The Muslim sources all confirm that the following verses,
By the forenoon (after
sun-rise); And by the night when it is still (or darkens); Your Lord (O
Muhammad) has neither forsaken you nor hated you. S. 93:1-3 Hilali-Khan
Were “revealed” when
Gabriel did not appear to Muhammad for approximately 15 days, even though he
had promised to do so, which caused the unbelievers to mock Muhammad by telling
him that his satan had deserted him and that his lord hated him:
Narrated Jundab bin
‘Abdullah: Gabriel did not come to the Prophet (for some time) and so one of
the Quraish women said, “His Satan has deserted him.” So came the Divine
Revelation: “By the forenoon And by the night When it is still! Your Lord (O
Muhammad) has neither Forsaken you Nor hated you.” (93.1-3) (Sahih
al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 21, Number 225 https://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=21&translator=1&start=0&number=225; bold emphasis ours)
Narrated Jundub: Once the
Prophet fell ill and did not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud prayer) for a
night or two. A woman (the wife of Abu Lahab) came to him and said, “O Muhammad
! I do not see but that your Satan has left you.” Then Allah
revealed (Surat-Ad-Duha): ‘By the fore-noon, and by the night when it darkens
(or is still); Your lord has not forsaken you, nor hated you.’ (93) (Sahih
al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 61, Number 506 https://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=61&translator=1&start=0&number=506; bold emphasis ours)
Your Lord has neither
forsaken you He has not abandoned you O Muhammad nor does He hate you this was
revealed when after the revelation had not come to him for fifteen days the
disbelievers said ‘His Lord has parted with him and hates him’. (Tafsir
al-Jalalayn https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=93&tAyahNo=3&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2; bold emphasis mine)
(Thy Lord hath not forsaken
thee) your Lord has not left you since He inspired you (nor doth He hate thee)
since He loved you; this is the reason for Allah’s oath, this was
revealed after the revelations from Allah stopped for 15 nights because
the Prophet forgot to say ” if Allah wills ” when he promised the idolaters to
answer their questions. And because the revelations stopped for this period of
time the idolaters said: the Lord of Prophet has forsaken him and He hates him.
(Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=73&tSoraNo=93&tAyahNo=3&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2; bold emphasis mine)
Imam Ahmad recorded from
Jundub that he said, “The Prophet became ill, so he did not stand for prayer
for a night or two. Then a woman came and said, `O Muhammad! I think that
your devil has finally left you.’ So Allah revealed,
(By the forenoon. By the
night when it darkens. Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you.)”
Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir, all
recorded this Hadith. This Jundub (who narrated it) is Ibn `Abdullah Al-Bajali
Al-`Alaqi. In a narration from Al-Aswad bin Qays, he said that he heard Jundub
say that Jibril was slow in coming to the Messenger of Allah. So the idolators
said, “Muhammad’s Lord has abandoned him.” So Allah revealed,
(By the forenoon. By the
night when it darkens. Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you.)
(By the forenoon. By the
night when it darkens.) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, “When the Qur’an was
revealed to the Messenger of Allah, Jibril was delayed from coming to
him for a number of days (on one occasion). Therefore, the Messenger of
Allah was affected by this. Then the idolators began to say, `His Lord has
abandoned him and hates him.’ So Allah revealed, (Your Lord has neither
forsaken you nor hates you.)” In this, Allah is swearing by the forenoon and
the light that He has placed in it.
(By the night when it
darkens (Saja).) meaning, it settles, darkens meaning, it settles, darkens and
overcomes them. This was said by Mujahid, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, Ibn Zayd and
others. This is a clear proof of the power of the Creator of this (light) and
that (darkness). This is as Allah says,
(By the night as it
envelops. By the Day as it appears.) (92:1-2) Allah also says, ((He is the)
Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for resting, and the sun
and the moon for reckoning. Such is the measuring of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.)
(6:96) Allah then says,
(Your Lord has neither
forsaken you) meaning, `He has not abandoned you.’ (nor hates (Qala) you.)
meaning, `He does not hate you.’ (Tafsir Ibn Kathir http://www.quranwebsite.com/tafsir%20ibn%20kathir/ibn_093___ad_duha_.html; bold emphasis mine)
Many Muslims are unaware of
the reason why Gabriel ceased to appear to Muhammad. According to the Islamic
traditions, Gabriel stopped showing up because of a dead dog in one of the
homes of Muhammad’s wives!
