12. Responsibility of ''Being Witness to Humanity''




Nouman Ali Khan show

Summary: Middle of Surah Baqara<br> Ayat 142 -143<br> <br> Prophet ((SAW)) has moved to madinah and now his audience is different , the mushrikoon of Arabia were different audience and now He ((SAW)) has come into contact with a Christian and Jewish community more so there was interaction before but it was indirect and very minimal, but now there is an direct interaction with Christian and Jewish community and in particular the Jewish community Allah Azzawajal chose to address first and you will find an interesting thing a long address with the Christian community is found in the next surah Al-e-Imran and a long interaction with the Jewish community is found in Al-baqara.<br> One of the fundamental reason that the Jewish community of Arabia decided to reject Muhammad Ur Rasool Allah ((SAW)) by large is that He ((SAW)) did not belong to the family, He ((SAW)) was not from the children of Ishaq (A S), He (SAW) was from the children of Ismail(A S) so he was not from the “chosen group” ,He ((SAW)) was not one of them.<br> When Allah Azzawajjal revealed the Quran and he revealed instructions, a lot of instructions were same which Allah gave to Musa (A S) .The sharia we follow a lot of it is a continuation of the sharia of Musa (A S).So as part of it Muhammad ((SAW)) used to fast on the same days as the Jews, he used to pray in the same direction as the Jews did and even claimed the day of ashura the day of victory of Musa (A S ) as the day of fasting and celebration for the Muslims so there is a lot of parallel .<br> Allah Azzawajjal exposes in surah baqarah that there was a knowledgeable group among the Jewish community of Madinah that have actually done their home work and they looked to this messenger(S AW) and they found that every single description that they were given about him in there books ,so they came to the conclusion that in fact this “IS THE Messenger of Allah(S A W) “. And at the same time they came to a very strange conclusion also that “NO MATTER WHAT WE WILL NOT FOLLOW HIM, WE WILL NOT ACCEPT HIM AS A MESSENGER OF ALLAH”. Because they were kind of mad at God (naaouzobillah) that how can he sent a messenger at the wrong address.<br> So in this surah what Allah Azzawajal does is that he exposed them, they actually start blaming Jibreel (A S) that he must have gone to the wrong address.<br> Allah defends Jibreel(A S) in this surah<br> <br> Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel-- for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for the believers.<br> <br> Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His apostles and Jibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.<br> <br> And Allah reminds them that if there is any ounce of sincerity that He((SAW)) is not from another family you come from the same father Ibrahim. So the ayat of baqarah started reminding the Jewish community about the legacy of Ibrahim (A S).<br> There is a conversation between Ibrahim (A S) and his children<br> When Ibrahim (A S) asked his children a question and this is the same question asked by Yaqoob (A S) to his children<br> <br> And this (submission to Allah, Islam) was enjoined by Ibrahim (Abraham) upon his sons and by Ya'qub (Jacob), (saying), "O my sons! Allah has chosen for you the (true) religion, then die not except in the Faith of Islam (as Muslims - Islamic Monotheism)."<br> <br> Ibrahim (A S) left a will for his children he gave them parting advice and so did Yaqoob (A S) .<br> In others word Ibrahim (A S) his son Ishaaq and Ishaaq’s son Yaqoob<br> Two generation difference , the grandfather long ago said something to his kids and generation later the grandson is saying the same exact thing to his kids on his death bed. The generational tradition is being continued, in on ayah three generations.<br> Yaqoob’ s (A S) other name was Israel and he was saying to the son ‘s of Israel...