Transliteration:( Wa'tasimoo bi Hablil laahi jamee'anw wa laa tafarraqoo; wazkuroo ni'matal laahi alaikum iz kuntum a'daaa'an fa allafa baina quloobikum fa asbah tum bini'matiheee ikhwaananw wa kuntum 'alaa shafaa hufratim minan Naari fa anqazakum minhaa; kazaalika yubaiyinul laahu lakum aayaatihee la'allakum tahtadoon )
228. Some commentators of the QUR’AAN are of the opinion that the Rope of Allah refers to the ، progeny of the Holy Prophet Hence, subservience to this blessed progeny is a means of obtaining guidance and salvation. According to others the Rope of Allah Almighty Just as a is the Holy Prophet who has fallen in a well comes up by holding onto a rope, the Holy Prophet too will provide guidance and salvation to the downtrodden people.
229. From this we learn that unity is good which is based on the obedience to Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet. There can be no unity if it is founded contrary to this, instead of unity it will be a curse. The battles of the Companions were not based on sectarianism, but as a result of differences of opinion.
230. From this we learn that to gratefully remember the bounties of Allah Almighty and remind one another of these are an excellent form of worship
231. The Holy Prophet established brotherhood among the believers. The father brings about the bond of brotherliness in his children but he does not become their brother. It is for this reason that the wives of the Holy Prophet are the mothers of the believers, not their sisters-in-law.
232. Allah Almighty rescued mankind by sending His Beloved Prophet to them and gave them guidance to be obedient to him. From this we learn that the Holy Prophet is our greatest means of safety from the fire of Hell and the highest bounty of Allah Almighty.
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Please refer to Surah Imran ayat 102 which provides the complete commentary from verse 102 through 104.
(3:103) Hold fast together to the cable of Allah[83] and be not divided. Remember the blessing that Allah bestowed upon you: you were once enemies then He brought your hearts together, so that through His blessing you became brothers. You stood on the brink of a pit of fire and He delivered you from it.[84] Thus Allah makes His signs clear to you that you may be guided to the right way.[85]
83. The expression ‘cable of Allah’, in this verse, refers to the ‘religion of God’. The reason for use of the word ‘cable’ (habl) is that it both establishes a bond between man and God and joins all believers together. To take a firm hold on this cable means that the believers should attach profound importance to their religion: this should always be the centre of their concerns; they should continually strive to establish it; and the common desire to serve it should make them co-operate with each other.
As soon as Muslims turn their attentions away from the fundamental teachings of their religion and lose sight of establishing its hegemony in life they begin to concern themselves with matters of secondary importance. And, just as they rent the communities of the former Prophets, enticing people away from their true objective in life, so schisms and dissensions are bound to plague their lives. If Muslims do this they are bound to suffer indignity and disgrace both in this world and the Next as happened with the followers of the previous Prophets.
84. This refers to the state of the Arabs on the eve of the advent of Islam. There were animosities among the tribes which regularly broke out into fighting; every now and then there was much bloodshed. Things had reached a point that the entire Arabian nation seemed to be on the verge of destroying itself. It was due to the blessings of Islam alone that it was saved from being consumed by the fire to which this verse alludes. The people of Madina had embraced Islam some three or four years before these verses were revealed. They had witnessed the blessing of Islam as it unified into one brotherhood the Aws and Khazraj, two tribes which had long been sworn enemies. Moreover, both tribes treated the migrants from Makka in a spirit of sacrifice and love seldom seen even among members of the same family.
85. If they had eyes to see they could conclude for themselves whether their salvation lay in adhering firmly to this religion or in abandoning it and reverting to their former state; i.e. decide whether their true well-wishers were God and His Messenger or those Jews, polytheists and hypocrites who strove to plunge them back into their former state.
[142]- Referring either to His covenant or the Qur’ān.
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