FRIDAY NOTES FROM THE QURAN (10/5/2024) LAA MUBADDILA

 

This is very short.  Non-Muslims can skip this. But if you wish you can stick with it and gain a better understanding of how it should be instead of what they are telling you. I must say that although this is short it is a tad too technical..

LAA MUBADDILA means 'no change' or 'there is no changing' or 'cannot change'.
It is just a simple phrase that occurs in a few verses in the Quran.
Here are three verses as examples.

Surah 6:115   وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًۭا وَعَدْلًۭا ۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ  

"The Word of your Lord has been perfected in truth and justice. NONE CAN CHANGE HIS WORDS (LAA MUBADDILA LI KALIMATIHI). And He is the All-Hearing, All- Knowing".

So once the KALIMAH or the words of Allah are written down in the Quran they cannot be changed. They are fixed. Please note the word KALIMAH. Kalimah means 'words'. Let me remind one more time - the word referred here is KALIMAH. KALIMAH in this verse refers to the words (of Allah). They cannot be changed. They are fixed.

 

Sura 30:30   فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًۭا ۚ فِطْرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ     

"So set your face towards the upright Order —the natural Order of Allah which He has instilled upon human nature. THERE IS NO CHANGING ALLAH'S CREATION (LAA TABDILA LI KHALQI ALLAH). That is the upright Order but most people do not know".

Please note the following :  THERE IS NO CHANGING ALLAH'S CREATION (LAA TABDILA LI KHALQI ALLAH).

In 30:30 there is no changing Allah's creation. An elephant is an elephant. An elephant cannot suddenly grow wings and fly off into the skies. That is also not the Nature of the elephant. Similarly you cannot magically convert watermelon juice into teh tarik. Watermelon juice and teh tarik are different things entirely.  

 

And here is   Sura 33:62    ُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًۭا ٦٢  

"That was the SUNNATULLAH (the Sunnah of Allah) for those who have gone before. AND YOU WILL FIND NO CHANGE IN THE SUNNATULLAH (WA LAN TAJIDA LI SUNNATILLAHI TABDILAN)".

Please note the following :  AND YOU WILL FIND NO CHANGE IN THE SUNNATULLAH (WA LAN TAJIDA LI SUNNATILLAHI TABDILAN).

So if there was magic before there should be magic today. But there is no magic today. Meaning there was no magic before. We eat, we sleep, we have families and children, we go to the market. It does not change. It is just doing the same things everyday but hopefully doing them better today than we did yesterday. 

LAA MUBADDILA there is no change.

The views expressed are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.