Angels in Islam (29) you might have seen them-A

You might have seen the Angels one day but you did not realize that they were Angels!

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Chronologically speaking:

1)    Allah has created the Angels from light,

2)    Allah has created the jinn from fire, and

3)    Allah has created man from dust

It is proven by the conclusive manuscripts that it is not possible for humans to see the jinn unless they appear in a different form, such as in the form of humans and animals.

It is also proven by the conclusive manuscripts that the Angels cannot be seen in their original form by most people unless they appear in human form.

On the other hand, it is impossible for man, save Allah’s Messengers, to see the Angels in their original form.

As for the Angels appearing in human form, this is proven in the Quran and Hadith (Prophet Muhammad’s teachings).

If an Angel appears in human form, it is possible for everyone to see him regardless of his age, gender, race, color etc.

But no one can be certain that a person he is seeing is an Angel, because proof that he is an Angel is dependent on revelation from Allah.

The Angels appeared in human form and came to the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), however, Abraham did not know that they were Angels until the Angels told him they were Angels and also Allah told us the story in the Quran.

The Angels appeared in human form and came to the Prophet Loot (Lot), however, Lot did not know that they were Angels until the Angels told him they were Angels and also Allah told us the story in the Quran.

The great Angel Gabriel appeared in human form and came to Saint Maryam (Mary), however, Saint Mary did not know that He was Jibreel until He told her that He is Gabriel and also Allah told us the story in the Quran.

So, it is more likely when the Angels appear in human form to other people that such other people cannot have any knowledge of that they have seen Angels.

It follows that you might have seen the Angels one day but you did not realize that they were Angels!

Coming up are the evidence that the Angels can appear in human form and that they can be seen in this form

What the British author: S. H. Leeder said about Islam (1)

In his book, the British author: S. H. Leeder said “The relationship between the father and his sons is one of the pleasantest features of Islamic life. “To please your father is to please God, and to displease your father is to displease God,” said the Prophet Mohammed; and the teaching is taken to heart.”

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In his book: “Veiled mysteries of Egypt and the religion of Islam (1913)”, the British author: S. H. Leeder said in the introduction of his book: “There has always been a veil of mystery over the religion of I slam, from its very first days.”

What Leeder said about the gentleness and simplicity in Islam?

 “There is a great deal in the religion of Islam which teaches consideration for .others, and leads to gentleness and simplicity of conduct, which, with a remarkable absence of censoriousness, produces what we call gentlemen. And no national decadence, or falling behind in the race for intellectual and material attainment and advantage, has obliterated this.

The men of the family with whom we are staying, in the culture of mind they show in all the relationships of life and I speak now after a friendship which ripened into close intimacy recalled for me the fine qualities which marked the early Moslems.

Here was a father and five sons, living together in a patriarchal dignity, the father ruling with a firm and wise benevolence, and the sons filling their part with filial respect and affection, all conscious of their duty to their dependents and their neighbors, following a family tradition of many generations.

They are known as men faithful to their word, whatever may be the cost, and equally faithful to their self-respect, whatever the inducements to depart from it. The Bey would have been a Pasha, when titles were on sale, if he had not possessed qualities above the temptations of personal aggrandizement in the East a sore temptation indeed. It was my happiness with these friends to bridge the gulf of reticence which the different forms of Eastern and Western pride create to separate men of different races, and causes them to misjudge each other from across the gulf.

The relationship between the father and his sons is one of the pleasantest features of Egyptian life.

“To please your father is to please God, and to displease your father is to displease God,” said the Prophet Mohammed; and the teaching is taken to heart.

I never was in any family where the sons, of whatever age, did not rise when their father entered a room, waiting for him to be seated; an air of respect coming over them which prevents any slackness of good manners in his presence. His slightest wish is a law obeyed with quiet grace. The youngest son of this particular family sits by his father’s side at meals, and waits upon him as a most attentive servant. A father is seldom or never harsh to his sons; he reasons with them in a way that assumes intelligence, and a perfect desire to consider his wishes on their part.

An undutiful son is very rare amongst Moslems. The deplorable decline of respect paid to the aged in Western lands has no echo in the East.

“Nothing more greatly surprises the European traveller,” Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole admits,” than the polite and gentlemanlike manners of Egyptians of all classes. They always do the right thing in the most courteous, graceful, and self-possessed manner, and intentional rudeness to an older man, or a superior in rank, is almost unknown.”

