Translated By: Abdullah Hashem
The Question: Peace be upon you
and the Mercy of Allah and His
Blessings,
May Allah send His Peace and
Blessings upon Muhammad and the
Family of Muhammad, the Imams
and the Mahdis.
{And if We willed,We could have
made from you Angels to be
successors in the land} [Surat AlZukhruf 43:60]
What is the meaning of this verse?
are a people prone to dispute *
Verily he was not but a servant
asked does not admit to nor
upon whom We bestowed favor, and
We made him an example for the
Children of Israel * And if We
willed, , We could have made from
you Angels to be successors in the
always being used by the Imams of
land * And indeed, this is a sign for
knowledge of the Hour, so be not in
doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a
straight path } [Surat Al-Zukhruf
43:57-61]
believes in. And this method is
disbelief when they find that the
proofs of the Divine call have taken
them by the necks, so they form a
question which is based on a fallacy
and an assumption, which is not
admitted nor believed by the one
whom is being asked, in order that
they may create confusion around
the Divine call, and they would
demand an answer to their fallacy
Quraysh and the Arabs used to
and their wrong question which is
argue by a fallacy which they state
based on error. The answer to those
in [a form of] question, to which
people is clarifying to them that
they would want an answer from
Muhammad (pbuh & his Family), and
their question is based on a wrong
The sender: Abdullah Hashem/
Egypt
their question compares between
clear to them that they are mere
the godhood of their idols which
arguers like the Qur’an describes
they claim, and the godhood of
them {They did not present the
Jesus, which the Christians claim
comparison except for [mere]
And does it have a relationship with
the companions of the Mahdi
(pbuh) or the Mahdis?
The Answer: In the Name of Allah,
The Merciful, The Intensely Merciful. that Jesus (pbuh) has, while the one
supposition, in order that it may be
All praises be to Allah Lord of the
whom is being asked (pbuh & his
argument. But, [in fact], they are a
people prone to dispute}, and
Worlds.
Family), who denies their deification
therefore the Divine text moved to
for the idols, also does not admit
saying: {And if We willed, We could
Jesus’ (pbuh) absolute godhood,
rather he says that Jesus (pbuh) is a
have made from you Angels to be
successors in the land}: meaning, If
May Allah send His Peace and
Blessings upon Muhammad and the
Family of Muhammad, the Imams
and the Mahdis.
{And when the son of Mary was
presented as an example,
immediately your people laughed
aloud * And they said, “Are our gods
human being and a servant from the
servants of Allah and a Caliph
(Successor) from the Caliphs of
Allah on His land. And for that
reason, Allah described their
We willed we could make from you
Successors – like the Angels;
infallible and pure and purified –
who would succeed Allah, The
Glorious, The Almighty, after
condition as them being arguers, for Muhammad (pbuh & his Family), and
their question is built upon an
would succeed Muhammad (pbuh &
better, or is he?”They did not
present the comparison except for assumption which is not correct
[mere] argument. But, [in fact], they and which the one whom is being
his Family) after he moves to the
Higher Assembly, and would