Allah says:
[وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ
إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ ]
(And We have sent you not but as a mercy for the `Alamin.) Here Allah tells
us that He has made Muhammad a mercy to the `Alamin, i.e., He sent him as a
mercy for all of them [peoples], so whoever accepts this mercy and gives thanks
for this blessing, will be happy in this world and in the Hereafter. But whoever
rejects it and denies it, will lose out in this world and in the Hereafter, as
Allah says:
[أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى
الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُواْ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّواْ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ
الْبَوَارِ - جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا وَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ ]
(Have you not seen those who have changed the blessings of Allah into
disbelief, and caused their people to dwell in the house of destruction Hell, in
which they will burn, -- and what an evil place to settle in!) [14:28-29] And
Allah says, describing the Qur'an:
[قُلْ هُوَ
لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ فِى
ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُوْلَـئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍ
بَعِيدٍ]
(Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing. And as for those
who disbelieve, there is heaviness in their ears, and it is blindness for them.
They are those who are called from a place far away.'') [41:44] Muslim reports
in his Sahih: Ibn Abi `Umar told us, Marwan Al-Fazari told us, from Yazid bin
Kisan, from Ibn Abi Hazim that Abu Hurayrah said that it was said, "O Messenger
of Allah, pray against the idolators.'' He said:
«إِنِّي لَمْ
أُبْعَثْ لَعَّانًا، وَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَة»
(I was not sent as a curse, rather I was sent as a mercy.) This was recorded
by Muslim. Imam Ahmad recorded that `Amr bin Abi Qurrah Al-Kindi said:
"Hudhayfah was in Al-Mada'in and he was mentioning things that the Messenger of
Allah had said. Hudhayfah came to Salman and Salman said: `O Hudhayfah, the
Messenger of Allah [would sometimes be angry and would speak accordingly, and
would sometimes be pleased and would speak accordingly. I know that the
Messenger of Allah ] addressed us and said:
«أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ
مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبَبْتُهُ (سَبَّةً) فِي غَضَبِي أَوْ لَعَنْتُهُ لَعْنَةً،
فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَلَدِ آدَمَ أَغْضَبُ كَمَا تَغْضَبُونَ، إِنَّمَا
بَعَثَنِي اللهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ فَاجْعَلْهَا صَلَاةً عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَة»
(Any man of my Ummah whom I have insulted or cursed when I was angry -- for I
am a man from among the sons of Adam, and I get angry just as you do. But Allah
has sent me as a Mercy to the Worlds, so I will make that [my anger] into
blessings for him on the Day of Resurrection.'') This was also recorded by Abu
Dawud from Ahmad bin Yunus from Za'idah. It may be asked: what kind of mercy do
those who disbelieve in him get The answer is what Abu Ja`far bin Jarir recorded
from Ibn `Abbas concerning the Ayah:
[وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ
إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ ]
(And We have sent you not but as a mercy for the `Alamin. ) He said, "Whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day, mercy will be decreed for him in this world
and in the Hereafter; whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, will
be protected from that which happened to the nations of earthquakes and
stoning.''
[قُلْ إِنَّمَآ
يُوحَى إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ -
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَى سَوَآءٍ وَإِنْ أَدْرِى أَقَرِيبٌ أَم
بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ - إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ
مَا تَكْتُمُونَ - وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى
حِينٍ - قَالَ رَبِّ احْكُم بِالْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمَـنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ
عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ ]
(108. Say: "It is revealed to me that your God is only one God. Will you then
be Muslims'') (109. But if they turn away say: "I give you a notice to be known
to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised is near or
far.'') (110. "Verily, He knows that which is spoken aloud and He knows that
which you conceal.'') (111. "And I know not, perhaps it may be a trial for you,
and an enjoyment for a while.'') (112. He said:"My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our
Lord is the Most Gracious, Whose help is to be sought against that which you
attribute!'')
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