COVENANT HUMAN MADE WITH ALLAH

الَّذِينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ {2:27}

[Q2:27] Allazeena yanqudoona 'ahdal laahi mim ba'di meesaaqihee wa yaqt'oona maaa amaral laahu biheee ai yoosala wa yufsidoona fil ard; ulaaa'ika hum khaasirron.

[Q2:27] Who break the covenant of ALLAH (SWT) after its confirmation and cut asunder what ALLAH (SWT) has ordered to be joined, and make mischief in the land; these it is that are the losers.

[Q2:27] (Iaitu) orang-orang yang merombak (mencabuli) perjanjian ALLAH (SwT) sesudah diperteguhkannya, dan memutuskan perkara yang disuruh ALLAH (SwT) supaya diperhubungkan, dan mereka pula membuat kerosakan dan bencana di muka bumi. Mereka itu ialah orang-orang yang rugi.

The wrongdoers (fasiqin), mentioned in the previous verse, BREAK THE COVENANT OF ALLAH (SWT) YANQUDUNA AHADALLAH, AND CUT ASUNDER THAT WHICH ALLAH (SWT) HAS COMMANDED TO JOIN YAQTUNA MA AMARALLAH, AND MAKE MISCHIEF TO DESTROY PEACE AND HARMONY IN HUMAN SOCIETY.

WHICH COVENANT?

1.        Every soul, before coming into this world, makes a promise with the Lord that it will exist only to fulfil the will of the Lord, and never shall rebel against His authority, known as the original or the latent covenant.

2.        The second or the manifest covenant is that which an individual agrees to be bound by when he or she embraces Islam, which, in fact, is a surrender of the self to the will of ALLAH (SWT).

     THE COVENANT REFERRED TO HERE IS THAT BY WHICH THE BELIEVERS BOUND THEMSELVES BEFORE ALLAH (SWT) THROUGH THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD) AT GHADIR KHUM WHEN THE VERSE 5:67 OF AL MA-IDAH WAS REVEALED. EVERY BELIEVER ACCEPTED THE DECLARATION OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SWT) THAT OF WHOMSOEVER THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD) WAS THE LORD-MASTER, ALI SON OF ABU TALIB WAS ALSO HIS LORD-MASTER. After the unanimous undertaking of the believers, the following verse was revealed.

     “This day I have perfected for you, your religion, and have completed My favour on you, and chosen for you Islam (to be) the religion.”

     THEREFORE, fulfilment of the covenant made with ALLAH (SWT)  is demanded in verses 13:20, 21 and 25 of al Rad, SO THAT AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD), THE BELIEVERS MIGHT NOT FOLLOW ANY OTHER PERSON SAVE ALI IBNE ABI TALIB, WHO ALONE WAS DECLARED WORTHY AND ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF ISLAM, AS THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY (LORD-MASTER), IN THE ABSENCE OF THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD).

     THE DECLARATION WAS NOT A MERE FANCY OF THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD) TO HONOUR ALI, BUT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALLAH (SWT)'S COMMAND TO SAVE THE FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM FROM YIELDING TO THOSE WHO MAKE MISCHIEF IN THE EARTH AND SPREAD CORRUPTION IN THE GARB OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

†  According to verse 2:217 of al Baqarah, mischief is more grievous than carnage. Islam stands for peace and harmony. And when is peace disturbed? Only when anyone wants to have (usurp) something which rightfully is not his.

ISLAM HAS PRESCRIBED A WELL-KNIT STRUCTURE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE SOCIETY. In addition to various aspects of human relations, ALLAH (SWT) has, with a purpose in view, [*] made it obligatory for the believers to know and adhere to the relationship prescribed between them and the Holy Prophet (ALLAHuma sali ala Muhammad wa ala ali Muhammad) and his Ahlul Bayt. [*]To avoid the overwhelming delusions of falsehood it is essential to accept the authority of the Holy Prophet (ALLAHuma sali ala Muhammad wa ala ali Muhammad), Ali ibne Abi Talib, and the divinely commissioned rightly guided guides, in his progeny.

THIS VERSE APPLIES TO EVERYONE WHO OPPOSES THE DIVINELY ESTABLISHED AUTHORITY OF IMAMAT (THE GUIDANCE THROUGH THE HOLY IMAMS) IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDING THE RISALAT (THE PROPHETHOOD OF THE HOLY PROPHET (ALLAHUMA SALI ALA MUHAMMAD WA ALA ALI MUHAMMAD) WHICH IS THE COVENANT EVERY FAITHFUL ADHERENT OF ISLAM HAS TO MAKE GOOD.