Prophets – Muhammad : Prophet Muhammad:Lost In Divine Love.

Author: Abu Fauzi
Subject: Prophet Muhammad:Lost In Divine Love.
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 2:42pm

As-Salaam alaykum,

  Regarding the post above I was privileged to put together/send, a Senior Member of the Forum, MIAW, accused me of Shirk, twisting the Qur'an, false inspiration etc

For one moment, MIAW's insults did not bother me as this is not the first time I suffered his attacks. The post in question was/is about presenting the high status of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, ... who during his earthly life functioned as the projection of the Divine Message embodied in the Qur'an.

At the risk of incurring secularists attacks, I repeat and state that the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, was the living commentary of the Qur'an, inextricably related to the revelatory text. Without him, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, the Qur'an was incomprehensible, just as without the Qur'an the Prophet was no Prophet at all.

The ayats or verses of the Holy Qur'an I quoted and commented upon are:--

 (1) Surat Anfal (8:17)

 (2) Surat Najm (53:3) and

 (3) Suart Nisa'i (4:80)

My translation, commentary on above ayats in the post attracted harsh criticism, but I stand by what I posted. This is because:--

 Even with Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, Aberry's translations, along with others MIAW did not mention, I hold that even if man or humanity were to receive a thousand degrees of understanding of EACH letter of the Holy Qur'an, this would not exhaust all the MEANINGS contained in the Qur'an... infact, it wouldn't exhaust the meaning of one ayat!!

The Qur'an is the Word of Allah Ta'ala, therefore, it is the image of Allah Himself: infinite and uncreated. So, how can MIAW pin us to his own understanding of the verses of the Qur'an or to those translations he chooses?  And Yes, we too cannot pin him to our own understanding.

The Qur'an is an endless Ocean whose shore and depth cannot be found. With this, it is unfair to accuse someone of Shirk simply because he lays out/down his understanding of an ayat.

      "Wa Fawqa Kulli zi ilmin aleem- Above every knower is a higher knower" (12:76)

And about the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, I re-state here that Muhammad, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, is a man, but not like you, I or like other men!  He is a gem while human beings are stones... He is jewel while people are rocks. Is a rock like a jewel?  No, it is a different substance. I put it to you that you should never think or assume that the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, is a human being like you and I or like others.

If he was really a human being and without being dressed with Heavenly dress, how could he, alaihi salaat was-salaam, move through this atmosphere to reach Qaba Qawsayni aw Adna?  If you go higher than 40,000 feet, a plane can't take it, but during the 'Isra wal Me'iraj the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, did not use a space shuttle, and he went beyond the Universe.

Whenever he focused on his human zahiri (outward) manifestation, the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, used to say: "I am a human being like you", but when he focused on his batini haqiqat (inward realities), he used to say: "I am not like any of you, I dwell with my Lord at the hearts of veiled nights and He nourishes me".  (Bukhari and Muslim)

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