- The Family of ‘Imrān
- 16.1 Family from an Islamic Point of View
- 16.2 The Vow of the Wife of ‘Imrān to Allāh ﷻ
- 16.3 Considerations of Imrātu ‘Imrān about her Child
- 16.4 The True Freedom is in Being the Servant of Allāh ﷻ
- 16.5 Rabi bin ‘Āmir Teaches the Essence of Islam
- 16.6 Birth of Maryam عليه السالم ا and Her Superior Status
- 16.7 Shaitān Hurts Every New-born Child
- 16.8 Miracles ‘of Īsā عليه السالم
- 16.9 Allāh ﷻ Confirms the Righteousness of Maryam عليه السالم ا
- 16.10 Virtues of Sidq – Truth
- 16.11 Caretaking of Maryam by Zakariyyā (Peace be upon them)
- 16.12 Maryam عليه السالم ا Receives Rizq from Allāh ﷻ
- 16.13 What Happens when Allāh ﷻ is Pleased with You
16. The Family of ‘Imrān
Allāh ﷻ says, Allah chose Adam, Nuh (Noah), the family of Ibrahim (Abraham) and the family of ‘Imran above the ‘Alamin (mankind and jinn) (of their times). Offspring, one of the other, and Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:33, 34)
Ādam was chosen – Is’tafá means chosen, so Ādam is chosen and Nūh, and then Allāh says, Āla ‘Ibrāhīma Wa ‘Āla `Imrān. While with Ādam and Nūh, Allāh mentions their names alone; Inna allāh is’tafā Ādama wa Nūhan – Allāh has chosen Ādam and Nūh, but with Ibrāhīm and ‘Imrān, Allāh said, Āla-Ibrāhīm and Āla-‘Imrān and ‘Āla’ means ‘the family’. So, Ādam was chosen, Nūh was chosen and then Ibrāhīm and his family were chosen and Imrān and his family were chosen. “dhurriyyatan ba’duhā min ba’d – they are off springs of one another” because Āla-‘Imrān are from the descendants of Ibrāhīm and Ibrāhīm is from the descendants of Nūh and Nūh is from the descendants of Ādam. These are the chosen ones of the world, but then the chosen, out of all humanity and all of the creation is Muhammad ﷺ.
16.1 Family from an Islamic Point of View
Āla-Ibrāhīm and Āla-‘Imrān; and Āla-Ibrāhīm includes the ones who believed in the message of truth because we know that part of the family of Ibrāhīm are Al-Yahūd but they are not included in this because as soon as there is Kufr, then the ties of relationship are cut. So they are not part of Āla-Ibrāhīm anymore. And that is why the Ahl al-Bayt does not include within them Abu Lahab. Abu Lahab is not considered from Ahl al-Bayt because Ahl al-Bayt of Muhammad ﷺ are the ones who believed in Muhammad ﷺ from his family but the ones who didn’t believe, they are not included in Ahl al-Bayt. And the same thing with Nūh when he said, this is my son, Allāh told him,
“Verily, his work is unrighteous,”(Hūd – 11:45) He is not from your family, he is not part of your relatives to start with because of his unrighteous deed. Āla-‘Imrān are from the descendants of Sayyidnā Ibrāhīm and Āla-‘Imrān are the family of Sayyidnā ‘Īsā, and that’s the family of Zakariyyā and the family of Yāhyā; they are from the family, the household of Āla-‘Imrān.
16.2 The Vow of the Wife of ‘Imrān to Allāh ﷻ
Allāh says, (Remember) when the wife of ‘Imran said: “O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your Place of worship), so accept this from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing.”(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:35)
This righteous woman, the wife of Imrān (Imrān is the name of the father, he is the head of this household, his name is ‘Imrān). His wife said, “Oh Allāh! I vowed to you what is in my womb – Nazartu laka mā fī batanī” – Al Nazr is a promise and a vow that you give. The wife of Imrān gave a vow, a promise that what is in her womb, she was pregnant, is for Allāh ﷻ. Specifically, that means that this child will serve in the Masjid, which Masjid? Al-Masjid-Al-Aqsa. In that time, they used to have men who were devoted to Khidmat Al-Masjid, they were devoted to the serving of the Masjid [and] the ones who would fill this job were men. They didn’t allow women to take this job, it was for men, and they would live their entire life in the Masjid and serve in the Masjid. So Imrātu ‘Imrān said, oh Allāh I am vowing my child to you, to the Khidmah of Masjid. And I think these Āyāt that deal with the parents and the children, we need to reflect on them. We are not going to spend a lot of time doing this reflection now but take this as a pointer and a tip when you are reading through the Āyāt of the Qurān, when you see the relations between the parents and the children within the righteous families, try to think about it and reflect and contemplate. Over here, Imrātu ‘Imrān is vowing her child to Allāh ﷻ to serve in the Masjid.
