Ali Ataie – The Muslim Equivalent of John 316

So Allah

says,

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 316 everywhere. Went 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 sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam. 21107

of the Quran.

We did not send you.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks to the prophet

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in the second person

in the Quran. He didn't say

We did not send you, it's very personal.

Speaking directly to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

An exception

for strong emphasis

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,

or something like that.

We didn't send you except that you show

mercy to people. Allah says you are mercy,

you are rahmatan.

This is your that, this is your essence

that your mercy

to

all of the worlds.

So he uses the indefinite oracle.

The mercy of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

sallam

is something that is unrestricted, something that is

unbelievable.

The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

one time he came into the Masjid and

he saw a man and he was brokenhearted

in the Masjid, in tears.

And the prophet

said, what's wrong with you?

And he said, oh, I've done this and

I've done that. He said, I don't wanna

hear it. Just come here.

Just come over here. Let's sit, raise your

hands, repeat after me. Allahumma afiratoq

ausaamin Dhrubi

Pray this du'a with me. Oh, Allah,

your forgiveness

is more vast than my sins, my transgressions.

And he said,

Now stand up. Your sins have been forgiven.

The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

had a deep concern for the Ummah, not

just for the Ummah,

a deep concern for all of humanity.

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

When he was repeating that verse all night

long, all night long,

Our mother Aisha said that he recited this

verse the whole night.

The entire night he's reciting this verse. If

you punish them,

they are your servants but if you forgive

them, if you forgive them, then you are

great and wise. And then she said he

collapsed into sajda, collapsed.

And she heard him say, Allahumma Ummati. Allahumma

Ummati.

Praying for the Ummah. Allahumma.

What does it mean? It's a facade of

address. The Ulema say: When you say Allahumma

it means you're calling Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

by all of His names and attributes, the

ones you don't the ones you know and

the ones you don't know.