Part Three
Quran Chapter 2- 253a, Stg-1 (L-322) - درس قرآن
Grades of Messengers (علیہم السلام)
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تِلكَ
الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلنا بَعضَهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ ۘ مِنهُم مَن كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ ۖ وَرَفَعَ
بَعضَهُم دَرَجاتٍ ۚ 253a. |
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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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253a. These messengers: We gave some advantage over
others. To some of them God spoke directly, and some He raised in rank. |
‘AR-RUSULU – (Messengers of God), for which, the words Messenger/Prophet (Rasuul, Pay-gam-bar and Nabii) (علیہم السلام) are used also. Origin of Rasuul is Rasaa-lat which means Mission, Messenger-hood and conveying the Message of God. Rusul are a sacred group of Messengers who delivered the Message of God 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 God. He Bestows His blessings and favors on whom He desires. None can get them personally. Wealth, personal respect, knowledge, power of stature or family background, indeed nothing is so, by the source of which, someone may attain virtue and highness surely, except that He bestow Greatness to the individual whom He desire.
Man- kallamAllaahu – (to whom God spoke), that is to say; those Prophets (علیہم السلام) with whom God talked directly and conveyed His Commands as it happened with Prophet Moses (علیہ السلام).
God has commanded in this verse: Of those Messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, for instance; some Messengers (علیہم السلام) are those, with whom He talked directly, some are those to whom, Message of God was delivered by means of Angels (Peace be upon them) and some Prophets are those, who came only to bring earlier Divine Law of Religion to life. They did not come with any new Law of religion.
It has been described in
Holy Qur‘an at another place: Laa Nu-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 that day the Messengers and Prophets (علیہم السلام) were sent in every nation and during every time till the Last Messenger,
Muhammad (ﷺ), they all
brought the Message of One God. Message from every one of them (علیہم السلام) deserved obedience during their individual times. We believe in the truth
of those entire Messengers and Prophets (علیہم السلام).
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