And He brought together their hearts

And He brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.

[Qur'aan 8:63]

In this Noble Verse, Allah has said to His Messenger that had you, O Muhammad, spent all that which is in the earth of gold and silver you could not have joined their hearts but Allah combined them on guidance as a result of which their hearts came together.

Allah brought together the hearts of the two tribes of Al-Aws and Al-Kazraj who had become hostile toward one another during the Pre Islamic Period of Ignorance. The two tribes would have wars with one another. Allah brought their hearts together, and they together formed what is termed Al-'ansaar - the helpers.

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Love for the Ansaar is a sign of faith and hatred for the Ansaar is a sign of hypocrisy."

[Sahih Al-Bukhaari Hadith No. 17]

Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid bin `Asim:

When Allah gave to His Apostle the war booty on the day of Hunain, he distributed that booty amongst those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Islam), but did not give anything to the Ansar.

So they seemed to have felt angry and sad as they did not get the same as other people had got. The Prophet (ﷺ) then delivered a sermon before them, saying, "O, the assembly of Ansar! Didn't I find you astray, and then Allah guided you on the Right Path through me?

You were divided into groups, and Allah brought you together through me; you were poor and Allah made you rich through me."

Whatever the Prophet (ﷺ) said , they (i.e. the Ansar) said, "Allah and His Messenger are the most benevolent." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What stops you from answering the Messenger of Allah?"

But whatever he said to them, they replied, "Allah and His Messenger are the most benevolent." The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "If you wish you could say: 'You came to us in such-and-such state (at Medina).' Wouldn't you be willing to see the people go away with sheep and camels while you go with the Prophet (ﷺ) to your homes? But for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar, and if the people took their way through a valley or mountain pass, I would select the valley or mountain pass of the Ansar.

The Ansar are Shiar (i.e. those clothes which are in direct contact with the body and worn inside the other garments), and the people are Dithar (i.e. those clothes which are not in direct contact with the body and are worn over other garments). No doubt, you will see other people favored over you, so you should be patient till you meet me at the Tank (of Kauthar).

[Sahih Al-Bukhaari Hadith No. 4330]

Reference(s):

Tafsir Al-Tabari

Tafsir Ibn Katheer

Tafsir Al-Baghawi

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This blog, as the title suggests, is for Quranic Tafsir. The blog is a temporary one as I plan on moving it, once it is done, to a self hosted platform with a unique domain name.

The reason I have started the blog at blogger is because I usually do not go through with projects I begin. So I decided that this time around there is no use in spending money on a domain name and web hosting package unless I prove to myself that I can commit to this project.

My first idea was to create a website on my local computer. But I decided that there is no harm in putting up the material on a free web hosting platform such as blogger. Doing so will enable it to be public, and even if one person benefits from the Quranic information I put up here it will mean the world to me.

Merits of the Qur'aan

باب ذكر جمل من فضائل القرآن، والترغيب فيه، وفضل طالبه وقارئه ومستمعه والعامل به

اعْلَمْ أَنَّ هَذَا الْبَابَ وَاسِعٌ كَبِيرٌ، أَلَّفَ فِيهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ كُتُبًا كَثِيرَةً، نَذْكُرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ نكتا تدل على فضله، وما أعده اللَّهُ لِأَهْلِهِ، إِذَا

 أَخْلَصُوا الطَّلَبَ لِوَجْهِهِ. وَعَمِلُوا بِهِ. فَأَوَّلُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَسْتَشْعِرَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْقُرْآنِ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، غَيْرُ

مخلوق، كلام من ليس كمثله شي، وَصِفَةُ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ شَبِيهٌ وَلَا نِدٌّ، فَهُوَ مِنْ نُورِ ذَاتِهِ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ، وَأَنَّ الْقِرَاءَةَ أَصْوَاتُ

الْقُرَّاءِ وَنَغَمَاتُهُمْ، وَهِيَ أَكَسَابُهُمُ الَّتِي يُؤْمَرُونَ بِهَا فِي حَالٍ إِيجَابًا فِي بَعْضِ الْعِبَادَاتِ، وَنَدْبًا فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْأَوْقَاتِ،

وَيُزْجَرُونَ «1» عَنْهَا إِذَا أَجْنَبُوا، وَيُثَابُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُعَاقَبُونَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا. وَهَذَا مِمَّا أَجْمَعَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَهْلُ الْحَقِّ،

وَنَطَقَتْ بِهِ الْآثَارُ، وَدَلَّ عَلَيْهَا الْمُسْتَفِيضُ من الأخبار، ويتعلق الثواب والعقاب إلا بما هو من اكتساب الْعِبَادِ، عَلَى مَا

يَأْتِي بَيَانُهُ. وَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ- سُبْحَانَهُ- جَعَلَ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ مِنَ الْقُوَّةِ عَلَى حَمْلِهِ مَا جَعَلَهُ، لِيَتَدَّبَّرُوهُ وَلِيَعْتَبِرُوا بِهِ، وليتذكروا ما