Umprofeti ngamnye, amaSilamsi akholelwa, wanikwa ummangaliso owawuthetha kumandla abantu bakhe. Ngexesha likaMoses, umlingo wawuphethwe kakuhle — ngoko ummangaliso wakhe woyisa abalingi. Ngexesha likaYesu, unyango lwaluxatyiswa — ngoko waphilisa iimfama nabaneqhenqa ngemvume kaThixo. Ngexesha likaMuhammad ﷺ, ama-Arabhu ayengabaphathi abangenamkhuphiswano bolwimi neentsomi. Ngoko ummangaliso wakhe wawungeyondlela okanye isandla sokuphilisa, kodwa incwadi: iQuran.
Yintoni IQuran?
IQuran yincwadi engcwele ye-Islam — kumaSilamsi, lilizwi lokwenene, elingatshintshwanga likaThixo, elatyhilwa kuMprofeti uMuhammad ﷺ ngengelosi uGabriyeli kwithuba leminyaka emalunga namashumi amabini anesithathu. Ayiyoncwadi yobomi bukaMprofeti ﷺ, kwaye ayibhalwanga nguye. Amasilamsi akholelwa ukuba wayengumamkeli wayo, kungekhona umbhali wayo.
"Le yiNcwadi ekungekho thandabuzo ngayo, isikhokelo kwabo baqwalasela uAllah."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:2)
Incwadi Egcinwe Igama Ngegama
Mhlawumbi eyona nyaniso iphawuleka kakhulu ngeQuran kukugcinwa kwayo. Ukususela kumzuzu indinyana nganye yatyhilwa, yabhalwa phantsi ngababhali kwaye yafundwa ngentloko. Kude kube namhlanje, izigidi zamaSilamsi — zawo onke umbala nesizwe, abaninzi bawo abangathethiyo nkqu isiArabhu — bafunde iQuran iphela ngentloko, igama ngegama. Umntwana eNigeria, ixhego e-Indonesia, nomfundi eYiputa baya kuyifunda ngokufanayo.
Oku akuyongozi. UThixo ngokwakhe wathembisa ukuyilinda:
"Inene, sithi esathumela ezantsi isiKhumbuzo, kwaye inene, siya kuba ngumlondi waso."
(Surah Al-Hijr, 15:9)
Umphumela kukuba iQuran efundwa namhlanje, iyona kanye, unobumba ngonobumba, umbhalo owawufundwa nguMprofeti ﷺ kwiminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu elinamashumi amane eyadlulayo.
Umngeni: Velisani Okufanayo Nayo
IQuran ayigcini nje ngokuthi ivela kuThixo — ibeka loo bango kwumngeni ovulekileyo, onokuvavanywa, kubo bonke abantu. Ukuba ngumsebenzi womntu, iyaphikisa, ke makabekho umntu oyifanisayo — nkqu isahluko esinye. Loo mngeni wehliswa ngamanqanaba, nganye incinci kuneyangaphambili, wada wahlala ekuveliseni isahluko esinye:
"Kwaye ukuba nisekuthandabuzeni ngoko sikuthumele ezantsi phezu kweSicaka sethu, velisani isahluko esifana naso…"
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)
IQuran iyakuxela nkqu ukuba lo mngeni awuze uhlangatyezwe:
"Yithi: Ukuba abantu neejinni bebehlangana ukuvelisa okufana neleQuran, bebengenako ukuvelisa okufana nayo, nokuba bebengabancedisi omnye komnye."
(Surah Al-Isra, 17:88)
Kuma-Arabhu enkulungwane yesi-7 — kanye aba bantu babezingca ngobuchule ngaphezu kwako konke, ababenaso sonke isizathu sokuchitha uMprofeti ﷺ — lo wawungumngeni othe ngqo kubuchule babo. Imbali ibhala ukuba boyisakala ukuwuhlangabeza.
Incwadi Engenakuphikisana
IQuran iyamema ukuhlolwa kokungangqubaniyo kwayo — okungummangaliso kwincwadi ezisiwe ngamanqanaba kwithuba leminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithathu, ngeemeko eziguqukayo nezidla ngokuba nzima:
"Ngoko abacamngci na ngeQuran? Ukuba yayivela komnye ngaphandle koAllah, babeya kufumana kuyo ukungqubana okuninzi."
(Surah An-Nisa, 4:82)
Isikhokelo Sabo Bonke Abantu
Nangona yatyhilwa ngesiArabhu, iQuran iziveza kungekhona njengempahla yesizwe esinye kodwa njengesikhokelo sabo bonke abantu. Ithetha kwimibuzo enzulu yabantu — Sivela phi? Sikhoyo ntoni apha? Kwenzeka ntoni emva kokufa? — kwaye iyiphendula ngombono ohambelanayo wendalo enenjongo eyadalwa nguThixo onenceba.
Ikhomba rhoqo umfundi kwindalo yendalo — ukutshintshana kobusuku nemini, ukuphakanyiswa kweentaba, ukudibana nokwahlukana kweelwandle, amanqanaba okukhula komntu esibelekweni — iyethula njenge-āyāt, "imiqondiso," ekhomba ngaphaya kwayo kuMdali wayo. (Siphonononga le miqondiso kwizahluko ezilandelayo zesi sikhokelo.)
"Siya kubabonisa imiqondiso yethu emaphandleni nangaphakathi kubo bade bakubone ukuba yinyaniso."
(Surah Fussilat, 41:53)
Isishwankathelo
IQuran ngoyena mmangaliso uphambili we-Islam: incwadi egcinwe ingatshintshwanga iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu elinamashumi amane, efundwe iphela ngentloko zizigidi, engangqubaniyo ngaphakathi, feme kumngeni ovulekileyo ongazange uhlangatyezwe. Kumasilamsi, ayiyonto nje incwadi engcwele eza kufundwa, kodwa lilizwi likaThixo eliphilayo.
Esi sisaHluko 3 se-Sikhokelo Esipheleleyo Sokuqonda I-Islam. Okulandelayo: Kutheni Amasilamsi Ekholelwa Ukuba IQuran Ivela KuThixo? — okanye funda iQuran ngokwakho kwi-sixhobo seQuran se-Bilaal TV.