The Commentary of Al-Qasidah

by Jalal-ud-Din Shams

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The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 166

166 The commentary of al-Qa si dah U  ! ! Š/G  % Meaning, All the people memorized this verse after they listened to Ab u Bakr and the narrator says that he could hear almost everyone reciting this verse on that day. ( S a hih ul-Muslim, Kit a bul-Magh a z i , B a bu Mara d in-Nabiyyi Wa Waf a tih i , H ad i th no. 4454) Hadrat ‘Umar ra states that as soon as Ab u Bakr ra recited this verse, I was in such a state of shock and sorrow that I could not stand up and fell down to my knees and finally accepted that the Holy Prophet sa had passed away. At that time if Hadrat ‘Umar ra or any other companion believed that Jesus as was alive bodily in heaven, what would have prevented