53.2 Your companion did not perish, and he did not err.
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John, the Companion of Jesus Christ
ما ضل صاحبكم وما غوى
Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa
53.2 Your companion did not perish, and he did not err.
Summary of 53.2:
• John, when speaking of himself, uses the genitive case personal pronoun “humon”, or your, in conjunction with “sugkoinonos”, or companion, of Jesus Christ
• John is “your companion”
• John is the companion of Jesus Christ
• When John sees Jesus, he falls at His feet, as though dead (nekros)
• 53.2 specifically mentions “sahibukum”, or your companion (i.e. John); identical to Revelation
• “Sahibukum” occurs twice in the Koran, in sura 81 & in sura 53 (sura 81 near the end & sura 53 at the beginning); in both cases it is directly referencing the author of Revelation, John – which is unmistakable by the material contained within both suras
• Just as “sahibukum”, in 81.22, is preceded by a description of Jesus’ deity; so it is with 53.2 – which is preceded by a description of Jesus’ deity via “waalnnajmi” which is swearing by the deity attribute constituting the group of Stars that Jesus holds in His right hand
• 53.2 is specifically telling us of “sahibukum”, (i.e. your companion, John), as it relates to Jesus’ deity as announced in 53.1 – hence the usage of the masculine personal pronoun “kum”, or “your” – affirming that Jesus was referred to in 53.1
• 53.2 ties to 53.1 via the conjunctive pronoun “ma” and serves as a negative when placed before the perfect tenses
• 53.2 contains two negatives “ma”, that both occur in relation to “sahibukum” (i.e. Jesus’ companion, John); each juxtaposed before words in the perfect (completed action) tense – thus denying two events
• The first event that is denied pertains to “dalla”, or “a state of perishing, or passing away”, from the root “dzalla”, which means “he (a man), died and became dust and bones”
• 53.2, in conjunction with 53.1, is denying that Jesus’ companion, John, died when he fell down at the feet of Jesus
• John did not die when he fell at the feet of Jesus
• Thus, the first negative event described in 53.2 is identical to what is stated in Revelation
• The second event that is denied, in 53.2, also pertains to “sahibukum”, and states “ghawa”, that he (i.e. John) did not err.
• Thus, we have yet another Koranic affirmation that John’s Revelation of Jesus being God Almighty is indeed correct and true
