MARKING THE HANDS OF THIEVES!?
Verse (5:38) command us to cut off the hands of thieves as a
punishment from Allah as a preventive measure to eradicate crimes in the future.
Now let us see the translation and misinterpretation of Khalifa for verse 5:38:
“[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in
recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah. And
Allah is exalted in Might and Wise.” “Translation from Sahih International”
Khalifa’s Translation: [5:38] The thief, male or
female, you shall mark their hands* as a punishment for their crime, and to
serve as an example from GOD. GOD is Almighty, Most
Wise.
Yusuf Ali Translation:
[5:38] As to the thief, Male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment
by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power.
Pickthall Translation:
As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward
of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Khalifa says verse 5:38 doesn’t mean cutting the hands but it
is just marking the hands as appears in 12:31. Let us view verse 12:31:
“So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and
prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to
Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly
admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah! This is not a
man; this is none but a noble angel." [12:31]
Compare the meaning given to the same word ”Qathoo” in other
verses like: 2:27, 6:45, 94, 7:72,124,160,168, 13:25,31, 20:71, 21:93, 22:15,
23:53, 26:49, 47:15, 59:5 etc., where the meaning given is cut, chop, sever,
tear, divide, scatter, annihilate etc. How could marking the hand could be an
exemplary punishment or could be a way of example from Allah?
The term used in 12:31 is waqaṭṭa'na which means “and cut”
Globally Muslims use the same term qaṭṭa'na for performing Circumcision
for their male children! Let see what the definition for qaṭṭa'na or Circumcision:
“Circumcision is the surgical “removal” of the
foreskin, the tissue covering the head (glans) of the penis. It is an ancient
practice that has its origin in religious rites. Today, many parents have their
sons circumcised for religious or other reasons.”
Therefore qaṭṭa'na means removal and not marking. Verse
12:31 also means cut but it explains a situation of emotional action and its
outcome, where women who saw Prophet Yusuf’s beauty and lost their
consciousness for a moment and cut their hands whereas as per verse 5:38 we
have to cut the hands of thieves with our full consciousness remembering Allah
and the judgement day as it is a command from Allah who is All-mighty, All-wise.
Khalifa Says: “The practice of cutting off the thief’s
hand is a satanic practice!” in-order to support his argument Rashad has
provided the following mathematical proofs for marking the hands of thieves, instead
of cutting it!
Khalifa’s proof: Rashad want Muslims to calculate the Surah
and verse numbers of 5:38 and 12:31
as both are 43 he submit a new concept that the hands of the thieves has to be
marked instead of cuttings it!? He further said as in 12:31
women admired Joseph and cut their hands therefore the same way thieves’ hands
have to be treated! He also added one more mathematical proof and that was “nineteen
verses” after 12:31 the same word gets repeated in 12:50
and that is the proof!
How come a woman who continuously tried to force a male
(Prophet Yusuf) for sexual intercourse, and wants to prove other women that she
was actually not wrong and run a show and the arrangements made by her is an
alternate for the clear and plain commandment given in 5:38. Recall Khalifa translation for 5:38, which he has translated as “to serve as an example from GOD. GOD is Almighty, Most
Wise” but Khalifa’s wants us to follow the example set by women who were “most vice” and schemed against Prophet Yusuf [12:51, 52] a dirty scheme.
Is that the law Khalifa’s followers wish to introduce is to
give the thieves a knife in their hands and to call beautiful female models (vice-versa)
for a catwalk and to let the thieves cut
their own hands!?
Moreover Khalifa proclaims that the practice of cutting hands
is a satanic practise! A person who has a real practice of reading Quran with
meaning would immediately recognize who is Khalifa when he hears “that the
practice of cutting hands is a satanic practice!” because Allah [SWT] says in
Quran that cutting hands as a Quranic law as per ‘Surah-5 verse-33’:
[5:33] “The only reward of those, who wage war against ALLAH
and HIS Messenger and strive to create disorder in the land, is that they be
slain or crucified or their hands and feet be cut off on account of their
enmity, or they be expelled from the land. That shall be a disgrace for them in
this world, and in the Hereafter they shall have a great punishment.”
