وَ قَالَ وَ الَّذِينَ جاؤُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ...
وَ قَالَ وَ الَّذِينَ جاؤُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ لِإِخْوانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونا بِالْإِيمانِ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنا غِلًّا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنا إِنَّكَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ فَالنَّاسُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأُمَمِ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ بِسَبْقِهِمْ إِيَّاهُمْ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِنَبِيِّهِ ص وَ لَمْ يَسْبِقْهُ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ أَحَدٌ And He -azwj Said: ‘ And those who come after them are saying, ‘Our Lord!
Forgive us and our brethren who preceded us with the Eman, and do not Make a grudge to be in our hearts towards those who are believing! Our Lord, You are Kind, Merciful [59:10] . So, the people from after him -asws , from entirety of the communities, are seeking Forgiveness for him -asws . He -asws had preceded them to the Eman with his -asws Prophet -saww and no one had preceded him -asws to the Eman.
وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ السَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصارِ وَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسانٍ لِجَمِيعِ السَّابِقِينَ وَ هُوَ سَابِقُهُمْ وَ كَمَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَضَّلَ السَّابِقِينَ عَلَى الْمُتَخَلِّفِينَ فَكَذَلِكَ فَضَّلَ سَابِقَ السَّابِقِينَ عَلَى السَّابِقِينَ And Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: And the foremost, the first ones from the Emigrants and the Helpers, and those who followed them with goodness, [9:100] , to entirety of the foremost ones, and he -asws preceded them, and just as Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Merited the preceding ones over the latter ones, so like that He -azwj has Merited the foremost of the foremost ones over the foremost ones.
وَ قَالَ تَعَالَى أَ جَعَلْتُمْ سِقايَةَ الْحاجِّ وَ عِمارَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ جاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لا يَسْتَوُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَكَانَ أَبِيَ الْمُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ الْمُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ فِيهِ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ And the Exalted Said: ‘ Are you considering the quencher of the pilgrims and the maintainer of the Sacred Masjid as being the like the one who believes in Allah and the Last Day and fights in the Way of Allah?
They are not equal in the Presence of Allah; [9:19] . My -asws father -asws was the believer in Allah -azwj and the Last Day, and the fighter in the Way of Allah -azwj , and this Verse was Revealed regarding him -asws .
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