He said: “Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the Bearers of Witness with you [3:81] This leads to another topic, ‘Raj’a’ (Returning of the Prophets -as ), which is beyond the scope of the article, for further details, please visit: http://hubeali.com/articles/Rajja_Return_to-Life.pdf Finally, we present a Holy Verse, where Allah -azwj specifically Points out to Rasool-Allah -saww as a ‘witness’ and Says, ‘O Prophet, you are enough for Me -azwj as a ‘witness: مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَفْسِكَ ۚ وَأَرْسَلْنَاكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًا ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا {794:} Whatever befalls you from a good, so it is from Allah, and whatever befalls you from an evil, so it is from yourselves; And We Sent you to the people as a Rasool, and suffice with Allah as a Witness [4:79] For the completion of our discussion on the concept of ‘Hazir o Nazir’ , we also look at those Holy Verses in which Allah -azwj is mentioned ‘Hazir o Nazir’ without mentioning of anyone else- these Holy Verses are frequently referred to by those who insist that only Allah -azwj is ‘Hazir o Nazir’ while conveniently ignoring the ones which we have read above, these Verses are cited in the Appendix I.
Briefly, of course Allah -azwj is ‘Hazir o Nazir’ but Allah -azwj has also Made some other witnesses, as per His -azwj ‘Mashiya’ (desire), so one has to also acknowledge them or at least not reject them . The concept of ‘Hazir o Nazir’ of the Prophet -saww , is also denied by rejecting or altering the meanings of the cited Verses through some of those Verses where Allah -azwj Informs His -azwj Prophet -saww about an event or a News, are cited in Appendix II.
This approach creates a situation where it becomes difficult to defend that there is no contradiction in the Holy Quran. However, if we believe that the Holy Prophet -saww had all the Knowledge from his -saww Lord -azwj and neither knew the unseen nor the unknown through ordinary means, as per other people but only from Allah -azwj . This helps in protecting the integrity of the Holy Quran.
Hence, we believe its Allah -azwj who Wanted His -azwj Prophet -saww to be a witness over His -azwj creation, as Allah -azwj has Commanded us to bring forward witness in our all important matters of life (i.e., Nikah, tallaq, accusations…).