The verse: Say, "If I had what you are hastening for, the matter would have been decided between me and you"
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The thirteenth question from Fatwa number ( 17883 )
Q13: How can one reconcile the verse:[Al-An'am 6:58] with what is established in (the two Sahihs) from A'ishah , the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and may Allah be pleased with her, that she said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 1795 ?
A13: There is no contradiction between the verse and the hadith; because the verse contains a threat that if the matter had been up to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the matter would have been decided between him and his people. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows from His Prophet that he does not want to crush his people with the two mountains; because He sent him as a mercy to the worlds; and therefore he said (peace and blessings be upon him) to the angel: . And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q13: How can one reconcile the verse:
Say, "If I had that for which you are impatient, the matter would have been decided between me and you, but Allah is most knowing of the wrongdoers."
قُلْ لَوْ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ لَقُضِيَ الأَمْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالظَّالِمِينَMessenger of Allah, has there come upon you a day more terrible than the day of Uhud. He said: I have experienced from thy people and the hardest treatment I met from them was what I received from them on the day of `Aqaba. I betook myself to Ibn `Abd Yalil b. `Abd Kulal with the purpose of inviting him to Islam, but he did not respond to me as I desired. So I departed with signs of (deep) distress on my face. I did not recover until I reached Qarn al-Tha`alib. Where I raised my head, lo! near me was a cloud which had cast its shadow on me. I looked and lo! there was in it the angel Jibril who called out to me and said: God, the Honoured and Glorious, has heard what thy people have said to thee, and how they have reacted to thy call. And He has sent to thee the angel in charge of the mountains so that thou mayest order him what thou wishest (him to do) with regard to them. The angel in charge of the mountains (then) called out to me, greeted me and said: Muhammad, God has listened to what thy people have said to thee. I am the angel in charge of the mountains, and thy Lord has sent me to thee so that thou mayest order me what thou wishest. If thou wishest that I should bring together the two mountains that stand opposite to each other at the extremities of Mecca to crush them in between, (I would do that). But the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said to him: I rather hope that God will produce from their descendants such persons as will worship Allah, the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him.
هل أتى عليك يوم كان أشد من يوم أحد ؟ فقال: لقد لقيت من قومك، وكان أشد ما لقيت يوم العقبة ، إذ عرضت نفسي على ابن عبد ياليل بن عبد كلال ، فلم يجبني إلى ما أردت، فانطلقت وأنا مهموم على وجهي، فلم أستفق إلا بقرن الثعالب ، فرفعت رأسي فإذا أنا بسحابة قد ظللتني، فنظرت فإذا فيها جبرائيل عليه السلام، فناداني فقال: إن الله قد سمع قول قومك لك وما ردوا عليك، وقد بعث إليك ملك الجبال وسلم عليَّ، ثم قال: يا محمد إن الله قد سمع قول قومك لك، وقد بعثني ربك إليك لتأمرني بأمرك فيما شئت إن شئت أطبقت عليهم الأخشبين. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: بل أرجو أن يخرج الله من أصلابهم من يعبد الله لا يشرك به شيئًاA13: There is no contradiction between the verse and the hadith; because the verse contains a threat that if the matter had been up to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the matter would have been decided between him and his people. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows from His Prophet that he does not want to crush his people with the two mountains; because He sent him as a mercy to the worlds; and therefore he said (peace and blessings be upon him) to the angel:
Rather, I will be patient with them, perhaps Allah will bring forth from their loins those who will worship Allah and not associate anything with Him.
بل أستأني بهم، لعل الله يخرج من أصلابهم من يعبد الله لا يشرك به شيئًا
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