Surah Ash-Sharh (94) — Ayah 4

And We raised your mention for you [3].

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The Various Means by Which Your Mention Was Elevated; The First Means Was the Disbelievers of Makkah Themselves:

The elevation of your ﷺ good mention began right from the start of Prophethood, and the delightful thing is that Allah Almighty made the disbelievers of Makkah themselves the means for this. There is a famous saying: "The enemy stirs up evil, but it turns out to be for our good" (i.e., sometimes the enemy commits such mischiefs that end up benefiting us). Among the means the disbelievers of Makkah adopted to harm Islam and block your ﷺ call was that, during Hajj, when all the Arab tribes would come to Makkah for pilgrimage, the disbelievers decided among themselves to collectively go to these delegations and dissuade them from Muhammad’s ﷺ call, saying, "Beware lest you fall into the trap of that person. He possesses such magic that separates a brother from his brother, a father from his son, and a wife from her husband." Thus, in this regard, the delegations of the disbelievers would go to each tent of the pilgrims and campaign against you ﷺ and defame you ﷺ. But the people coming from outside were not so naive as to immediately believe the words of the disbelievers. Therefore, their hostile campaign brought you ﷺ two benefits. First, your ﷺ good mention began to spread to every corner of Arabia. Second, a curiosity arose in people’s minds that they should find out the real truth about the person against whom such propaganda was being made. Thus, before your ﷺ migration, there was not a single tribe in Arabia in which there was not at least one Muslim and in which your good mention was not being made. Another reason was that, just as the declaration of ﴿لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ﴾ was necessary to enter Islam, similarly, the declaration of ﴿مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ﴾ was also necessary. Moreover, in Makkah, your enemies were only the Quraysh of Makkah, but after reaching Madinah, your ﷺ opposing groups became four instead of one: first, the Quraysh of Makkah; second, the Jews of Madinah; third, the polytheist tribes of Madinah and the whole of Arabia; and fourth, the hypocrites who were present not only in Madinah but also in other settlements, and whose sympathies were attached to every group hostile to Islam. They adopted the methods of the Quraysh of Makkah and similar ways to block the path of Islam, and all these people were active in defaming you. But the results of their efforts also turned out contrary to their expectations, and within a short span of ten years, the entire Arabia became Muslim and began to raise the calls of ﴿لا الٰه الا الله﴾ along with ﴿محمد رسول اللّٰه﴾ several times a day. In the adhan, in the iqamah (the second call to prayer), and in sending blessings (salawat), your ﷺ good mention became essential. Then, after your ﷺ passing, the Islamic movement spread beyond Arabia to the whole world. Then the situation became such that, due to the different times of adhan and prayer in various regions of the world, probably not a single moment passes in the day when the proclamation of your ﷺ mention is not being raised, and this process will continue to increase until the Day of Judgment. The delightful thing is that this prophecy was made by Allah Almighty at a time when, apart from the people of Makkah, no one even knew you ﷺ, and even they were your enemies and bent on erasing your existence from the world. This prophecy of the Quran itself is open proof of the truth of the Quran. Who at that time could have estimated that your ﷺ good mention would be elevated with such grandeur and on such a vast scale?