[4:26] GOD wills
to explain things for you, and
to guide you through past
precedents, and to redeem you.
GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.
Quran, the Best Hadith (39:23), and the Most
Accurate History (12:3), was revealed by God
to all the people - all generations and eras
(38:87, 68:52,81:27). It is a beacon and a
divine verifiable document that establishes
the detailed laws needed for our well being
as societies and our salvation as
individuals. In it, God has set the most
beautiful examples and the the most
righteous precedents for mankind to reflect,
take heed, judge, choose, and avoid
foolishly following the foot steps of the
guilty ones.
Of all the many precedents set in the Quran,
we find the true history of God's prophets
and messengers and those who believe with
them speaks loud and clear, and sets the
most effective lessons and learning
experiences. We always have the choice to
either repeat that wonderful history by
following its guidance, or repeat the
shameful history of the disbelievers, the
idol worshipers, and the hypocrites.
Which history is the vast majority of
Muslims repeating, and which history should
we, submitters, choose to repeat?
[12:111]
In their history, there is a lesson for
those who possess intelligence.
This is not fabricated Hadith;
this (Quran)
confirms all previous scriptures, provides
the details of everything, and is
a beacon and mercy for those
who believe.
A living example of how some generations
have been overlooking the righteous
precedents in the Quran, falling into the
Satanic trap of some man-made doctrines, is
the existing practices and beliefs of
the Sunny Muslims based on what they refer
to as "Hadith and Sunna".
As submitters to God alone, and followers
of Quran alone, we often argue with the
Sunnies about the Quranic concepts of "obey
God and obey the messenger- 47:33", "
following the good example of the
prophet- 33:21 " , "we hear and we obey-
2:285", or " he is not speaking on his own-
53:3". Such verses have been widely abused
by religious leaders to justify why Muslims
must follow the man-made "Hadith and Sunna"
while in reality they only wish to promote
their very own personal agendas. They have
mislead multitudes of Muslims over the
years. We know full well that such abuse is
nothing but a twist of the word of God
beyond its general context and obeying the
Quran partially. When we argue with them, we
try to get their attention to certain
crystal clear Quranic facts:
1 - The sole duty of the messenger as
defined by God is nothing but to DELIVER the
message of God (29:18,
16:82, 88:21) , and thus, obeying the
messenger simply gets established through
obeying and following the Quran.
2- Quran is proclaimed by God as the ONLY
divine, fully detailed, and infallible
source of laws and guidance that contains
every thing we need for our salvation (6:19,
6:114,17:46, 18:27, 6:51).
3- God clearly commanded His prophet to
strictly preach, promote, recite/utter, and
follow NOTHING but the Quran (5:48-50, 6:19,
27:91-92, 50:45, 69:40-45, 75:18).
4- God clearly stated that Quran is the ONLY
and the BEST Hadith (52:34, 77:50, 39:23),
and that the ONLY
sunna we must follow is GOD'S SUNNA (15:13,
17:77-twice- 33:38, 33:62 -twice- 35:43
-twice- 40:85, 48:23 -twice).
5- God teaches us that
following other sources besides His is what
defines
idol worship (3:79, 39:29, 6:112-113,
39:45). Idol worship is unforgivable
if we maintain until death (4:116).
6- Furthermore, we often direct their
attention to examine the actual righteous
example and precedent set by prophet
Muhammad in the Quran.
That way, they can have a better grasp of
what actually constitutes a "good example"
based on and from within the Quran itself.
The following are just a few from among many
examples that set a righteous precedent of
how we obey and adopt the path of a
messenger, and what good examples we
actually should look after in the
messengers' history. All audience/followers
of God's messengers should actually heed the
guidance of these examples. Moreover, these
examples are so applicable to some of us,
who have been blessed to live in the era of
God's Messenger of the Covenant, Dr. Rashad
Khalifa. These examples will be appreciated
by the sincere who benefit from the
reminders (50:45, 51:55), while those who
have their minds set straight for idol
worship will just close their eyes and block
their ears (87:10-11,17:46).
