Waseem Rizvi’s 26 Controversial Quranic Verses – Syed Waseem Rizvi Vs Union Of India-12/04/2021

Waseem Rizvi

Former chief of UP Shia Central Waqf Board, Waseem Rizvi’s petition in the Supreme Court seeking scrapping of 26 verses from the Quran has triggered a storm, he says-

“These verses were added to the Quran, by the first three Caliphs, to aid the expansion of Islam by war”, the former chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has said in his plea, according to reports. Rizvi wrote in the petition that “after Mohammad, the first Caliphs Hazrat Abu Bakr, the second Caliphs Hazrat Umar and the third namely Hazrat Usman released the Quran as a book, based on the oral preaching of Mohammad Sahab. This was passed on from generation to generation.”

The PLI petition [WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 401/2021] was dismissed without citing any reason at the point of admission on 12-Apr-2021 by the Apex court.[Read below]. The court also rejected his review petition by saying …

“Permission to appear and argue in-person is rejected. Having carefully gone through the Review Petition, the order under challenge and the papers annexed therewith, we are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record, warranting reconsideration of the order impugned.

The Review Petition [REVIEW PETITION (C) NO. 468/2021] is, accordingly, dismissed”. on 2021.07.22.

List of 26 Verses

Surah 2 (Al-Baqarah)

Verse 191:

Surah 3 (Ali ‘Imran)

Verse 151:

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down any authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.[2]

Surah 4 (An-Nisa)

Verse 56:

Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses – We will drive them into a fire. Every time their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.[3]

Verse 89:

They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them [for their betrayal] wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper. [4]

Verse 101:

And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve may  attack you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.[5]

Surah 5 (Al-Ma’idah)

Verse 14:

And from those who say, “We are Christians” We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allah is going to inform them about what they used to do.[6]

Verse 51:

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are in fact allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.[7]

Verse 57:

O you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies. And fear Allah, if you should [truly] be believers.[8]

Surah 8 (Al-Anfal)

Verse 65:

O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are steadfast], they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.[9]

Verse 69:

So consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful and good, and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.[10]

Surah 9 (At-Tawbah)

Verse 5:

And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.[11]

Verse 14:

Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts [i.e., desires] of a believing people.[12]

Verse 23:

O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you – then it is those who are the wrongdoers.[13]

Verse 28:

O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Ḥarām after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.[14]

Verse 29

Fight against those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah¹ willingly while they are humbled.[15]

Verse 37:

Indeed, the postponing of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led further astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah and thus make lawful what Allah has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.[16]

Verse 58

And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry.[17]

Verse 111

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. It is a true promise binding upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’ān. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.[18]

Verse 123:

O you who have believed, fight against those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.[19]

Surah 21 (Al-Anbya)

Verse 98:

Indeed, you disbelievers and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to enter it.[20]

Surah 32 (As-Sajdah)

Verse 22:

And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.[21]

Surah 33 (Al-Ahzab)

Verse 61: Accursed wherever they are found, being seized and massacred completely.[22]

Surah 41 (Fussilat)

Verse 27:

But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.[23]

Verse 28:

That is the recompense of the enemies of Allah – the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.[24]

Surah 48 (Al-Fath)

Verse 20: Allah has promised you much booty that you will take [in the future] and has hastened for you this [victory] and withheld the hands of people from you – that it may be a sign for the believers and [that] He may guide you to a straight path.[25]

Surah 66 (At-Tahrim)

Verse 9: O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination. [26]

Supreme Court – Daily Orders

Syed Waseem Rizvi vs Union Of India 

                                                  

     ITEM NO.9               Court 3 (Video Conferencing)                SECTION PIL-W

                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                             
                             RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

                             Writ Petition(s)(Civil)  
                               No(s).   401/2021

     
SYED WASEEM RIZVI                                                  Petitioner(s)

                                                 VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS.                                              Respondent(s)

     
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.45640/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
 and 
IA No.46376/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. 
and 
IA No.46374/2021-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
 and 
IA No.46372/2021-APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION)

     Date : 12-04-2021 

     This petition was called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :
                         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
                         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI
                         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY

     For Petitioner(s)             Mr. R.K. Raizada, Sr. Adv.
                                   Mr. A. Lakshminarayanan, AOR

     For Respondent(s)             Ms.   Indira Jaisingh, Sr. Adv.
                                   Mr.   Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR
                                   Mr.   Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
                                   Mr.   Paras Nath Singh, Adv.
                                   Ms.   Akanksha Rai, Adv.

                                   Mr. S. Hari Haran, Adv.
                                   Mr. Rizwan Merchan, Adv.
                                   Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR

                                   Mr. Prem Chandra, Adv.
                                   Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

                                   Mr. Mohd. Farhan Khan, Adv.
                                   Ms. Farah Hashmi, Adv.
                                   Ms. Qurratulain, AOR

                                   Mr.   Ashutosh Lal
                                   Mr.   Alok Kumar Misra
                                   Mr.   I. P. Singh, Adv.


                                   Dr.   Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR

                                   Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv.
                                   Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Adv.
                                       

                        Mrs. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv.
                        Mr. Ahmed Zargham, Adv.
                        Mr. Mohammad Ibrahim, Adv.
                        For M/s Equity Lex Associates

                        Mr.   Yusuf H. Muchhala, Sr. Adv.
                        Mr.   Zafaryab Jilani, Sr. Adv.
                        Mr.   M. R. Shamshad, AOR
                        Mr.   Tahir Hakeem, Adv.
                        Mr.   Nawaz Haindaday, Adv.
                        Mr.   Rashda Ainapore, Adv.
                        Mr.   Musaddique Momin, Adv.
                        Mr.   Arijit Sarkar, Adv.
                        Ms.   Nabeela Jamil, Adv.


           

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

We have heard Mr. R.K. Raizada, learned senior advocate for the petitioner.

This petition is dismissed with costs of Rs. 50,000/- (Fifty Thousand only) to be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within a period of four weeks from today. Pending applications stand disposed of.

(R. NATARAJAN)                                           (NISHA TRIPATHI)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS                                    BRANCH OFFICER

Signature Not Verified Digitally
signed by R Natarajan 
Date: 2021.04.13
17:12:06 IST