Maeda 12-14
12- AND ALLAH HAS TAKEN THE COVENANT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND WE APPOINTED TWELVE REPRESENTATIVE OUT OF THEM AND ALLAH SAID: “I AM WITH YOU, SHOULD YOU STEADFAST IN SALAH, GIVE ZAKAH, BELIEVE IN MY MESSENGERS AND SUPPORT THEM, AND GIVE ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL LOAN, I WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND ADMIT YOU TO GARDENS WITH RIVERS FLOWING UNDERNEATH, BUT WHOEVER DISBELIEVES OF YOU AFTER THIS, HE HAS GONE ASTRAY OF THE STRAIGHT PATH”.
13- BUT BECAUSE THEY BROKE THEIR COVENANT WE CURSED THEM AND WE HARDENED THEIR HEARTS, THEY PERVERT THE WORDS TO PUT IT OUT OF ITS CONTEXT, AND THEY FORGET A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT THEY WERE REMINDED OF, AND YOU STILL SEE THEIR BETRAYAL, EXCEPT FOR A FEW, SO PARDON THEM AND FORGIVE, FOR ALLAH LOVES THE CHARITABLE.
14- AND OF THOSE WHO SAY: WE ARE NAZARETH (CHRISTIANS) WE TOOK THEIR COVENANT, BUT THEY FORGOT A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT THEY WERE REMINDED OF, SO WE TEMPTED THEM INTO ANIMOSITY AND HATRED TO EACH OTHER UNTIL THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, AND ALLAH WILL INFORM THEM OF WHAT THEY DID DO.
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him took the covenant of the 12 men from Yathrib (Medina), who were similar to then covenant the 12 representative of the children of Israel gave to Moses peace upn him. They were one out of each of the 12 tribes of the Children of Israel. Also the covenant of the 12 disciples of Jesus peace upon him.
After meeting with six men from Yathrib the year before, they embraced Islam and said that they will tell their people when they return to them, 12 men came the next year; 3 from Awse and 9 from Jazrag. They met Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him, embraced Islam and gave him their covenant to obey Allah’s commands, help, support and protect him. The situation was very similar, and the covenant was the same. Allah the Highest promised that His will be with them provided they fulfill the conditions which were: “SHOULD YOU STEADFAST IN SALAH, GIVE ZAKAH, BELIEVE IN MY MESSENGERS AND SUPPORT THEM, AND GIVE ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL LOAN”
Supporting the messengers is a condition which still applies, although there are no prophets or messengers after Mohamed prayer and peace upon him. Supporting the messengers is supporting them to deliver the message, and supporting the message they were delivering. Both still apply. Allah the Highest does not need our support, however our support for them is the evidence of our Faith and is in fact supporting ourselves, for Allah the Highest said: “HE WHO STRUGGLES IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH, HE IS STRUGGLING FOR HIMSELF, FOR ALLAH IS NOT IN NEED FOR ANYONE”. (S:29 A:6)
Allah the Highest does not need our support, but we need it, and all it’s benefits are for ourselves only, not for Allah the Highest, for He is free of all needs.
Giving Allah a beautiful loan refers to giving charity and spending in the cause of Allah in general. Allah the Highest called it a Loan for Allah the Highest repays it back many times over.
It is beautiful in that it is sought to please Allah the Highest only, and in His cause only.
The response from Allah the Highest is: “I WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND ADMIT YOU TO GARDENS WITH RIVERS FLOWING UNDERNEATH”.
Those twelve men were the representative of their people. The representatives are those who carry the ideas and interests of their people, and in the mean time they may make agreements or covenants on their behalf. The twelve men from Ansar were and did just that.
It is important to mention that not long before meeting the six men from Yathrib, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him met men from another tribe which lived near the Persian borders. They were going to embrace Islam and give allegiance to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him, but they said that when it comes to the Persians, they are not prepared to fight them because of him. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said to them that whoever takes up this Religion, he has to embrace it from all its sides.
Allah the Highest is narrating to us the example of the Children of Israel who did not keep their covenant, for which they were cursed. They pervert God’s Word, and forget or pretend to forget or ignore His commands and they continually betray His prophets and messengers.
Allah the Highest is angered by the hard hearted, and becoming hard hearted can also be the result of Allah’s anger.
Allah the Highest took the covenants of the Christians.
Of those who call themselves Nazareth, they also did not fulfill their covenants and did not obey Allah the Highest. They were punished by animosity and hatred between them, up until the Day of Resurrection.
We understand from the above that Allah’s anger with people may appear in the forms of:
- Their hearts harden, so that they have no sympathy or mercy.
- Animosity and hatred between people.
Whenever we a person or a group of people, or ourselves showing these signs, we know that they incur Allah’s anger.
B: Bukhari M: Muslim Mal: Malek A: Ahmed D: Abu Dawood
Da: Daremy Ma: Ibn Magah N: Nesae T: Termezi
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