Why Do Priests & Preachers Enter Islam? The story of conversion of the Preacher Yusuf Estes (8)

1. “How could you have turned your back on the perfect plan of salvation of Jesus Christ on the cross for you sins?”

2. “Do you consider you were really “saved” and that you had in fact, been “born again?”

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Now as I promised here are the answers to the questions many have asked me connected with my choice of Islam:

1. “How could you have turned your back on the perfect plan of salvation of Jesus Christ on the cross for you sins?”

The ex- American preacher Yusuf Estes answers this question by saying:

Your question implies you have not considered the similarities and teachings of the Bible and the Quran.

“ISLAM” means – “Surrender, submit and obey your Lord in sincerity and peace.” Whoever is trying to do this, is a “MUSLIM.” If someone believes in Almighty God as One God and One Lord and wants to commit their life to serving Him and obeying His Commandments, then that person will be in the right way and they will be “saved” according to God’s Mercy. No one can take the sins of another and the guilty must stand accused for what they have done. It will be up to Almighty God to Forgive or Punish according to His Judgment on that Day.

According to the remains of the translations of the Bible [see: “Bible, A Closer Look”] Jesus, peace be upon him, did not preach a message of salvation by worshipping him. This was something added later by Saul (who later became Paul). We find clear statements indicating salvation would come only through acknowledging Almighty God as One God and worshipping Him with all the heart, mind and strength. Jesus, peace be upon him, taught his followers to worship “My God and your God, My Lord and your Lord.”

Again, according to the remains of the English translation of the Bible, we see the one on the cross crying out a very blasphemous statement, “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani?” (Which being translated means, “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?”) This statement on the cross clearly indicates the one on the cross is not pleased with the situation nor does he consider it right or just. Therefore, one would have to conclude this was not something Jesus approved of nor did he accept, or else someone else was on the cross in his place. Either way you look at it, the one on the cross did not accept this as a plan of salvation.

The Quran is absolutely in agreement with these teachings and Muslims do worship the same God and Lord of Jesus, Moses, Abraham and Adam, peace be upon them all. The Quran states in many places, no one will be taken to task for the sins of another, nor can anyone carry the burden of another. We will all be on our own on that Day. And I ask Allah to have Mercy and Forgiveness for all those who believe in Him, ameen.

I consider that I have not left the teachings of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him. On the contrary, I feel much closer to Jesus, peace be upon him, and I look forward to His return on earth more than ever before. Now I am worshipping the same God he worships and I serve the same Lord he serves, in the very same way he does. Jesus prayed to Almighty God and taught his followers to do the same. I am simply doing what he commanded to the best of my ability and ask Almighty God to accept it.

 

2. “Do you consider you were really “saved” and that you had in fact, been “born again?”

Answer:

The Baptists have a statement, “Once saved, always saved.” I asked one of them about this and he agreed it was true. Then I mentioned at one time I had become a Baptist (in my teen years) but now I was a Muslim. I had also been “saved” and baptized at the age of 12. I had accepted the very statement of Jesus being the way, the light and the truth and no man coming on to the Father except by him. I understood these statements to mean I must follow Jesus and his teachings. Therefore, I read the Bible for myself and did not let others tell me what to think about what I was reading.

The Bible states that Jesus prayed for salvation for himself in the garden of Gethsemane in this way, “Let this cup pass from me, even so, Thy Will be done.” This prayer was repeated by Jesus, peace be upon him, a number of times and it is mentioned in more than one Gospel. Yet, according to Biblical accounts, the cup did not pass from him and his prayers were NOT ANSWERED. Islam teaches us his prayers were answered and he did not have to endure the cruel treatment and death on the cross, but rather he was taken up while still alive and is with Almighty God even now and ready to return in the Last Days to bring victory to the believers.

Additionally, we find Jesus, peace be upon him, teaching his disciples to pray like this, “Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from all evil. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and Glory, forever and ever, ameen.” Every Muslim I have met accepts every single word of this pray with the exception of calling “Allah” our “Father.” Muslims consider it better to call on Almighty God by His Names, which we do consider to be “Hallowed.”

 

Written by: Chaplain Yusuf Estes

To be continued.

