Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

There hasn’t and there will never be another like them. They were the
choicest of the generations of this Ummah, which is the best of nations and
the most honoured in the sight of Allah E. 1
Nonetheless, the exclusive and generals evidences of their merits and excellence
are too many. Hereunder we allude to some of them:
Firstly, from the noble Qurʾān:
Verse 1:
مُّ‏ حَ‏ ماَّ‏ دٌ‏ راَّ‏ سُ‏ وْ‏ لُ‏ اللّٰهِ‏ وَ‏ الاَّذِ‏ ينَ‏ مَ‏ عَ‏ ه‏ أَشِ‏ داَّ‏ آءُ‏ عَ‏ لَى الْكُ‏ فاَّ‏ ارِ‏ رُ‏ حَ‏ مَ‏ آءُ‏ بَيْنَهُ‏ مْ‏ تَرَ‏ اهُ‏ مْ‏ رُ‏ كاَّ‏ عاً‏ ا سُ‏ جاَّ‏ داً‏ ا ياَّبْتَغُ‏ وْ‏ نَ‏ فَضْ‏ الاً‏
مِّ‏ نَ‏ اللّٰهِ‏ وَ‏ رِضْ‏ وَ‏ اناًا سِ‏ يْمَ‏ اهُ‏ مْ‏ فِي وُ‏ جُ‏ وْ‏ هِ‏ هِم مِّ‏ نْ‏ أَثَرِ‏ السُّ‏ جُ‏ وْ‏ دِ‏ ذٰ‏ لِكَ‏ مَ‏ ثَلُهُ‏ مْ‏ فِيْ‏ التاَّوْ‏ رَ‏ اةِ‏ وَ‏ مَ‏ ثَلُهُ‏ مْ‏ فِيْ‏
اإلْ‏ ‏ِنْجِ‏ يْلِ‏ كَ‏ زَ‏ رْ‏ عٍ‏ أَخْ‏ رَ‏ جَ‏ شَ‏ طْ‏ أَهُ‏ فَأ ٰ زَ‏ رَ‏ هُ‏ فَاسْ‏ تَغْ‏ لَظَ‏ فَاسْ‏ تَوَ‏ ىٰ‏ عَ‏ لٰى سُ‏ وْ‏ قِهٖ‏ يُعْ‏ جِ‏ بُ‏ الزُّ‏ راَّ‏ اعَ‏ لِيَغِيْظَ‏ بِهِمُ‏ الْكُ‏ فاَّ‏ ارَ‏
وَ‏ عَ‏ دَ‏ اللّٰهُ‏ الاَّذِ‏ يْنَ‏ أ ٰ مَ‏ نُوا وَ‏ عَ‏ مِ‏ لُوْ‏ ا الصاَّ‏ الِحَ‏ اتِ‏ مِنْهُ‏ مْ‏ ماَّ‏ غْ‏ فِرَ‏ ةاً‏ واَّ‏ أَجْ‏ راً‏ ا عَ‏ ظِ‏ يماً‏ ا
Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the
disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in
prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark [i.e., sign] is on
their faces [i.e., foreheads] from the trace of prostration. That is their description
in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its
offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks,
delighting the sowers - so that He [i.e., Allah] may enrage by them the disbelievers.
Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them
forgiveness and a great reward. 2
This verse is brimming with praise for the Ṣaḥābah of Nabī H in their
various conditions. It explicitly announces forgiveness for the sins they might
have committed and the errors they might have made. It also promises great
reward for the tremendous sacrifices they made in aiding His Dīn, supporting His
Rasūl, and uplifting His word.
1 Majmūʿ Fatāwā Shaykh al-Islām 3/156.
2 Sūrah al-Fatḥ: 29.
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