Al-Quran: Surah Al-Maidah:5:116-118 And when Allah said, 0 Isa son of Maryam, did you say to the people: Take me and my mother as gods beside Allah? He said, Pure are You, it does not behove me to say what is not right for me. Had I said it, You would have known it. You know what is in my heart and I do not know what is in Yours. You alone have the full knowledge of all that is unseen. [116] I have not said to them anything but what You have ordered me to, that is, Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord and I was a witness over them as long as I was with them. But when You picked me up You were the One watching over them. And You are a witness over everything. [117] If You punish them, they are Your slaves. And if You forgive them, You are the Mighty, the Wise. [118] Commentary Important Notes 1. In the first verse (116), the question asked and the answer given by Sayyidna Isa & establishes that Allah alone has the full knowledge of everything, therefore, He is not asking Sayyidna Isa because He does not know. In fact, the purpose is to admonish his people who call them Christians that the one they are taking to be god is him- self confessing to his servitude quite contrary to the belief they hold - and that he is free of all their accusations. (Ibn Kathir) 2. About the sentence:(And when You picked me up You were the 0ne watching over them) in verse 117, a detailed discussion of the subject of the death or having been raised toward Allah has appeared in the Commentary on Surah Al-Imran under verse 3:55: (I am to take you in full and lift you, towards Me). It may be seen there [Maariful-Quran, English Translation, Volume 2, pages 76-81]. AS for using the verse 117 to reject his ascension to heavens and to establish his natural death is not a sound inference, because the time of this conversation shall be the day of Qiyamah - and at that time, after he has descended down from the heaven, he would have had his natural and real death. Therefore, as reported by Ibn Kathir on the authority of a narration from Sayyidna Abu Musa al-Ashari?, the Holy Prophet & said: On the day of Qiyamah, the prophets and their communities will be summoned. Then, Sayyidna Isa will be called. Then, Allah Talala will remind him of His blessings and drawing him closer, He will say, 0 Isa son of Maryam: Remember My blessing upon you and upon your mother. Then, in the end, He would say: (0 Isa son of Maryam, did you say to the people: Take me and my mother as gods beside Allah?). Sayyidna Isa & will deny it saying that he did not. Then, the question will be asked from the Christians. They will say, yes, this is what he had ordered us to do. After that, they will be driven towards Hell. 3. As for the statement beginning with the words:(If You punish them, they are Your slaves ... ) appearing in the last verse (118), it means that Allah does not bring undue hardship on His servants, therefore, if punishment does come to them, it will only be just, right and wise. And should He forgive them, then, this forgiveness too will not be a matter of not being able to do otherwise - because He is Mighty, fully-capable and overpowering, from whose reach and control no wrong-doer can escape. And since He is Wise too, therefore, it is also not possible that He would let a wrong-doer walk away just for no reason. Thus, the Divine verdict in the case of wrong-doers will - - - be absolutely wise and masterly. Since this saying of Sayyidna Isa will take place in the Mahshar (the day of Resurrection) - where no intercession on behalf of the disbelievers, or appeal of mercy for them, will be entertained - therefore, Sayyidna Isa has not referred to the Divine attributes of Ghafurur-Rahim (the Most-Forgiving, the Very-Merciful) in place of Al-Aziz Al-Hakim (the Mighty, the Wise) of the text. This stands in contrast with what Sayyidna Ibrahim had said to his Lord during his life in this world: (That is, 0 my Lord, these [idols] have made many of the people go astray. Henceforth, whoever has followed me is one of mine. And whoever has disobeyed me, so then, You are the Most-Forgiving, the Very-Merciful - 14:36). It means that the likelihood still exists that Allah may, in His mercy, give them the Taufiq later on to repent and return to the path of truth and thereby forgive their sins. (Shabbir Ahmad Usmani - Notes) Ibn Kathir reports a narration from Sayyidna Abu Dharr that once the Holy Prophet & spent a whole-night reciting one single verse. And that verse was:(If You punish them, then, they are Your slaves - 118). When morning came, I said: Ya Rasul Allah, you kept reciting just this verse. You made your Ruku with it and you made your Sujud with it, right upto this break of dawn. He said: I prayed to my Rabb to bless me with the station of intercession (Shafaah), which He granted. Inshallah, it is going to be for one who has never associated anyone with Allah Taala. Reference:English- Maariful Quran
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