The Exegesis of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “And when We took the covenant from the prophets, and from you, and from Noah, and from Abraham, and from Moses, and from Jesus, the son of Mary, and We took from them a solemn covenant”

He said: [Al-Ahzab: 7] The author said "And remember when" and on this basis, is the object of a deleted verb, the estimation of which is "remember." This is common in the Qur'an, where "when" comes as the object of a deleted verb estimated to be "remember." Remember for whom? For the people. Remember for the people when We took, or remember for yourself, reminding it. And his saying: The author said "Their covenant when They brought them forth from the loins of Adam like dust. 'Dust' is the plural of 'dust particle,' which is smaller than an ant" because Allah the Exalted brought forth their offspring like dust particles and took from them the covenant and the pledge that they would believe in Him. There are hadiths regarding this, some of which are authentic and some are good. However, the fact that He brought them forth and said, "These are for the Fire and I do not care, and these are for Paradise and I do not care," this is authentic. It is the taking of the covenant and the witnessing upon them that the scholars differed regarding its authenticity. In any case, this is the place where it is discussed in Surat al-A'raf, at the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-A'raf: 172] The discussion has been expanded upon by the commentator of the Tahawiyyah, so whoever wishes to refer to it should do so. As for this verse, it is not necessary that the covenant be what Allah the Exalted took from the children of Adam when He brought them forth from his loins. Rather, the covenant is a pledge between the person and his Lord regarding every blessing that Allah bestows upon him, that he should perform this blessing as Allah has commanded him, his Lord, in every blessing, because this is part of its gratitude. So if Allah bestows upon you the blessing of knowledge, it becomes obligatory upon you, a pledge between you and Allah, to make it clear. [Al-Imran: 187] And if Allah bestows upon a person prophethood, and prophethood after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is impossible, but if Allah bestows upon a servant prophethood, it is obligatory upon him to convey it. A heavy covenant. Yes. And among the scholars of knowledge and he did not say "a heavy covenant" because the covenant upon the prophets is greater and heavier. His saying: is a conjunction to for the repetition of the preposition and the preposition was repeated either because the pronoun is attached, and it is necessary for the preposition to be explicit, meaning the operator must be explicit, because an attached pronoun must have an explicit operator. O son, and it does not come separated from the operator except anomalously. And it is said from the perspective of meaning that the preposition was repeated for emphasis regarding these five. He said: and their specific mention after the general statement indicates their virtue, and there is no doubt in them. And between Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Noah there are other prophets from the Ulul 'Azm, but He, Glorified and Exalted is He, began with the last one of them and the first one, so He began with the two ends and then came with the middle. And Noah is the first messenger Allah the Exalted sent to the people of the earth, or the first prophet, the first messenger, because the correct view is that Adam was a prophet but not a messenger, so the first of the messengers is Noah (peace be upon him), as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah: 213] And He said: [An-Nisa: 163] And in the long hadith of intercession Noah is not better than Ibrahim or Musa, but as I said, he was placed first so that the two ends, the last and the first, would meet. Ibrahim, and his father was not mentioned, and Musa, and his father was not mentioned, and Isa, and his mother was mentioned, to clarify the sign and the miracle in Isa (peace be upon him), that he was created from a mother without a father, and Hawwa was created from a father without a mother, and Adam was created without a mother or a father, and people are created from a father and a mother. Yes, all of this is used as evidence that nature has no role in formation and creation, otherwise it would be on a single pattern. He said: [Al-Ahzab: 7] firm in fulfilling what they carried, which is the oath by Allah the Exalted, the covenant, the pledge. But the author says "and it is the oath by Allah" as if he is referring to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Imran: 81] But there is consideration in this, and the correct view is that the covenant taken from the messengers is that they should convey the message and also fulfill the faith in what must be believed in, a fortiori, because if they were sent to others, they are more deserving of it for themselves. So his saying: is an instance of this covenant and pledge. Yes.