A042
Surah: 008 - Ayah: 042
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8:42
What is the effect of the true knowledge in Islam and how far the swords of proofs are effective, can properly be assessed from this verse: "That let him perish who has perished by a clear proof (bayyinah) and let him survive who has survived by a clear proof." (8:42). That is to say that he who has potentially perished according to the law of intellect (qanun-i aql), then his living is useless and therefore, he should perish actually and he who has potentially been revived according to this law, should actually be revived. It should also be remembered here that the soul of the proofs of Islam is always the True Guide, the Imam of the time. And this is why according to the Qur'an, one of the names of the Holy Prophet is "a1-Bayyinah (the Proof)" and by which, is meant the Prophet and the Imam of the time.
Bayyinah (Clear Proof, (8:42): By this is meant the intellectual proof, i.e. intellectual proof, his death is better than his physical life and he who has become alive by an intellectual proof is entitled to remain alive physically too.
Halaka (He perished, died, was wiped out, ruined)
It is said in verse (8:42): "So that he who has perished by the proof may perish and may he who has become alive by the proof, live." That is, the one whose proof does not have the evidence of the external world and the internal world and is not in accordance with the religion of nature, namely Islam, and the intellect, is false. Thus, every such person has been destroyed by proof.
This verse has been referred 6 times.