Two Lectures on the Quran Allah's Outstretched Rope & His Character was the Quran by Shaykh Abdur Razzaq bin Abdul Muhsin Al-Badr
ALLAH, THE BLESEED AND SUBLIME, REVEALED THE QURAN TO HIS SERVANTS AS A METHODOLOGY IN THEIR LIVES, THEIR MORALS, ETIQUETTES, DEALINGS, WORSHIP.
AND A MEANS IN OBTAINING NEARNESS TO ALLAH, THE GLORIFIED AND SUBLIME.
FOR THIS REASON, WHEN THE MOTHER OF THE BELIEVERS, 'AYESHA (RADHIALLAHU ANHA WAS QUESTIONED CONCERNING THE CHARACTER OF OUR PROPHET (SALLALLAHU 'ALAYHI WA SALLAM),
"HIS CHARACTER WAS THAT OF THE QURAN."
MEANING, EVERY TIME THERE WAS A AMENTION IN THE QURAN OF WORSHIP.
CHARACTER, ETIQUETTE, DEALINGS AND SO FORTH OUR PROPHET (SALLALLAHU ALAYHI WA SALLAM WOULD ADORN HIMSELF WITH THAT QUALITY IN A COMPLETE AND PERFECT MANNER.
HENCE, HE WAS THE MOST DEVOTE WORSHIPPER TO ALLAH FROM MANKIND: THE MOST ABUNDANT IN HAVING FEAR OF ALLAH; THE GREATEST IN TAQWAA; MOST COMPLETE IN CHARACTER: MOST EXCELLENT IN ETIQUETTE; MOST WHOLESOME IN DEALINGS. IN QAYYIM(RAHIMAHULLAH SAID IN HIS BOOK A CLARIFICATION OF THE OATHS MENTIONED IN THE QURAN:
THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (SALLALLAHU 'ALAYHI WA SALLAM ADOPTED FROM THE NICHE OF THE QURAN. SO HIS SPEECH CONFORMS TO THE QURAN WITH DETAIL AND ELUCIDATION; HIS KNOWLEDGE IS (FROM) THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE QURAN; HIS WANTS, HIS DEEDS-WHAT WAS OBLIGATORY AND SUPEROGATORY UPON HIM WAS THE QURAN; HIS REJECTING AND ABANDONING WHAT THE QURAN PROHIBITS; HIS DESIRE WAS WHAT THE QURAN MAKES DESIROUS: HIS ASCETICISM WAS WHAT THE QURAN AROUSED A DISLIKE OF THE DUNYA; HIS DISTAIN WAS WHAT THE QURAN DISLIKED; HE LOVED WHAT THE QURAN LOVED; HIS ENDEAVORS TO EXECUTE ITS (COMMANDS) AND HIS CONVEYANCE (OF THE MESSAGE) AND DILIGENCE IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT. SO THE MOTHER OF THE BELIEVERS INTERPRETED FROM THE PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE QURAN AND THE MESSENGER; AND HER EXCELLENT ASSERTION OF ALL OF THIS WITH HER STATEMENT.
'HIS CHARACTER WAS THAT OF THE QURAN.
THE QURAN IS THE PROVISION OF THE BELIEVERS; THE SOUL (ESSENCE) OF THEIR HEARTS: THE SUFFICIENCY FOR THEIR SOULS. RATHER THE TRUE EXISTENCE OF MANKIND DOES NOT COME ABOUT EXCEPT BY THE NOBLE QURAN.
