In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:
285. Amana alrrasoolu
bima onzila ilayhi min rabbihi waalmu/minoona kullun amana
biAllahi wamala-ikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi la
nufarriqu bayna ahadin min rusulihi waqaloo samiAAna waataAAna
ghufranaka rabbana wa-ilayka almaseeru
285. The
Messenger believes in what is revealed to him from his Lord and so do the
Believers. They all believe in Allah, His angels, His books and His Messengers.
"We make no distinction between any of His Messengers with any
other."529 And they say: "We hear, and we obey. We seek
Your forgiveness, our Lord! And to You is the final destination."
529. There is clear indication here that
Allah doesn't want us Muslims to make any distinction between Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) and any of the Messengers preceding him. And yet we indulge
in making the distinction. We give Prophet Muhammad the highest rank, and we
have been saying that while other Messengers would be worried about their own
selves on the Resurrection Day, Prophet Muhammad wouldn't be worried about his
own self, but he would be the only Messenger worried about his followers. Allah
doesn't want believers to entertain such parochial feelings. HE is obviously
angry with the present-day Muslims for acting against His wishes/instructions/admonitions
in this and in many, many other matters. Believers are expected to listen and
obey, as this Verse tells us further on. But most Muslims of today do not even
take the trouble of listening to the Qur'aan, let alone obeying the divine Message.
Friday, the 27th
October 2017.
No comments:
Post a Comment