People of the Dhikr
- philhoraia
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 3, 2022
There are three verses that speak of the 'People of the Dhikr'.
S 16:43 And we did not send before you but men. We inspire them. So ask the people of the Dhikr if you do not know.
Ibn Kathir says:
(And We sent not (as Our Messengers) before you (O Muhammad) any but men, whom We sent Revelation. So ask Ahl Adh-Dhikr, if you know not.). meaning, (ask) the people of the previous Books, were the Messengers that were sent to them humans or angels If they were angels, then you have the right to find this strange, but if they were human, then you have no grounds to deny that Muhammad is a Messenger. https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Kathir/16.43
S 16:44 With the proofs and the Zubur. And we sent down to you the Dhikr to make clear for people what has been sent down to them and perhaps they will ponder.
S 21:7 And we did not send before you except men; we inspire them. So ask the People of the Dhikr if you do not know.
Ibn Kathir:
(So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know.) meaning, ask the people of knowledge among the nations such as the Jews and Christians and other groups: `were the Messengers who came to you human beings or angels' Indeed they were human beings. https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Kathir/21.7
In the Quran Christians and Jews are called the People of the Book and the People of the Dhikr. Was the term dhikr appropriated by the founder of Islam?
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