With-Love-to-Muhammad

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وَعَدَ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ ُ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ اٰمَنُوْا مِنْكمُ‏ ْ وَ‏ عمَ‏ ‏ِلُوا ٰ الصّ‏ لِحٰتِ‏ ْ لَيَس تَخْلِفَنهَّ‏ ‏ُمْ‏ فىِ‏ ْ
الاْ‏ ‏َرْضِ‏ امكَ‏ َ ْ اس تَخْلَفَ‏ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ مِنْ‏ قَبْلِهِمْ‏
وَلاَ‏ يَزَالُ‏ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ كَفَرُ‏ وْ‏ ا تُصِ‏ يْبهُ‏ ‏ُمْ‏ بِمَا صَ‏ نَعُوْا قَارِعَةٌ‏ اَوْ‏ تحَ‏ ‏ُلُّ‏ قَرِيْبًا
مّ‏ ‏ِنْ‏ دَارِهمِ‏ ْ ٰ حَتىّ‏ ايَ‏ ‏ْتىِ‏ َ وَعْدُ‏ اهللّ‏ اِنَّ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ َ لاَ‏ يخُ‏ ‏ْلِفُ‏ الْمِيْعَادَ‏
وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينْ‏ َ ٰ حَتىّ‏ نَبْعَثَ‏ رَسُ‏ وْ‏ لاً‏
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Meaning: ‘O True believers among the followers of Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), Allāh has promised
those among you who believe and act righteously, that He will
surely make them successors in the earth, as He made
successors among those who were before them.’
‘Those who disbelieve will continue to be afflicted with a
calamity, physical or spiritual, or would descend close to their
dwellings till the Divine promise is fulfilled. Surely Allāh doeth
not contrary to His promise.’
‘And We send not a punishment till after We have raised a
messenger.’
If a person reflects upon these verses he will realize that God
Almighty has clearly promised the Muslims a permanent
Khilāfah. If this Khilāfah were not permanent there would have
been no sense in describing it as resembling the Khilāfah of the
Mosaic dispensation….
A Khalīfa is a reflection of a prophet. As man is mortal,
God Almighty designed that prophets, who are more exalted
and honored than all other beings, should be reflectively
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Sūrah An-Nur, 24:56
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Sūrah Ar-Ra‘d, 13:32
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Sūrah Banī Isrā’īl, 17:16