بَل رَّفَعَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًۭا
Bar rafa'ahul laahu ilayh; wa kaanal laahu 'Azeezan Hakeemaa
Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise.
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Lessons from past peoples
4:158Ayah 1176
9 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
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Nay God raised him up to Him. God is ever Mighty in His kingdom Wise in His actions.
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from Qatadah, that regarding Allah's saying: And we raised him to a high station (19:57). He said: "Anas bin Malik narrated that Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) said: "When I was brought up, I saw Idris in the Fourth Heaven."
Abu Barza said, "(O people!) Allah makes you self-sufficient or has raised you high with Islam and
with Muhammad."
I heard al-Hajjaj addressing the people say: The similitude of ‘Uthman with Allah is like the similitude of Jesus son of Mary. He then recited the following verse and explained it: “Behold! Allah said: O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehood) of those who blaspheme.” He was making a sign with his hand to us and to the people of Syria.
regarding Allah's saying: "It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised station (17:79)" that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about it and he said: "It is the intercession."
When Allah 's Apostle was in good health, he used to say, "Never does a prophet die unless he is
shown his place in Paradise ( before his death ), and then he is made alive or given option." When the
Prophet became ill and his last moments came while his head was on my thigh, he became
unconscious, and when he came to his senses, he looked towards the roof of the house and then said,
"O Allah! (Please let me be) with the highest companion." Thereupon I said, "Hence he is not going to
stay with us? " Then I came to know that his state was the confirmation of the narration he used to
mention to us while he was in good health.
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