Appendix 5

Appendix 5

(Taken from Al-Jawab Al-Munir Vol 2)

Question 72: What is the interpretation of this verse?

32. ﴾Then We bequeathed the Book unto those whom We selected of Our servants, some of them are unjust towards themselves, some are just and some are forerunners in the good deeds, by the permission of Allah. That is the great favor.﴿

-Surat Fatir (Originator) 35.

In the name of Allah, the Merciful and the Intensely Merciful.Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. May His peace and blessings be upon Muhammad and his progeny, the Imams and the Mahdis.

First, selecting means choosing, and the one who chose here is Allah swt. Rather, in the selecting, there is another meaning besides choosing, and that is the favor upon the one chosen from among them, that is why one of the most famous names of the prophet Muhammad pbuhap was the Selected One (Al-Mustafa).

And in this verse there is also a description of those selected ones and that is that they are the servants of Allah, which without a doubt, is a great favor for them, as you find that the best thing by which you can testify concerning the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad pbuhap, is that he is the servant of Allah (Abdullah), and this name of the Prophet pbuh (Servant ~ Abd) was mentioned in the Quran in a position of great praise of the Messenger of Allah Muhammad pbuhap in Surat An-Najm.

Moreover these selected servants inherited the Book, and the inheritors of the Book are the prophets and the successors, none other than them.

So here you can find descriptions which only apply to a prophet or a successor and these [descriptions] are that they are truly the servants of Allah and the Witness for them is Allah. They are selected, and the One who selected them is Allah. They are the inheritors of the Book, and the One who bequeathed the Book to them is Allah swt.

It remains that they are in three ranks:

1. Unjust towards himself

2. The just

3. The forerunner in the good deeds

And the ones who are forerunners in the good deeds are only Muhammad and his progeny pbut.

And the just ones are Noah and Abraham pbut and the sent prophets who are Imams from the children of Abraham pbuh.

And the unjust towards themselves are the rest of the prophets and messengers who preceded Abraham and from the progeny of Abraham. Allah swt said,

124. “And when Abraham’s Lord tested Abraham with words so he fulfilled them, He [his Lord] said, “Verily, I am making you an Imam for the people.” [Abraham] said, “And of my progeny?” [His Lord] said, “My covenant is not achieved by the unjust.”

-Surat Al-Baqara (The Cow) 2.

This means the unjust from the prophets, and the injustice of the prophets is not disobedience, rather a shortcoming in the performance of the task compared to other prophets who are Imams pbut, so if the same task was assigned to the prophet Jonah pbuh and to Muhammad pbuhap, Jonah’s pbuh performance of the task would not be at the same level of Muhammad’s pbuhap performance. So this shortcoming from Jonah is injustice which caused him not to be from the Imams from the children of Ibrahim pbuh, and also caused him not to be at the rank of Muhammad pbuhap. Read the book of The Allegories if you wish for further detailing of this verse.

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