Allah said to His Prophet : `If these idolaters belie you, then be clear from
them and their deeds.'
[فَقُل لِّى عَمَلِى
وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ]
(Say: "For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds!'') Similarly, Allah
said:
[قُلْ يأَيُّهَا
الْكَـفِرُونَ - لاَ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ]
(Say: "O you disbelievers! I worship not that which you worship.'')[109:1-2]
to the end of the Surah. Ibrahim Al-Khalil (the Friend) and his followers said
to the idolaters among their people:
[إِنَّا بُرَءآؤاْ
مِّنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ]
(Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allah) [60:4]
Allah then said:
[وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن
يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ]
(And among them are some who listen to you,) They listen to your beautiful
talk and to the Glorious Qur'an. They listen to your truthful, eloquent and
authentic Hadiths that are useful to the hearts, the bodies and their faith.
This is indeed a great benefit and is sufficient. But guiding the people to the
truth is not up to you or to them. You cannot make the deaf hear. Therefore you
cannot guide these people except if Allah wishes. Y
[وَمِنهُمْ مَّن
يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ]
(And among them are some who look at you, ) They look at you and at what
Allah has given you in terms of dignity, noble personality and great conduct.
There is in all of this clear evidence of your prophethood to those who have
reason and insight. Other people also look but they do not receive guidance like
them. Believers look at you with respect and dignity while disbelievers regard
you with contempt.
[وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ
إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً]
(And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery.)[25:41] Then Allah
announces that He is never unjust with anyone. He guides whomever He wills and
opens the eyes of the blind, makes the deaf hear and removes neglect from the
hearts. At the same time He lets others go astray, moving away from faith. He
does all of that yet He is always Just, for He is the Ruler and has full
authority over His kingdom. He does whatever He wills without any restrictions.
No one can question Him as to what He does while he will question everyone else.
He is Omniscient, All-Wise, and All-Just. So Allah said:
[إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ
يَظْلِمُ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا وَلَـكِنَّ النَّاسَ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ]
(Truly, Allah wrongs not mankind in aught; but mankind wrong themselves.) In
the Hadith narrated by Abu Dharr, he states that the Prophet related that His
Lord, Exalted and High is He, said:
«يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي
حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا
تَظَالَمُوا»
(O My servant! I
have prohibited oppression for Myself and made it prohibited for you, so do not
oppress one another...) Until He said at the end of the Hadith:
يَا عِبَادِي
إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أُحْصِيهَا لَكُمْ، ثُمَّ أُوفِيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا،
فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا
يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَه»
(O My servants! It is but your deeds that I reckon for you and then
recompense you for. So let him who finds good (in the Hereafter) praise Allah.
And let him who finds other than that blame no one but himself.) The complete
version was recorded by Muslim.
[وَيَوْمَ
يَحْشُرُهُمْ كَأَن لَّمْ يَلْبَثُواْ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِّنَ النَّهَارِ
يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ اللَّهِ
وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهْتَدِينَ ]
(45. And on the Day when He shall gather them together, (it will be) as if
they had not stayed (in the life of this world and graves) but an hour of a day.
They will recognize each other. Ruined indeed will be those who denied the
meeting with Allah and were not guided.)
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