16.3 Considerations of Imrātu ‘Imrān about her Child
Imrātu ‘Imrān, she was not thinking in terms of Dunyā at all, she wanted her child to go to the service in the Masjid-Al-Aqsa, not for a certain time, and then come back to her and generate money, [but] for the whole life. She wanted her son to go in the Masjid and serve in the Masjid. I think we should learn from the ones whom Allāh ﷻ has chosen, these are the ones whom Allāh ﷻ has given Istafa and they should be the role models for us. We need to take care of the religious matters of our children more than the Dunyā matters because the One who is giving them Rizq is Allāh ﷻ and not us. We are not the ones who are giving them Rizq and that’s why Allāh ﷻ says, “Nahnu narzuquhum wa iyyākum” and Allāh ﷻ says, “Nahnu narzuqukum wa iyyāhum”. Two Āyāt: In one Āyāh, Allāh ﷻ says, we give you Rizq and we give them Rizq. In another Āyāh, Allāh says, we give them Rizq and we give you Rizq. One time they were mentioned before us and one time we were mentioned before them. In all, Allāh ﷻ is the One who is giving Rizq. Allāh ﷻ is the one who created every human being and Allāh ﷻ created with the human being its ‘Rizq’. We are not the ones who are providing for them; therefore, we need to pay attention to the religious matters of our children and that’s why Allāh ﷻ says,
“O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones”(At-Tahrīm – 66:6)
Now, it didn’t say, save them from hunger even though we should.
16.4 The True Freedom is in Being the Servant of Allāh ﷻ
So, Imrātu ‘Imrān was devoting her child to the serving of Allāh ﷻ in Al- Masjid-Al-Aqsa and then she said, ‘Muharrarā’. “Nazrtu laka mā fī batanī muharrarā – ‘Muharrarā’, free from all the worldly work. If we just take the word ‘Muharrar’, it means free/ freedom. This word freedom has been used by every revolutionary group in the world. Everyone is seeking freedom. Every movement of revolution comes under the banner of freedom. Freedom is a quality that every human being is striving to get and over here, Allāh ﷻ is giving us the definition of this Istilāh – The definition of this word; what is freedom? Because we all want freedom. So, what’s the meaning of this word? What’s the definition of freedom? We get the definition from the mouth of wife of ‘Imrān, when she said that her child is going to be the servant of Allāh ﷻ in the Masjid of Allāh ﷻ, when her son is going to servitude [which is] Ubudiya – to serve Allāh ﷻ, she said that is Tahrīr, that is the freedom for a child because if you are not a slave of Allāh ﷻ, you are going to be a slave of something else. If you are not a servant of Allāh ﷻ, you are going to serve something else. If you don’t serve Allāh ﷻ, you are going to serve money, you are going to serve your desires, you might serve a king or a human being. Therefore, the only way that you could be free is when you devote yourself in sincerity and you serve Allāh ﷻ. That is the only way you could be free.
