OCCASION OF REVELATION. (VERSE NO. 115)

      We related in the case of the last verses, the event of Ta'ima of ABIRAGH, who imputed his theft on a guiltless Jew! After his social disgrace, instead of repenting and returning to the straight path, and amending his deeds through penitence; he recanted and became apostate, and openly abandoned his religious belief and hence the verse revealed.

COMMENTS

      When a person goes wrong, and does evil deeds; he has two ways in front of him to follow: Either to repent and amend his way and words and deeds, or else; obstinately insist and hold his wrong conduct firmly. Those who don't mind to ponder over their destiny and end, will naturally remain firm and steadfast in their errings. This will have bad consequences that reflect as misfortune upon them, and they have no one to blame for what their own hands send forth for them:

      Whoever contends with the Messenger, after the guidance has become clear to them, and follows a way other than that of the believers, we shall lead him in his chosen way of evil, until he joins the Hell, which is the worst abode and refuge.''

REASONING BY CONSENSUS (COLLECTIVE OF OPINION)

      Our religious jurisprudents deduce our religious laws from four main sources namely, 1) QURÄN 2) Prophet's methodical way or saying. 3) Wisdom and 4) Consensus.

      The above verse (No. 115) is among those that confirms the use of consensus for deriving a religious law where it says:

      Whoever follows a way other than that of the believers, we shall lead him in the way that he has chosen, and join him to the Hell and a bad homecoming.''

      Therefore, according to the verse, the way or the method that the believers have taken, and agreed collectively upon, is a basic principle of Islamic jurisprudents. In religious technical terms, this reasoning is based on consensus or collective opinion, and is called EJMÄE.