[17].Surah Al-Isra' [The Journey By Night]: Ayat 90-93

 also known as Surah Bani Israel [The Children of Israel]

 

Ayat 90. And they (Quraish of Makkah) say: "We shall not believe in you (O Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH), until you cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

Ayat 91. "Or you have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst abundantly;

Ayat 92. "Or you cause the heaven to fall upon us in pieces, as you have pretended, or you bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face;

Ayat 93. "Or you have a house of adornable materials (like silver and pure gold, etc.), or you ascend up into the sky, and even then we will put no faith in your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we would read." Say (O Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH): "Glorified (and Exalted) be my Lord (Allah) above all that evil they (polytheists) associate with Him! Am I anything but a man, sent as a Messenger?"

Hazrat Wabisah bin Ma`bad (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I went to Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) and he asked me, "Have you come to inquire about piety?'' I replied in the affirmative. Then he said, "Ask your heart regarding it. Piety is that which contents the soul and comforts the heart, and sin is that which causes doubts and perturbs the heart, even if people pronounce it lawful and give you verdicts on such matters again and again.''

[Ahmad and Ad-Darmi # 228/4]. 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Al-Isra Ayat 93."Glorified (and Exalted) be my Lord (Allah) above all that evil they (polytheists) associate with Him! Am I anything but a man, sent as a Messenger?" There are two points about this Hadith. First, it is one of the miracles of Messenger of Allah (PBUH) who discovered the nature of the question before it was put to him. Second, man's heart is the biggest guide to him and he, therefore, should keep his heart illuminated with the light of Faith so as to continue receiving guidance from it.