In Bible vs. Quran, Jesus denied that He is God (13) Greater than Jesus

In the Bible, the Lord Jesus says: the Father is greater than I. The Quran says that nothing is similar to Allah and none is greater than Allah; He is the greatest.

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In the Bible, the Lord Jesus says in the verse John 14:28: “You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for (because) the Father is greater than I.”

 

Study of the verse John 14:28 in 40 different Bible’s versions in respect to “Greater than I” reveal that:

1) For (because) the Father is: Greater than I (in 20 versions), Greater than I am (in nine versions) and Greater than me (in one version)

2) In addition, seven versions say “for My Father is greater than I”; i.e. the father in the original Manuscript is replaced by “My father”

3) Moreover, two versions add (the underlined) words that are not found in the original Manuscript and are not mentioned in 38 versions; they say:

 “For the Father is greater and mightier than I am” (Amplified Bible)

“My Father has greater power than I.” (Knox Bible)

Anyway, 39 0ut of 40 versions say that “the Father is greater than Jesus”

4) This means that one version says something else; this something else is certainly not the Word of God. If so, it has to be Forged or faked by the editor of this version.

Let us see what Jesus says in this version (The Message):

“I’m on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life.”

Here, the editors of The Message intentionally forged this sentence:

“the Father is the goal and purpose of my life”

Well, 39 Bible’s versions confirm that God Father is Greater than Jesus.

This is the great teaching of the Lord Jesus that He wants us to believe in this great teaching that is “God is greater than Jesus“.

Jesus (peace be upon him) confirms this fact that is mentioned in John 14:28; in addition, Jesus told us beautiful words as a background to understand his teaching; He says in John 13:16:

“I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.’

I invite the smart reader to put the words of John 14:28 and John 13:16 to figure out what our Lord Jesus mean.

For more details about John 13, Read the previous articles of this series.

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On the other hand, the Quran says that nothing is similar to Allah and none is greater than Allah; He is the greatest and He is the Lord of the heavens, the earth and the entire worlds.

The verses 45:36-37 of the Quran in different translations

QARIB:

36) Praise, belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the worlds.

37) His is the pride in the heavens and earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise.

SHAKIR:

36) Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds

37) And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise

PICKTHAL:

36) Then praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.

37) And unto Him (alone) belongeth majesty in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

YUSUFALI:

36) Then praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth,- Lord and cherisher of all the worlds!

37) To Him be glory throughout the heavens and the earth: and He is exalted in power, full of wisdom!

 

Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com

http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/in-bible-vs-quran-jesus-denied-that-he-is-god-10-greater-than-he-6337338.html

In Bible vs. Quran, Jesus denied that He is God? (3) Sender vs. sent

Both the Bible and the Quran agree that the Lord Jesus was sent from a Sender who is the one True God

Also, the Lord Jesus accurately determined the difference between the Sender and the sent while the Quran announces the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus-

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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran

Required background to understand Jesus Word:

1. Jesus was Jewish and sent to the Jews.

In Matthew 15:24, the Lord Jesus said: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

2. The audiences of the Lord Jesus’ Word were almost always Jewish; most of them were non-religious normal people while some of them were top religious leaders.

The top religious leaders which used to attend Jesus teaching were sent by the chief great official Jewish Leaders in order to put Jesus down.

3. Mark 12:13 says:” And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words” hoping to catch him saying something incriminating; as regards the religious Law.

It is interesting that Mark did not say who they were. But definitely, they were the chief great official Jewish Leaders which were not happy with Jesus who appeared as a religious leader although He never ever attended their teachings or their schools.

4. It seems likely that the Jewish religious leaders used to compare between Moses and Jesus; their faith is that none among the Jews is greater than Moses; Moses is the greatest messengers in all the Israelite history!

5. Certainly, Jesus knew the Torah and He knew that Moses has three titles in the Torah; they are:

§  Moses is God and Sender “The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet” [Exodus 7:1]  Here, Moses is God to Pharaoh and the Sender of Aaron

§  Moses is the greatest Messenger in the history of the Jews. [Deuteronomy 34:10 says: “No messenger like Moses has yet emerged in Israel”]. 

§  Moses is the slave of God (Moses is a slave of God is mentioned some 20 times in Torah).

The Lord Jesus knew all of that if not more than that!

And this is the required background to understand the verse John 13:16

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In John 13:16, the Lord Jesus is clearing up the relationship between the slaves (messengers) of God and God who sent them.

