فَلَمْ تَزَلِ الْوَصِيَّةُ فِي عَالِمٍ بَعْدَ عَالِمٍ حَتَّى دَفَعُوهَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُحَمَّداً ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَسْلَمَ لَهُ الْعَقِبُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَحْفِظِينَ وَ كَذَّبَهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِه So the bequest did not cease to be in a knowledgeable one after a knowledgeable one until it was handed over to Muhammad -saww .
So when Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent Muhammad -saww , the descendants from the ‘preservers’ submitted to him -saww and the Children of Israel belied him -saww , and they (the descendants of the preservers) called to Allah -azwj and fought in His -azwj Way.
ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ أَعْلِنْ فَضْلَ وَصِيِّكَ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ الْعَرَبَ قَوْمٌ جُفَاةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ كِتَابٌ وَ لَمْ يُبْعَثْ إِلَيْهِمْ نَبِيٌّ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ فَضْلَ نُبُوَّاتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ( عليهم السلام ) وَ لَا شَرَفَهُمْ وَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِي إِنْ أَنَا أَخْبَرْتُهُمْ بِفَضْلِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ لا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قُلْ سَلامٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ Then Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Mention, Revealed unto him -saww : “Proclaim the merits of your -saww successor -asws !” So he -saww said: ‘Lord -azwj !
The Arabs are a disloyal people. There has not happened to be a Book among them nor a Prophet -as was Sent to them, but they are neither recognising the merits of the Prophet-hoods of the Prophets -as , nor their -as nobilities, nor would they be believing in me -saww if I -saww were to inform them with the merits of the People -asws of my -saww Household’.
So Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Mention Said: “And do not grieve upon them and say: ( So pardon them ) and say: ‘Salam!’, for soon they would come to know [43:89] ’.
فَذَكَرَ مِنْ فَضْلِ وَصِيِّهِ ذِكْراً فَوَقَعَ النِّفَاقُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ذَلِكَ وَ مَا يَقُولُونَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ لَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِما يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَ لكِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ وَ لَكِنَّهُمْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِغَيْرِ حُجَّةٍ لَهُمْ So he -saww mentioned the merits of his -saww successor -asws with a mention, and the hypocrisy occurred in their hearts.
So Rasool-Allah -saww knew that and what they were saying, so Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Mention, Said: “O Muhammad -saww !