Al-Baqarah: 254

Ayah

Word by Word

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا

O you

ٱلَّذِينَ

who

ءَامَنُوٓاْ

believe[d]

أَنفِقُواْ

Spend

مِمَّا

of what

رَزَقۡنَٰكُم

We (have) provided you

مِّن

from

قَبۡلِ

before

أَن

that

يَأۡتِيَ

comes

يَوۡمٞ

a Day

لَّا

بَيۡعٞ

bargaining

فِيهِ

in it

وَلَا

and no

خُلَّةٞ

friendship

وَلَا

and no

شَفَٰعَةٞۗ

intercession

وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ

And the deniers

هُمُ

they

ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

(are) the wrongdoers

Translation

O ye who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor friendship nor intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the wrong-doers.

Tafsir

"Allah Honored Some Prophets Above Others

Allah says;

تِلۡكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَى بَعۡضٍ

Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others;

Allah states that He has honored some Prophets to others. For instance, Allah said,

وَلَقَدۡ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعۡضٍ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُورًا

And indeed, We have preferred some of the Prophets above others, and to Dawud We gave the Zabur (Psalms). (17:55)

In the Ayah, Allah said,

تِلۡكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَى بَعۡضٍ مِّنۡهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ اللّهُ

Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others; to some of them Allah spoke (directly),

meaning, Musa and Muhammad, and also Adam according to a Hadith recorded in Sahih Ibn Hibban from Abu Dharr.

وَرَفَعَ بَعۡضَهُمۡ دَرَجَاتٍ

Others He raised to degrees (of honor),

as is evident in the Hadith about the Isra' journey, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the Prophets in the various heavens according to their rank with Allah.

If somebody asks about the collective meaning of this Ayah and the Hadith that the Two Sahihs collected from Abu Hurayrah which states,

""Once, a Muslim man and a Jew had an argument and the Jew said, `No, by Him Who gave Musa superiority over all human beings!'

Hearing him, the Muslim man raised his hand and slapped the Jew on his face and said, `Over Muhammad too, O evil one!'

The Jew went to the Prophet and complained to him and the Prophet said,

لَاا تُفَضِّلُونِي عَلَى الاۡاَنۡبِيَاءِ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصۡعَقُونَ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيَامَةِ فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ يُفِيقُ فَأَجِدُ مُوسَى بَاطِشًا بِقَايِمَةِ الۡعَرۡشِ فَلَا أَدۡرِي أَفَاقَ قَبۡلِي أَمۡ جُوزِيَ بِصَعۡقَةِ الطُّورِ فَلَا تُفَضِّلُونِي عَلَى الاۡاَنۡبِيَاء

Don't give me superiority above the Prophets, for the people will become unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, and I will be the first to be resurrected to see Musa holding on to the pillar of Allah's Throne. I will not know whether the unconsciousness Musa suffered on the Day of the Trumpet sufficed for him, or if he got up before me. So, do not give me superiority above the Prophets.

In another narration, the Prophet said,

Do not give superiority to some Prophets above others.

The answer to this question is that this Hadith prohibits preferring some Prophets above others in cases of dispute and argument, such as the incident mentioned in the Hadith. The Hadith indicates that it is not up to creation to decide which Prophet is better, for this is Allah's decision. The creation is only required to submit to, obey and believe in Allah's decision.

Allah's statement,

وَاتَيۡنَا عِيسَى ابۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ الۡبَيِّنَاتِ

And We gave `Isa, the son of Maryam, clear signs,

refers to the proofs and unequivocal evidences that testify to the truth that `Isa delivered to the Children of Israel, thus testifying that he was Allah's servant and His Messenger to them.

وَأَيَّدۡنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الۡقُدُسِ

And supported him with Ruh-il-Qudus,

meaning Allah aided `Isa with Jibril, peace be upon him.

Allah then said,

وَلَوۡ شَاء اللّهُ مَا اقۡتَتَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن بَعۡدِهِم مِّن بَعۡدِ مَا جَاءتۡهُمُ الۡبَيِّنَاتُ وَلَـكِنِ اخۡتَلَفُواۡ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ امَنَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن كَفَرَ وَلَوۡ شَاء اللّهُ مَا اقۡتَتَلُواۡ

If Allah had willed, succeeding generations would not have fought against each other, after clear Verses of Allah had come to them, but they differed ـ some of them believed and others disbelieved. If Allah had willed, they would not have fought against one another.

meaning all this happened by Allah's decree, and this is why He said next,

وَلَـكِنَّ اللّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

But Allah does what He wills

Allah Says;

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ امَنُواۡ أَنفِقُواۡ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَاكُم

O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you,

Allah commands His servants to spend for His sake, in the path of righteousness, from what He has granted them, so that they acquire and keep the reward of this righteous deed with their Lord and King. Let them rush to perform this deed in this life,

مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٌ

before a Day comes,

meaning, the Day of Resurrection,

لااَّ بَيۡعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ

when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession.

This Ayah indicates that on that Day, no one will be able to bargain on behalf of himself or ransom himself with any amount, even if it was the earth's fill of gold; nor will his friendship or relation to anyone benefit him.

Similarly, Allah said,

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَلَ أَنسَـبَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَيِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَأءَلُونَ

Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another. (23:101)

وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ

Nor intercession,

meaning, they will not benefit by the intercession of anyone.

Allah's statement,

وَالۡكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers.

indicates that no injustice is worse than meeting Allah on that Day while a disbeliever.

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Ata bin Dinar said,

""All thanks are due to Allah Who said,

وَالۡكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

(and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers), but did not say, `And it is the wrongdoers who are the disbelievers."""

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