According to the Lord Jesus’ teaching, this relation is very simple and very clear; it is that: the messenger (Slave) of God is never ever greater than God.

In other word, the Lord Jesus explains that there is a Sender and a sent; and the sent is never ever greater than the Sender.

This is what the Lord Jesus says in John 13:16

John 13:16 according to Good News Translation

“I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.’

In the Bible, the Lord Jesus said “the One who sent me or Him that sent me” 34 times.

For 34 times, Jesus declares that the Lord God is the Sender and He is the Sent.

For 34 times, Jesus declares that He is but like Moses; just a slave of God and a Sent Messenger!

According to the Biblical versions, the Lord Jesus began his statement, to confirm this meaning and make it rock-hard, by 

Verily, verily or

Truly, truly, I say to you or

I assure you or

Yes, indeed! I tell you for certain etc.

Finally, I will repeat unto you smart reader what the Lord Jesus has said for eight times in the Bible:

“Let the person who has ears, hear” or

“He that has ears to hear, let him hear”.

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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran

The Quran absolutely agrees that the Lord Jesus is but a messenger sent by the one true God, Allah.

You may have no idea about the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus that is mentioned only in the Quran; it is:

Jesus talked while He was few months old!

What He said:

This will be discussed in the next article:

To be continued.

Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com

http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/in-bible-vs-quran-jesus-denied-that-he-is-god-3-sender-vs-sent-a-6316438.html

This is Allah (43) if you are Allah’s Messenger, Bring upon us Allah’s Torment

The Leaders of Thamood’s people Broke the Deal Made with their Prophet Salih

Thamood Killed the Marvel Camel and Flouted Allah’s Commandment

The Eventual Outcome if We Do Not Love the Sincere Advisers

The Wisdom of the Real Ancient Story of Thamood

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Many people do not know Allah. This series, This is Allah (1- 49), is an attempt to help them in order to know and acknowledge their Creator.

Verses 7:73-75 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) The leaders of Thamood’s people broke the deal made with their Prophet Salih,

2) Thamood killed the marvel Camel and flouted Allah’s commandment,

3) They said: if you are indeed Allah’s messenger, Bring upon us Allah’s torment, 

4) The eventual outcome if we do not love the sincere advisers and

5) The wisdom of the real ancient story of Thamood.

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In the previous article:

The leaders of Thamood said unto their Prophet Salih:

If you are truthful in your claim that you are a messenger from Allah, then tell your Lord to bring us a she-camel out of this (specific huge) rock!

Salih said: then you will believe?

They said: oh, yes, sure we will

Salih said: and you will let the she-camel eat and drink without bothering her?

They said: oh, yes, sure we will

Salih said: Look, if you hurt the she-camel you be seized by a severe chastisement

They said: agreed, deal !

Salih prayed to Allah to bring the she-camel out of the specific huge rock that they determined.

Allah did. Miraculously, this she-camel had no father, no mother; it just came out of the rock when Allah has said: Be.

But most of Thamood’s people especially their leaders did not believe in Allah and did not follow the teaching of their Prophet Salih.

the leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were oppressed, to such of them as believed, that is, from among Thamood’s people who were overpowered, despised and weak:

So you know that Salih is sent from his Lord to you?

They, chieftains of Thamood’s people who were scornful, waxed proud, who disdained belief in Salih said that mocking.

The poor people replied: Yes! Truly we believe in the Message with which Salih has been sent.

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The meaning of verse 7: 76

The leaders, those who were proud and scornful towards the believers said: ‘Truly we are disbelievers of that which you believe!’

And they broke the deal and did not keep their word that they had given their Prophet Salih.

Not only that but…

 

The meaning of verse 7: 77

They hamstrung the she-camel,

They killed the Most Amazing Camel in the History, the Miraculous Camel that has no Father and no Mother.

They hamstrung her by their command, killing her with a sword

And they flouted the commandment of their Lord,

They refused to accept the commands of their Lord with which Salih enjoined them,

And they, ‘O Salih, bring upon us that which you promised us, in the way of chastisement for our killing it, if you are indeed a messenger’; Bring upon us that which you threaten of torment if you are indeed Allah’s messenger; they said this out of mockery. 

