Surah 6:51
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قُل لَّآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ إِنِّي مَلَكٌۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّۚ قُلۡ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Say: ‘I do not say to you, “The storehouses of God are with me.” I do not know the unseen, nor do I say to you, “I am an angel.” I only follow what I am inspired (with).’ Say: ‘Are the blind and the sighted equal? Will you not reflect?’
وَأَنذِرۡ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحۡشَرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ لَيۡسَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ وَلِيّٞ وَلَا شَفِيعٞ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَّقُونَ
Warn by means of it those who fear that they will be gathered to their Lord – they have no ally and no intercessor other than Him – so that they may guard (themselves).
وَلَا تَطۡرُدِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلۡعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَهُۥۖ مَا عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖ وَمَا مِنۡ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَتَطۡرُدَهُمۡ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And do not drive away those who call on their Lord in the morning and the evening, desiring His face. Nothing of their account (falls) on you, and nothing of your account (falls) on them, (that) you should drive them away and so become one of the evildoers.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعۡضَهُم بِبَعۡضٖ لِّيَقُولُوٓاْ أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِنَآۗ أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
In this way We have tested some of them by means of others, so that they will say, ‘Are these (the ones) on whom God has bestowed favor among us?’ Is it not God (who) knows the thankful?
وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلۡ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةَ أَنَّهُۥ مَنۡ عَمِلَ مِنكُمۡ سُوٓءَۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٖ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَأَنَّهُۥ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ
When those who believe in Our signs come to you, say: ‘Peace (be) upon you! Your Lord has prescribed mercy for Himself. Whoever of you does evil in ignorance, (and) then turns (in repentance) after that and sets (things) right – surely He is forgiving, compassionate.’
Allah said to His Messenger
meaning, I do not own Allah’s treasures or have any power over them,
{or (that) I know the Unseen,} and I do not say that I know the Unseen, because its knowledge is with Allah and I only know what He conveys of it to me.
meaning, I do not claim that I am an angel. I am only a human to whom Allah sends revelation, and He honored me with this duty and favored me with it.
{I but follow what is revealed to me.} and I never disobey the revelation in the least.
meaning, Is the one who is guided, following the truth, equal to the one misled?
{Will you not then consider?} In another Ayah, Allah said;
Allah’s statement,
means, warn with this Qur’an, O Muhammad,
{Those who live in awe for fear of their Lord}, who,
{those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord,} on the Day of Resurrection,
for on that Day, they will have no relative or intercessor who can prevent His torment if He decides to punish them with it,
{so that they may have Taqwa.} Therefore, warn of the Day when there will be no judge except Allah,
{so that they may have Taqwa.} and thus work good deeds in this life, so that their good deeds may save them on the Day of Resurrection from Allah’s torment, and so that He will grant them multiple rewards.
Prohibiting the Messenger from Turning the Weak Away and the Order to Honor Them
Allah said,
meaning, do not turn away those who have these qualities, instead make them your companions and associates. In another Ayah, Allah said;
Allah’s statement,
{invoke their Lord...} refers to those who worship Him and supplicate to Him,
{morning and evening .} referring to the obligatory prayers, according to Said bin Al-Musayyib, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Qatadah. In another Ayah, Allah said;
I will accept your supplication. Allah said next,
{seeking His Face.} meaning, they seek Allah’s Most Generous Face, by sincerity for Him in the acts of worship and obedience they perform. Allah said;
This is similar to the answer Nuh gave to his people when they said,
Nuh answered them,
...{Had it been a good thing, they (weak and poor) would not have preceded us to it!}, and,
Allah said in reply,
Here, Allah answered the disbelievers when they said,
Meaning is not Allah more knowledgeable of those who thank and appreciate Him in statement, action and heart? Thus Allah directs these believers to the ways of peace, transfers them from darkness to light by His leave, and guides them to the straight path. In another Ayah, Allah said;
An authentic Hadith states,
«Allah does not look at your shapes or colors, but He looks at your heart and actions.»
Allah’s statement,
means, honor them by returning the Salam and give them the good news of Allah’s exclusive, encompassing mercy for them. So Allah said;
meaning, He has obliged His Most Honored Self to grant mercy, as a favor, out of His compassion and beneficence,
{So that, if any of you does evil in ignorance. . .} as every person who disobeys Allah does it in ignorance,
by repenting from the sins that he committed, intending not to repeat the sin in the future, but to perform righteous deeds,
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
«When Allah finished with the creation, He wrote in a Book that He has with Him above the Throne, ‘My mercy prevails over My anger'.»
This Hadith was also recorded in the The Two Sahihs.