Ayat Bayyinat

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Virtues of Sayyidina Abu Bakr radiya Llahu ‘anhu Deduced From These Verses   When the kuffar of Makkah agreed to kill Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala informed Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and permitted him to migrate, Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam took Sayyidina Abu Bakr radiya Llahu ‘anhu as a companion with […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Fifth Verse   لَّوْلَا كِتَابٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيْمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌ If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.[1]   The reason of this verse’s revelation is that after the Battle of Badr was won and the mushrikin were captured, Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Verses of the Qur’an Complimenting the Sahabah   The First Verse   كُنْتُمْ خَیْرَ اُمَّةٍ اُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَاْمُرُوْنَ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْکَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِؕ وَلَوْ اٰمَنَ اَهْلُ الْکِتٰبِ لَکَانَ خَیْرًا لَّهُمْؕ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفٰسِقُوْنَ You are the best nation produced (as an example) for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Reported Evidence Regarding the Virtues of the Sahabah   I will present three reported evidences in favour of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum: The virtues mentioned in the Torah and Injil The virtues celebrated in the Qur’an The virtues stated by the infallible Imams in the books of the Imamiyyah.   The Virtues of the Sahabah in the Torah and Injil   This […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Rational proofs of the virtues of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum   First Proof Everyone knows that when Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala sent His Rasul salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to the Arabs and commanded him to proclaim his nubuwwah in the early stages of Makkah, all those around him were disbelievers and polytheists. His friends and folk became his enemies and […]