“Behold! Allah promised you one of the two parties, that it should be yours: You wished that the one unarmed should be yours, but Allah willed to justify the Truth according to His words and to cut off the roots of the unbelievers.” (Qur’an 8:7)
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Does anyone recall when Allah (swt) made this promise to the Blessed Messenger (saw)?
Where is that statement at anywhere in the Qur’an?
Allah promised that the Muslims would either gain the caravan of Abū Sufyān, or defeat the army of Abū Jahl. However, this promise made by Allah is not found anywhere in the Qur’ān.
It was conveyed to the believers by the Blessed Prophet (saw). However, the verse states ‘Allah promised you’ and not ‘the Prophet promised you’. Hence, the Blessed Prophet (saw) received the promise from Allah through unrecorded revelation that is not included in the Qur’an!
All the Qur’an is revelation, but not all of Allah’s revelation is in the Qur’an.
Note this position is very distinct from Sunni Islam. In Sunni Islam, the position is that we do not have all the Qur’an, we only have the Qur’an that Allah intended for us to have.
The Ibadi position is that not only do we have the Qur’an Allah intended for us to have, but we have all the Qur’an.
You can read more about that here:
We all know that the Injil, Torah, Zabur and Suhuf are all revelations and yet not all of them are scrolls or books. In fact, not all revelation that Allah (swt) gives is recorded in books or scrolls.
Every prophet received revelation but not all prophets did receive a book.
By book here we mean a mushaf, a text or a physical text. This also makes sense when one considers the bulk of humanity throughout human history have been without the ability to read or write a language.
“Indeed, We have revealed to you as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the Zabur.” (Qur’an 4:163)
There is no book or revelation that was recorded or written down that was given to Noah (as).
“And it was revealed to Noah, that, “No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.” (Qur’an 11:36)
There is no kitab of Noah. None at all. The Qur’an does not mention this. It is clear assumption. Allah (swt) can clearly inform us if they did like when he mentions the suhuf (scrolls) of Ibrahim (as).
It is safe to assume however, that Ishamel and Issac (upon both be peace) had access to the Suhuf of Ibrahim (as). Though the Qur’an does not say this.
Misunderstanding concerning ‘Book’ and revelation.
Many people when they think of book they think of a muṣḥaf. The confuse and conflate the two.
muṣḥaf
Root: The word muṣḥaf (مُصْحَف) comes from the Arabic root ṣ-ḥ-f (ص ح ف), which relates to writing on sheets or pages.
Base word: From this root we get ṣaḥīfah (صَحِيفَة), meaning a sheet, page, or written document — plural ṣuḥuf (صُحُف), as in Qur’an 87:18 “Ṣuḥufi Ibrāhīma wa Mūsā” — “The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.”
kitāb
The triliteral root k–t–b (kāf–tā’–bā’) is the foundation of a large semantic field in Arabic relating to writing, inscribing, recording, or decreeing.
maktūb (مكتوب) = “written, destined”
All of the revelation of Allah (swt) is in what is known as the Mother of the Book. Or the Book of Decrees. In fact, everything that Allah (swt) has ever decreed is in a cosmic register.
“No calamity befalls on the earth or within yourselves except that it is in a Book before We bring it into being. Indeed, that is easy for Allah.” (Qur’an 57:22)
“And We have enumerated everything in a Clear Record.” (Qur’an 36:12) -Imām Mubīn
“With Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. Not a leaf falls but He knows it… nor anything fresh or dry but it is in a Clear Book.” (Qur’an 6:59) -Kitāb Mubīn
“Every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned … [the record] is in an inscribed book.” (— Qur’an 83:7–9) & (Qur’an 83:18–20) -kitāb marqūm
Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book. (Qur’an 13:39) -Umm al-Kitāb
“And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.” (Qur’an 43:4) -Umm al-Kitāb
“On a guarded tablet.” (Qur’an 85:22) -Lawḥ Maḥfūẓ
Jesus (as) had the Injil.
Aaron (as) is safe to say he had the Torah of Moses.
