Allah said,
[وَءَاخَرِينَ
مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُواْ بِهِمْ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ]
(And others among them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Almighty,
the All-Wise.) Imam Abu `Abdullah Al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy upon him,
recorded that Abu Hurayrah said, "We were sitting with the Prophet , when Surat
Al-Jumu`ah was revealed to him;
[وَءَاخَرِينَ
مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُواْ بِهِمْ]
(And others among them who have not yet joined them.) They said, `Who are
they, O Allah's Messenger' The Prophet did not reply until they repeated the
question thrice. At that time, Salman Al-Farisi was with us. So Allah's
Messenger placed his hand on Salman, saying,
«لَوْ كَانَ
الْإِيمَانُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَهُ رِجَالٌ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ
هؤُلَاءِ»
(If faith were on Ath-Thurayya (Pleiades), even then some men or a man from
these people would attain it.)'' Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa`i, Ibn Abi Hatim
and Ibn Jarir collected this Hadith. This Hadith indicates that Surat Al-Jumu`ah
was revealed in Al-Madinah and that the Messenger's Message is universal. The
Prophet explained Allah's statement,
[وَءَاخَرِينَ
مِنْهُمْ]
(And others among them) by mentioning Persia. This is why the Prophet sent
messages to the kings of Persia and Rome, among other kings, calling them to
Allah the Exalted and to follow what he was sent with. This is why Mujahid and
several others said that Allah's statement,
[وَءَاخَرِينَ
مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُواْ بِهِمْ]
(And others among them who have not yet joined them.) refers to all non-Arabs
who believe in the truth of the Prophet. Allah's statement,
[وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ
الْحَكِيمُ]
(And He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.) asserts that He is Almighty and
All-Wise in His legislation and the destiny He appoints. Allah's statement,
[ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ
اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ]
(That is the grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom He wills. And Allah is
the Owner of mighty grace.) refers to the great prophethood that He granted
Muhammad and the qualities that He favored his Ummah with, by sending Muhammad
to them.
[مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ
حُمِّلُواْ التَّوْرَاةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ
أَسْفَاراً بِئْسَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ
وَاللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ - قُلْ يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ
هَادُواْ إِن زَعمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ النَّاسِ
فَتَمَنَّوُاْ الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ - وَلاَ يَتَمَنَّونَهُ أَبَداً
بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْديهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّـلِمِينَ - قُلْ إِنَّ
الْمَوْتَ الَّذِى تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُلَـقِيكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ
إِلَى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
]
(5. The likeness of those who were entrusted with the Tawrah, but did not
carry it, is as the likeness of a donkey which carries huge burdens of books.
How bad is the example of people who deny the Ayat of Allah. And Allah does not
guide the people who are wrongdoers.) (6. Say: "O you Jews! If you pretend that
you are friends of Allah, to the exclusion of (all) other people, then long for
death if you are truthful.'') (7. But they will never long for it, because of
what their hands have sent before them! And Allah knows well the wrongdoers.)
(8. Say: "Verily, the death from which you flee, will surely meet you, then you
will be sent back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He will inform
you about what you used to do.'')
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