 

The meaning of verse 7: 78

So the Trembling, a violent earthquake and a cry from the heaven, a loud noise announcing their torment, seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their habitations, keeled over their knees, dead without a movement (in their dwelling-place) in their town.

But what about Salih and the believers?

They left them before they were destroyed.

When Salih saw what happened, he said:

 

The meaning of verse 7: 79

Salih turned on them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord’s message unto you, explaining the commands and prohibitions and gave you good advice; I warned you of Allah’s torment and called you to repent and believe, but you do not listen to those who advise you; you do not love sincere advisers.

 

Herein, in this story, two parties were given advice

The first party was sincere, Salih which is Allah’s messenger.

The second party was dishonest, proud, sarcastic leaders which are Satan’s hosts on the earth.

This story is repeated everyday; the wisdom of the story is to inspect what you hear, what you see, what you read, what you do and look at it;  is it from your Creator Who loves you or from your enemy, the Satan who want you end up in the Eternal Fire!

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Verses 7:76-79 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

76) Those who were proud said: ‘we disbelieve in that which you believed in. ‘

77) (Then) they hamstrung the shecamel and defied the order of their lord, saying to salih: ‘bring down that which you have promised us if you truly are one of the messengers. ‘

78) Thereupon the earthquake seized them, at morning in their dwellings they were crouched, dead.

79) He turned from them, saying: ‘i conveyed to you, my nation the message of my lord and gave you counsel; but you had no love for sincere advisers. ‘

 

SHAKIR:

76) Those who were haughty said: surely we are deniers of what you believe in

77) So they slew the she-camel and revolted against their lord’s commandment, and they said: o salih! bring us what you threatened us with, if you are one of the messengers

78) Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode

79) Then he turned away from them and said: o my people i did certainly deliver to you the message of my lord, and i gave you good advice, but you do not love those who give good advice

 

PICKTHAL:

76) Those who were scornful said: lo! in that which ye believe we are disbelievers.

77) So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of their lord, and they said: o salih! bring upon us that thou threatenest if thou art indeed of those sent (from Allah).

78) So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

79) And (Salih) turned from them and said: o my people! i delivered my lord’s message unto you and gave you good advice, but ye love not good advisers.

 

YUSUFALI:

76) The arrogant party said: “for our part, we reject what ye believe in.”

77) Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their lord, saying: “o salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!”

78) So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

79) So Salih left them, saying: “o my people! i did indeed convey to you the message for which i was sent by my lord: i gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!”

Chapter 6 of the Quran (55) Abraham’s Descendants – A

Allah guided Abraham to the straight path. Allah honoured Abraham by bestowing upon him and his Descendants prophethood and surrender to Allah. The idolators and astrologers.threatened Abraham that their gods will hurt him amd make him infertile. But, Abraham’s God, Allah, made him the father of the prophets.

 

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In In the previous articles, Allah bestowed upon the wisdom and the knowledge. Allah guided him and showed to him the straight path to worship Him.

Allah invited Abraham to a miraculous trip in the space to show him that the stars, the sun, the planets and the moon are but creatures.

Abraham perfectly used his wisdom and knowledge to debate his people.

As you knew, Abraham’s people were idolators and astrologers.

The idolators used to worship many idols made of stones.

The astrologers were planets’ worshippers, moon’s worshippers and/or sun and stars’ worshippers.

Abraham’s father was among the idolators.

Abraham’s duty was to peacefully convince all those wrong worshippers that they are wrong.

Abraham told his father and the indlators that worshipping idols is but unreasonable because idols are not by any means our supreme Creator.

 

In addition, Abraham desired to show up his astrologers’ people that they are wrong in their belief.

Abraham gave them three indirect lessons to show them that they have mistaken believe in in the supreme Creator who has created the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets etc.

The first Abraham’s indirect teaching was to the group of his astrologers’ people who were planets’ worshippers and used to worship Venus.

The second Abraham’s indirect teaching was to the group of his astrologers’ people who were the moon’s worshippers.

The third Abraham’s indirect teaching was to the group of his astrologers’ people who were the Sun’s worshippers.

 

Abraham’s people, the idolators and the astrologers threatened him that their gods would severely harm him with many malicious things like diseases, poverty, infertility etc.

 

As a matter of fact, Abraham was infertile up to his age of eighty years.

Was that because those false gods had really harmed him so that he will never ever have a son?

