=1=Holy Ibrahim (on whom be peace) prayed for the advent of a great
prophet. Asking for Teacher of Hikmah (wisdom) was 3rd request in his
prayer. He prayed: *And, Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger
from among themselves, who may recite to them Thy Signs and teach them
the Book and Wisdom and may purify them; surely, Thou art the Mighty,
the Wise.* (2:130)..... Hikmah (wisdom) means fairness, absolute
justice, knowledge, astuteness and making appropriate use of something
in accordance with the suitability of the occasion...
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=2= In the above prayer Wisdom connotes that prophet will establish
absolute justice....which he did... His was a blessed model.
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=3= Two examples of the great prophet's wisdom through absolute
justice:
(a) Once after the battle of Hunain (with those who came to destroy
believers) he favored some people in the distributions of post war
benefits... An ignorant man said justice was not done...The Prophet
(p.b.u.h) replied *If Allah and His Apostle did not act justly, who
else would act justly.*... Later he explained he had used his right and
when he gave a larger ****tion to some he did so owing to their weak
faith and avidity.
b) When chapter Al-Nasr was revealed the Companions realised the
Prophet's (p.b.u.h) time to depart from this world was near... He gave a
sermon which was received by his Companions in an emotional state...The
Prophet then announced that if anyone had any reprisal to take they
could... An elderly Companion Ukasha said that on one occasion Prophet's
stick had hit him...The Prophet responded that the Prophet of God could
not purposely hit him, however, he asked for a stick to be brought and
gave it to Ukasha and told him to take his revenge... Hadhrat Abu Bakr,
Hadhrat Umer and Hadhrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with them all)
stood up offering that the retaliation be taken from them. Then
Hadhrat Hassan and Hadhrat Hussein (may Allah be pleased with them)
stood up and said the retaliation should be taken from them as they
were the Prophet's grandsons. However, Ukasha insisted to take the
revenge from the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) and added that when the stick
had hit him he did not have any attire on... On this the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) lifted the cloth from his body and said that Ukasha could
strike him... The rest of the Companions started to weep with grief.
Ukasha went forward; started kissing the blessed body of the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) and said who could ever abide taking revenge from him, who
had taught varied principles of absolute justice and that he was
merely looking for an op****tunity to express his love...On that Prophet
said that Ukasha either had to retaliate or forgive. Ukasha said O
Prophet of God I forgive you in the hope that Allah will forgive me on
the Day of Judgement... To this the Prophet (p.b.u.h) replied if anyone
wishes to see my companion in Paradise should take a look at Ukasha.
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=4= Quran explains absolute justice... Its most sagacious teaching
carries solutions for societal problems as well as matters of
international significance....* Verily, Allah enjoins justice, and the
doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids
indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He
admonishes you that you may take heed.* (16:91).... When evil is avoided
high standards of absolute justice are established... Absolute justice
is greater than favour and kindness and comes to pass by forsaking
what is bad owing to fear of Allah... Absolute justice is not merely
recompense or punishment because these do not necessarily reform...
Absolute justice is in accordance to the situation... The Promised
Messiah (on whom be peace) said that kindness at the wrong juncture is
wrong just as it is wrong not to do an act of kindness at the
appropriate time. He enjoined to have the courteousness that a mother
shows to her child. He said doing good can be on three degrees, the
first is where one does good in return of good, the second is where
one does good of one's own accord and is of help/benefit to another,
then there is the conducting of good, where there is no thought of
doing a favour or no expectation of gratefulness, it is good done in
the way a mother does good to her child. Indeed, doing good and
justice when applied without any wisdom are not good morals.
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=5= Faith requires from a believer to be staunch in sup****ting justice...
[ref(5:9)]... The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said absolute
justice cannot be achieved without honesty.
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=6= Wisdom also connotes perfection of knowledge.... In Islam and
through the Holy Qur'an Allah perfected religion... Indeed this blessed
Book carries many prophecies which have been fulfilled, prophecies
which let alone people of 1400 hundreds ago, even the people of a
couple of hundred years had no idea. For example:
(a) *He has made the two bodies of water flow. They will (one day)
meet. Between them (now) is barrier; they encroach not (one upon the
other). Which, then, of the favors of your Lord will you twain
deny? There come out from them pearls and corals. Which, then, of
the favors of your Lord will you twain deny?* [(55:20-24)]......The
reference in these verses of two waters merging has been seen in the
form of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea coming together through
the Suez Canal as well as the Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and
the Pacific Oceans. This was prophesied at a time when there was no
knowledge of where these seas could have been....
(b) Verse (21:31)clearly expounds the scientific concept that we now
know as the Big Bang....
(c ) *And We have built the heaven with might and We continue to
expand it indeed* (51:48)... At the time of the revelation of this verse
there was no concept whatsoever of the universe expanding.... Edwin
Hubble discovered in these times that the universe was continuously
expanding ....Now it is re****ted universe is expanding at a greater
speed than before....
Research by Muslim scientists based on the Quranic words is needed....
Dr. Abdus Salam (Nobel laureate 1979, physics: unification of basic
forces of nature) used this way..... Qur'an is full of gems that shall
continue to make disclosures till the end of time.
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=7= As for the wisdom in the commandments of the Shariah as stated in
(29:46) which extols the virtues of Prayer / Salat. It illustrates the
ways and means to make Divine connection... Salat is an instrument to
safeguard oneself and that Salat is the essence of blessings.
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=8= Speaking of untruth is mentioned in conjunction with idolatry to
emphasise its seriousness.(22:31).. ...The Promised Messish (on whom be
peace) said there was nothing as abominable as falsehood.
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=9= There is indeed reward in reciting the Qur'an, however, the real
objective of reading the Qur'an would only be fulfilled when its
teachings are put in practice and when the blessed model of the Holy
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) would be at the
forefront of minds.... The holy Caliph prayed May Allah enable to
understand this sagacious teaching and to put it in practice....
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