وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ (107)
(And We have sent you
not but as a mercy for the `Alamin.)
Here Allah tells us
that He has made Muhammad a mercy to the `Alamin, i.e., He sent him as a mercy
for all of them [peoples], so whoever accepts this mercy and gives thanks for
this blessing, will be happy in this world and in the Hereafter. But whoever
rejects it and denies it, will lose out in this world and in the Hereafter, as
Allah says:
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُواْ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا
وَأَحَلُّواْ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ (28)
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا وَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ (29)
(Have you not seen those who have changed the blessings of Allah
into disbelief, and caused their people to dwell in the house of destruction
Hell, in which they will burn, -- and what an evil place to settle in!)
[14:28-29]
And Allah says, describing the Qur'an:
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ
يُؤْمِنُونَ فِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُوْلَـئِكَ
يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ (44)
(Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing.
And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness in their ears, and it is
blindness for them. They are those who are called from a place far away.'')
[41:44]
Muslim reports in his
Sahih: Ibn Abi
`Umar told us, Marwan Al-Fazari told us, from Yazid bin Kisan, from Ibn Abi
Hazim that Abu Hurayrah said that it was said, "O Messenger of Allah, pray
against the idolators.'' He said:
« إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ لَعَّانًا،
وَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَة »
(I was not sent as a
curse, rather I was sent as a mercy.)
This was recorded by
Muslim. Imam Ahmad
recorded that `Amr bin Abi Qurrah Al-Kindi said: "Hudhayfah was in
Al-Mada'in and he was mentioning things that the Messenger of Allah had said.
Hudhayfah came to Salman and Salman said: `O Hudhayfah, the Messenger of Allah
[would sometimes be angry and would speak accordingly, and would sometimes be
pleased and would speak accordingly. I
know that the Messenger of Allah ] addressed us and said:
« أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ
أُمَّتِي سَبَبْتُهُ (سَبَّةً) فِي غَضَبِي أَوْ لَعَنْتُهُ لَعْنَةً،
فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَجُلٌ
مِنْ وَلَدِ آدَمَ أَغْضَبُ كَمَا تَغْضَبُونَ،
إِنَّمَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ
رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ فَاجْعَلْهَا صَلَاةً عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة »
(Any man of my Ummah
whom I have insulted or cursed when I was angry -- for I am a man from among
the sons of Adam, and I get angry just as you do. But Allah has sent me as a
Mercy to the Worlds, so I will make that [my anger] into blessings for him on
the Day of Resurrection.'')
This was also recorded
by Abu Dawud from Ahmad bin Yunus from Za'idah.
It
may be asked: what kind of mercy do those who disbelieve in him get The answer
is what Abu Ja`far bin Jarir recorded from Ibn `Abbas concerning the Ayah:
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ (107)
(And We have sent you
not but as a mercy for the `Alamin.)
He said, "Whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day, mercy will be decreed for him in this world
and in the Hereafter; whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, will
be protected from that which happened to the nations of earthquakes and
stoning.''
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ يُوحَى إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ
إِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ - فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ
فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَى سَوَآءٍ وَإِنْ أَدْرِى أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا
تُوعَدُونَ - إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا
تَكْتُمُونَ - وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ -
قَالَ رَبِّ احْكُم بِالْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمَـنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا
تَصِفُونَ
(112-108)
(108. Say: "It is revealed to me that your God is only one
God. Will you then be Muslims'')
(109. But if they turn away say: "I give you a notice to be
known to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised is
near or far.'')
(110. "Verily, He knows that which is spoken aloud and He
knows that which you conceal.'')
(111. "And I know not, perhaps it may be a trial for you,
and an enjoyment for a while.'')
(112. He said:"My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our Lord is the
Most Gracious, Whose help is to be sought against that which you attribute!'')
