Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 98
98 Mahzarnama Every Muslim interprets this verse as follows: O, Allah! count me among the righteous and then cause me to die. No one interprets it as: O, Allah! when a righteous person is about to die then do cause me to die along with him! Similarly, the Holy Quran states: The hypocrites shall surely be in the lowest depth of the Fire; and thou shalt not find that they have any helper, except such of them as repent and amend and hold fast to the teachings of Allah, and be exclusively devoted in their worship of Allah: will be included among the believers and Allah will soon bestow a great reward upon the believers. (4:146-147) Note that in this verse, the phrase ( ma'a'l mo'mineen ) is employed but it is obvious that the word ( ma'a ) is used in the sense of the word min , i. e. , ‘among’. Similarly, the following verse occurs in Surah Al-Hirj of the Holy Quran: O, Iblis! What is the matter with thee, that thou wouldst not be among those who submit? (15:33) But in Surah Al-A'raaf, the Holy Quran states: He (Iblis) would not be of those who submit. (7:12) It is, therefore, evident that the word ma'a , in the Holy Quran's idiom, is used in the sense of min (in). The world renowned lexicon of the Holy Quran, Mufradaat-ul-Quran, compiled by Imam