The
Promise
of Allah to the Prophet &
the Believers
“O you who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) the Day that Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light will run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, ‘Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for You have power over all things’.” (Surah At-Tahrim, 66 : 9)
In light of this Quranic verse, I present to you a Hadith where Hazrat
Abu Dharr and Hazrat Abu Darda (ra) reported that Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh) said that: On the Day of Judgment
I will recognize my people. The Sahaba
(companions) asked him: O Prophet of
Allah, how will you recognize your people?
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) said: 'I will
recognize you by the light that will be before you'.
Therefore,
in the world there are those who have the light of Imaan
(faith) and on the day of judgement this light will be before them
and on their right.
When
you read Chapter ‘The Light’, i.e., Surah Al-Nur, Verse 56, where
Allah (swt) says:
“Allah
had promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He
will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors
from among those who were before them; and that He will surely
establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and
that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after
their fear: They will worship Me, and they will not associate
anything with Me. Then whoso is ungrateful after that, they will be
the rebellious.”
This
has always been the way of Allah, a practice that He has demonstrated
since the existence of man, that it is Allah (swt) Himself Who raises
His Chosen Messenger, His Prophet, His Khalifatullah as this verse
makes us understand. And Allah says in this verse that it is a
promise that He makes to those who believe and do good works.
This
promise, Allah has not made it to all those whose works do not please
Him; those whose actions go against His teachings; and what is
important to note is that Allah (swt) said He will make those who do
not go against His teachings successors (His Caliphs /
Representatives) on earth; it’s not a Caliph who will be elected by
man, where people come together to elect a Caliph; where all types of
people with different mentalities come together to make this
decision. And certainly it is Allah (swt) alone who knows the hearts
of people [all people]. This is why He made this commitment and made
this promise that it is He alone, Allah (swt) who will raise His
successors on earth, just as He had established successors among
those who came before them; and that He will establish for them their
religion that He has chosen for them and He will give them in return
after their fear, security and peace.
Light of Faith through 'Roohil Quddus'
When
you read this verse, it becomes more interesting given the way Allah
(swt) formed the words [of this verse] and made us understand this
subject, more precisely when He informs us that it has always been
His practice to raise His caliphs just as in the past, He had raised
Successors. So, it is quite clear, these successors were not chosen
by man, they were not chosen in a committee or an assembly where an
election is held to choose anyone to be placed as a successor
[representative]. When Allah (swt) made this promise, it is He Who
takes all the responsibility for raising His Selected Successor and
He raises him with the Holy Spirit, “Ruhil
Quddus”. This is the way of doing
[i.e. the practice] of Allah, a practice that He has always taught
[or demonstrated] since the creation of man, that it is Himself who
chooses His Servant (not man) and Allah comes to the aid of His
prophets (or as you may call them: His chosen servants, His prophets
or messengers, His Caliphs etc.), and gives them a superiority [over
all people]. Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Mujadala,
Chapter 58, Verse 22:
“Allah
has decreed: ‘Verily! It is I and My Messengers who shall be the
victorious’.”
The
words: victorious, triumph, prevail, or predominance can be described
as follows: Historically the fervent desire of all prophets is that
the arguments for [the cause of] Allah be firmly established on earth
in such a way that no one can refute them. So with the support of
great signs, Allah manifests their truthfulness and by the hand of
these prophets, Allah sows the grain of righteousness that these
prophets had the desire to spread everywhere. But only Allah (swt)
does not complete the mission of the prophets with their own hand,
but on the contrary Allah (swt) bring about their deaths in such a
circumstance and in such an era which seems like they failed in their
mission. This gives the opponents the opportunity to ridicule them.
But after the smirks and mockeries of these opponents, it is only
then that Allah sends another manifestation of His power and He
creates a series of circumstances that eventually leads to the
achievement of the goal of these prophets. That is to say, Allah
manifests His power twice: First, during the life of His prophets and
through their works, Allah (swt) shows the power with his hand [the
hand of the prophet strengthened by that of Allah ]. Second, after
the death of His prophet, the disciples of this prophet undergo all
kinds of difficulties. The enemies are renewed in strength and begin
to believe that the prophet’s mission has ended there itself with
his death. They even think that the disciples of this prophet also
will go to their loss [to their destruction]. There are even members
of this movement (Jamaat) who begin to have doubts as if their backs
have been broken. There are some unhappy people who even end up
denying this prophet. It is then that Allah (swt) shows His power and
ability and He saves this community which was in difficulty. So those
who endure till the end become witnesses to this miracle from Allah,
the Almighty.
It
looks like what happened during the time of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra). The
death of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) was considered inappropriate and
several ignorant Bedouins denied Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). The
companions of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) were overcome with sadness. In
these critical moments, Allah (swt) made Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) stand
firm and through him Allah showed a manifestation of His power. This
second manifestation of power is certainly vast.
So,
this second manifestation of power of Allah is that after the coming
of the noble prophet (pbuh), there were the Khulafa-e-Rashideen,
the Mujaddids, and then the advent of the Promised Messiah Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) in the previous century, and before one
hundred years of his mission, Allah (swt) raised Hazrat Musleh Ma’ud
(ra), and in this present century also there is a Musleh Ma’ud,
because Allah (swt) knows very well how the divine teachings have
been trampled by power-hungry people and the establishment of their
dynasties.
At
the beginning of this century Allah (swt) raised His Khalifatullah,
such a Khalifatullah that Allah established after a law-bearing
prophet, that is, Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). It is on this system that
the progress of Islam and its victory rests in order to revive this
Sahih Al Islam
(these true teachings of Islam) and this is a blessed system because
it was raised by Allah (swt) Himself, not by man as some believe
(that is, that through an election - by votes, someone is elected
even if he receives no revelation, inspiration or divine message,
which comes from the Creator).
So
where Allah raises His Chosen One is the blessed system itself and it
is a reflection of prophethood and it is an absolute guarantee of all
kinds of progress. So, this is a subject that needs to be short -
short but sweet, where everyone can understand it, small dose by
small dose, and Insha-Allah,
next week I will continue on this same subject. May Allah give me the
required knowledge by His grace. [Ameen].
--- Friday Sermon of 10 January 2020 ~14 Jamadi’ul Awwal 1441 AH delivered by Imam-Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah MUnir Ahmad Azim (atba) of Mauritius.