A Disbeliever's Reaction to the Qur'an
Bismillah
Al-Waleed ibn Mugheerah, a staunch disbeliever amongst the Quraysh of Makkah, once came upon the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam and asked him to recite the Qur’an for him. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam recited the ayah:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that you may receive admonition. (16:90)
He asked the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam to repeat again, so he repeated. Then Al-Waleed said:
والله إن له لحلاوة . وإن عليه لطلاوة . وإن أعلاه لمثمر . وإن أسفله لمغدق . وإنه ليعلو ولا يعلى عليه . وإنه ليحطم ما تحته . وما يقول هذا بشر
By Allah, indeed it has a sweetness to it, and a charm upon it; the highest part of it is fruitful and the lowest part of it is gushing forth with bounty; it dominates and cannot be dominated, and it crushes all that is under it. And it is not the speech of a man.
This is the reaction of one who disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger…What is our reaction to the Qur’an?
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Beautiful story, mashAllah.
Salaam Alaikum
SubhanAllah its read in our local mosques on Jummah khutba regularly.
If the Hadees of Alwaleed is authentic then today less understandable of ALWALEEDS are there living among us who still dont understand the Verses then from were the appreciation can come.
Alhamdullillah i understood the meaning of it while reading in Arabic
JazakALLAH Khair
Salaam Alaikum
Todays speech by The President Of USA Barrack Hussein Obama in Cairo confirms the very fact of your statement in hadees, He as a disbeleiver in ISLAM still quotes message of QURAN universally.
Still unable to EMBRACE TO IT.
Allah knows best.
For who can advise us
Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #21)
JazakALLAH Khair