الأربعاء، 27 ديسمبر 2017
prophet (peace be upon him) wrote the Qur’an for the moral reformation of the Arabs and attributed it to God for better acceptability.
ASK DR.ZAKIR NAIK.
(Q) My name is Mohammed Ashraf, my question is the... I am a student. My question is the... Many orientalist claim or rather allege that the prophet (peace be upon him) wrote the Qur’an for the moral reformation of the Arabs and attributed it to God for better acceptability.
(Dr. Zakir) The brother has posed a question and I do agree with him that some of the orientalist has said that our beloved prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him) he told a lie, that Nauzubillah by saying Qur’an is the word of God so that he could reform the Arabs. I do agree that the message of the Qur’an and the intention of prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him), was not only to reform Arabia, the intention of the Qur’an and our beloved prophet was to reform the whole world. Not only Arabia. If you say let us analyze this claim. If his main reason was only to reform Arabia, then why should a person use immoral means to make a moral society? Imagine! You want to make a moral security but you, yourself start by telling a lie. This can only be done by people who are fake, who do it for money. Openly they may say we want to reform the world. But inwardly they want money and I have already disproved that the prophet did not do it for money.
So if the final end result is truth, even the means should be truthful. It is mentioned in the Qur’an in Surah Anam, Ch. No. 6, Verse No. 93, that... ‘Who can be more wicked than a person who invents a lie against Allah (SWT)’, and says that... ‘I have received an inspiration when no inspiration has come to him or says that I can invent a revelation, the same as Allah (SWT)’.
If the prophet had actually lied, he would have never mentioned it in his own book that the person who lies is a wicked person. In some point of his life may be his lie would be exposed, then he would be calling himself a wicked person. And the verse continues to give a humiliating punishment. Again it is mentioned in Surah Al-Haqqa, Ch. No. 69, Verse No. 44 and 47, that if the messenger was to invent a lie in our name, in the name of Allah (SWT), we would seize him by his hand. We would seize him by his right hand and cut off the artery of his heart and you will not be able to save him from one wrath. Even the messenger is not excused. If any messenger was to invent a lie, let it be even prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him), Nauzubillah he will never do it, even if any messenger invents a lie, the Qur’an says we will cut off the artery of his heart.
There were chances that if the prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him) would have lied, surely he would have been exposed at some point of life and he would be calling, he would to ask the people to put him to death. A similar punishment is mentioned in Surah Shura, Ch. No. 42, Verse No. 24, as well as in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No. 105. And there are several instances in which the prophet himself was corrected in the Qur’an. If the prophet wrote the Qur’an for moral reformation, Nauzubillah, surely he would not have mentioned those things which Allah (SWT) did not like the prophet doing. For example, one such verse, one such Surah is Surah Abasa, Ch. No. 80, it says that... ‘O prophet! When the blind man came interrupting, when the blind came interrupting, he frowned and turned away. What does thou know lest he may increase in spiritual guidance or receive admonition’.
This Surah was revealed when the blind man by the name of Abdullah Ibn Umme Maktum interrupted the prophet when he was having a discussion with the pagan Arabs – the non-muslims and the prophet did not appreciate interruption because when he is speaking with the non-muslims chiefs why should a blind Muslim come and interrupt. If it would have been any one else besides the prophet. Let it be a saint or a sinner, no one would have objected. But because the prophet whose character was so noble. It was so high, whose heart always wept for the poor and the needy. For him, a revelation came down. And whenever the prophet met this person, he always thanked him that because of you Allah (SWT) had remembered me. Several such reproof had been given in the Qur’an for example Surah Tahrim, Ch. No. 66, Verse No. 1, in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No. 126. In Surah Anfal, Ch. No. 8, Verse No. 84, in several places. If the prophet would have written the Qur’an for moral reformation, he would not have incorporated this in the Qur’an.
Hope that answers the question.
Al-Malik, the King of kings..
Al-Malik, the King of kings..
