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harsher and sterner than Allah's Apostle." Then Allah's Apostle said, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is!
Never does Satan find you going on a way, but he takes another way other than yours."
Sunan of AbuDawoodHadith 4091
Narrated by Narrated by
Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin
May Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the verse "That they should draw their veils over their bosoms"
was revealed, they tore their thick outer garments and made veils from them.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 6.313 Narrated by
Umar
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Good and bad persons enter upon you, so I suggest that you order the mothers of the Believers
(i.e. your wives) to observe veils." Then Allah revealed the Verses of Al-Hijab.
VICEGERENT:
2:30 - Behold thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said "Wilt thou
place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Thy
praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not." 47
47 It would seem that the angels, though holy and pure, and endued with power from God, yet represented only one side
of Creation. We may imagine them without passion or emotion, of which the highest flower is love. If man was to be
endued with emotions, those emotions would lead him to the highest and drag him to the lowest. The power of will or
choosing would have to go with them, in order that man might steer his own bark. This power of will (when used
aright) gave him to some extent a mastery over his own fortunes and over nature, thus bringing him nearer to the
God-like nature which has supreme mastery and will. We may suppose the angels had no independent wills of their
own; their perfection in other ways reflected God's perfection but could not raise them to the dignity of vicegerency.
The perfect vicegerent is he who has the power of initiative himself, but whose independent action always reflects
perfectly the will of his Principal. The distinction is expressed by Shakespeare (Sonnet 94) in those fine lines: "They
are the lords and owners of their faces. Others but stewards of their excellence." The angels in their one-sidedness
saw only the mischief consequent on the misuse of the emotional nature by man; perhaps they also, being without
emotions, did not understand the whole of God's nature, which gives and asks for love. In humility and true devotion
to God, they remonstrate; we must not imagine the least tinge of jealousy, as they are without emotion. This mystery
of love being above them, they are told that they do not know and they acknowledge (in ii. 32 below) not their fault (for
there is no question of fault) but their imperfection of knowledge. At the same time, the matter is brought home to
them when the actual capacities of man are shown to them (ii. 31, 33). (2.30)
4:165 - Apostles who gave good news as well as warning that mankind after (the coming) of the
Apostles should have no plea against Allah: for Allah is Exalted in Power Wise. 671
671 Every prophet proclaims Allah's goodness to the righteous and forgiveness to those who repent, (good news), and the
Wrath to come for those who reject Faith and live in iniquity (warning). Their mission of warning is a prelude and
complement to their mission of good news. No one can then say that he or she did not know. (4.165)
5:7 – And call in remembrance the favor of Allah unto you and His Covenant which He ratified with
you when ye said: "We hear and we obey": and fear Allah for Allah knoweth well the secrets of
your hearts. 705
705 There is a particular and a general meaning. The particular meaning refers to the solemn Pledge and Covenant taken
by two groups of people at 'Aqaba, a valley near Mina, the first about fourteen months before the Hijra, and the
second a little later. These were Pledges of fealty to the Messenger of Allah, comparable to the Covenant under
Mount Sinai taken in the time of Moses (See 0. ii. 63 and n. 78). The general meaning has been explained in n. 682 to
v. 1: man is under a spiritual obligation under an implied Covenant with Allah: Allah has given man reason, judgment,
the higher faculties of the soul, and even the position of vicegerent on earth (ii. 30), and man is bound to serve Allah
faithfully-and obey His Will. That obedience begins with cleanliness in bodily functions, food, etc. It goes on to
cleanliness of mind and thought, and culminates in purity of motives in the inmost recesses of his heart and soul. (5.7)
6:165 –It is He who hath made you (His) agents inheritors of the earth: He hath raised you in ranks
some above others: that he may try you in the gifts He hath given you: for thy Lord is quick in
punishment: yet He is indeed Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 988
988 Cf. ii. 30 and n. where I have translated "Khalifa" as "Vicegerent", it being god's Plan to make
Adam (as representing mankind) His vicegerent on earth. Another idea implied in "Khalifa" is
that of "successor, heir, or inheritor," i.e., one who has the ultimate ownership after the present
possessors, to whom a life-tenancy has been given by the owner, have passed away. In xv. 23
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