Transliteration:( Wa maa lakum laa tu'minoona billaahi war Rasoolu yad'ookum li tu'minoo bi Rabbikum wa qad akhaza meesaaqakum in kuntum mu'mineen )
21. This means Oh the blessed group of the Noble Companions! How is it possible that you I will not be sincere believers, since you have seen the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم heard his preaching and seen his miracles and you have seen the revelation of the Holy Qur'aan?
For this reason the discussion that follows is regarding the miracles of the Holy Prophet. If the Noble Companions are not believers (Allah forbid) then there is no single believer in the world, because we received Faith through them.
The is the medium between Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم the Creator and the creation, while the Companions are the contact between the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and the rest of the Ummah, just as the electric wire is the connection between the powerhouse and the bulbs.
22. This means Allah Almighty on the Day of Covenant or the Holy Prophet at the time of appearance. The second meaning is quite apparent in that first mention is made of the propagation of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
23. This conjunction 'if is not for doubt but it is for the purpose of necessity, as Allah Almighty says: "If they are from Allah" (S14V1) because all the Noble Companions are, without doubt, believers of the highest quality.
The tafsir of Surah Hadid verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hadid ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 11.
11. That is, you are adopting this unbelieving attitude and conduct at a time when the Messenger (peace be upon him) of Allah is present among you, and you are receiving the invitation to the faith not through an indirect and remote means but directly through the Messenger (peace be upon him) of Allah himself.
12. Some commentators have taken this pledge to imply the pledge of service to Allah, which had been taken at the beginning of creation from the future offspring of Adam (peace be upon him), and some others take it for the pledge with which man has been naturally endowed to serve and obey Allah. But the truth is that it implies the conscious pledge of obedience to Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) that every Muslim makes to his Lord by the affirmation of the faith. At another place in the Quran this same pledge has been referred to thus:
Keep in mind the blessing Allah has bestowed upon you and do not forget the solemn covenant which He made with you and which you confirmed, when you said: We have heard and submitted. Fear Allah for Allah knows the very secrets of the hearts. (Surah Al-Maidah, Ayat 7).
Ubadah bin Samit relates: The Messenger (peace be upon him) of Allah had made us pledge that we would listen and obey both in sound health and in ill health; would spend in the cause of Allah both in prosperity and in adversity; would enjoin the good and forbid the evil; would proclaim the truth for the sake of Allah and would not fear the blame of any one in this regard (Musnad Ahmad).
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