There are those who reject the unusual/extra-ordinary events mentioned in Al-Quran and often base their rejection upon the verses which mention the ‘sunnatullah'(practice of God). According to them all acts of Allah are His sunnat/practice and according them these verses say there is no change in any of His acts.
For example, one of the reasons they reject the virgin birth of Jesus because they say that sunnatullah is that a father is necessary for child’s birth. The fact is that they do not not quote the parts which spells out the sunnatullah. They deliberately leave out those parts or verses . These are what they usually quote:
17:77 Sunnat/practice of those we already sent before from our messengers. And you will not find any bypass for Our practice.
but they leave out 17/76 which spells out sunnat of Allah: “And they nearly frightened you to off the land to expel you from it. And then they would not have stayed after you except a little.”
They quote verse …
33:62 God’s practice with those who have passed away from before, and you will never find any replacement for God’s practice.
but they leave out 33/60-61 which spells out the sunnat of Allah:
33/60-61: “If the hypocrites, and those with disease in their hearts and those who spread lies in the city do not refrain, then We will let you overpower them, then they will not be able to remain as your neighbours except for a short while. They are cursed wherever they are found. They shall be taken and killed in a slaughter.”
They quote…
35:43 …You will not find any change in God’s practice. And you will not find any bypass for God’s practice.
but leave out the first part of the verse which spells out the sunnat of Allah:
35/43: “Arrogance in the land, and evil scheming. And the evil schemes only backfire on those who scheme them. Were they looking for anything different from the method used on the people of the past?”….
They quote:
48/23: God’s practice with those who have passed away from before, and you will not find any replacement for God’s practice.
But leave out the part that explains the sunnat…
48/22: And if those who do kufr had fought you, they would have turned the backs to you, then they would have found neither an ally nor a helper.
That is what Allah calls His sunnat, the parts which they leave out. Who do they think they are trying to deceive?! They ignore what Allah calls His sunnat, and come up with their own definitions of Allah’s sunnat in order to rationalize Al-Quran.
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Fahad
Takhlees 