They Will Never Be Happy
By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم الله
الرحمن
الرحيم
الحمدلله
رب العالمين
والصلوة
والسلام على
اشرف الانبياء
وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه
وعلى آله
واصحابه
وازواجه
اجمعين - امابعد
All the praises and
thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to
be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the
Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
وَلَنْ
تَرْضَى
عَنْكَ
الْيَهُودُ وَلَا
النَّصَارَى
حَتَّى
تَتَّبِعَ
مِلَّتَهُمْ
قُلْ إِنَّ
هُدَى
اللَّهِ هُوَ الْهُدَى
وَلَئِنِ
اتَّبَعْتَ
أَهْوَاءَهُمْ
بَعْدَ
الَّذِي
جَاءَكَ مِنَ
الْعِلْمِ مَا
لَكَ مِنَ
اللَّهِ مِنْ
وَلِيٍّ
وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
WA- LAN TARD.AA cAN -KA AL- YAHOD WA- LAA AN- NAS.AARAA
H.ATTAA TATTABIc MILLAH -HUM QUL 'INNA HUDAA 'ALLAAH HUWA AL- HUDAAA WA- LA-
'IN ITTABAcTA AHWAA' -HUM BAcDA 'ALLADHE JAA'A -KA MIN AL- cILM MAA LA- -KA MIN
'ALLAAH MIN WALEY WA- LAA NAS.ER
Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you
(O Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم) till you
follow their religion. Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allâh (i.e. Islâmic
Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم) were to
follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of
Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ân), then you would have against Allâh neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper.
{1} (However great
may be your concessions to them).
{2} (However tender
you may be to them).
{3} (And renounce
your own faith, true and divine).
{4} (And not your
own connections).
{5} 'The Knowledge'
here signifies Divine Revelation, which is the highest and surest of knowledge, above all
doubts.
{6} The argument addressed to the Prophet [صلى الله
عليه وسلم] in effect
is this: -- You cannot by any means win support and goodwill of the Christians
and the Jews, since it is dependent on your accepting and adopting their
religions which, as they exist, are untrue and unsubstantial to
the core. But your acceptance of such untruths is impossible, since it involves
your being accursed of God, which you most empathically are not. Your enjoyment
of the highest Divine blessings and favors is self-evident; hence your
deviation from the right course is an absurdity.
Never will the Jews nor the Christians pleased with you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم] till you follow their religion. Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allâh (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم] were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ân), then you would have against Allâh neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper.
Ibn Jarir said, Allaah said,
WA- LAN TARD.AA cAN -KA AL- YAHOD WA- LAA AN- NAS.AARAA
H.ATTAA TATTABIc MILLAH -HUM
Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you
[O Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم] till you
follow their religion.
Meaning, "The Jews
and Christians will never be happy with you, O Muhammad! Therefore, do not seek
what pleases or appeases them, and stick to what pleases Allaah by calling them
to the truth that Allaah sent you with." Allaah's statement,
QUL 'INNA HUDAA 'ALLAAH HUWA AL- HUDAA
Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allah (i.e. Islamic
Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance.
Means, 'Say, O Muhammad [صلى الله
عليه وسلم],
the guidance of Allaah that He sent me with is the true guidance, meaning the
straight, perfect and comprehensive religion.'"[At-Tabari 2:562]...
Qatadah said that Allaah's statement,
QUL 'INNA HUDAA 'ALLAAH HUWA AL- HUDAA
Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allah (i.e. Islamic
Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance.
"A true argument that Allaah taught Muhammad [صلى الله
عليه وسلم] and his
Companions and which they used against the people of the misguidance."
[Ibn Abi Hatim 1:356] Qatadah said, "We were told that the Messenger of
Allaah (SAW) used to say,
(("There will always be a group of my Ummah fighting
upon the truth, having the upper hand, not harmed by their opponents, until the
decree of Allaah (The Last Hour) comes.)) [Ibn Abi
Hatim 1:355]
This Hadith was collected in the Sahih and narrated from
Abdullah bin Amr [Muslim 1924].
WA- LA- 'IN ITTABAcTA AHWAA' -HUM BAcDA 'ALLADHE JAA'A -KA
MIN AL- cILM MAA LA- -KA MIN 'ALLAAH MIN WALEY WA- LAA NAS.ER
And if you (O Muhammad Peace be upon him) were to follow
their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge
(i.e. the Qur'an), then you would have against Allah neither any Wali
(protector or guardian) nor any helper.
This Ayah carries a stern warning for Muslim Ummah against
imitating the ways and methods of the Jews and Christians, after they have
acquired knowledge of the Glorious Qur’aan and Sunnah, may Allaah grant us
refuge from this behavior. Although the speech in this Ayah was directed at the
Messenger of Allaah [صلى الله
عليه وسلم], the
ruling of which applies to his entire Ummah.
Now a days what is happening with Muslims around the world is the testament of the above Ayaah and the Ayaah 3:118 that reads,
يَا
أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ لاَ
تَتَّخِذُواْ
بِطَانَةً
مِّن
دُونِكُمْ
لاَ يَأْلُونَكُمْ
خَبَالاً
وَدُّواْ مَا
عَنِتُّمْ
قَدْ بَدَتِ
الْبَغْضَاء
مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ
وَمَا
تُخْفِي
صُدُورُهُمْ
أَكْبَرُ
قَدْ بَيَّنَّا
لَكُمُ
الآيَاتِ إِن
كُنتُمْ
تَعْقِلُونَ
O you who believe! Take not as
(your) Bitanah (advisors, consultants, protectors, helpers, friends, etc.)
those outside your religion (pagans, Jews, Christians, and hypocrites) since
they will not fail to do their best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you
severely. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts
conceal is far worse. Indeed We have made plain to you the Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses) if you understand.
Thursday, August 04, 2005