Transliteration:( Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo izaa qeela lakum tafassahoo fil majaalisi fafsahoo yafsahil laahu lakum wa izaa qeelan shuzoo fanshuzoo yarfa'il laahul lazeena aamanoo minkum wallazeena ootul 'ilma darajaat; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona khabeer )
43. Reason for its Revelation:
The Companions who had fought at Badr were held in high esteem by the Holy Prophet Once, some of these Companions came to a gathering of the Holy prophet but due to a shortage of space. they found no place to sit. After extending greetings, they waited for a place, but no one gave them any place. Seeing this, the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم made space for them by shifting those sitting nearer to him. Those who had to get up felt this unpalatable. In response to their reaction, this verse was revealed. Mercy, or by making your graves spacious.
From this, emerge a few issues:
1. To give your place to pious people and to show respect for them is permissible in the mosque as well rather Sunnah as this incident took place in Masjide Nabawi Shareef. While reciting the Holy QUR'AAN, if a beloved servant of Allah Almighty comes, you should close the Holy Qur'aan to show respect to this person and then continue with the recitation. The Noble Companions would show the highest respect for the Holy Prophet in the itself, e.g. the Imam himself would move to the back row to make way for the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم The respect of a Muslim brother is well ked by Allah Almighty, as He has promised reward for such an act.
45. Either for Salaah, for Jihad, for giving at place to someone else or for showing respect to someone. Thus, if the speaker says to the audience to stand and recite salutation, then everyone should stand as is proven from this
46. By knowledge is religious knowledge. This tells us that Islamic scholars are persons of high status as they are held in high esteem in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah Almighty has promised about their high status, that they/ have respect in the world and in the Hereafter.
11. O you who believe! When you are told to make room in the assemblies, make room. Allah will give you room. And when you are told to rise up, then rise up. Allah will exalt in degress those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge. And Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.
Allah teaches His servants good manners and orders them to be kind to each other when they are sitting together,
(O you who believe! When you are told to make room in the assemblies,)
(make room. Allah will give you room.) Indeed, the reward or recompense depends on the type of action. In a Hadith, the Prophet said,
(Whoever builds a Masjid for Allah, Allah builds for him a house in Paradise.) In another Hadith, the Prophet said,
(He who relieves a difficulty for a person living in straitened circumstances, then Allah will relieve the difficulties of this life and the Hereafter for him. Surely, Allah helps the servant as long as the servant helps his brother.) There are many similar Hadiths. This is why Allah the Exalted said,
(make room. Allah will give you room.) Qatadah said, “This Ayah was revealed about gatherings in places where Allah is being remembered. When someone would come to join in assemblies with the Messenger , they would hesitate to offer them space so that they would not loose their places. Allah the Exalted commanded them to spread out and make room for each other.†Imam Ahmad and Imam Ash-Shafi`i recorded that `Abdullah bin `Umar said that the Messenger of Allah said,
(One of you should not remove someone from his place and sit in it, but instead, spread out and make room.) This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet said,
(A man should not remove another man from his place and then sit in it. Rather spread out and make room and Allah will make room for you.) Imam Ahmad also recorded this Hadith with the wording:
(A man should not leave his place for another man, but rather spread out and make room, and Allah will make room for you).†It has been reported that Ibn `Abbas, Al-Hasan Al-Basri and others said that:
(When you are told to make room in the assemblies, make room. Allah will give you room.) means to war assemblies, and that,
(And when you are told to rise up, then rise up.) means, “Get up to fight.†Qatadah said
(And when you are told to rise up, then rise up.) means, “When you are called to any type of good, then respond.â€
Allah’s statement,
(Allah will exalt in degrees those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge. And Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.) means, do not think that if one of you makes room for his brother, or rises up when he is commanded to do so, that this will diminish his right or honor. Rather, this will increase his virtue and status with Allah, and Allah the Exalted will never make his good deed be lost. To the contrary, He will reward him for it in this life and the Hereafter. Surely, he who humbles himself by and before the command of his Lord, then Allah will elevate his status and make him known by his good behavior. the statement of Allah the Exalted,
m(Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge. And Allah is Well–Acquainted with what you do.) meaning, surely, Allah is Aware of those who deserve this reward and those who are not worthy of it. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu At-Tufayl `Amir bin Wathilah said that Nafi` bin `Abdul–Harith met `Umar bin Al-Khattab in the area of `Usfan. `Umar appointed Abu At-Tufayl to be the governor of Makkah. `Umar asked him, “Whom did you appoint as your deputy for the valley people (that is, Makkah).†`Amir said, “I appointed Ibn Abza, one of our freed slaves, as my deputy.†`Umar said, “You made a freed slave their governor in your absence†He said, “O Leader of the faithful! He has memorized Allah’s Book and has knowledge of regulations of inheritance, along with being a proficient judge.†`Umar said, “Surely, your Prophet has said,
(Verily, Allah elevates some people and degrades others, on account of this Book.)†Muslim collected this Hadith.
26. This has been explained in the introduction to this Surah. Some commentators regard this command as restricted to the assemblies of the Prophet (peace be upon him). But as pointed out by Imam Malik, the correct view is that this is a general instruction for the assemblies held by the Muslims. One of the rules of etiquette taught by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) to the Muslims is that when they are sitting in an assembly and some more people arrive, they should have the courtesy to accommodate the newcomers and should squeeze in together as far as possible to make room for them to sit. The new-comers should also have the courtesy not to press in forcibly and make others rise up in order to take their place. In the Hadith Abdullah bin Umar and Abu Hurairah have reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Nobody should make another person rise up so as to take his place, but you should yourself make room for others. (Musnad Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim). And Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas reports that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not lawful for a person that he should forcibly press in between two men except by their leave. (Musnad Ahmad, Abu Daud, Tirmidhi).
27. Abdur Rahman bin Zaid bin Aslam has stated that the people used to prolong their sitting in the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) assemblies and tried to sit till the end. This caused him inconvenience and discomfort as well as hindrance in his daily chores. At this Allah sent down this command, teaching the people the etiquette: When you are told to rise up froth the assembly, you should rise up and disperse. (Ibn Jarir, Ibn Kathir).
28. That is, you should not think that if in the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) assembly you had to sit a little farther away from him for the sake of making room for others, you would be reduced in rank or if you were asked to rise up and disperse from the assembly, you were disgraced. The real means of exaltation of ranks is faith and knowledge, and not an opportunity to sit nearest to the Prophet (peace be upon him) in his assembly and sit the longest. If a person happened to sit nearer to him, it does not mean that he became exalted in rank, for the high ranks belong only to those who have attained to the wealth of knowledge and faith. Likewise, the person who prolonged his sitting with the Prophet (peace be upon him) only to cause him inconvenience and discomfort, in fact, displayed lack of good manners. His there sitting near him for a long time will not exalt him in rank in any way. Far higher and exalted in rank in the sight of Allah is he who attained to taste faith and knowledge and imbibed the morals that should belong to a believer.
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