Referring to the people of Makkah, Allah says:
[وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا
مِن قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا]
(And how many a town have We destroyed, which was thankless for its means of
livelihood!) They were arrogant transgressors who denied Allah's blessing of
giving them ample provision. This is like the Ayah, o
[وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ
مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا
مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ]
(And Allah puts forward the example of a township, that dwelt secure and
well-content: its provision coming to it in abundance from every place) until:
[فَأَخَذَهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَـلِمُونَ]
(So the torment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.) (16:112-113) Allah
said:
[فَتِلْكَ
مَسَـكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً]
(And those are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them
except a little.) Their land became empty and desolate, and you can see nothing
but their dwellings.
[وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ
الْوَرِثِينَ]
(And verily, We have been the heirs.) Their towns became ruins, with none
remaining. Then Allah tells us of His justice and that He does not destroy
anyone unjustly; on the contrary, He destroys those whom He destroys after
establishing proof against them. So, he says:
[وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ
مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ فِى أُمِّهَا]
(And never will your Lord destroy the towns until He sends to their mother
town) i.e., Makkah --
[رَسُولاً يَتْلُو
عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـتِنَا]
(a Messenger reciting to them Our Ayat.) This indicates that the Unlettered
Prophet, Muhammad was sent from the Mother of Cities as a Messenger to all
cities and towns, Arab and non-Arab alike. This is like the Ayat:
[لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ
الْقُرَى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا]
(so that you may warn the Mother of Towns and all those around it) (6:92).
[قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا]
(Say: "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah.'')
(7:158),
[لاٌّنذِرَكُمْ بِهِ
وَمَن بَلَغَ]
(That I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach.) (6:19)
[وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِ
مِنَ الاٌّحْزَابِ فَالنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُ]
(but those of the sects that reject it, the Fire will be their promised
meeting place.) (11:17).
[وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ
إِلاَّ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا
عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا]
(And there is not a town but We shall destroy it before the Day of
Resurrection, or punish it with a severe torment.) (17:58). Allah tells us that
He will destroy every town before the Day of Resurrection, as He says:
[وَمَا كُنَّا
مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً]
(And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.) (17:15). Allah has sent
the Unlettered Prophet to all the towns (all of mankind), because he has been
sent to the Mother of Cities, their source to which they all return. It was
recorded in the Two Sahihs that the Prophet said:
«بُعِثْتُ إِلَى
الْأَحْمَرِ وَالْأَسْوَد»
(I have been sent to the red and the black.) Prophethood ended with him, and
there is no Prophet or Messenger to come after him, but his way will remain as
long as night and day remain, until the Day of Resurrection.
[وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم
مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـعُ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ
خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ - أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـهُ وَعْداً حَسَناً
فَهُوَ لاَقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَـعَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ
يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ]
(60. And whatever you have been given is an enjoyment of the life of the
world and its adornment, and that which is with Allah is better and will remain
forever. Have you then no sense) (61. Is he whom We have promised an excellent
promise -- which he will find true -- like him whom We have made to enjoy the
luxuries of the life of the world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be
among those brought up)
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