God caused to excel some
Messengers and some are those whom He spoke
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verse – 253 of 286, Section – 33 of
40 (Part - 3)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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253a. Of those
messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and of whom there
are some unto whom Allah spoke, while some of them He exalted (others) in
degrees.
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253a. TILKAR-RUSULU
faz-zalNaa ba’-zahum ‘alaa ba’-z. Minhumm-man-
kallamAllaahu wa rafa-‘a ba’-zahum darajaat.
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Lesson
‘AR-RUSULU – (Messengers of God Almighty),
for which, the words Prophet (Rasuul, Pay-gam-bar and Nabii)
(peace be upon them) are used also. Origin of Rasuul is Rasaa-lat which
means Mission, Messenger-hood and conveying the Message of God Almighty. Rusul are
a sacred group of Messengers who delivered the Message of Allah Almighty to His
servants without decrease or increase.
faz-zalNaa – (We have caused to excel),
its origin is Fazal, which means
grandeur, reverence, nobility, highness, excellence and dignity. The entire Greatness
and Excellence are in the Hand of Allah Almighty. He Bestows His blessings and
favors on whom He wishes. None can get them personally. Wealth, personal
respect, knowledge, power of stature or family background, indeed nothing is so,
with the source of which, someone may attain virtue and highness surely, except
that His Greatness is attached with the individual.
man- kallamAllaahu – (to whom Allah Almighty
spoke), that is to say; those Prophets (peace be upon them) with whom Allah
Almighty talked directly and conveyed His Commands as it happened with Prophet
Moses (peace be upon him).
God Almighty has commanded
in this verse: Of those Messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others,
for instance; some Messengers (peace be upon Them) are those with whom He
talked directly, some are those to whom Message of Allah Almighty was delivered
by means of Angels (peace be upon them) and some Prophets are those who came
only to bring earlier Divine Law to life. They did not come with any new Law of
religion.
It has been
described in the Holy Qur‘an at
another place: Laa Tu-farri-qu bay-na ‘aha-dim-min-hum (We do not
differentiate anyone among them). It aims that as far as, it relates to
Messenger-hood, We do not say anyone superior or junior. So, there is no
contradiction and difference between these two verses. Moreover, both the
verses are correct at their own places. Being a Muslim, we believe that since
the world has come into existence, with effect from then the Messengers and
Prophets (peace be upon them) were sent in every nation and during every time
till the Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him), they all brought the
Message of One God Almighty. Message from each of them (peace be upon them) deserved
obedience during their individual times. We believe in the truth of those
entire Messengers and Prophets (peace be upon them).
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253b. And We gave Jesus
son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) and We supported him with
the Holy Spirit. And if Allah had so willed it, those who followed after them
would not have fought one with another after the clear proofs had come unto
them, but they differed, some of them believing and some disbelieving. And if
Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought one with another. But
Allah doeth what He will.
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253b. Wa ‘aatayNaa
‘Iisabna- Marya-mal-Bayyinaati wa ayyadNaa-hu bi-Ruuhil-
Qudus. Wa law shaaa-‘Allaahu maqtata-lallaziina
mim- ba’-dihim—mim-ba’-di maa jaaa- ‘at- humul-Bayyi-naa-
tuwa laa-kinikh-talafuu fa-minhum-man ‘aamana
wa min-hum-man-kafar. Wa law shaaa-‘Allaahu
maq-tataluu; wa laa-kinnAllaaha yaf-‘alu maa
yuriid.
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Lesson
‘Ibna- Marya-ma – (son of Mary), it aims to
declare that Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him), whom the Christians consider
God or son of God, actually He (peace be upon him) is son of Mary. Neither He
is God and nor son of God. By face He (peace be upon him) is a Mankind like
others and He (peace be upon him) is like other humankind also in the
necessities of mankind.
‘al-Bayyinaatu – (clear proofs), it signifies towards
all those miracles and tokens which were given to Prophet Jesus (peace be upon
him), by observing which, every wise and justice-lover was influenced to
believe in the Messenger-hood of Jesus (peace be upon him).
Ruuhul- Qudus – (the Holy Spirit), in the
phrase of Holy Qur‘an, it aims Angel
Gabriel (peace be upon him). Although, He (peace be upon him) is closest Angel
to God Almighty, even then He (peace be upon him) is a creature of God
Almighty, and the Christians who consider him one of three gods, take it
wrongly. How an Angel can be a God?
‘ayyadNaa-hu – (We supported him), although
Jesus (peace be upon him) was very Excellent and Proficient, even then He
(peace be upon him) was a Mankind and like other human beings he (peace be upon
him) was needy of Allah Almighty also for being saved from getting loss and reaping
benefits.
At the end it is commanded
that if Allah Almighty wished, those people who had seen the bright tokens of entire
Messengers and after all Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon them), would
not have a quarrel with one another. Some of them embraced Islam and were entitled
to get rewards, and some disagreed, remained Infidels and deserved punishment.
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