Part 35

The explanation which will make it clear is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "And remember when Ibraaheem [96] said to his father and his people: 'I am totally free [97] from everything that you worship except for the one who created me, [98] ___________________________________________________________________ Ibraaheem: the one who was the chosen beloved of Allaah; the imaam of those upon the straight and true Religion and free from shirk; and the most excellent of the messengers after Muhammad. His father was Aazar. Baraa: totally free of that. Also His Saying: "I am totally free from everything that you worship..." is synonymous with the saying laa ilaaha (none has the right to be worshipped). That is He created me upon the upright nature. Allaah is Saying, "except for the One Who created me" is synonymous with the saying illallaah (except Allaah). So He, the One free of all imperfections and the Most High, is to be given no sharers in His worship just as none has any share in His sovereignty. The proof for this is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "Certainly creation and the command are His. Exalted is Allaah, the Lord of all the creation." [surah al-A'raaf (7):54] This Aayah restricts creation and the command to Allaah, the Lord of all the creation, alone. So all the creation is His, and the creational and legislative command is His. He will guide me [99] upon the true Religion and the way of right-guidance.' And Allaah made this saying, [100] that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, to persist amongst Ibraaheem's progeny, so that they might remember and return [101] to obedience to their Lord, and to worshipping Him alone, and repent from their unbelief and their sins" [surah az-Zukhruf (43):26-28]. And His Saying, "Say: [102] O People of the Book, come to a word [103] of justice between us, that we will single Allaah out with all worship and will not worship anything besides Him, and will disassociate ourselves from everything that is worshipped besides Him. __________________________________________________ i.e. He will guide and direct me to the truth and grant that I attain it. This saying that is a declaration of being totally free of and disassociated from everything that is worshipped besides Allaah. i.e. return to it from shirk. The address being to the Prophet for him to debate with the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians. This word is “we will not worship except Allaah, and we will not associate anything in worship along with Him, and will not take one another as Lords besides Allaah." "We will not Worship anything besides Allaah" is the meaning of laa ilaaha illallaah, and the meaning that you and us should be the same in that. Nor will we take one another as Lords besides Allaah [104] by obeying one another in that which involves disobedience to Allaah. So if they turn away, [105] then say: 'Bear witness that we are Muslims, submitting to Allaah and making our worship purely and sincerely for Him, and not worshipping anything else besides Him'" [106] [surah Aal-'Imraan (3):64]. The proof for the testification that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "There has indeed come to you Allaah's Messenger, from amongst yourselves [107] and known to you. ________________________________________________________ That is that some of us will not take others as Lords besides Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and will not revere one another as we revere Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, nor worship one another as we worship Allaah, not making judgement and jurisdiction for other than Him. 105 Meaning if they turn away from what you call them to. 106 Then state to them and call them to witness that you are Muslims, submitting to Allaah, and are free from that which they are upon with regard to their obstinate refusal and rejection of this great word laa ilaaha illallaah (None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah). Meaning from your race and indeed from amongst you yourselves, just as Allaah, the Most High, says, "It is Allaah Who sent amongst the unlettered Arabs a Messenger from themselves (Muhammad) who recited to them the Aayaat which Allaah sent down, and purified them from the pollution of unbelief, and taught them the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah; and before Allaah sent him to them as a Messenger they were clearly astray." [surah al-Jumu'ah (62):2] It grieves him that you should suffer. [108] He is eager and anxious [109] for the guidance of those of you who are astray, and that they should repent and return to the truth, and he is full of compassion and mercy for the Believers” [110] [surah atTawbah (9): 128]. ________________________________________________________________________ i.e. whatever grieves you grieves him. i.e. that you should attain that which is beneficial to you, and that harm should be repelled from you. Compassionate and merciful towards the Believers, and that is particular to the Believers since he was commanded to fight jihaad against the unbelievers and the hypocrites.