On #901

Some people like numerical conspiracies, so with respect to all the excitement surrounding 901, I decided to look up the verse 9:01 in the quran.

"(this is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and his messenger towards those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement."

In this translation 'baraa'ah' is translated as immunity, but to be more accurate it means 'to let go of', 'not have anything to do with', 'cut off from'.

To paraphrase,

'Allah and his messenger do not want anything to do with the musyrikin'.

and in this surah, Allah did not even begin with a bismillah, as in other  surahs. The basmalah (bismillahirrahmanirrahim) indicates a merciful God. it is a stern warning to those who deny Allah and what rasulullah preached.

Ironic.

We can implement all the reforms we want, appease every single person, give away all the money we have,

But if there is no real reform in our hearts, real submission to Allah, then nothing can help us.