MESSENGERS ASK FOR ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS (MAGHFIRAT) AND PUNISHMENT (AZAAB) FOR THE PEOPLE:
MESSENGERS WHO ASKED FOR ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR THE PEOPLE:
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MUHAMMAD ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR PEOPLE
Al-Munafiqun 63/5-6:
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُمْ مُسْتَكْبِرُونَ
And when it is said to them 'COME, THAT THE MESSENGER OF GOD ASK FORGIVENESS FOR YOU,' they turn their heads aside, and thou seest them holding back disdainfully while they are big with pride. (5)
سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
For them it is equal whether thou ask forgiveness for them, or ask not forgiveness for them. God will never forgive them. Surely, God guides not the rebellious people. (6)
An-Noor 24/62:
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِذَا كَانُوا مَعَهُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يَسْتَأْذِنُوهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَإِذَا اسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ فَأْذَنْ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Those alone are true believers who believe in God and His Messenger and who, when they are with him for the consideration of some matter of common concern which has brought them together, go not away until they have asked leave of him. Surely, those who ask leave of thee, it is they alone who truly believe in God and His Messenger. So, when they ask leave of thee for some urgent affair of theirs, give leave to those of them whom thou pleasest AND ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THEM OF GOD. Surely, God is Most forgiving, Merciful. (62)
An-Nisa 4/64:
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا
And We have sent no Messenger but that he should be obeyed by the command of God. And if they had come to thee, when they had wronged their souls, and asked forgiveness of God, AND THE MESSENGER ALSO HAD ASKED FORGIVENESS FOR THEM, they would have surely found God Oft-Returning with compassion, and Merciful. (64)
At-Taubah 9/80:
اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
ASK THOU FORGIVENESS FOR THEM, OR ASK THOU NOT FORGIVENESS FOR THEM; even if thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times, God will never forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in God and His Messenger. And God guides not the perfidious people. (80)
EESA (“JESUS”) ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR THE PEOPLE:
Al-Maidah 5/118:
إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
If Thou punish them, they are Thy servants; AND IF THOU FORGIVE THEM, Thou surely art the Mighty, the Wise.' (118)
YOUSEF (“JOSEPH”) ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR HIS BROTHERS
Yousef 12/92:
قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
He said, 'No blame shall lie on you this day; MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU! And He is the Most Merciful of those Who show mercy. (92)
YAQOOB (“JACOB”) ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR HIS SONS
Yousef 12/97-98:
قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ
قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
They said, 'O our father, ASK OF GOD FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS FOR US; we have indeed been sinners.' (97)
He said, 'I WILL CERTAINLY ASK FORGIVENESS FOR YOU OF MY LORD. Surely He is the Most Forgiving, the Merciful. (98)
IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM) ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR HIS PARENTS AND THE BELIEVERS:
Ibrahim 14/41:
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the day when the reckoning will take place.' (41)
IBRAHIM ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR HIS FATHER:
Al-Mumtahina 60/4:
قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
Indeed there is a good example for you in Abraham and those who were with him when they said to their people, 'We have nothing to do with you and with that which you worship beside God. We disbelieve all that you believe in. There has become manifest enmity and hatred between us and you for ever, until you believe in God alone' -- except that Abraham said to his father, 'I WILL SURELY ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THEE, though I have no power to do aught for thee against God.' Their prayer was: 'Our Lord, in thee do we put our trust and to thee do we turn in repentance, and towards thee is the final return; (4)
At-Taubah 9/114:
وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَأَوَّاهٌ حَلِيمٌ
And IBRAHIM ASKING FORGIVENESS FOR HIS FATHER was only because of a promise he has made to him, but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, he dissociated himself from him. Surely, Abraham was most tender-hearted and forbearing. (114)
IBRAHIM ASKED ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS AND MERCY FOR THOSE WHO WOULD DISOBEY HIM:
Ibrahim 14/36:
رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
My Lord, they have indeed confused/misguided many among mankind. So whoever follows me, he is certainly of me; and whoever disobeys me, SURELY YOU ARE FORGIVING, MERCIFUL
NUH (“NOAH”) ASKED FOR ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR HIS PARENTS AND THE BELIEVERS
Nuh 71 / 26-28 :
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women. And do not increase the wrong-doers in anything except destruction! (28)
ANGELS ASK FOR ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE ON EARTH:
Ash-Shura 42/5:
تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَلَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