Solomon and David (upon both peace) had the Torah of Moses, and David had the Zabur. Though the Qur’an does not say that Solomon had access to the Torah.
Job and Jonah both possibly had access to the Torah. Though the Qur’an does not say this.
However, the following point is still very strong.
Every prophet received revelation, but not all prophets did receive a book.
This verse states that the aforementioned Prophets all received revelation, but it is known that many of them did not receive a book. If revelation was confined to the books, then every Prophet would have received one. The fact many Prophets did not receive a book demonstrates that there exists revelation outside these books.
This point deeply troubles followers of the Qur’an Only Religion. The reason should be obvious.
All the Qur’an is inspired but not everything that Allah inspired is in the Qur’an.
“And your Lord revealed to the been, saying: Choose your habitations in the hill and in the trees and in that which you have built.” (Qur’an 16:68)
We know that bee’s do not have a kitab (book).
Allah (swt) sent revelation to the disciples of Jesus to let them have firm belief in Jesus.
“And when I revealed to the disciples, “Believe in Me and in My messenger Jesus,” they said, “We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims.” (Qur’an 5:111)
“And We revealed to the mother of Moses, “Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him one of the messengers.” (Qur’an 28:73)
Women received revelation. Yet, we do not say that the mother of Moses received a book other than what Moses was given, the Torah.
“And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidence, those who do not expect a meeting with Us say, “Bring us a Qur’an other than this or change it.” Say, “It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed, I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous day.” (Qur’an 10:15)
Further proof that the Blessed Messenger (saw) received revelation other than the Qur’ān is that the compilation of the Qur’ān is not in its chronological order. Verses revealed in Makkah are found in Madanī chapters and vice versa. Likewise, the chapters revealed in Madina come before chapters revealed in Makkah. The arrangement of verses within surahs, and the arrangement of the surahs within the Qur’ān could only have been done by the Blessed Messenger (saw) based upon revelation from Allah. As Allah commands the Blessed Messenger (saw) to say:
“It is not for me to change it of my own accord.”
“And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired (wa-awḥaynā) to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakah; and they were worshippers of Us.” (Qur’an 21:73)
The Blessed and Noble Prophet (saw) his doing of good, his establishing of the Prayer and his method of giving Zakah are all revelation. Those who reject the clear verses of Allah (swt) are none but the disbelievers. The establishment of the prayer and the amount of giving the zakah are revelations not recorded in the Qur’an.
“Say, “If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near.” (Qur’an 34:50)
A method for establishing the hadith. It is possible the Prophet (saw) said something that was in error. However, if it contradicts established facts and observable reality, it can be rejected as it is in error.
“Say, “It has been revealed to me that a group of Jinn listened and said, “Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’an.” (Qur’an 72:1)
This had to have happened before this proclamation. Yet, we do not find anywhere else in the Qur’an where Allah (swt) informed the Blessed Messenger (saw) of this information. Notice the text does not say, “It is now being revealed to me.” “I am now proclaiming to you this information.”
When the Muslims arrived in Madina, the Blessed Messenger (saw) commanded them to pray facing Jerusalem. This continued until Allah (swt) revealed:
“So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-haram.” (Qur’an 2:144)
’Some of the non-Muslims criticized this order, and demanded to know why the Qiblah was originally Jerusalem, but had now been changed. So Allah revealed:
“We did not appoint the Qiblah that you were on except to distinguish the ones who follow the messenger from the ones who would turn back on their heels.” (Qur’an 2:143)
“the ones who follow the messenger from the ones who would turn back on their heels.”
Subhan’Allah. Is it not interesting that those who follow the Qur’an only religion do exactly this?
In other words, this was a test of Allah. However, although Allah attributes the appointment of the previous Qiblah to Himself, this appointment is not found anywhere in the Qur’ān. It was the Blessed Messenger (saw) who told the believers to face Jerusalem, based upon revelation from Allah. This revelation was not part of the Qur’ān, and hence was an unrecited revelation.
May Allah Guide the Ummah.
May Allah Forgive the Ummah.
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