There was a young thief busy stealing people’s wealth, one day a thought cross his mind he said to himself: “How far will I go with this petty stealing every now and then instead, why not travel to the king’s palace and steal the king. With that kind of money, I can then start my own business and lead a decent wealthy life”. To accomplished his new thoughts, he started his journey to the king’s palace. On reaching the palace, in the darkness of the night he sneaked in to the palace and found himself in the majesty’s room. On hearing the sound of the footsteps, he hide himself behind the long drape’s.
While hiding he saw, it was the king and the queen walking to retire in their room. He overheard their conversation.
The Queen said, “Your majesty, have you ever thought about our only daughter?” The King asked “what about her?” The Queen replied “Don’t you think we need to find a Prince for our charming Princess.” The King replied “Honey, you are absolutely right, by the grace of Allah (Subhaanahu wata’aala) we have everything excluding the heir and the next king for our kingdom hence we should find a pious humble Muslim youth from our kingdom, the one that will keep our daughter happy and be the next king after me. He shall continue the hard work of taking good care of our people”. The queen nodding her head in agreement with the king said, “Then let us then find out that pious Muslim youth”. The king suggested, “Tomorrow, I will ask the Vazir to find out the most competent pious youth in our kingdom and you don’t reveal this plan to anyone”. The thief hearing this conversation thought, if I steal tonight I may get a small part of his wealth instead if I could managed to play that crucial part of that pious youth that the majesty is looking for, I may end up becoming the next king along with the charming beautiful princess and so without stealing he quietly sneak out of the palace to accomplished his new plan, let us call it plan-B.
He went straight to the nearby
Masjid and started his act of the pious
young Muslim. Sure enough it worked,
within a few days the town started to
talk about this young Muslim youth
dedicated to lslam. People started to
come from far and wide to listen to this
eloquent speeches on the important
tenets of Islam.
Masjid and started his act of the pious
young Muslim. Sure enough it worked,
within a few days the town started to
talk about this young Muslim youth
dedicated to lslam. People started to
come from far and wide to listen to this
eloquent speeches on the important
tenets of Islam.
Then one day Vazir send his men to
invite him to meet the king, but the
young pious soul declined the king's
invitation saying that he was too busy in
discharging the duties assigned to him
by Allah (Subhaanahu Wata'aala).
invite him to meet the king, but the
young pious soul declined the king's
invitation saying that he was too busy in
discharging the duties assigned to him
by Allah (Subhaanahu Wata'aala).
Hearing this, the king was further
impressed, he said to his Vazir: "He is
the true Muslim and our future Prince, let
us go and visit him. Seeing the King
along with his minister's at his doorstep,
tears rolled down the thief's cheek, with
so much gratitude in his heart he said to
himself:"Just by acting as a pious
Muslim, Allah has brought the mighty
King to my door step, I wonder what
would be the reward if I were to be REAL
TRUE Muslim. Now becoming the next
king and marrying the princess had lost
all its priorities. He apologized and
declined the King's offer saying "Now
that I have found the REAL King of the
universe who brought you to my doors,
my rewards from now on will be from
HIM.
impressed, he said to his Vazir: "He is
the true Muslim and our future Prince, let
us go and visit him. Seeing the King
along with his minister's at his doorstep,
tears rolled down the thief's cheek, with
so much gratitude in his heart he said to
himself:"Just by acting as a pious
Muslim, Allah has brought the mighty
King to my door step, I wonder what
would be the reward if I were to be REAL
TRUE Muslim. Now becoming the next
king and marrying the princess had lost
all its priorities. He apologized and
declined the King's offer saying "Now
that I have found the REAL King of the
universe who brought you to my doors,
my rewards from now on will be from
HIM.
So Exalted be Allah, the True King: La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshiped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne! Quran (Surah Al-Muminoon23:116)
SubhanAllah..one path to Allah can be so beneficial..Alhamdulillah. Allahu Akbar.
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