The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 135
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 135 no knowledge of the history of Islam. The Holy Prophet sa was also injured by the stones thrown at him by his enemies at the Battle of U h ud and fell unconscious. The non-believers started announcing that Muhammad sa had been killed. 27 When the Holy Prophet sa regained consciousness he was cleaning the blood from his wounds and kept on praying, ‘O my All a h, guide my people because they do not know. ’ 28 In other words, they are mistreating me because of their lack of knowledge. The prayers of both of these prophets seem to be the same on the surface. It seems that both of them desired not to hurt their enemies. However, there is a big difference between the two. The prayer of Jesus Christ was about the Jews who had put him on the cross, that they be forgiven. However the prayer of the Holy Prophet sa about the people who had injured him was not only that they be forgiven, but that they be guided, i. e. , he wanted All a h to give them the same blessings that he received himself. This prayer of the Holy Prophet sa has such superiority over the prayer of Jesus Christ that it is amazing. The prayer of the Holy Prophet sa becomes even clearer when we see the results of these prayers. From the Gospels it can be established that the punishment for the Jews that Jesus as described was that the Kingdom of Heaven would be taken away from them, and in fact, it was taken away from them. Now, how does this establish that the prayer of Jesus as was accepted and the Jews were forgiven? On the contrary, it seems 27 Subulul-Hud a War-Rash a d, Im a m Muhammad bin Y u suf, vol. 4, p. 248, Al-B a buth-Th a lith F i Ghazw a til-U h ud, D a rul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut (1993) 28 Ash-Shif a ’u Bi-Ta‘r i fi H uq u qil-Mu st af a , Q adi ‘Ayy a d, vol. 1, p. 72 – 73, Fa s l Wa Ammal- H ilmu, D a rul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut (2002)