- Prophet Muhammad was
commanded to do his best in delivering God's
message, without haste or any additions of
explanations. He thus uttered and preached
nothing but the Quran. Why would any
messenger after him be commanded
differently? We are all to follow
such an example. We obey the messenger when
we recite, promote, and follow nothing but
what God, and only God, has revealed:
[5:67] O you
messenger, deliver what
is revealed to you from your Lord - until
you do, you have not delivered His message -
and GOD will protect you from the people.
GOD does not guide the disbelieving
people.
Quran, the Whole Quran, and Nothing
But the Quran
[6:19] Say, "Whose
testimony is the greatest?" Say, "GOD's. He
is the witness between me and you
that this Quran* has been inspired to me,
to preach it to you and whomever it reaches.
Indeed, you bear witness that there are
other gods* beside GOD." Say, "I do not
testify as you do; there is only one god,
and I disown your idolatry."
[5:49] You shall rule
among them in accordance with
GOD's revelations to you.
Do not follow their wishes, and beware lest
they divert you from some of GOD's
revelations to you.
If they turn away, then know that GOD wills
to punish them for some of their sins.
Indeed, many people are wicked.
[5:50] Is it
the law of the days of ignorance that they
seek to uphold? Whose law is better than
GOD's for those who have attained certainty?
[20:114] Most Exalted
is GOD, the only true King. Do
not rush into uttering the Quran before it
is revealed to you, and say,
"My Lord, increase my knowledge."
Muhammad Forbidden from Explaining
the Quran
[75:16] Do
not move your tongue to hasten it.
[75:17] It
is we who will collect it into
Quran.
[75:18] Once we
recite it, you shall follow such
a Quran.
[75:19]
Then it is we who will explain it.
[33:2]
Follow what is revealed to you from your
Lord. GOD is fully Cognizant of
everything you all do.
Muhammad Forbidden from Issuing
Any Religious Teachings
[69:44]
Had he uttered any other teachings.
[69:45] We
would have punished him.
[69:46] We
would have stopped the revelations
to him.
[69:47] None of you
could have helped him.
When we grasp the divine context of
the above group of verses, we realize that
it would be only abuse of the word of God to
think or believe that the processes of
explanation in 5:19, or teaching in 2:151,
or clarification in 14:4 mean by God
is to add volumes of words to the word of
God. What is meant by God is that teaching,
explaining, or clarifying the scripture is
nothing but its delivery and recitation to
bring it up in the forefront and spot light.
This is basically the literal meaning of the
word "yobayyen" used by God in 5:19, and
translated as "explain". When the Quran is
recited, the teachings are delivered,
taught, and explained. Quran, itself, is a
book of teachings from the Supreme Teacher.
When it is recited, we are simply listening
to nothing but the teachings and the
explanations of the Most Gracious.
- Prophet Muhammad was
commanded to not prohibit lawful things.
When he did so, he was exposed by God
almighty, and his mistakes were rendered
as great lessons for us. We obey the
messenger when we do the same and never
issue any prohibitions without the guidance
of the Quran:
[33:37] Recall that
you said to the one
who was blessed by GOD, and blessed by you,
"Keep your wife and reverence GOD," and you
hid inside yourself what GOD wished to
proclaim. Thus, you feared the people, when
you were supposed to fear only GOD. When
Zeid was completely through with his wife,
we had you marry her, in order to
establish the precedent that a man may marry
the divorced wife of his adopted son.
GOD's commands shall be done.
[66:1] O
you prophet, why do you
prohibit what GOD has made lawful for you,
just to please your wives? GOD is Forgiver,
Merciful.*
- Prophet Muhammad was
commanded to strive against the disbelievers
and the hypocrites, be stern with them, and
to never obey them. This is an example that
we, too, must follow in order to obey the
messenger:
[9:73] O you prophet,
strive against the
disbelievers and the hypocrites, and
be stern in dealing with
them. Their destiny is Hell; what a
miserable abode!