 

The answer is found in Ayah 6:84; Allah says:

 

We guided Abraham to the straight path, the same as We have guided Noah before Abraham

We bestowed upon Abraham; Isaac and, his son, Jacob

We guided Isaac and, his son, Jacob, to the straight path.

We honoured them by bestowing upon them prophethood and surrender to Allah

Abraham was the seed of Noah

And among Noah and Abraham’s Descendants were David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron

We guided all of them by bestowing upon them prophethood and surrender to Allah.

All of them confess Allah’s divine Oneness; and this is how We requite the virtuous.

Moreover, their reward in the Afterlife will be great in the Eternal Paradise.

 

They threatened Abraham that their gods will hurt him amd make him infertile.

But, Abraham’s God, Allah, made Abraham the father of the prophets.

 

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The verse 6:84 in different translations

 

QARIB:

We gave him isaac and jacob and guided both; and we guided noah before them, among his descendants were david and solomon, job, joseph, Moses and Aaron as such, we recompense the gooddoers,

 

SHAKIR:

And we gave to him ishaq and yaqoub; each did we guide, and nuh did we guide before, and of his descendants, dawood and sulaiman and ayub and yusuf and Haroun; and thus do we reward those who do good (to others)

 

PICKTHAL:

And we bestowed upon him Isaac and jacob; each of them we guided; and noah did we guide aforetime; and of his seed (we guided) david and solomon and job and joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do we reward the good.

 

YUSUFALI:

We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before him, we guided noah, and among his progeny, david, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: thus do we reward those who do good:

Chapter 6 of the Quran (33) they said: Repel the Poor

The chief wealthy strong unbelievers of Mecca used to mock the weak, poor and needy followers of the Prophet Muhammad. One day, they said: ‘We were among the prosperouss of our people and we dislike that we be seen with them. So could you repel them when we sit with you?’

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In the previous article, The Quran is warning and threatening those who fear they shall be gathered to their Lord at the Day of Judgment.

It happened that some six followers of the Prophet Muhammad were weak, poor and needy; however, they never ever left the Prophet and kept adhered to him all the time. They attended all his teachings and were devoted to serve him.

 

The chief wealthy strong unbelievers of Mecca used to mock those six weak, poor and needy followers of the Prophet Muhammad.

One day the unbelievers of Mecca said unto the Prophet Muhammad in a mocking way:

O Muhammad, were you pleased with these weak, poor and needy followers?

Do you want us to be followers of these?’

‘We were among the prosperouss of our people and we dislike that we be seen with them. ‘We do not accept to be like or equal to these weak, poor and needy friends.

So could you repel them when we sit with you?’

 

The Prophet Muhammad wanted to do this, because of his desire that the unbelievers become Muslims; he agreed, but they said: ‘We will not be pleased until you write an agreement between us’.

When skin (they used to write on skin; there were no papers at that time) and ink was brought, the following verse was revealed saying:

(Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morning and evening, seeking His Countenance…)

 

Some years after this event, one of those weak, poor and needy followers said:

“This verse was revealed about us. We were weak and stayed at the Prophet’s, Allah bless him and give him peace, in the morning and evening. He taught us the Quran and goodness and instilled fear in us through the mention of hellfire and the Garden and also through that which benefits us and by means of mention of death and the Resurrection.

 

Ayah 6:52 says:

 

And do not repel or drive away those who call upon their Lord at morning and evening desiring, through their worship, His countenance.

If you repel them you will be of the evildoers.

If you repel them you will be of the unjust.

 

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The verses 6:52 in different translations

 

QARIB:

Do not drive away those who call on their lord morning and evening, seeking only his face. nothing of their account falls upon you, and nothing of your account falls upon them, that you should drive them away and so become one of the harmdoers.

 

SHAKIR:

And do not drive away those who call upon their lord in the morning and the evening, they desire only his favor; neither were you answerable for any reckoning of theirs, nor were they answerable for any reckoning of yours, so that you should drive them away and thus be of the unjust.

 

PICKTHAL:

Repel not those who call upon their lord at morn and evening, seeking his countenance. thou art not accountable for them in aught, nor were they accountable for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and be of the wrong-doers.

 

YUSUFALI:

Send not away those who call on their lord morning and evening, seeking his face. in naught art thou accountable for them, and in naught were they accountable for thee, that thou shouldst turn them away, and thus be (one) of the unjust.