I would like to know whether 'Bani Israel' (known as Jews) are the beloved human beings of Allah (SWT) even today?
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Are jews beloved of
Allah
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: I would like to know whether 'Bani
Allah Subhanah created all human beings from one set of
parents (Hadrat Adam (a.s.) and Hawwa), and Allah Subhanah created Hadrat Adam
(a.s.) from dust. Thus all human beings
are the creation of Allah Subhanah, and no race or people were, are, or become
the beloved of the Lord Most Gracious on the mere basis of race, or language,
or color, etc…or merely because one chooses to call themselves Jews, or
Christians, or Muslims!
All human beings are absolutely equal in the Sight of
Allah Subhanah; the most beloved and the most honored amongst them being the
one who has the most ‘taqwa’ (piety, God-consciousness, fear of Allah, etc.)
Allah says in the Holy Quran: Chapter 49 Surah
Hujurat verse 13:
O mankind, We created you from one man and one
woman, and then divided you into nations and tribes so that you may recognize
one another. Indeed, the most honorable amongst you in the Sight
of Allah is he who is the most pious of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
This is precisely what the Messenger of Allah (saws) said
during his famous sermon of ‘Hajj at-ul-Wida’ (Farewell Hajj): ‘…….All of mankind are from Adam and Hawwa. No Arab has
any superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an
Arab; a white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any superiority
over a white, except by ‘taqwa’ (piety)……’
Thus to say, or believe, or declare, or claim that a
specific race was or is the ‘most beloved’ of Allah Subhanah merely on the
basis of race or region or color or language, etc. is absolutely inaccurate.
What Allah Subahnah did do with the ‘Children of Israel’
(Jews and Christians) and to the nations before them and also to a nation after
them is ‘favor’ that nation or people with the appointment of a Prophet or
Prophets amongst them and thus send His Divine Revelations to them.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 45 Surah
Jathiyah verse 16:
16 We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel, the (Divine) Book,
the power of command, and Prophethood; We gave them for sustenance things good
and pure; and We favored them above the nations.
If a nation or people whom Allah Subhanah has favored
above all the nations with the appointment of Prophethood amongst them, fulfill
their covenant with Him….they shall have their due reward with their Lord; but
if they reject or abuse or breach the covenant they make with Allah, upon them
will rest the curse of Allah Subhanah in this world and the Hereafter.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 153-156:
153 The people of the Book (Jews and Christians) ask thee (O Prophet
Mohamed (saws)) to cause a ‘Book’ to descend to them from heaven: indeed they
asked Moses for an even greater (miracle) for they said: "Show us Allah in
public" but they were dazed for their presumption with thunder and
lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf
even after clear Signs had come to them; even so We forgave them; and gave
Moses manifest proofs of authority.
154 And for their Covenant We raised over them (the towering height) of
Mount (Sinai); and (on another occasion) We said: "Enter the gate with
humility"; and (once again) We Commanded them: "Transgress not in the
matter of the Sabbath." And We took
from them a solemn Covenant.
155 (They have incurred Divine Displeasure): in that they broke their
Covenant: that they rejected the Signs of Allah; that they slew the Messengers
in defiance of right; that they said "Our hearts are the wrappings (which
preserve Allah's Word; we need no more)"; nay Allah hath set the seal on
their hearts for their blasphemy, and little is it they believe.
156 That they rejected faith: that they
uttered against Mary a grave false charge!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verses 13-16:
13 But because of their (the Bani Israel’s constant) breach of their
Covenant We cursed them and made their hearts grow hard:
they change the Words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the
Message that was sent them nor wilt thou cease to find them barring a few ever
bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them and overlook (their misdeeds): for
Allah loveth those who are kind.
14 From those who call themselves Christians We did take a Covenant but
they (too) forgot a good part of the Message that was sent them: so We
estranged them with enmity and hatred between the one and the other to the Day
of Judgment. And soon will Allah show
them what it is they have done.
15 O People of the Book! There hath come to you Our Messenger (Prophet
Mohamed (saws)) revealing to you much that ye used to hide in the Book and
passing over much (that is now unnecessary): There hath come to you from Allah
a (new) Light and a Perspicuous Book.
16 Wherewith Allah guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways of
peace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness by His Will unto the Light;
and guideth them to a Path that is Straight.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 61:
They (the Jews) were
covered with humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves the Wrath of
Allah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and slaying His
messengers without just cause. This
because they rebelled and went on transgressing!
After being favored by Allah Subhanah through the continuous
appointment of Prophet after Prophet for almost 2,000 years….the Children of
Israel constantly abused and breached the covenant they made with their Lord ….
and the Lord Most Gracious favored another nation with the appointment of His
Last and Final Prophet (Mohamed (saws)) and His Last and Final Revelation (The
Glorious Quran).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verses 77-78:
77 O ye who believe! Bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your
Lord; and do good; that ye may prosper.
78 And strive in His Cause as ye ought to strive (with sincerity and
under discipline): He has chosen you and has imposed no difficulties on you in
religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who has named you Muslims both
before and in this (Quran); that the Messenger (Prophet Mohamed (saws)) may be
a witness for you, and ye be witnesses for mankind! So establish regular prayer,
give regular charity, and hold fast to Allah! He is your Protector; The Best to
protect and The Best to help!
If the Muslim ‘Ummah’ fulfills their covenant they have
made with their Lord, those amongst them who sincerely strive in His Cause will
receive their due and full reward with their Lord…..but if this Ummah too
breaks and breaches their covenant, as is the Way or Sunnah of Allah, Divine
Displeasure and the Curse of Allah Subhanah would not be far from them!
Your Question (again):
I would like to know whether 'Bani
It is indeed unfortunate that whenever the Lord Most
Gracious favored a nation above all nations and bestowed upon them His Book and
His Prophet/s….instead of being grateful for the immense favor of their Lord
and striving their utmost to fulfilling their covenant with Him, the ignorant
amongst them start to claim that the very reason their nation was chosen and
favored by the Lord was because they had become ‘favorites’ and the ‘most beloveds’
of the Lord Most Majestic…..and not satisfied to blaspheme that they are the
‘most beloved’ of the Lord Most Majestic, in their arrogance and in their
ignorance, they extend their ridiculous claim by declaring that they alone will
have access and entry into the Eternal Gardens of Paradise in the Hereafter!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 18:
18 (Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of
Allah and His beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for
your sins? Nay! Ye are but men of
the men He hath created: He forgives whom He Pleases and He punishes
whom He Pleases: and to Allah (Alone) belong the Dominion of the heavens and
the earth and all that is between: and unto Him is the final goal (of
all)."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 111-112:
111 And they say: "None shall enter
112 Nay! Whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good
he will get his (due) reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear nor shall
they grieve!
It is indeed a grave misfortune that this very concept of
being Allah’s ‘beloved’ and gaining immunity from the Hell Fire merely because
one claims to belong to a particular nation or ‘Ummah’ has somehow crept even
into the Muslim Ummah…..when nothing could be further than the Truth!
Only and only those who submit themselves unto their Lord
Creator, believe, and do righteous good deeds in accordance with the Guidance
Revealed by Allah will be kept safe from the eternal torment of the Hell
Fire.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands
of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one
can be assured of never ever being misled;
but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than
that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led
astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister