Muhammad Salah – Allah Is The Best of Planners – 99 Names Of Allah
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The transcript describes a plan by the Prophet Muhammad to protect his people and kill his enemies, but the plan was punished by the enemies after they attempted to kill him. The Prophet also talks about a secret council meeting to decide what to do with a man who betrayed him and killed him, and that he was killed by the enemies.
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As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh, wa
-Allāhu khayru l-mākirīn, and Allāh is the
best of planners.
The word makra in Arabic entails two things,
plotting, so it's in a bad sense, and
planning in a good sense, in a praiseworthy
way, and Allāh subḥānahu wa-ta'ālá described
himself in the Qur'ān in two āyahs,
one in Sūrat al-Imrān, chapter number 3,
verse number 54, and the other āyah is
āyah number 3, chapter number 8, Sūrat al
-Anfāl, as khayru l-mākirīn.
So in Sūrat al-Anfāl, chapter number 8,
Allāh Almighty mentioned the state of Allāh subḥānahu
wa-ta'ālá being the best of planners
in the context of defending and protecting Prophet
Muhammad ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, again it's
the evil plots of the Meccan pagans, when
they gathered and they plotted to either assassinate
him, to imprison him, or to evict him.
So Allāh subḥānahu wa-ta'ālá says in
this āyah, وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُسْبِتُوكَ
أَوْ يَقُتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِدُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُوا اللَّهُ
وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ Remember, O Muhammad ṣallá Llāhu
ʿalayhi wa-sallam, when the non-believers, the
Meccan pagans, they gathered in their club and
they had a mashūrah, what to do with
this man, and the advices or suggestions were,
number one, يُثْبِتُوكَ, to imprison you, يَقُتُلُوكَ, or
even to kill you and assassinate you, أَوْ
يُخْرِجُوكَ, or to evict you, and eventually we
all know that they have finally come to
an agreement that they would actually assassinate the
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam while he
is asleep, when they sent so many men,
a representative from every tribe, sharpened their swords,
and they were anxiously waiting for the right
moment to attack him when he was asleep
in his house and kill him all at
once, وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُوا اللَّهُ, and Allah says, and
they were plotting, and Allah was planning, and
Allah is the best of planners, so he
defeated them and he ruined their plots, they
were having a secret council meeting to decide
what to do with the Prophet, but Allah
was with them, and this is how he
ruined their plans, and he saved his messenger
ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, because he is
the best of planners.
Sometimes things may appear different than what it
actually means, but Allah subḥānahu wa-ta'ālā
knows best, so we should trust Allah and
put our trust in Him.
The other reference is in Sūrat al-Imrān,
chapter number 3, ayah number 54, and it
was a respect of saving Prophet Jesus peace
be upon him, when the children of Israel
wanted to assassinate, wanted to crucify and kill
Prophet Jesus peace be upon him, so Allah
subḥānahu wa-ta'ālā said in this ayah,
وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ They planned
in a bad sense, they plotted against Jesus
peace be upon him, when even one of
his own disciples sold him out for a
few dirhams and wanted to hand him over
to the enemies in order to crucify him
and kill him, so Allah subḥānahu wa-ta
'ālā's plan was to save Jesus peace be
upon him, and not only that, he made
those who were trying to kill and crucify
Jesus peace be upon him, and his disciples
who betrayed him, he cast Jesus image on
him, so when the enemies attacked the room
in which Jesus peace be upon him was
in, they found whom?
They found the traitor, they found the guy
who betrayed Jesus peace be upon him, and
he was taken in his state, and he
was put on the cross, and he was
killed, and this is a meaning of وَاللَّهُ
خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ So Allah the Almighty saved Jesus
peace be upon him, and he says in
a separate ayah وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ
شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ They neither killed him nor crucified
him, rather they have killed somebody else who
looked like Jesus peace be upon him, so
what happened to Jesus?
بَرَّ فَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ Allah raised them unto
him, so Allah says يَا عِيسَىٰ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ
وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا O Jesus
the son of Mary, I'm going to take
you unto me, I'm going to save you,
I'm going to raise you high to the
heavens, and I'm going to make you above
the disbelievers who plotted against you Indeed, wallahu
khayrun ma kareem, Allah is the best of
all times