Worthiness of the Last Prophet (peace be upon Him)

God’s great goodness towards the Messenger (ﷺ) (L-597) 

وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَهَمَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُضِلُّوكَ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَضُرُّونَكَ مِن شَىْءٍ  وَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَكَ مَا لَمْ تَكُن تَعْلَمُ وَكَانَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيمًا 113.

113.  Wa  law-laa  fazlUllaahi  ‘alayka  wa  RahmatuHuu  la-hammat-taaa-‘ifatum-minhum  ‘any-yuzil-luuk.  Wa  maa  yuzil-luuna  ‘illaaa  ‘anfu-sahum  wa  maa  yazur-ruunaka  min-  shay’.  Wa  ‘anzalAllaahu  ‘alay-kal-Kitaaba  wal-Hikmata  wa  ‘allamaka  maa  lam  takun  ta’-lam.  Wa  kaana  fazlUllaahi  ‘alayka  ‘aziimaa.

113.  Were it not for God’s grace towards you, and His mercy, a faction of them would have managed to mislead you. But they only mislead themselves, and they cannot harm you in any way. God has revealed to you the Scripture and wisdom, and has taught you what you did not know. God’s goodness towards you is great.

Fazlun – (Grace, Bounty, Divine favor), real meaning of fazal is “so much, more than enough, excessive”, that is to say; to give someone anything especially with kindness, which is a special gift, and more than ordinary presents.

Yuzil-luuka – (to mislead you), it is from ‘Azlaal, which means “To push back any person from the Straight Path”.

When we shall connect this verse to our previous lesson, then it will be said as, “The Messenger of God (ﷺ) began to realize in his mind, when he listened to the witnesses of the real thief and their oaths for him. He (ﷺ) thought that these all people cannot give false evidence. Due to their evidence it would have to be accepted that Ta’-mah was innocent”. But it was not acceptable to God that His Messenger (ﷺ) decide in favor of Ta’-mah and resultantly an innocent person (the Jew) is determined as thief by violence.

It has been described in this verse, “O Messenger (ﷺ)! They had made up their minds to get wrong decision duly settled by (misleading) you, but God informed you timely with His special Mercy and Kindness, and let you not determined as such, which was against the dignity of His Messenger (ﷺ). They would have understood that by misleading you, they would succeed in getting wrong decision in favor of the thief. Do they not know that Your Protector is God? He is Your Saver from being misled. By intending to mislead you, they will never be able to harm You. They have been harming themselves by doing so. God has revealed Holy Qur’an upon you and disclosed the truth upon you. The Grace of God towards you has been great, He will never let you mislead from the Straight Path. He has bestowed upon you so much virtues and excellence, which have been surpassing most. And you have been given more knowledge and wisdom than entire other people. The conch people, who have inexpert knowledge, can never succeed in misleading you (ﷺ). https://youtu.be/ujtzC0pTUwA