Here we are wondering about one-thing and that is how come
Rashad was unaware of plastic surgery, which was very popular in USA during his
time! How much easy it is to hide a mark using plastic surgery! In that case how
could marking the hand serve as an exemplary punishment or could serve as a way
of example from Allah?! The following verse may well identify the faith and
belief of Khalifa:
“...And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed,
such are the disbelievers." (5:44)
Symbolic Lashes: Eyewash of executing Allah’s law
When Allah says, 24th Surah has been sent down
and made it as law, which has been ordained on believers to execute it, which is
obligatory on them, and verses in them are āyātin bayyinātin (clear Verses) so
that they may take heed.
After telling the above information Allah has commanded
us to whip the adulteress and the adulterer 100 lashes and not to show mercy on
them if we really believe in Allah and the judgement day, which are very plain
and well easy to understand but instead of believing in Allah and judgement day
Rashad continued to believe in his numerology. Let us view few translations for
[24:1-2]:
Sahih International
[24:1-2]: “[This is] a Surahh which We have sent down and made [that
within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that
you might remember. The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of
sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be
taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah
and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.”
Khalifa’s
Translation [24:1-2] A Surah that we have sent down, and we have decreed
as law. We have revealed in it “clear revelations”, that you may take
heed. The adulteress and the adulterer you shall whip each of them a hundred
lashes. Do not be swayed by pity from carrying out GOD’s law, if you truly
believe in GOD and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their
penalty.
Yusuf Ali [24:1-2]:
A Surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have We sent
down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition. The woman and
the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred
stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by
Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the
Believers witness their punishment.
Khalifa says:
“Social pressure, i.e., public witnessing of the penalty, is
the purpose of punishment but not the pain. The lashes should be symbolic, but not
severe”. Therefore Some-body should be standing with a whip and pretending to
flog the adulteress and the adulterer, which would actually force the witnesses
to laugh by seeing the whipping drama. All three translations given above are
talking about [“and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment”]
“punishment” but not “pretending like punishing”.
Kindly note down that for changing the law of painful lashes
to symbolic lashes Khalifa has not given any kind of proof and not even fake proofs
as he has given for “marking the hands”. When we resort to symbolic lashes we
are actually swayed away from carrying out Allah’s law of whipping, because of
pity or compassion. Remember, Allah has alerted us not to be swayed away from
whipping 100 lashes in public because of pity and compassion and in- order for
us to take heed, Allah has revealed the law in clear revelations (24:01).
Conclusion about laws:
Khalifa claimed that he has created a new Quranic justice
system but proved to follow his own opinion in several ways when it came to
interpret Quranic laws, for instance the punishment for theft, and did not have
the courage to accept God’s law as it is (5:38).
Verse 45:23 clarifies the mindset of Khalifa and like minded people
as the one who takes his own desires as his god:
[45:23] “Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and
Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing
and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after
Allah? Then will you not be reminded?”
Also Verse 6:112 clarifies that prophet’s enemies inspires
among themselves with decorative speech in delusion and we have to ignore them
and whatever they invent i.e. Khalifa’s hadiths recorded in audios,
videos, magazines, footnotes, appendices, online, etc:
[6:112] “And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils
from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion.
But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and
that which they invent.”
The following verse confirms that Khalifa has received funds from
Allah’s enemies or because of threatening from them he has changed the laws of
Allah revealed in Quran:
[5:44] “Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and
light. The prophets who submitted [to Allah ] judged by it for the Jews, as did
the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture
of Allah , and they were witnesses thereto. So do not fear the people but fear
Me, and do not exchange My verses for a small price. And whoever does not
judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.”
The following verse may well indentify the faith and belief of
Khalifa:
“...And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such
are the disbelievers." (5:44)
