Transliteration:( Yamunnoona 'alaika an aslamoo qul laa tamunnoo 'alaiya Islaamakum balillaahu yamunnu 'alaikum an hadaakum lil eemaani in kuntum saadiqeen )
50. This means you should not think that by accepting faith you are doing a favour to Allah and His Beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. In fact, if you are fortunate to obtain true belief, then this is through the favour of Allah Almighty and the Holy Prophet guiding you towards it.Do not think that your service is a favour to the king; but always think that it is the king who is doing a favour to you".
51. From this we learn that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is not under obligation to any of the creation, but it is the entire creation that is under the obligation of the Holy Prophet.
it will Every bounty, which we have received, is through the favour of our Beloved Prophet. If the entire world were to become infidels, it would not affect or harm the Holy Prophet one bit. Likewise, if the entire people of the world were to become pious believers they would not be doing any favour to the Holy Prophetصلى الله عليه وآله وسلم.
If we take the light from the sun we are not doing a favour to the sun, but it is the favour of the sun that it is providing light for us. From this we learn that when we make a distinction between Islam and Faith, then it is Faith which will be reliable and not just Islam, ie. just apparent obedience. It should be remembered that, here, Allah Almighty has declared the favour of Faith, at another place He has declared the sending of the Holy Prophet as His greatest favour . Says Allah Almighty: "Undoubtedly Allah did a great favour to the Muslims that He sent a Messenger in them from among themselves"(S3: V164).
52. This means that Being Who is All Knowing and Omniscient and fully aware of all the unseen things between the heavens, so how can what is in your hearts be concealed from Him? To expose your faith in His presence is useless. It should be remembered that our saying: "If sinners like us or "Oh Allah! We are sinners" or "Oh our Lord we have declared faith in Your Beloved Prophet is not for the sake exposure unto Allah Almighty, but rather to be for His Mercy.
Thus, this verse is no contradicting those verses in which we ar ordered to expose this. Says Allah Almighty "O our Lord' We heard a proclaimer You hav promised to us. "(S3 V193)
The tafsir of Surah Hujurat verse 17 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hujurat ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 18.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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