16:43
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Dynamic translation
(16:43) We have sent before you only men who were compelled (revelations). So ask the Possessors of Methodology, if you are in ignorance.
Arabic text
(16:43) وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَاسْأَلُواْ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Connected ideas
(5:47) Let the people of the Injeel judge with what Allah has sent down in it. Whoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down, then these are the vile ones.
(12:109) We have sent before you only men who were compelled (revelations), from the people of the towns. Would they not roam the earth and see what the punishment of those before them was? The abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who are aware. Do you not reason?
(21:7) We have sent before you only men who were compelled (revelations). So ask the Possessors of Methodology, if you are in ignorance.
(29:45) Read what is suggested to you from the Scriptures and establish synthesis. Indeed, synthesis keeps you from (doing) the abominable and reprehensible things. But the methodology (of abstraction) to Allah is (much) more important, and Allah is aware of what you are doing.
Lego concept
1. Compare «وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَاسْأَلُواْ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ» from (16:43), with «وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَاسْأَلُواْ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ» from (21:7). Note that in (21:7) there is no «مِن».
