Tawba 100
100- AND THE EARLY AND THE FOREMOST OF THE MIGRANTS AND ANSAR (SUPPORTERS) AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM BY DOING GOOD DEEDS, ALLAH IS PLEASED WITH THEM AND THEY ARE PLEASED WITH HIM, HE PREPARED FOR THEM GARDENS WITH RIVERS FLOWING UNDERNEATH, WHERE THEY ABIDE ETERNALLY AND FOREVER, THIS IS THE GREAT SUCCESS.
Allah the Highest is telling us, about the great status and esteem, that this group of Muslims have before Him. They are those early Muslims and the migrants from Makah and the Supporters from Medina.
- They believed when the believers were very few.
- They suffered more and longer for their belief.
- They supported Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, and Islam, at a time when everyone was hostile to them.
Those early and foremost believers have no equal or match. Next to them come the rest of us in degrees. Those who follow them on their path; in having the same strong faith and in doing good deeds. Allah the Highest is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him.
How would we be pleased with Allah?
Those pleased with Allah the Highest, are those who do not show despair; do not lose heart and have certainty in their Faith. Those who do not doubt or hesitate. Those who do not question and say: Why does Allah do this to me or to us?
Allah the Highest spoke about the foremost of the believers and their very special reward of being brought close to Allah the Highest in the Paradise, He said: “AND THE FOREMOST THE FOREMOST * THEY ARE THE ONES BROUGHT NEAR * IN THE GARDENS OF DELIGHT * A GROUP OF THE EARLY ONES * AND A FEW OF THE LATER ONES”. (S: 56 A: 10-14)
They do not only enjoy the gardens of delight (The Paradise), but they also enjoy being close to our Lord, Allah the Highest.
Therefore, we should always treat the memory of the early Muslims and the early companions of Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, with the respect and esteem they deserve. They should never be the subject of mocking, jesting or joking, even when they made mistakes. It is through their sacrifices and efforts that we enjoy Islam today, and we have the Quran written down and preserved. It is they, who related Allah’s Messenger’s Hadiths to us. They struggled with their lives and with having little money, to protect Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, and let him deliver the message Allah the Highest entrusted him with.
The billion and half Muslims in the world today owe those early Muslims so much, whether migrants or supporters, it is a great debt we can never repay.
None of us should ever think they are worthy of cleaning the feet of the least of them. We should always remember that.
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