Ali Ataie – The Muslim Equivalent of John 316
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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.