16.5 Rabi bin ‘Āmir Teaches the Essence of Islam
And that’s why Rabi bin ‘Āmir, when he went to meet with the Persian commander and the Persian commander said, “what did you come here for?” Because the Persian commander knew the Arab people before Islām. The Arab people before Islām were disunited tribes, hungry, poor and they were so poor they would eat the skin of dead animals. They would eat dead animals, but they would also sometimes eat the skin and that was stereotype that the Persians had about the Arabs of Arabia. [They would say], “ta’kulūna julūdul mayt – you are so poor that you eat the skin of dead animals.” What are you doing here in the Persian Empire, this is too advanced for you to come in, what are you doing here? And then he told him, “If you came here because you need money, I’ll give every one of you a certain amount of money, and then I’ll give your Amir double. Go back to your land.” Rabi bin Amir said, “Allāh ﷻ has sent us so that we can deliver the creation of Allāh ﷻ from being slaves of each other, to being the slaves of Allāh ﷻ. And from the narrowness of this world to the vastness of this world and the hereafter. And from the oppression of other religions to the justice of Islam.” So Allāh ﷻ has sent us to free you from serving each other to serving Allāh, because you are now not serving Allāh ﷻ therefore you’re serving each other. Allāh ﷻ sent us to free you from this so that you could serve Allāh ﷻ and stop serving one another. And this is the message of Islām, to free the human being, so that the human being can be ‘Mukhlasan lillāhi Azza wajal’ – pure for Allāh ﷻ.
16.6 Birth of Maryam عليه السالم ا and Her Superior Status
Allāh ﷻ says, (Remember) when the wife of Imran said: “O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your Place of worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing.
Then when she gave birth to her [child Maryam (Mary)], she said: “O my Lord! I have given birth to a female child,” – and Allah knew better what she brought forth “And the male is not like the female,”(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:35, 36)
Imrātu ‘Imrān, she had a female child and females were not traditionally allowed to serve in the Masjid, it was only for men. So, she said, “Oh Allāh I delivered a female.” Allāh says, “wallāhu a’lamu bima wada’at – Allāh knows better what she delivered”. And then Allāh ﷻ says, “wa laysa zakaru kal unsā – and the male is not like the female.” What does this mean? Imrātu ’Imrān, she wanted to have a son, a male, so, the male could serve in the Masjid. When she was not given a son and was given a daughter, she was upset and then she said, “Oh Allāh I have delivered a female.” Allāh ﷻ says, “Allāh knows best what you have delivered, and the male is not like the female.” This means that whatever male you would have delivered, that male will not be better than the female that Allāh ﷻ has given you, because the female that Allāh ﷻ is giving you is the best of Nisā al-‘Alamīn [best woman of all worlds], she doesn’t know. Allāhu a’lam bima wadat – Allāh knows better. All what she knows, is that she delivered a female. But Allāhu a’lamu bima wadat- Allāh knows who this female is, and this female is Maryam عليه السالم ا, Allāh ﷻ has given you a blessing, Allāh Y has given you the best woman that will ever live on the face of the earth and that is Sayyidatnā Maryam عليه السالم ا. Rasūlullāh ﷺ says, “Khayru Nisa’ul Alamin arba’a – The best of the women of the world are four:
1. Maryam عليه السالم ا, [Peace be upon her]
2. Āsiyah عليه السالم ا, [Peace be upon her]
3. and Khadījah عنهاهللاضر, [May Allah be pleased with her]
4. and Fatimah bintu Muhammad [May Allah be pleased with her] (Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 49, Hadith 4252, – Musnad Ahmad 2896)
These are the best four and the best of them all was ‘Maryam عليه السالم ا, – Maryam bintu Imrātu’Imrān’. Wa laysa zakaru kal unsā wa inni sammaytu ‘Maryam’ – She named the child, ‘Maryam’. That’s the name she chose for the child; ‘Maryam’.
16.7 Shaitān Hurts Every New-born Child
Rasūlullāh ﷺ says, every child who is born, is stabbed by Shaitān. Whenever a child is born, what is the first thing that the child does? Cry. The first thing they do is cry, they come out and cry. Why do they cry? Rasūlullāh ﷺ says in this Hadīth, in Muslim, that Shaitān stabs every child, and that’s why the child comes out crying.(Sahīh Muslim 2366, – Sahīh al-Bukhārī 4548)
And by the way, before I continue with the Hadīth, you can see how much Shaitān hates human beings. From the moment you are born, he stabs you. As soon as you come out, he stabs and he hates humanity so much and Subhān’Allāh, who would like to harm, who would want to harm such a lovely child, but this shows you the evilness, and the wickedness of Shaitān, and it shows you how foolish humans are when they follow Shaitān.
As Allāh ﷻ says, “Surely, Shaitan (Satan) is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy”(Fāţir – 35:6) He is our enemy! From day one he is our enemy, and we should take him as our enemy.
