Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And We have made you a middle nation"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you. May He bless you.
The questioner:
We begin with a message from one of the brothers. He says: I hope you will explain to me the verse. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.[Al-Baqarah 2:143]
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted informs in this verse that He made this nation a middle nation, meaning just and excellent. The middle is the just and the excellent. This is so that they may be qualified to bear witness, for the witness is required to be just. They will be witnesses over the people on the Day of Resurrection. If Allah asks the nations, "Did their messengers convey the call to them?"
The disbelievers will deny it. They will say:[Al-Ma'idah 5:19] So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, asks the messengers to bear witness that they conveyed the message. They will say: Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, bears witness for us, and his nation bears witness. The nation of Muhammad bears witness over the previous nations that their messengers conveyed the message to them. And the Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) bears witness over his nation regarding their justice and excellence, and he certifies them. This is the meaning of His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:143]. Yes.
May Allah greet you. May He bless you.
The questioner:
We begin with a message from one of the brothers. He says: I hope you will explain to me the verse. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.
And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted informs in this verse that He made this nation a middle nation, meaning just and excellent. The middle is the just and the excellent. This is so that they may be qualified to bear witness, for the witness is required to be just. They will be witnesses over the people on the Day of Resurrection. If Allah asks the nations, "Did their messengers convey the call to them?"
The disbelievers will deny it. They will say:
There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner
مَا جَاءَنَا مِن بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍthat you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you
لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/041 — archive.org (0:51)
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