Kunento eyodwa ukusho ukuthi iQuran ithi ivela kuNkulunkulu; kunokunye ukubuza ukuthi kungani noma ubani kufanele akholwe leso simo. AmaSilamu awamukeli iQuran njengezwi likaNkulunkulu ngokufa kuphela. Akhomba eqoqweni lobufakazi — obuvulekile kunoma ubani ozimisele ukubuhlola. Lesi sahluko siqoqa obubaluleke kakhulu kubo.
1. Yeza Ngendoda Engafundile
UMprofethi uMuhammad ﷺ wayengakwazi ukufunda noma ukubhala. Wayengenawo umtapo wolwazi, engenabafundisi bemibhalo, futhi engenamlando wokuqamba izinkondlo — ubuciko obabuxatshelwe kubantu bakhe. Wabe-ke, eneminyaka engamashumi amane, waqala ukufunda incwadi ejulile futhi enobuciko obathulisa izimbongi ezinkulu zase-Arabia.
"Futhi awuzange ufunde ngaphambi kwayo noma yimuphi umbhalo, futhi awuzange uwubhale ngesandla sakho sokudla. Ukube kwakunjalo, abantu bamanga babengaba nesizathu sokungabaza."
(Surah Al-'Ankabut, 29:48)
2. Inselele Engakaze Ihlangatshezwe
IQuran ibeka iqiniso layo enselelweni engahlolwa: uma ingumsebenzi womuntu, khona-ke abantu mababakhiqize okufana nayo — ngisho isahluko esisodwa.
"Futhi uma nisekungabazeni ngalokho esikwehlisele phezu kweNceku yethu, khiqizani isahluko esifana naso…"
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)
Abaphathi besi-Arabhu ngesikhathi sikaMprofethi — beshukunyiswa yizo zonke izinhlobo zobutha — abazange bakhiqize leso sahluko esifanayo. Eminyakeni engaphezu kweyikhulu namashumi amane kamuva, inselele isavulekile.
3. Ukugcinwa Kwayo Akunakuqhathaniswa
IQuran igcinwe uhlamvu nohlamvu kusukela osukwini yembulwa — yabhalwa ngababhali futhi yafundwa yonke ngenhliziyo yizigidi kuso sonke isizukulwane, kuwo wonke amazwekazi. UNkulunkulu wathembisa lokhu kugcinwa ngokuqondile:
"Ngempela, yithi esehlisela phansi isiKhumbuzo, futhi ngempela, sizoba umlondi waso."
(Surah Al-Hijr, 15:9)
4. Ayinakuphikisana
IQuran yembulwa ingxenye nengxenye phakathi kweminyaka engamashumi amabili nantathu, phakathi kwempi, ukufuduka, ukunqoba, nokulahlekelwa. Umbhali ongumuntu obhala ngaphansi kwezimo ezinjalo ezishintshayo wayezophikisana ngokungenakugwenywa. IQuran imema umfundi ukuyihlola ngokwalesi simo:
"Ngakho abazindli yini ngeQuran? Ukube yayivela komunye ngaphandle kuka-Allah, babengathola kuyo ukuphikisana okuningi."
(Surah An-Nisa, 4:82)
5. Yabikezela Izehlakalo Ezazingakenzeki
IQuran iqukethe iziprofetho ezagcwaliseka kamuva. Phakathi kwezicashunwa kakhulu isibikezelo sayo sokuthi amaRoma (amaByzantine) ayehluliwe ayezonqoba futhi phakathi kweminyaka embalwa — okwembulwa ngesikhathi ukwehlula kwawo kwakubonakala kuphelile:
"AmaRoma ehluliwe ezweni eliseduze. Kodwa wona, ngemva kokwehlulwa kwawo, ayonqoba phakathi kweminyaka embalwa."
(Surah Ar-Rum, 30:2–4)
Umlando ubhala ukuthi amaByzantine empela abuyisa inhlanhla yawo phakathi kwesikhathi iQuran esichazile.
6. Ichaza Izimpawu Endalweni
IQuran ikhomba njalo umfundi endaweni yemvelo — umsuka womkhathi, izintaba, izilwandle, izigaba zokukhula komuntu — iyichaza njenge-āyāt, "izimpawu," ezikhomba kuMdali wazo. KumaSilamu, ukuthi incwadi yekhulu lesi-7, elethwe ngendoda engafundile, ikhuluma ngalezi zinto ngaphandle kwamaphutha ezinganekwane zesikhathi sayo kuyisibonakaliso esifanele ukuzindla ngaso. (Sikuhlola lokhu ezahlukweni ezilandelayo.)
7. Umthelela Wayo Enhliziyweni
Ngale kwempikiswano, amaSilamu akhuluma ngento okunzima ukuyilinganisa: umthelela weQuran kulowo oyifunda ngobuqotho — umuzwa wokukhulunyiswa, ukududuzwa, nokwaziwa. IQuran ichaza le mpendulo kulabo abahlangana neqiniso:
"Futhi lapho bezwa lokho okwembulwe kuMyalezeli, ubona amehlo abo egcwele izinyembezi ngenxa yalokho abakubonile kweqiniso."
(Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:83)
Isifinyezo
AmaSilamu akholwa ukuthi iQuran iyizwi likaNkulunkulu ngenxa yolimi lwayo olungenakulingiswa, inselele yayo engahlangatshezwanga, ukugcinwa kwayo okuphelele, ukukhululeka kwayo ekuphikisaneni, iziprofetho zayo ezigcwalisekile, izimpawu zayo endalweni, namandla ayo enhliziyweni eqotho. Zihlangene, lezi yizisekelo okuncike kuzo cishe izigidigidi ezimbili zabantu inkolelo eyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wesintu.
Ingxenye yo-Mhlahlandlela Ophelele Wokuqonda I-Islam. Okulandelayo: Izimpawu Zesayensi EQuran.