“Wakana shaitanu lil’insani khadhula – and Shaitan has always betrayed humanity.” [Al-Furqān 25:29] He is betraying the son of Ādam. This happens to every child, but there is an exception of two. Who are they? Who are the ones who were not stabbed by the Shaitān? ‘Maryam and ‘Īsā’ [Peace be upon them]. Maryam عليه السالم ا and ‘Īsā عليه السالم are the only exceptions. Shaitān has stabbed every child that was born, with the exception of Maryam عليه السالم ا and ‘Isāعليه السالم , Shaitān did not stab them. Why? because of the Du’ā of the mother of Maryam:
“And I have named her Maryam (Mary), and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from Shaitān (Satan), the outcast.”(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:36)
So, the mother said, Oh Allāh I seek refuge in You, to save my child, and her offspring from Shaitān. So, her child is Maryam and who’s the offspring of Maryam عليه السالم ا? ‘Īsā ﷺ and it stops right there, there was no other offspring. So, these are the only two who were excluded from this stabbing of Shaitān. Rasūlullāh ﷺ says, when he wanted to stab ‘Īsā, [there would be a Hijāb between Shaitān and ‘Īsā], Al-Hijāb is the diaphragm. So, ‘Īsā and Maryam عليه السالم ا, were saved from this stabbing of Shaitān.
16.8 Miracles ‘of Īsā عليه السالم
And by the way, even though Christianity claims to be the religion of ‘Isā عليه السالم , they are missing many of the details of the life of ‘Isā عليه السالم to start with. And this is one thing that is missing, the issue of that, Allāh has saved Maryam عليه السالم ا and ‘Isā عليه السالم in their birth. And another thing that is missing, and it’s one of the best or the most wonderful miracles that Allāh ﷻ has given Sayyidnā ‘Isā عليه السالم , is Yatakallam fil Mahd, yu kallimu naas fī mahd – speaking at birth. This is not mentioned in the Bible, and this is the knowledge that the people who claim to follow ‘Isā عليه السالم don’t even know that ‘Isā عليه السالم spoke, when he was born. And these are some of the miracles of ‘Isā عليه السالم that were mentioned the Qurān.
16.9 Allāh ﷻ Confirms the Righteousness of Maryam عليه السالم ا
Allāh ﷻ says, So her Lord (Allāh) accepted her with goodly acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner” (‘Āli `Imrān – 3:37) Allāh ﷻ is the One who was growing up Maryam عليه السالم ا in a very good way, and this is a proof, and evidence that Maryam, since her birth, until the end of her life was always righteous, was always taken care of by Allāh ﷻ and was always on the straight path. This is Sayyidatnā Maryam عليه السالم ا, Mary and it’s very important to note the fact that throughout her life, why? Because the Jews accused Maryam of Zinā, they accused her of fornication, and they do not see ‘Isā as being a legitimate child, and they accuse her of sleeping with a carpenter and all of these made-up, fabricated stories. Allāh ﷻ is saying the contrary, that Maryam عليه السالم ا, Mary, since her birth until the end of her life was always a Sadīqah, and Allāh ﷻ called her Sadīqah in Qurān. Sadīqah is an extreme form of righteousness, or it’s a high level of righteousness, due to an extreme form of Siddīq, truth.
16.10 Virtues of Sidq – Truth
And Allāh ﷻ, in many Āyāt and Rasūlullāh ﷺ in many Ahādīth told us about the virtues of Sidq – truth. Rasūlullāh ﷺ says that “Sidq, truth leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to paradise and the man would continue saying the truth, until he is written by Allāh ﷻ as being a Sadīq.”(Sahīh Muslim 2607) The more truth you say and the more truthful you are, the closer you are to this status, the station of Sadīq. And the best or the most prominent type of truth is being truthful with Allāh ﷻ. There are different forms of truth
Truth with Creation
Truth with Yourself
And then there is Truth with Allāh ﷻ
The highest of all, is the truth with Allāh ﷻ and you are true with your covenant to Allāh ﷻ. What does that mean? When you say that you are a Muslim, truth with Allāh ﷻ means that you are true in that claim, and you fulfil all of the terms of the contract between you and Allāh ﷻ, because we have a contract between us and Allāh ﷻ and that’s the highest level of truth. Allāh ﷻ said about the Sahāba,
Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah; of them some have fulfilled their obligations (Al-‘Ahzāb – 33:23)
That they are men, “sadaqū mā ‘ahādūllāh ‘alayh – they have been truthful in their covenant with Allāh.” They gave Allāh, ‘Bay’ah’ and ‘Ahd is a contract or ‘Ahd is a promise between you and Allāh ﷻ. The Sahābah gave Allāh ﷻ a promise, they have a contract between them and Allāh ﷻ, and that contract is that they are going to worship nobody but Allāh ﷻ, and that they are going to give Nusrah – victory to the religion of Allāh ﷻ, and they have fulfilled the terms of that contract. So, Allāh ﷻ says about them, they are men who fulfilled and have been truthful with Allāh ﷻ.
