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Explanation of Ayat 26:219Allah said to the Holy Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim): “Wa tawakkal `ala al-`azizi-r-rahim al-ladhi yaraka hina taqum wa taqallubaka fi-s-sajidin” (al-Shu`araa 26:217-219), “And rely on the Almighty, the Merciful, Who sees you when you rise up, and your descending (lit. “taking turns”) among those who fall prostrate in worship.”The literal translation of the last verse is that Allah sees the Nabi’s various postures when he prays in congregation; but Sayyidina Ibn `Abbas (Radhi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) and a number of commentators after him have seen in the verse a reference to the Nabi’s descent through the loins of his ancestors, who were all pious worshippers and prophets. The Holy Nabi, Blessings and Peace be upon him, has referred to his “descent through the ancestors” in the following three hadiths:
... Before you came to this world, you were excellent in the shadows and in the repository (i.e. loins) in the time when they (Adam and Eve) covered themselves with leaves. Then you descended through the ages... When you were born, the earth shone and the horizon was illuminated by your light. We travel in that illumination and in the light and in the paths of right guidance.” Mullah Ali al-Qari in his ‘Sharh al-Shifa’(1:364) says it is related by Abu Bakr al-Shafi`i and Tabarani, and cited by Ibn `Abd al-Barr and Ibn al-Qayyim respectively in ‘al-Isti`ab’ and ‘Huda Nabiyy Allah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim)’. This light is also the explanation of ayat 26:219 found in a classical Indian commentary, the “Tafsir-e-Uthmani”: “Some of the earlier writers have said that in this verse sajidin represents the fathers of the Holy Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim), that is, the translation [i.e. transmission] of the Light of the Last Messenger (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) from one prophet to the other prophet culminating in the external appearance of the Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) in this world of matter. Some scholars by this verse have confirmed the iman (belief) of the Nabi’s parents.” Allama Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani, Tafsir Uthmani, trans. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad (Bombay: Taj Publishers, 1992) vol. 2, p. 1657.Imam al-Suyuti (Rahmatullahi alayh) in his book Masaalik al-Hunafa’ fi waalidayy al-MuSTafa (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) [Methods of Those With Pure Belief Concerning the Parents of the Nabi (s), also contained in al-Hawi li al-Fatawi] (Cairo: Dar al-Ameen, 1414/1993) presents this view and cites it also from Fakhr al-Din Razi, Shahrastani, Mawardi and others: “al-Razi states in Asrar al-Tanzil that some scholars have said that Azar was not Ibrahim’s father but his uncle because, among other proofs, the parents of prophets are not unbelievers. Proving the latter is the verse: “[Your Lord] Who sees you when you stand, and your turning [taqallubaka] among those who prostrate themselves” (26:218-219), i.e. your descent through the loins of your ancestors, who are called: worshippers. He continued: And what proves that the Nabi’s (s) parents were not idolaters is his saying: “I was carried from the loins of the pure men into the wombs of the pure women” [Lam azal unqal...] Therefore it is necessary that none of his ancestors be a mushrik because Allah said: “The idolaters only are unclean” (9:28)... The above is verbatim what Imam Razi said, and I remind you of his status as the Imam Ahl al-Sunna among his contemporaries, the principal upholder of belief against the various sects of innovators, the one who defended the truth of the Ash`ari creed in his time, and the Mujaddid (renewer) of this umma in the sixth century.” p. 39-40.Allah gave permission to countless people to see the Nabi’s light referred to in the various explanations above, for example:
Millions of Sallams upon the Holy Nabi, his Family, and his Companions Original article courtesy Sunnah Foundation
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