(By the morning hours, and
by the night when it is stillest, thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He
hate thee) [93:1-3]. Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi informed us> Abu’l-Husayn Ahmad
ibn al-Sarraj> al-Husayn ibn al-Muthanna ibn Mu‘adh> Abu Hudhayfah>
Sufyan al-Thawri> al-Aswad ibn Qays> Jundub who said: “A woman from the
Quraysh said to the Prophet: ‘I think your demon has forsaken you’, and so it
was revealed (By the morning hours, and by the night when it is stillest, thy
Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee)”. This was narrated by
Bukhari> Ahmad ibn Yunus> Zuhayr> al-Aswad and by Muslim> Muhammad
ibn Rafi‘> Yahya ibn Adam> Zuhayr. Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Katib
informed us> Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shadhan> ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi
Hatim> Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj> Abu Mu‘awiyah> Hisham ibn ‘Urwah> his
father who related: “Gabriel was late in coming to the Prophet and this caused
him tremendous distress. Khadijah said to him: ‘Your Lord has forsaken
you because of the distress He sees in you!’ And so Allah, exalted is
He, revealed (By the morning hours, and by the night when it is stillest, thy
Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee)”. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi
Hamid informed us> Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Zakariyya>
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Daghuli> ‘Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn
Yunus> Abu Nu‘aym> Hafs ibn Sa‘id al-Qurashi who related that his mother
has related from Khawlah, a servant of the Messenger of Allah that a dog
entered the Prophet’s house, went under the bed and later died there. Days
passed by and the Prophet did not receive any revelation. He said: “O Khawlah,
what has happened in my house? Gabriel has stopped coming to me”. Khawlah said:
“I will tidy the house and sweep the floor”. When she tried to sweep under the
bed, she felt something heavy. She got it out and found it was a dog. She took
the dog out and threw it behind a wall. The Prophet then came in with his
jawbones trembling — whenever revelation came to him he shivered — and said: “O
Khawlah, cover me!” Allah, exalted is He,
revealed to him (By the morning
hours, and by the night when it is stillest, thy Lord hath not forsaken thee
nor doth He hate thee). (‘Alī ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi, Asbab
al-Nuzul https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=86&tSoraNo=93&tAyahNo=3&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2; bold emphasis mine)
Riyad as-Salihin
The Book of the Prohibited
actions
18 The Book of the Prohibited
actions
‘Aishah said:
Jibril (Gabriel) made a
promise with the Messenger of Allah to come at a definite hour; that hour came
but he did not visit him. There was a staff in the hand of the Messenger of
Allah. He threw it from his hand and said, “Never does Allah back out of His
Promise, nor do His messengers.” Then he noticed a puppy under his bed and
said, “O ‘Aishah, when did this dog enter?” She said: “By Allah, I don’t know.”
He then commanded that it should be turned out. No sooner than had they
expelled it, Jibril came and the Messenger of Allah said to him, “You promised
to visit me. I waited for you but you did not come.” Whereupon he said: “The dog kept me from coming. We do not enter a house in which
there is a dog or a picture.”
[Muslim]. (sunnah.com https://sunnah.com/riyadussaliheen/18/176; underline emphasis mine)
Muhammad then ordered his
companions to murder all the dogs, especially the black ones, except those dogs
used for sheepherding or guarding fields/properties:
42 The Book of Hunting and
Slaughtering
(11) Chapter: The
Abstinence Of The Angels From Entering A House In Which There Is A Dog
Maimunah, the wife
of the Prophet narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah was
upset one morning and Maimunah said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, you look
upset today., He said: ‘Jibril had promised to meet me last night but he did
not come, and by Allah, he never failed to keep an appointment,; The day
passed, then he thought of a puppy that was beneath a table of ours. He ordered
that it be taken out, and then he took some water In his hand and sprinkled it
over the place where it had been. That evening, Jibril came and met him. The
Messenger of Allah said to him: ‘You [promised to meet me last night,; He said:
‘Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a
picture’; the next day the Messenger of Allah Commanded that dogs BE KILLED.”
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 4283
In-book reference: Book 42,
Hadith 21
English translation: Vol.
5, Book 42, Hadith 4288 (Sunnah.com https://sunnah.com/nasai/42/21; capital and underline emphasis mine)
Maimuna reported that one
morning Allah’s Messenger was silent with grief. Maimuna said: Allah’s
Messenger, I find a change in your mood today. Allah’s Messenger said: Gabriel
had promised me that he would meet me tonight, but he did not meet me. By
Allah, he never broke his promises, and Allah’s Messenger spent the day in this
sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a puppy under their
cot. He commanded and it was turned out. He then took some water in his hand
and sprinkled it at that place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said
to him: you promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said:
Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. Then
on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced
that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he
spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens). (Sahih
Muslim, Book 024, Number 5248 https://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=024&translator=2&start=0&number=5248; bold emphasis mine)
In light of the foregoing
here are some questions for Muslims to answer.
Does it make sense that a
dog would prevent a mighty spirit creature from reaching a prophet of God with God’s
revelations? Is a dog more powerful than angels and/or God himself?
Why didn’t Gabriel simply
show up at some other place where Muhammad frequented? I.e., couldn’t Gabriel
have met Muhammad at the Kabah, or at one of the homes of his other wives? What
hindered Gabriel from meeting up with Muhammad in some other location, thereby
preventing Allah’s “messenger” from having innocent dogs killed?
The Quran states that
Muhammad was sent as a mercy for all creatures (Cf. S. 21:107). We must,
therefore, ask where is the mercy in Muhammad’s ordering the murder of innocent
dogs, whose only crime is that Allah’s angels will not enter any home with dogs
in it, something that dogs have no control over?
More importantly, what is
it about the nature of dogs that would hinder mighty spirit beings from being
in their very presence? Should we blame dogs or Allah for creating them in the
first place, and/or for creating angels in such a manner that they cannot enter
the presence of dogs?
The foregoing makes it
crystal clear that the more one studies the Quran and the teachings of
Muhammad, the more one sees just how irrational and downright evil Muhammad and
his god truly were.
Further
Reading
Muhammad a Mercy Unto Creation: What About The Dogs? https://answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/muhammad-a-mercy-unto-creation-what-about-dogs/
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