Allāh ﷻ says, “Wa Ummu Sadīqah”, when Allāh ﷻ was talking about Sayyidnā ‘Isā u, Jesus, Allāh ﷻ said, and his mother was a Sadīqah. So, she has reached this level and what is the next level above Sadīq? Its Nabi, that’s the highest it can get and then after that you get into Prophethood.
16.11 Caretaking of Maryam by Zakariyyā (Peace be upon them)
Allāh ﷻ says, “So her Lord (Allah) accepted her with goodly acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zakariya“(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:37)
She was taking care of by Zakariyyā – Zachariah. Ibn Kathīr says that the Jumhōr ul Ulemā – the majority of the scholars say that Maryam عليه السالم ا is the sister-in-law of Zakariyyā u. So, the wife of Zakariyyā u, her name is Ēshā’ عليه السالم ا and Maryam is her sister. Some other scholars say that she is his niece, because they say that Ēshā’ actually is the sister of the mother of Maryam. So, there’s a bit of a difference of opinion here but it doesn’t [matter, since] it’s an irrelevant difference of opinion. But we know that they are relatives. Zakariyyā u is the one who took care of her and the way this happened, just to refresh your memory again; Imrātu ’Imrān, the mother of Maryam, she said, I’m giving, whatever I’m going to deliver to the service of Al-Masjid. The Jews had this law or tradition that they would devote some men entirely and completely to take care of Al-Masjid, to service the Masjid- Al-Aqsa. And this role was for men, but they accepted Maryam عليه السالم ا, even though she was a woman. When she was very young, her mother handed her over to the care keepers of Al-Masjid. Because she came from this noble and blessed family and by the way the family of Āl-‘Imrān, are the descendants of Dawūd عليه السالم , because she is from this blessed family and Allāh ﷻ says, “’Inna Allāha Aşţafá ‘Ādama Wa Nūĥāan Wa ‘Āla ‘Ibrāhīma Wa ‘Āla `Imrān `Alá Al-`Ālamīn – We have chosen, Adam and Nūh, and the family of Ibrāhīm and the family of ‘Imrān overall mankind”.(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:33)
So, this is a very blessed family. Due to the fact that they are very blessed and a noble family among their people, Banī Israīl, the children of Israīl, everyone wanted to take care of Maryam عليه السالم ا, everyone wanted that honour. So, all of these men who are the keepers of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, are disputing among themselves who would have the honour of taking care of Maryam عليه السالم ا, to raise her up, because you have to go through training to take care of the Masjid. So, they were competing and who would get the honour of having Maryam so that they could train her for the position of being a caretaker of Al-Masjid. They couldn’t solve the dispute, so they ended up, casting lots. They used to cast lots and by the way, this is something that the nations before used to do [but] Allāh ﷻ has replaced us with something better. And what is that? It’s “The Salātu’l Istikhārah” – [Prayer of seeking Counsel]. The nations before didn’t know about Salātu’l Istikhārah, this is something reserved for the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ. So, they had to cast lots. Allāh ﷻ says,
“This is a part of the news of the Ghaib (unseen, i.e. the news of the past nations of which you have no knowledge) which We reveal to you (O Muhammad). You were not with them, when they cast lots with their pens as to which of them should be charged with the care of Maryam (Mary); nor were you with them when they disputed.“(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:44)
So, they cast lots and Allāh ﷻ made them the lots come out on who? On Zakariyyā u, and Zakariyyā u is the Nabi of Allāh ﷻ and Allāh chose him to take care of Maryam عليهاالسالم.
