Quranic Reflections - Islamic School of Stanford

We notice that there is always a long or a short span of time between the promise and
its fulfillment : may be ten or forty years according to the will of Allah (SWT).
The Adhan (call for prayers) of sovereignty on the day of conquering Makkah
Allah (SWT) promised Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) that he will conquer Makkah and
fulfilled His promise and Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) returned to Makkah. Bilal
(RA) called for prayers (Azan), the idols were destroyed and the companions kept
repeating Allah’s (SWT) words in what can be translated as, “And say: “Truth has
(now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to
perish.”“ (TMQ, 17: 81) and what can be translated as, “Verily We have granted
thee a manifest Victory” (TMQ, 48: 1).
Allah’s (SWT) promise about defeating Persians and Romans was fulfilled as in His
words that can be translated as, “Allah has promised, to those among you who
believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the
land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will
establish in authority their religion, the one which He has chosen for them; and
that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of
security and peace: `They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with
Me.” (TMQ, 24: 55).
Amaar Ibn-Yassir
The Divine promise was fulfilled in the fifth ayah in what can be translated as, “And
We wished to be gracious to those who were being depressed on the land, to
make them leaders (in faith) and make them heirs,” (TMQ, 28: 5) not only for the
children of Israel but also fulfilled to a great companion that is Amaar Ibn- Yassir
(RA). When Omar Ibn- Al-Khattab (RA) appointed Amaar Ibn-Yassir (RA) to be ruler
of Iraq and sent with him an assistant. Although Amaar (RA) was unqualified for this
post, he assumed it for a whole month then Omar (RA) brought him back to Madinah.
When asked why he chose Amaar Omar replied, “In Allah’s book I found regarding
all of Allah’s promises have been fulfilled for us and the whole nation of Muhammad
(SAWS) and I read Allah’s promise”, “And We wished to be gracious to those who
were being depressed on the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and make
them heirs,” (TMQ, 28: 5) and you Amaar are one of those weak people and I
wanted people to see Allah’s promise being fulfilled; so go I have appointed you a
ruler of Iraq for a month so that people might watch Allah’s promise coming true”
Soraqa Ibn-Malik and Chosroes’ bracelets
Prophet Muhammad’s (SAWS) trust in Allah’s (SWT) promise was also very obvious
during Hijra. When Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) was being chased and Soraqa
followed him to either kill or capture him to win the award from Quraysh (100
camels). However, every time he tried to approach Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) he
would fall off his horse even though he was a brilliant knight. Soraqa says, “I then
knew that he was a protected man”, means that there was something hindering him.
He asked for peace and said, “ I wanted to arrest you Muhammad but I couldn’t and I
wanted to win the award so give me something (that may compensate him for losing