Transliteration:( Yaaa aiyuhan naasu qad jaaa'atkum maw'izatun mir Rabbikum wa shifaaa'ul limaa fis sudoori wa hudanw wa rahmatul lil mu'mineen )
"O people [158]! There has come an admonition to you from your Lord and healing for what is in your hearts [159], and guidance and a mercy for the believers [160]." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)
This verse speaks to all people of every time and place, for the Qur'an has been revealed as guidance for everyone, just as the sunlight is for all creation. While previous scriptures were light, the Qur'an is the sun, the ultimate source of light and guidance for humanity.
The Qur'an serves as a cure for all spiritual ailments and emotional ills. As Allah says, "It is a healing and mercy for the believers" (S17:V82). The Qur'an has the power to heal both the heart and body, and using it for healing, amulets, or incantations is permissible. Just as words or names can have an effect, the blessed name of Allah holds greater power to bring about a cure.
The Qur'an offers four key qualities: admonition, healing, guidance, and mercy. These benefits are especially for the believers, who derive the most value from the Qur'an, although it remains a source of guidance and healing for all of humanity.
57. O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord, and a cure for that which is in your breasts, — a guidance and a mercy for the believers. 58. Say: “In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy; therein let them rejoice.” That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.59. Say: “Have you ever considered all the means of sustenance which Allah has bestowed upon you from on high and which you thereupon divide into ‘things forbidden’ and ‘things lawful’?” Say: “Has Allah given you leave [to do this] – or do you, perchance, attribute your own guesswork to Allah?”60. But what do they think – they who attribute their own lying inventions to Allah – [what do they think will happen to them] on the Day of Resurrection? Behold, Allah is indeed limitless in His bounty unto men – but most of them are ungrateful.
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others said: “This Ayah was revealed to criticize the idolators for what they used to make lawful and unlawful. Like the Bahirah, Sa’ibah and Wasilah.” As Allah said:
(And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and cattle which He has created.)﴿6:136﴾ Imam Ahmad recorded a narration from Malik bin Nadlah who said, “I came to Allah’s Messenger while in filthy clothes. He said,
(Do you have wealth) I answered, `Yes.’ He said,
(what kind of wealth) I answered, `All kinds; camels, slaves, horses, sheep.’ So he said,
(If Allah gives you wealth, then let it be seen on you.) Then he said,
؟ (It is not that your camels are born with healthy ears, you take a knife and cut them, then say, “This is a Bahr,” tear its skin, then say, `This is a Sarm,” and prohibit them for yourself and your family) I replied, `Yes.’ He said,
(What Allah has given you is lawful. Allah’s Forearm is stronger than your forearm, and Allah’s knife is sharper then your knife.)” And he mentioned the Hadith in its complete form, and the chain for this Hadith is a strong, good chain. Allah criticized those who make lawful what Allah has made unlawful or vice verse. This is because they are based on mere desires and false opinions that are not supported with evidence or proof. Allah then warned them with a promise of the Day of Resurrection. He asked:
(And what think those who invent a lie against Allah, on the Day of Resurrection) What do they think will happen to them when they return to Us on the Day of Resurrection Ibn Jarir said that Allah’s statement:
(Truly, Allah is full of bounty to mankind,) indicated that the bounty is in postponing their punishment in this world. I (Ibn Kathir) say, the meaning could be that the Grace for people is in the good benefits that He made permissible for them in this world or in their religion. He also has not prohibited them except what is harmful to them in their world and the Hereafter.
(but most of them are ungrateful.) So they prohibited what Allah has bestowed upon them and made it hard and narrow upon themselves. They made some things lawful and others unlawful. The idolators committed these actions when they set laws for themselves. And so did the People of the Book when they invented innovations in their religion.
(10:57) Men! Now there has come to you an exhortation from your Lord, a healing for the ailments of the hearts, and a guidance and mercy for those who believe.
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