Yunes 94-97
94- BUT IF YOU WERE IN DOUBT CONCERNING WHAT WE SENT DOWN TO YOU, THEN ASK THOSE WHO READ THE BOOK BEFORE YOU, INDEED THE TRUTH HAS COME TO YOU FROM YOUR LORD, THEREFORE DO NOT BE OF THE DOUBTFUL.
95- AND DO NOT BE ONE OF THOSE WHO DENY ALLAH’S AYAHS, THEN YOU WILL BE OF THE LOSERS.
96- THOSE UPON WHOM YOUR LORDS WORDS TRULY APPLY DO NOT BELIEVE.
97- EVEN IF EVERY AYAH CAME TO THEM, WILL NOT BELIEVE UNTIL THEY SEE THE PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.
These Ayahs are addressed to the Muslims and the believers in general, for Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, did not doubt or ask. He was always sure that Allah the Highest supported him, even at times of great distress. One time when the disbelievers moved a big army to Medina, wanting to kill all the Muslims and finish Islam altogether. The muslims were digging a big trench around Medina, Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, was telling the Muslims that the future is bright and that they will rule over Iraq and Sham.
Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, was offered, by the disbelievers in Makah through his uncle, to make him the richest man in Makah, and the chief and head of the town, and give him the most beautiful women to marry, on the condition that he leave the religion he preached. He said: “By Allah my uncle, if they were to put the sun in my left hand and the moon in my right hand to leave this religion, I will not leave it until I complete it or die for it”.
Doubt can prevent belief and can also affect the hearts of the believers. Doubt is the opposite of certainty. Certainty is the essence of strong belief, and it shows in one’s actions. The certainty essential for belief is the certainty of the Hereafter, judgement, Allah, His angels, His prophets and messengers and of Fate. When certainty is complete and does not leave a believer at any time, then he/she will be of certain faith, and they will live their lives as if they know that Allah the Highest sees them.
Allah the Highest commands the Muslims not to be of the doubtful, and not to argue with their His messenger, prayer and peace upon him, as the people before them argued with their prophets and messengers. They argued and doubted their prophets’ words and commands, and even Allah’s commands, as happened with Moses, peace upon him: “AND WHEN MOSES SAID TO HIS PEOPLE: “ALLAH COMMANDS YOU TO SLAUGHTER A COW”, THEY SAID: “ARE YOU MAKING A LAUGHING STOCK OF US?” HE SAID: “MAY ALLAH SAVE ME FROM BEING ONE OF THE IGNORANT” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW WHAT KIND OF COW IT SHOULD BE?” HE SAID: “HE (ALLAH) SAYS: “IT SHOULD BE NEITHER TOO OLD NOR TOO YOUNG A COW, BUT IN BETWEEN, SO DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN COMMANDED TO DO” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW ITS COLOUR”. HE (MOSES) SAID: “HE SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE A YELLOW COW, BRIGHTLY COLOURED, PLEASING TO THOSE WHO SEE IT” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW WHAT IT SHOULD BE LIKE, FOR ALL COWS LOOK ALIKE TO US, AND IF ALLAH WILLS, WE WILL BE RIGHTLY GUIDED”. * HE (MOSES) SAID: ALLAH SAYS THAT IT IS NOT A WORKING COW, WHICH PLOUGHS THE EARTH OR WATERS THE FIELDS, SOUND WITH NO MARKINGS. THEY SAID: NOW YOU CAME WITH THE TRUTH. THEY SLAUGHTERED IT, ALTHOUGH THEY ALMOST DID NOT”. (S: 2 A: 67-71)
And: “AND THEIR PROPHET SAID TO THEM: “ALLAH HAS APPOINTED TALOOT (SAUL) AS A KING FOR YOU” THEY SAID: “HOW CAN HE REIGN OVER US WHILE WE HAVE BETTER RIGHT TO REIGN THAN HIM, AND HE WAS NOT EVEN GIVEN ABUNDANCE OF WEALTH?”. HE (THEIR PROPHET) SAID: “ALLAH HAS CHOSEN HIM OVER YOU, ALSO HAS GIVEN HIM PLENTY OF KNOWLEDGE AND STRENGTH OF BODY, AND ALLAH GIVES OF HIS KINGDOM TO WHOM HE WILLS, FOR ALLAH IS ALL EMBRACING AND MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE”. (S: 2 A: 247)
And after the children of Israel had crossed the Red Sea and arrived at an inhabited town: “THEY SAID: O MOSES, WE WILL NEVER ENTER AS LONG AS THEY ARE THEREIN, SO GO AND YOUR LORD TO FIGHT, WE ARE SITTING HERE”. (S: 5 A: 24)
Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Do not ask me about what I left out, not telling you, for what destroyed people before you was their asking too much, and differing with their prophets; forbid whatever I have forbidden you and do as much as you can of what I commanded you to do”. (B: Etesam & M: Fadael; 130 & A: 2; 482)
We should never have any doubt about the Quran and Sunnah, Allah’s commands and Laws; some people doubt if they are still applicable. As if doubting that Allah the Highest knew what was to happen, and He had sent us revelations to be applied for some time, but not forever.
As for those who deny Allah’s Ayahs altogether, they will know that they are true, but when it is too late. Being deprived of the great gift of Belief in this life, leaves people confused and muddled, and their lives unhappy and full of anxiety and worry, but when they see their punishment, it will be too late.
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