16.12 Maryam Receives Rizq from Allāh ﷻ
So Zakariyyā, he was the sponsor of Maryam عليه السالم ا and he would take care of her, and he would visit her from time to time. But he used to notice, strange things. He would come in to visit Maryam in her place of worship, and he would find with her ‘Rizq’, Rizq is provisions, sustenance from Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ﷻ mentions it in Qurān as Rizq, it didn’t define exactly what it is but many of the Mufassirīn say that she used to get the fruits of summer in winter, and she would get the fruits of winter in summer, and there’s no refrigeration, and these fruits were fresh. So, it’s winter, and she would get fresh summer fruits and it is summer and she would get fresh winter fruits. It is a miracle. In Arabic, there’s a difference between Mu’jizah and Karāmāh.
Mu’jizah is a miracle, that is given to the Ambiyā [of Allāh]
Karāmāh is a miracle, that is given to the Awliyā [of Allāh]
In the case of Maryam عليه السالم ا, it’s a Karāmāh, it’s a miracle that is given to the friends of Allāh ﷻ, and these are things that were happening frequently, because Allāh ﷻ says,
Every time he entered Al-Mihrāba (a praying place or a private room) to (visit) her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: “O Maryam (Mary)! From where have you got this?”(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:37)
So, it’s not once or twice it’s many times frequently, and she is there in the room, and this Rizq is coming to her. So, Zakariyyā u asked her, “Anna laki hāzā – From where have you got this?“ He’s wondering, who’s bringing you this, I’m the one taking care of you, and then this is strange, because it’s impossible to have this fruit in Jerusalem, in this time of the year. What was the response of Sayyidatnā Maryam عليه السالم ا? Allāh ﷻ says,
“She said, “This is from Allah.” Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit.“(‘Āli `Imrān – 3:37) And then she told him, as she’s giving him this wonderful lesson in Rizq, and Allāh gives the ones He wants without any limits. See what she said, Allāh will give you without any limits. So, it’s limitless. The Rizq of Allāh, there’s no limit to it.
16.13 What Happens when Allāh ﷻ is Pleased with You
We put a lot of effort in pleasing the boss, our children, our friends, we put a lot of effort in pleasing the ones around us, and sometimes we do that, and we compromise the religion in the process. Now, if we are doing that and we are keeping the terms of religion, Alhamdulillāh, that’s Sil’latur Rahem – it’s fulfilling your rights towards the relatives and towards the friends. But sometimes we do it and we compromise the religion. We need to understand and believe firmly that if you please, anyone, while you are upsetting Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will make that person or whoever it is upset with you and Allāh ﷻ will be upset with you. But if you please Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will make the creation be pleased with you, and when Allāh ﷻ is pleased with you, you won’t need anyone else. See, that’s the important point. We are trying to please too many people but if we please Allāh ﷻ, just pleasing Allāh ﷻ will take care of everything. And then Allāh ﷻ is the only one whom, if He is pleased with you, will give you without any limits. Anything else is within boundaries and limits, except with Allāh ﷻ. When Allāh ﷻ is pleased with you, then Allāh ﷻ will show you the meaning of His name Al-Karīm. Allāh ﷻ will show you what the meaning of Al-Karim is! And Allāh ﷻ will show you what the meaning of the name Ar-Rahīm, the Merciful is! And Allāh ﷻ will show you what the meaning of His name, Ar-Razzāq – the Sustainer is! Allāh ﷻ will show you the meanings of these names of Allāh.
And that’s why the Ambiyā of Allāh ﷻ and their followers As-Sahāba [may Allāh be pleased with them], they had their goal set, and that is to please Allāh ﷻ and they spend their life trying to achieve this goal. And that’s why Allāh ﷻ says,
“Indeed, Allah was pleased with the believers when they gave the Bay’ah (pledge) to you (O Muhammad) under the tree“(Al-Fath – 48:18)
And these are the 1400 Sahāba, who came and gave Bay’ah to Rasūlullāh ﷺ. Allāh ﷻ said, He is pleased with them. And that’s the ultimate goal that one could achieve, it is to please Allāh ﷻ, because if you please Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will please you. And Allāh ﷻ will give you without any limits.