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110- YOU ARE THE BEST NATION THAT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR MANKIND; YOU ENJOIN WHAT IS WRITE, FORBID WHAT IS WRONG AND BELIEVE IN ALLAH.  AND IF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK BELIEVED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THEM; SOME OF THEM ARE BELIEVERS, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE DISBELIEVERS.

Allah the Highest bestows a great honour on the Muslim nation.  Nation is being used in the religious sense not the territorial sense.  Allah the Highest calls us the best nation that was raised for mankind.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “You will complete seventy nations on the Day of Resurrection, you are the last one of them, and the best one of them”.  (Ma: Zohd; 34)

Allah the Highest honours the Muslim Nation in the Hereafter in other ways:

1-    The Muslim Nation will be the first of the nations to enter the Paradise.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “You are the Last and the First on the Day of Resurrection.  We are the first to enter Paradise, while they were given the books before us, and we were given it after them”.  (M:Jomaa 20 & Ma:Zohd;34)

Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him also said: “We are the last of the nations, but the first to be judged”.  (Ma: Zohd; 34 & a: 5; 3)

2-    The Muslims will be two thirds of the people in Paradise.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Will you be pleased with being a quarter of the People of Paradise?”  The Muslims said: “Yes Allah’s messenger”.  He said: “Will you be pleased with being a third of the People of Paradise?”  They said: “Yes Allah’s messenger”.  He said: “But I hope that you will be half the people in Paradise.  But no one enters the Paradise except a believing soul.  Compared to the disbelievers, you are like a white hair in a black ox or a black hair in a white ox”.  (Reqaq;45 & M:Eman;377 & D:Jehad;162 & T:Janah;13 & Ma:Zohd;34 & A;3;32)

Also Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The People of Paradise are in a hundred and twenty lines, eighty of them are from this nation and forty from the other nations”.   (T: Janah; 13 & Ma: Zohd; 34 & Da: Reqaq; 111 & A: 1; 453 5; 347,355)

3-    Allah the Highest will make us bear witness over other nations, as Allah the Highest said: “WE HAVE MADE YOU INTO A MIDDLE (JUST) NATION, SO THAT YOU MAY BECOME WITNESSES OVER PEOPLE, AND THE MESSENGER A WITNESS OVER YOU” (S:2 A:143)

4-    Allah the Highest will grant seventy thousands of the Muslim Nation entry to Paradise without judgement.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Seventy thousands of my Nation will enter Paradise without any judgement”.  (M:Eman;371)

The great honour of being the best nation that was raised for mankind is conditioned by fulfilling its responsibilities.  They are to enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.  These are the responsibilities of Allah’s viceroys on Earth, who carry His message and his book.

The Muslims should fulfill these commands amongst themselves first before preaching to other nations.  The best way to influence others is not by preaching, but by being a good example ourselves.  Allah the Highest is angered by preachers who do not do what they preach, for they are making a mockery of their faith.

People also look up to the preachers and take them as an example.  When they see that what they do is different from what they say, some might think that there are things to be said that are different from what should be done.  This puts people on the road to hypocrisy.  Allah the Highest spoke about these preachers saying: “HOW WOULD YOU COMMAND OTHERS TO BE RIGHTEOUS WHILE FORGET YOURSELVES WHILE YOU READ THE BOOK? HAVE YOU NO UNDERSTANDING?   (S: 2 A: 44)

This way, they mislead people and will have as much sin as the sins of those they mislead. 

Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said about them: “On the night of Israa I passed by people who were having their lips clipped with clippers of Fire, I asked: “Who are they?”  I was told: “They are the preachers of the lower life (on Earth), who used to command others to be righteous and forget themselves while they are reading the book, do they have no understanding”.  (A: 1; 120,180,231,239)

This is important for all of us to remember, particularly those involving in teaching and/or preaching.

B: Bukhari    M: Muslim     Mal: Malek    A: Ahmed   D: Abu Dawood     

Da: Daremy       Ma: Ibn Magah            N: Nesae          T: Termezi