The skies are nearly torn apart from above; and the angels proclaim the praises of their Lord AND ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE ON EARTH. Behold! it is, surely, God Who is the Most Forgiving, the Merciful. (5)
ANGELS ASK ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE:
Ghafir 40/7:
الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
Those who bear the Throne and those who are around it, proclaim the praise of their Lord and believe in Him, AND ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, saying, 'Our Lord, Thou dost comprehend all things in Thy mercy and knowledge. So forgive those who repent and follow Thy way, and protect them from the punishment of Hell; (7)
رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَهُمْ وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Our Lord, make them enter the Gardens of Eternity which Thou hast promised them, as well as such of their fathers and their wives and their children as are virtuous. Surely, Thou art the Mighty, the Wise; (8)
وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَنْ تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيم
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And guard them against evils; and he whom Thou dost guard against evils on that day -- him hast Thou, surely, shown mercy. And that, indeed, is the mighty triumph.' (9)
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MESSENGERS ALSO CALL FOR ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT / AZAAB UPON THE PEOPLE
ALLAH'S MESSENGERS ALWAYS PREVAIL:
Al-Mujadila 58 / 20-21:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحَادُّونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أُولَٰئِكَ فِي الْأَذَلِّينَ
كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَأَغْلِبَنَّ أَنَا وَرُسُلِي إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ
Certainly those who oppose God and His messenger are among the most abject. (20)
God has decreed: "Indeed, I will overcome! Me and My messengers!": Certainly, God is strong, powerful. (21)
As-Saafaat 37 / 171-173 :
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُورُونَ
وَإِنَّ جُنْدَنَا لَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ
And Our word has indeed gone forth for Our servants, the Messengers, (171)
that, certainly, they – they indeed– would be helped, (172)
and that, certainly, Our hosts – they indeed– would be those who overcome! (173)
MESSENGERS WHO CALLED FOR ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT / AZAAB UPON THE PEOPLE
NUH’S CALL FOR PUNISHMENT:
Al-Qamar 54 / 10-16:
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ
فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ
وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ
وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Therefore he (Nuh / Noah) called out to his Lord, "SURELY I HAVE BEEN OVERCOME! SO HELP ME!" (10)
Therefore We opened the gates of the sky with water which fell in torrents; (11)
And We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, so the two waters met for a purpose that was decreed. (12)
And We carried him upon that which was made of planks and nails. (13)
It floated on under Our eyes; a reward for him (the messenger) who had been rejected. (14)
And surely We left it as a sign. But is there anyone who would take heed? (15)
How then was MY PUNISHMENT and My warning! (16)
Nuh 71 / 26-28 :
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
And Nuh said: MY LORD! LEAVE NOT UPON THE LAND ANY DWELLER FROM AMONG THE REJECTORS. (26)
For surely if You leave them they will lead astray Your servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children) (27)
My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women. AND DO NOT INCREASE THE WRONG-DOERS IN ANYTHING EXCEPT DESTRUCTION! (28)
MUSA’S (“MOSES”) CALL FOR PUNISHMENT:
Yunus 10 / 88-90 :
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَالًا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا اطْمِسْ عَلَىٰ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
قَالَ قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ دَعْوَتُكُمَا فَاسْتَقِيمَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعَانِّ سَبِيلَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
And Moses said, 'Our Lord, You have bestowed upon Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and riches in the present life, with the result, our Lord, that they are leading men astray from Your path. OUR LORD! DESTROY THEIR RICHES AND HARDEN THEIR HEARTS SO THAT THEY BELIEVE NOT UNTIL THEY SEE THE GRIEVOUS PUNISHMENT.' (88)
God said, 'Your prayer is accepted. So you both be steadfast, and follow not the path of those who know not.' (89)
And We brought the children of Israel across the sea; and Pharaoh and his hosts pursued them wrongfully and aggressively, till when the calamity of drowning overtook him, he cried, 'I believe that there is no god but He in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who submit to Him.' (90)
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A PRAYER FROM THE QURAN
Aal-e-Imran 3/192-194:
رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ
رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ
Our Lord, we have heard A CRIER CALLING US UNTO FAITH, saying, 'Believe ye in your Lord,' and we have believed. OUR LORD, FORGIVE US, THEREFORE, our sins and remit from us our evils and in death join us with the righteous; (193)
Our Lord, GIVE US WHAT THOU HAST PROMISED TO US THROUGH THY MESSENGERS; and disgrace us not on the Day of Resurrection. Surely, Thou breakest not Thy promise. (194
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Fahad Ali Khan
Dec-06-2012
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