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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب كيفية نزول القرآنChapters on How the Qur'an Was Revealed
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي تَأْلِيفِ الْقُرَآنِ وَجَمْعِهِ فِي خِلَافَةِ ابي بكر رضي الله عنهChapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding the Compilation of the Qur’an and Its Collection During the Caliphate of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 8407
اُردوEn
عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُمْ جَمَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ فِي مَصَاحِفَ فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَكَانَ رِجَالٌ يَكْتُبُونَ وَيُمْلِي عَلَيْهِمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ مِنْ سُورَةِ بَرَاءَةٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا صَرَفَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ [سورة التوبة: ١٢٧] فَظَنُّوا أَنَّ هَذَا آخِرُ مَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْرَأَنِي بَعْدَهَا آيَتَيْنِ لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ [سورة التوبة: ١٢٨-١٢٩] إِلَى وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا آخِرُ مَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَخُتِمَ بِمَا فُتِحَ بِهِ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ [سورة الأنبياء: ٢٥]
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companions compiled the Noble Qur'an in the form of a Mushaf. People would write, and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) would dictate to them. When they reached this verse of Surah Bara'ah {ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوْا صَرَفَ اللّٰہُ قُلُوبَہُمْ بِأَ نَّہُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا یَفْقَہُونَ} … then they turn back. Allah has turned their hearts, because indeed they are a people who do not understand. They thought that this was the last verse of the Surah, but Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taught me these two verses after it: {لَقَدْ جَائَ کُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مِّنْ اَنْفُسِکُمْ عَزِیْزٌ عَلَیْہِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیْصٌ عَلَیْکُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ رَئُ وْفٌ رَّحِیْمٌ۔ فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِیَ اللّٰہُ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ھُوَ عَلَیْہِ تَوَکَّلْتُ وَھُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِیْمِ۔} … Surely there has come to you a Messenger from among yourselves; it grieves him that you should suffer; he is full of concern for you, and is kind and merciful to the believers. But if they turn away, say: Allah is sufficient for me; there is no deity except Him; in Him I have put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Then he said: This part of the Qur'an was revealed at the very end. Then he said: Thus, the religion was concluded with the same Tawheed with which it was begun; by this he meant "Allah, there is no deity except Him," and that is the statement of Allah the Exalted: {وَمَا أَ رْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا یُوحَی إِلَیْہِ أَ نَّہُ لَا اِلٰہَ إِلَّا أَ نَا فَاعْبُدُونِ} … And We did not send any Messenger before you except that We revealed to him that there is no deity except Me, so worship Me. (According to the mentioned narration, the word in the verse of the Noble Qur'an is "yuha ilayhi" — it was revealed to him (every Messenger). Whereas in our well-known recitation, it is "nuhi ilayhi" — We reveal to him. (Abdullah Rafiq))
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of the last part of the hadith is that from the following verse it is understood that every prophet began his religion with tawhid (monotheism): {وَمَا أَ رْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا یُوحٰی إِلَیْہِ أَ نَّہُ لَا اِلٰہَ إِلَّا أَ نَا فَاعْبُدُونِ} … And We did not send any messenger before you except that We revealed to him that there is no deity worthy of worship except Me, so worship Me. (Surah Al-Anbiya: 25) And according to this hadith, the following verse from Surah Bara’ah was the last to be revealed: {فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِیَ اللّٰہُ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ھُوَ عَلَیْہِ تَوَکَّلْتُ وَھُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِیْمِ۔} … But if they turn away, then say: Allah is sufficient for me; there is no deity except Him. In Him I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne. (Surah At-Tawbah: 129) And in this verse too, tawhid is mentioned. Thus, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam began with tawhid and concluded with tawhid.
