The Noble Qur’an And The Unseen (4/4)
Muhammad Mitwally Ash-Sha`rawy
The Noble Qur’an unveils the human soul
The Noble Qur’an has also unveiled the human soul, when Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, told His Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) what is harbored but kept unuttered within the hearts of the hypocrites and the disbelievers.
Almighty Allah says (what means):
“And say within themselves: ‘Why should Allah punish us not for what we say?’” (Surah Al- Mujadilah, 58: 8)
This noble Qur’anic verse was revealed with regard to the hypocrites and the disbelievers. The Qur’anic Statement of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, saying what means: ‘And say within themselves,’ signifies that they kept it secret within themselves and told it to none. If such news about them was untrue: that they truly did not whisper thus within themselves, then the hypocrites and the disbelievers, who were most avid to vilify Islam and destroy it, would have spoken out, saying, ‘Muhammad has brought words he says to be revealed from Allah, claiming that we said within ourselves such and such and we certainly have not uttered these words nor did they cross our minds.’
But the revealed Qur’anic verses disclosed what is hidden in their hearts and the reality certainly startled them.
They were taken aback by the truth; it did not even occur to them to refute saying thus within themselves, if only by way of deception and lying!!
If you read Surat At-Taubah, you would find in it many verses foretelling the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) what is kept within the hypocrites’ hearts. Recite the noble Qur’anic verse in which The Truth, Blessed and Exalted be He, says (what means):
“And of them are some who accuse you (O Muhammad SAW) in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms.” (Surah At-Taubah, 9: 58)
And the Qur’anic verse in which Allah, praise be to Him, says (what means):
“And among them are men who hurt the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and say: ‘He is (lending his) ear (to every news).’” (Surah At-Taubah, 9: 61)
Then, comes the Challenge of Almighty Allah Himself to all what the hypocrites hid and deemed unknown to His Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). The Truth, be ever gloried His Majesty and Might, says (what means):
“The hypocrites fear lest a Surah (chapter of the Qur'an) should be revealed about them, showing them what is in their hearts. Say: ‘(Go ahead and) mock! But certainly Allah will bring to light all that you fear.’” (Surah At-Taubah, 9: 63)
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, unfolded to His Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in the Noble Qur’an what is kept secret within the hypocrites’ hearts and none of them dared to belie what Allah said and revealed in the Noble Qur’an.
Allah exposes what is inside the hypocrites’ hearts
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, exposed what the hypocrites concealed within their hearts when they came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) to testify that he is truly the Messenger of Allah. Recite in Surat Al-Munafiqun the Qur’anic verse in which Almighty Allah says (what means):
“When the hypocrites come to you (O Muhammad, Peace be upon him), they say: ‘We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah.’ Allah knows that you are indeed His Messenger and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are liars indeed.” (Surah Al-Munafiqun, 63: 1)
The hypocrites are liars although they came to testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, knows that Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is indeed His Messenger, which suggests that the testimony of the hypocrites agreed with the Statement of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, but though they agreed, The Truth, be ever gloried His Majesty and Might, affirmed in the same Qur’anic verse that the hypocrites are liars indeed.
But how could they be liars when they testified same as the Testimony of Allah, be ever gloried His Majesty and Might?
They are lairs because the hypocrites uttered their testimony only by their tongues. They bore witness that Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is the Messenger of Allah only in tongues but their hearts remained denying it, disbelieving in Allah and His Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), so Allah bared what is in their hearts and exposed their hypocrisy even when they witnessed for the Divinity of the message conveyed by the Prophet of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).
The Noble Qur’an has unveiled the past and amended what the predecessors have distorted in the Books of Allah.
The Noble Qur’an has also unveiled the secrets of the human soul and exposed what the disbelievers and the hypocrites hid in their hearts; they were startled and could not answer back. Moreover, the Noble Qur’an unveiled the future and told us things destined to happen after a few days, others after years and others after centuries and they all came true. This signifies that the Noble Qur’an unveiled all the Unseen for us to mind that Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, is The Sayer and The Doer.
Indeed, He is The All-Knower of the Unseen, not even the weight of an atom or a small ant or less than that or greater, escapes His Knowledge in the heavens or in the earth.