as He is aware of what is happening now. What is yet to happen, and is totally unknown to all human beings, is, to God, the same as what has already happened.</p> <p> </p>

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