Divine saints in the Qur’an based on contemporary Shiite and Sunni interpretations

Author:
Hamza Mohammed Atiya
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Quranic Sciences
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of Quranic Studies
Year:
2022
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Mohammad Maleki Nahavandi
Advisor(s):
Zainab Hamza Al Sarawi

       The Noble Qur’an indicates in many of its Qur’anic contexts that speak of the guardians of Allah from the people of righteousness, faith and piety as being a righteous group or group in their relationship with Almighty Allah, sincere in their dealings with their Lord.

     This collective formula referred to by those Qur’anic contexts that made clear in the various resources that were mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and in which there was talk about this pious believer group, and thus it can be said that the Holy Qur’an did not consider them as individuals, but rather as a group, with the possibility that there are some other attestations for the attribute of righteousness, faith and piety for some of the individuals who were mentioned in the Holy Qur’an from those who are imitated by their righteousness, faith and piety. Thus, they were the core that formed this righteous, faithful and pious category.  The most prominent credentials of this category are the prophets, messengers, guardians, and the guiding imams (peace be upon them), and some of the servants whom Almighty Allah  has bestowed upon them, so he honored and honored them in his Holy Book.

     The interpreters of the Shiites, the Sunnis, and the contemporary have defined Allah guardians as a righteous, faithful and pious category, according to the description given to them by the Holy Qur’an in the Almighty’s saying: {Those who believe and were pious}, despite their differences in determining the degree of this belief and piety, there are Shiite scholars who have held that this verse is not comprehensive for all believers, and that the faith of this category has reached the point of perfection and that the context of the verse talks of higher levels of faith, and that piety  continues with them, and this is what we do not notice in the interpretations of the contemporary Ahl al-Sunnah who defined the guardians of Allah as being people of faith and piety who loyal to Allah in obedience and worship. However, they agreed in terms of the attributes mentioned to them, such as their faith, piety, good manners, good conduct, love for the believers, and loyalty to them. And their hated of the unbelievers and their innocence. Or for what they have of the peculiarities and characteristics that distinguish them over the rest of the servants, such as tranquility of their hearts, and they are not affected fear or panic and that Allah supports them because that are supported by Allah and protects them from machinations of the enemies. And that they will have good fortune in this world and the hereafter, and they will attain the greatest ranks and positions. As well as the response o their supplications for the presence of their hearts and their sensing of the greatness of Allah, and he singled out the saints, the righteous, and the believers in a high position and a lofty rank by making Allah himself their guardian, and he made them among the people of the highest ranks, among the safe, for whom there is no fear, and he bestowed upon them a number of gifts, such as the preference in this world and the hereafter, and their delegations to Allah with the honor and respect, saving them, saving them from evil, and winning them heaven. They are the people of sound and luminous minds that were enlightened by the light of knowledge and faith, and thanked Allah for the blessing of  Almighty Allah. So, Allah informed them of their faith and piety, their compliance with His commands and their avoidance of His prohibitions of sins and disobedience, and the highest ranks in honor and honor of them.