[33:1] O you
prophet, you shall reverence GOD and
do not obey the disbelievers and the
hypocrites. GOD is Omniscient,
Most Wise.
- A good example is set for
us in the following verses by the prophet
and those who believed with him to never
waver or surrender in the face of those who
unjustly wage war against us. In that same
chapter, chapter 33, verses 13- 20, the
opposite and the worst example was set by
the hypocrites. The following verses are
widely abused by all Sunnies, generalizing
the good example to everything the prophet
had to do or say.
The Prophet's Courage*
[33:21] The
messenger of GOD has set up a good
example for those among you who seek GOD
and the Last Day, and constantly think about
GOD.
[33:22] When
the true believers saw the parties
(ready to attack), they said,
"This is what GOD and His messenger
have promised us, and GOD and His messenger
are truthful." This
(dangerous situation) only
strengthened their faith and augmented their
submission.
- Also, there are numerous verses in the
Quran that command the messengers to "say"
certain things for their audience. These
verses speak directly to all believers and
followers of the Quran, and set many other
good examples to follow :
The example of being stern
but humble at the same time:
[3:64]
Setting the truth
straight but with humility:
[6:50], [6:66],
[46:9]
Placing the monotheistic
concept in the spot light:
[2:135]
Dealing with man-made
laws: [10:59]
Positively delivering the
good news: [3:15]
Using good logic:
[6:14-15], [6:46]
Respecting God's given gift
of freedom to each and every human on earth
irrespective of their belief:
[6:135], [6:147] ,
[109:1-6]
....And many, many, many more, all over the
Quran. What God's messengers are instructed
to "say" sets the precedent for all
generations, teaching them what to say and
how to deal with similar situations.
All of the above guides us in our arguments
with the Sunnies and illustrates how to
"hear and obey" , and how to follow the
"good example" of prophet Muhammad.
The questions are now for us, community of
submitters and followers of Quran alone:
Are we actually reflecting on our very own
argument with the Sunnies?
Can we use it as a righteous scale to
determine our very own deviation?
Can't we see that sometimes we fall into the
deception that we are above the rules, that
we got it all, and we are not candidates for
that same Satanic trap?
Isn't that very contradictory to turn our
heads to the left arguing with the Sunnies
and judging their practice as idol worship,
then turn our heads to the right fighting
the fellow submitters who are doing nothing
but following the message of Quran alone, as
delivered and purified by God's Messenger of
the Covenant?
Isn't disturbing that we advise the Sunnies that
they need nothing but the Quran, and that
Quran is the Best and Infallible Hadith but
it is permissible for us to promote and
declare some man-made, authentic
materials of the messenger to be perfect
teachings, straight from God?
Doesn't this remind us with the old Satanic
jock , "Hadith Qudsi", or
the group of the so-called divine hadiths
that all the Sunnies unshakably believe they
were revealed directly by God to complete
the Quran, and thus considered by all
means equal to the Quran?
Are we listening to ourselves, to our
arguments?
Unfortunately, we often meet submitters
who choose to repeat the same exact dark
history, and follow the same exact foot
steps of traditional Sunnies without
perceiving. They amazingly abuse the same
exact verses/statements the Sunnies have
been abusing and they spread the poison of
considering the materials left by the
messenger from God since they are original,
not touched or altered !!!.. and much more
abuse only to justify their personal
decisions of following sources besides the
divine word of God. Why can't they
choose the righteous history narrated in the
Quran to repeat?
In conclusion, here is a sincere reminder
for all of us : while we take it on our
shoulders to invite the Sunnies to examine
the good example and precedent of prophet
Muhammad from within the Quran, and to learn
how to obey him by obeying and following
nothing but Quran, we should listen very
carefully to ourselves. We might be the ones
in desperate need of learning from these
good examples and precedents how to respect,
follow, and obey God's Messenger of the
Covenant!
[6:34]....The
history of My messengers thus sets the
precedents for you.
Peaceful Friday, salaam, and God bless.
