Meaning of God's Dye (Sibghah Allah)
“In Quran chapter 2, verse 138 it says: 'We take God's own dye, who has a better dye than God's dye.' What is the meaning of God's dye, that is 'Sibghah Allah'?”Asked by زکوان ندوی, دلی
He answers at 59:38 in The Companions and the Hadith Scholars · 2 min 53 sec
59:38okay, we'll start the question and session now. Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai dilli se, Maulana Zakwan Nadvi sahab ka. Unhon ne likha hai ke quran ke chapter number two, verse number 138 mein aaya hai: "and we take on god's own dye, who has a better dye than god's dye." Maulana, what is the meaning of god's dye? diet is sibghatullah. is ke bare mein bataein. sibghatullah, is mein dekhein, woh aik is ka aik background hai, yeh jis ko kehte hain ijtiba.
1:00:20isai logon ke haan to un ke haan aik rasam thi ke jab woh kisi ko christian banate thay to ijtiba karte thay. yani pehle zamanay mein kuch rang, koi khaas rang ka kapra pehnana, ab to shayad pani sakte hain sirf. to is ke background mein yeh alfaaz aaye hain. matlab yeh nahi ke koi rang hota hai Allah taala ka, is ka matlab yeh hai ke Allah ko, yani Allah ki following ke maani mein, Allah ko ikhtiyar karo, sirf rang ke maani mein nahi.
1:01:05woh log sirf rang ke maani mein samajh rahe thay ke khaas rang ka kapra ho to woh deendar ban gaya. abhi bhi un ke haan yeh hai, mukhtalif rang ke kapre un ke hotay hain jo batate hain un ke deeni darjay ko. to har mazhab mein aisa hua hai, mazhabi tabqay ne rang ke sath mazhab jor rakha hai. to yahan par bataya gaya ke asli rang woh nahi hai, maadi rang. asli rang yeh hai ke Allah ki tabedari. yeh is maani mein mein samajhta hoon kaha gaya hai. doosri baat yeh hai ke rang ki tamseel bohat mehmana hai. dekhein, yeh pani hai, is mein agar aap pathar ka tukra dalen to alag aa kar par jaye ga, woh pani mein ghule ga nahi.
1:01:54kyun ke jab rang dalte hain to pure pani mein ghul jata hai. woh to yeh matlab hai ke jis tarah se rang pani mein ghul kar ke pura us mein sarayat kar jata hai, to Allah ke deen ko is tarah ikhtiyar karo ke puri shakhsiyat ka hissa ban jaye. aisa na ho ke tumhari shakhsiyat alag hai aur deen alag hai, woh zaimay ke tor par na rahe, balkay tumhari shakhsiyat puri ki puri se woh dhal jaye. yeh matlab hai is ka.
1:02:31maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai, maulana iqbal umri sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "mazhab aur siyasat mein farq karne ko deen ka naqis tasawwur samjha jata hai, aisa kyun?" yeh to bilkul mein samajhta hoon ke yani batal tasawwur hai jis ka Islam mein koi bhi reference maujood nahi.