Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said: The Prophet was in Makkah, then he
was commanded to emigrate, and Allah revealed the words:
[وَقُل رَّبِّ
أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّى مِن
لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطَـناً نَّصِيرًا ]
(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And
grant me from You a helping authority.'') At-Tirmidhi said, "This is Hasan
Sahih.'' Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on this Ayah, "When the disbelievers of
Makkah conspired to kill the Messenger of Allah , or expel him or imprison him,
Allah wanted him to fight the people of Makkah, and commanded him to go to
Al-Madinah. What Allah said was:
[وَقُل رَّبِّ
أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ]
(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be
good...'')
[وَقُل رَّبِّ
أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ]
(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good...'') means, my entry to Al-Madinah.
[وَأَخْرِجْنِى
مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ]
(and (likewise) my exit be good, ) means, my exit from Makkah. This was also
the view of `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam.
[وَاجْعَل لِّى مِن
لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطَـناً نَّصِيرًا]
(And grant me from You a helping authority.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri explained this
Ayah; "His Lord promised to take away the kingdom and glory of Persia and give
it to him, and the kingdom and glory of Byzantium and give it to him.'' Qatadah
said, "The Prophet of Allah knew that that he could not achieve this without
authority or power, so he asked for authority to help him support the Book of
Allah, the Laws of Allah, the obligations of Allah and to establish the religion
of Allah. Authority is a mercy from Allah which He places among His servants,
otherwise some of them would attack others, and the strong would consume the
weak.'' Alongside the truth, he also needed power and authority in order to
suppress those who opposed and resisted him, hence Allah said:
[لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا
رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ]
(Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs,) until His saying,
[وَأَنزْلْنَا
الْحَدِيدَ]
(And We brought forth iron) [57:25]
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