Originally posted by Imad Bayoun here
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,
There are so many lessons to derive from the first few ayat of surat Abasa, about the truthfulness of the Prophet (sawt), his humbleness, and about weighing the benefits for the Islamic movement. The Prophet saws was busy talking to the big leaders of Quraysh, the leaders of Kufur, about Islam. At that time, a blind companion (Abdullah ibn umm Maktoum, a relative of Khadijah), came and asked the Prophet to teach him from what Allah has taught him. The Prophet saws was busy, so he frowned and turned away. He didn't say anything, just went on with his talks. Then Jibril comes with revelation; "Abasa wa tawala" this revelation came with a blame. Allah blamed the Prophet for giving attention to the Kuffar instead of ibn Maktoum. From this blame from Allah, we can learn many things. The status of prophethood is above all. It is nothing short of being perfect, and nothing short of perfection is expected from a prophet especially Prophet Mohammad saws. It indicate that Islam gave special attention to the people that have special needs, who are normally neglected in society, but Allah puts them in the forefront. One rule we can learn from that is, sometimes someone is very busy with dawaa, and he cares so much about it, that it will lead him to do something that is not acceptable from a daaiya. We do that all the time. Because you care, in the process you get angry at certain things and behave in a certain way. We see it in the Masjid, in university campus by students engaged in dawaa. Another rule, a very important rule in Islam, is that when it comes to benefit, the benefit that you already have takes precedence over the benefit that is expected to happen. The Prophet was busy with the leaders of Quraysh because he thought there was great benefit in them entering Islam, but Allah told the Prophet in firm expressions, that this blind man is more important than all those people of Quraysh together, indicating that what you have is much more important than what might happen. Another rule that can be derived from these ayat is that giving dawaa to a person who is coming to you, is more important than dawaa to someone you are going after. The one that you have is more important. Here, Allah is comparing two things that don't seem like a fair comparison, a blind man, versus leaders of quraysh, so that is powerful in driving this point. Another meaning that can be derived from that, is that dawaa to Muslims is more important than dawaa to non-muslims. Not that dawaa to non-Muslims is not important, we need both. But if it was to be prioritized then dawaa with Muslims is more important. Let's look at what we do sometimes. We work so hard for to convey the message to someone, then the moment they read shahada we leave them and move to somebody else. Pay attention to someone who is already a Muslim. Another rule that we can take, dawaa with those who are careful about Islam, takes precedence over those that don't care about islam. When someone is coming to you so you can teach him something. You know he will take what you teach him and put it to practice right away. Another rule, when you trying to set priorities or put plans, make sure it is something you can do, you can achieve, something that would brings results, not far from happening. Sometimes the small beginnings can be very important. In the hadith, the Prophet saws talk often of turbulent times in later days of the ummah, of so many fitan happening, and for these times, the Prophet's advise was for the individual, not for the group. He addressed the individual by saying that you should not die except believing in Allah and the Last Day. Setting a small achievable goal instead of a grand impossible goal. Lastly, another lesson we can learn from these ayat, with the blame of "Abasa wa tawalla" being an aya in the Quran, Jibril sometimes corrects the Prophet in private, but this one came through the Quran to be recited by Muslims until the day of Judgement. This some scholars say is proof of his prophethood and humbleness, as the Prophet would convey it and teach it to his sahaba. (This is adapted from a lecture about Surat Abassa: <a href='https://ift.tt/3m61eZZ; target='_blank'>http://imadbayoun.com/lectures/tafseer/03%20-%20Surat%20Abassa-1%2064.mp3</a> )
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