In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
129. Rabbana
waibAAath feehim rasoolan minhum yatloo AAalayhim ayatika
wayuAAallimuhumu alkitaba waalhikmata
wayuzakkeehim innaka anta alAAazeezu
alhakeemu
129. "O our
Lord! Raise among them,191 a Messenger from amongst them, to recite to
them Your Verses, to teach to them the Book and the Wisdom, and to purify them.192
Indeed, You are the One Omnipotent, the One Wise!"
191. In the context of the preceding Verse, 'them'
here obviously stands for the progeny of Abraham through his son Ishmael. And
their progeny around the Kaaba are obviously the Arab people.
192. And we are aware that this prayer was
heard, and responded to by the Wise and Almighty Allah several centuries later!
HE did raise Prophet Muhammad (peace and Allah's blessings be upon him) for the
very task Abraham and Ishmael had prayed for. During the intervening centuries,
the Arab people had come to forget what their great forefather and Allah's Khaleel,
Abraham, had stood for. They had fallen back to idol-worship, which Abraham had
valiantly and steadfastly fought against! By Allah's grace, Prophet Muhammad
recited His Verses to his people. He taught them the Book of the divine Verses,
the Qur'aan, for 23 long years through numerous trials and tribulations. He
thus convinced them of the wisdom of abiding by the divine commands contained
in those Verses. He thus, through Allah's grace, purified a non-descript and
utterly backward people into the most potent force that shook the entire world
and brought about an ideological, moral and intellectual renaissance therein!
Grant us the
wisdom, Allah, to abide by Your Book & thereby get back our lost glory!
Friday, the 5th of May 2017.
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