Monday, February 25, 2013

[21].Al-Anbiya' [The Prophets]: Ayat 7-9



Ayat 7. And We sent not before you (O Muhammad [SAWW](PBUH) ) but men to whom We inspired, so ask the people of the Reminder [Scriptures - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)] if you do not know.
Ayat 8. And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals,
Ayat 9. Then We fulfilled to them the promise, and We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. extravagant in oppression, polytheism and in sin). 
[Tafseer] Before thee, also, the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: If ye realize this not, ask of those who possess the Message. See 16:43 This answers the Unbelievers' taunt, "he is just a man like ourselves!" True, but all messengers sent by Allah were men, not angels or another kind of beings, who could not understand men or whom men could not understand. Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death. As men they were subject to the laws governing the physical bodies of men. They ate and drank, and their bodies perished in death (Cf. 7:148 and 25:7). In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds. But, however difficult (or impossible) their mission may have appeared to them, or to the world at first, they won through eventually, even those who seemed to have been defeated. Examples are given in the latter part of this Surah, especially in 21:51 -93. They were delivered from the Wrath which overtook the Unbelievers, as were those with them who accepted Allah's Message and placed themselves in conformity with His Will and Plan. That is the meaning of "whom We pleased". 

Hazrat Ubadah bin As-Samit (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "He who bears witness that there is no true god except Allah, alone having no partner with Him, that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, that `Isa (Jesus) is His slave and Messenger and he (Jesus) is His Word which He communicated to Maryam (Mary) and His spirit which He sent to her, that Jannah is true and Hell is true; Allah will make him enter Jannah accepting whatever deeds he accomplished".
Another narration in Muslim is: the Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) said, "Whosoever testifies that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH) is the Messenger of Allah, Allah (SWT) saves him from the Fire (of Hell)". 
[Muslim Hadith # 43] 
Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Al-Anbiya' Ayat 07."We sent not before you (O Muhammad [SAWW](PBUH) ) but men" This Hadith confirms that all Prophets of Allah were men and thus refutes those who attribute divinity to them and exclude them from the category of men or regard them a part of Allah, as Christians believes Prophet `Isa (Jesus to be Christ) by regarding him Allah or His son, or the Jews do Prophet Uzair by venerating him as son of Allah. 

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