Ali Ataie – And We Have Not Sent You – O Muhammad Except As A Mercy To The Worlds

So Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكِ

إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ And this statement by itself

is amazing.

And every Muslim should have this memorized.

When I go to churches, I tell them

this is the equivalent of John 3.16.

We see 3.16 everywhere.

Go to a sports, watch a football game,

you see it written everywhere.

What does it mean?

This is the essence of our belief about

the Prophet ﷺ.

21.107 of the Qur'an, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكِ

إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ We did not send you.

Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala speaks to the Prophet

ﷺ in the second person in the Qur

'an.

He doesn't say, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مُحَمَّدًا كَافُ الْخِطَابُ

We did not send you.

It's very personal.

Speaking directly to the Prophet ﷺ.

إِلَّا an exception for strong emphasis.

رَحْمَةً نَكِرًا It's indefinite.

Unlimited mercy.

Unfathomable mercy.

Mercy that is not restricted.

Mercy to everything.

Interestingly enough too, Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, the

ulama point out.

He uses a noun here.

He doesn't use a verb.

He doesn't say, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَكَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَرْحَمْ

الْعَالَمِينَ Or something like that.

We didn't send you except that you show

mercy to people.

Allah says, you are mercy.

You are رحمةً This is your that.

This is your essence.

That's your mercy.

لِلْعَالَمِينَ To all of the worlds.

So he uses the indefinite oracle.

The mercy of the Prophet ﷺ is something

that is unrestricted.

Something that is unbelievable.

The Prophet ﷺ, one time he came into

the masjid and he saw a man and

he was broken hearted.

In the masjid in tears.

And the Prophet ﷺ said, what's wrong with

you?

And he said, oh I've done this and

I've done that.

He said, I don't want to hear it.

Just come here.

Just come over here.

Let's sit.

Raise your hands.

Repeat after me.

اللهم مغفرتك أوسع من ذنوبي Pray this du

'a with me.

Oh Allah, your forgiveness is more vast than

my sins, my transgressions.

And he said قُم قَدْ غَفْرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ

Now stand up, your sins have been forgiven.

The Prophet ﷺ had a deep concern for

the ummah.

Not just for the ummah.

A deep concern for all of humanity.

صلى الله عليه وسلم When he was repeating

that verse all night long.

All night long.

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكُ وَإِن تَغْثِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ

أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ وَالْحَكِيمُ Our mother Aisha said that

he recited this verse the whole night.

قَامَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِآيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَيْلًا

The entire night he's reciting this verse.

If you punish them, they are your servants.

But if you forgive them, then you are

great and wise.

And then she said he collapsed into sajdah.

Collapsed.

And she heard him say, اللَّهُمَّ أُمَّتِي Praying

for the ummah.

اللَّهُمَّ What does it mean?

It's a vocative address.

The ulema say when you say, اللَّهُمَّ It

means you're calling Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

by all of his names and attributes.

The ones you know and the ones you

don't know.