[وَمَا مَنَعَ
النَّاسَ]
(And nothing prevented men) means, most of them,
[أَن
يُؤْمِنُواْ]
(from believing) and following the Messengers, except the fact that they
found it strange that human beings would be sent as Messengers, as Allah says:
[أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ
عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ
الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ]
(Is it a wonder for mankind that We have sent Our revelation to a man from
among themselves (saying): "Warn mankind, and give good news to those who
believe that they shall have with their Lord the rewards of their good deeds'')
[10:2] And Allah says:
[ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ
كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَرٌ
يَهْدُونَنَا]
(That was because there came to them their Messengers with clear proofs, but
they said: "Shall mere men guide us'') [64:6] Fira`wn and his people said:
[أَنُؤْمِنُ
لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـبِدُونَ]
(They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are
obedient to us with humility!'') [23: 47] Similarly, the nations said to their
Messengers:
[إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ
بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا
فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ]
("You are no more than human beings like us! You wish to turn us away from
what our fathers used to worship. Then bring us a clear authority'') [14:10] And
there are many other similar Ayat. Then Allah says, pointing out His kindness
and mercy towards His servants, that He sends to them Messengers of their own
kind so that they will understand what he says and will be able to speak to him
directly. If He sent to mankind a Messenger from among the angels, they would
not be able to deal with him face to face and learn from him, as Allah says:
[لَقَدْ مَنَّ
اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولاً مِّنْ
أَنفُسِهِمْ]
(Indeed, Allah conferred a great favor on the believers when He sent among
them a Messenger from among themselves) [3:164]
[لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ]
(Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger from among yourselves) [10:128]
[كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا
فِيكُمْ رَسُولاً مِّنْكُمْ يَتْلُواْ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَـتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ
وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ الْكِتَـبَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُواْ
تَعْلَمُونَ - فَاذْكُرُونِى أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُواْ لِي وَلاَ تَكْفُرُونِ
]
(Similarly, We have sent among you a Messenger of your own, reciting to you
Our verses (the Qur'an) and purifying you, and teaching you the Book and the
Hikmah, and teaching you that which you used not to know. Therefore remember Me.
I will remember you, and be grateful to Me and never be ungrateful to Me.)
(2:151-152) Allah says here:
[قُل لَوْ كَانَ فِى
الاٌّرْضِ مَلَـئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ]
(Say: "If there were on the earth, angels walking about in peace and
security,) meaning, just as you do,
[لَنَزَّلْنَا
عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولاً]
(We should certainly have sent down for them from the heaven an angel as a
Messenger). meaning, `one of their own kind. But as you are human, We have sent
to you Messengers from yourselves, as a kindness and a mercy.'
[قُلْ كَفَى
بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا
بَصِيرًا ]
(96. Say: "Sufficient is Allah for a witness between me and you. Verily, He
is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants.'') Allah tells His Prophet
how to prove that what he has brought is true, saying to him to tell them: "He
(Allah) is a witness over me and over you. He knows what I have brought to you.
If I were lying to you, He would take revenge on me in the severest manner,'' as
Allah says:
[وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ
عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ
لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ ]
(And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have
seized him by his right hand, And then We certainly would have cut off his life
artery.) (69:44-46) Allah said;
[إِنَّهُ كَانَ
بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا]
(Verily, He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants.) meaning,
He knows best who among them deserves blessings, good treatment and guidance,
and who deserves to be doomed and led astray. He says:
[وَمَن يَهْدِ
اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن
دُونِهِ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا
وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا ]
(97. And he whom Allah guides, he is led aright; and whomever He leaves
astray can never find helpers other than Him, and We shall gather them together
on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf; their abode
will be Hell; whenever it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of
the Fire.)
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