Who is/are the addresser and the addressee(s) of the verses under consideration? (Please DO NOT start a new topic. Add your posts as replies to this post.)
زیر غور آیات میں مخاطب اور مخاطب کون ہے؟ (برائے مہربانی نیا ٹاپک نہ شروع کریں۔ اپنی پوسٹ اس پوسٹ کے جواب میں ڈالیں۔
God isn the addresser and he addressing the Prophet and the people around him
اللہ اپنے رسول کے ذریعے سری دنیا کے انسانوں سے محااطب ہے
میرے خیال میں ان آیات میں کسی بھی وقت ان ایات کو بیان کرنے والا اپنے خالق سے مخاطب ہے
A group of people from 7th century Arabia, are addressing God.
or
God is teaching a prayer to the group of people via Prophet sws.
- The latter interpretation seems more correct, as Qur'anic supplications often begin with "Say...". Therefore, it's logical to assume that the same meaning applies here, and the first word "say" is omitted.
- If you take the former assumption, you also have to believe that these people had insight into what we should not be like, which seems unlikely.
Notes From Session #14
- If a book has a universal message, that doesn't necessarily imply that the direct addressee is universal. The direct audience can be specific, whereas the message and morals behind it have universal value - Moiz Amjad