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151."
even as we have sent among you a messenger of your own who
recites
our revelations to you that purifies you
and
teaches you the book and the wisdom , and teaches you
that
which you did not know."
152."
therefore, remember me, and i will remember you;
and
be thankful to me, and be you not ungrateful."
commentary :
the subject matter of the first
verse is the messengership of the
prophet of islam (p.b.u.h.)
which was is answer to the invocation of
abraham (a.s.) who had asked:"
our lord, send amongst them an apostle
of their own who shall recite
unto them your revelations,....", (sura
al-baqarah, no2, verse129) ,
besides, that the prophet of islam
(p.b.u.h.) also repeatedly said:"
i am (the fruit of ) the very acceptance of
my father`ss invocation, abraham
(a.s.)." 1
thus, allah sent a prophet to
the people from among themselves
who was familiar with their
demands, needs, and wishes. he used to
communicate with them through
their own language, and he lived
amongst them. " even as we have sent among
you a messenger of your own who
recites our revelations to
you that purifies you
and teaches you the book
and the wisdom, and teaches you
that which you did not know." *
* * *
through the second verse, allah
has promoted the rank of man
by saying that he and we remember
each other.
" therefore, remember me,
and i will remember you, ..."
the level and standard of knowledge
and understanding of people
is diffirent, so, allah tells
a group of servants : "...remember allah's
favour on you...", (sura
`al-il-`imran, no. 3, verse 103), while he
addresses some others of them
thus: "... remember me...", as in the
current verse. the remembrance
of allah is a prerequisite to being
thankful to him, hence, it has
preceded the term thankfulness. this is
an illustration of the consideration
of allah's honour for man as a
reflection of his grace unto
his servants. on one end of this scale,
there is man with his ignorance,
poverty, mortality, and feebleness,
while on the other end, there
is allah, the all-knowing, the
all-sufficient, the eternal,
and the all-mighty who wants him to
remember him in order to show
his gratitude for the great blessings of
the qiblah and the messenger
of islam, and he promises to remember
him, too. this very remembrance
is also a favour from allah bestowed
upon his servants.
no doubt, if a person neglects
allah in life, he, of course, will be
heedless towards him, too.
"... and be thankful to me,
and be you not ungrateful."
explanation :
here, your attention is attracted
to the following descriptions and
messages derived from the above
verses:
1. the recitation of divine
revelations, the purification of
receptive souls, the instruction
of the book and wisdom, and teaching
of people what they do not know,
are among the duties of prophets.
2. that leader is successful
who is from amongst the people
themselves, because he is acquainted
with their problems and speaks
the same language as theirs.
"...a messenger of your own
who recites our revelation to you..."
3. human beings are not able
to solve all their scientific problems
by themselves. that is why he
did not say in the verse / malata`lamun /
`(he teaches you) what you do
not know ', but he said: / malamtakunu
ta`lamun / `(he teaches you)
that which you did not know ' in order to
remind us that if the prophets
(a.s.) had not existed, man could never
have found the answers to many
of his problems. for example, he
could not have found out what
his future (the next world) will be, or,
he could not recognize which
path was the true path of felicity and
salvation.
4. prophets were not merely
the teachers and leaders of ethics
and theology, but they were
also the instructors of science. without
their leadership in science,
human knowledge would have remained
undeveloped in all fields.
"...and teaches you that
which you did not know."
5. the remembrance of allah
is not only the cause for the grace
of allah, but with the remembrance
of allah the hearts will gain
peace and rest. sura al-ra`d,
no. 19, verse 28 says:
"...certainly! by allah's
remembrance are the hearts at rest."
6. establishing prayer is the
best way to remember allah, as in
sura taha, no. 20, verse 14,
allah himself says:
"...keep up prayer for my
remembrance..."
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al-amali, by shaykh tusi, p.379
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