Umprofethi ngamunye, amaSilamu akholwa, wanikwa isimangaliso esasikhuluma emandleni abantu bakhe. Ngesikhathi sikaMose, umlingo wawuphethwe kahle — ngakho isimangaliso sakhe sanqoba abalingi. Ngesikhathi sikaJesu, ubudokotela babuxatshelwe — ngakho welapha izimpumputhe nabanochoko ngemvume kaNkulunkulu. Ngesikhathi sikaMuhammad ﷺ, ama-Arabhu ayengabaphathi abangenamqhudelwano bolimi nezinkondlo. Ngakho isimangaliso sakhe kwakungeyona induku noma isandla sokwelapha, kodwa incwadi: iQuran.
Iyini IQuran?
IQuran iwumbhalo ongcwele we-Islam — kumaSilamu, izwi elingokoqobo, elingashintshiwe likaNkulunkulu, elembulwa kuMprofethi uMuhammad ﷺ ngengelosi uGabriyeli phakathi kweminyaka engaphezu kwengamashumi amabili nantathu. Ayikho incwadi yempilo kaMprofethi ﷺ, futhi ayibhalwanga nguye. AmaSilamu akholwa ukuthi wayengumamukeli wayo, hhayi umbhali wayo.
"Le yiNcwadi okungekho kungabaza ngayo, isiqondiso kubo abaqwashisayo ngo-Allah."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:2)
Incwadi Egcinwe Igama Negama
Mhlawumbe iqiniso eliphawuleka kakhulu ngeQuran ukugcinwa kwayo. Kusukela emzuzwini ivesi ngalinye lembulwa, labhalwa phansi ngababhali futhi lafundwa ngenhliziyo. Kuze kube namuhla, izigidi zamaSilamu — zawo wonke umbala nesizwe, abaningi bawo abangasikhulumi ngisho isi-Arabhu — bafunde iQuran yonke ngenhliziyo, igama negama. Ingane eNigeria, ixhegu e-Indonesia, nomfundi eGibhithe bazoyifunda ngokufanayo.
Lokhu akuyona ingozi. UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wathembisa ukuyilonda:
"Ngempela, yithi esehlisela phansi isiKhumbuzo, futhi ngempela, sizoba umlondi waso."
(Surah Al-Hijr, 15:9)
Umphumela ukuthi iQuran efundwa namuhla, iyona kanye, uhlamvu nohlamvu, umbhalo owawufundwa nguMprofethi ﷺ eminyakeni engaphezu kweyikhulu namashumi amane edlule.
Inselele: Khiqizani Okufana Nayo
IQuran ayigcini nje ngokusho ukuthi ivela kuNkulunkulu — ibeka lelo qiniso enselelweni evulekile, elingahlolwa, kubo bonke abantu. Uma ingumsebenzi womuntu, iyaphikisa, khona-ke akube khona umuntu oyifanisayo. Leyo nselele yehliswa ngezigaba, ngasinye sincane kunesangaphambili, kwaze kwahlala ekukhiqizeni isahluko esisodwa:
"Futhi uma nisekungabazeni ngalokho esikwehlisele phezu kweNceku yethu, khiqizani isahluko esifana naso, futhi nibize ofakazi benu ngaphandle kuka-Allah, uma niqinisile."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)
IQuran iyakubikezela ngisho ukuthi le nselele ayisoze yahlangatshezwa:
"Ithi: Uma abantu namajinni bengahlangana ukukhiqiza okufana naleQuran, abasoze bakwazi ukukhiqiza okufana nayo, ngisho noma bengabasizi omunye komunye."
(Surah Al-Isra, 17:88)
Kuma-Arabhu ekhulu lesi-7 — kanye laba bantu ababeziqhenya ngobuciko ngaphezu kwakho konke, ababenaso sonke isizathu sokuchitha uMprofethi ﷺ — lena kwakuyinselele eqondile ebuphathini babo. Umlando ubhala ukuthi behlulekile ukuyihlangabeza.
Incwadi Engenakuphikisana
IQuran iyamema ukuhlolwa kokungaphikisani kwayo — okuyisimangaliso encwadini elethwe ngezigaba phakathi kweminyaka engamashumi amabili nantathu, ngezimo eziguqukayo futhi ezivame ukuba nzima:
"Ngakho abazindli yini ngeQuran? Ukube yayivela komunye ngaphandle kuka-Allah, babengathola kuyo ukuphikisana okuningi."
(Surah An-Nisa, 4:82)
Isiqondiso Sabo Bonke Abantu
Nakuba yembulwa ngesi-Arabhu, iQuran iziveza hhayi njengempahla yesizwe esisodwa kodwa njengesiqondiso sabo bonke abantu. Ikhuluma emibuzweni ejulile yabantu — Savela kuphi? Sikhonani lapha? Kwenzekani ngemva kokufa? — futhi iyiphendula ngombono ovumelanayo womkhathi onenjongo owadalwa uNkulunkulu onomusa.
Ikhomba njalo umfundi endaweni yemvelo — ukushintshana kobusuku nemini, ukuphakanyiswa kwezintaba, ukuhlangana nokwehlukana kwezilwandle, izigaba zokukhula komuntu esibelethweni — iyethula njenge-āyāt, "izimpawu," ezikhomba ngale kwazo kuMdali wazo. (Sihlola lezi zimpawu ezahlukweni ezilandelayo zalo mhlahlandlela.)
"Sizobakhombisa izimpawu zethu emikhawulweni yezwe nangaphakathi kubo baze bakubone ukuthi kuyiqiniso."
(Surah Fussilat, 41:53)
Isifinyezo
IQuran iyisimangaliso esiyinhloko se-Islam: incwadi egcinwe ingashintshiwe iminyaka engaphezu kweyikhulu namashumi amane, efundwe yonke ngenhliziyo yizigidi, engaphikisani ngaphakathi, femi enselelweni evulekile engakaze ihlangatshezwe. KumaSilamu, ayiwona nje umbhalo ongcwele ozofundwa, kodwa yizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphilayo.
Lesi yiSahluko 3 so-Mhlahlandlela Ophelele Wokuqonda I-Islam. Okulandelayo: Kungani AmaSilamu Ekholwa Ukuthi IQuran Ivela KuNkulunkulu? — noma ufunde iQuran ngokwakho ku-msebenzisi weQuran we-Bilaal TV.