In
the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
A very difficult challenge, and a very confusing problem is to have someone that demands on Earth Miracles, Blessings, Heavenly Bliss, Riches but they reject Allah (swt) or they reject compliance with the Commands and Orders of Allah (swt). Even if they say, well we were not asking God for these things, we were asking one of God's subjects, then are not the subjects going to God to supply the needs that they have that you keep sourcing them for? Or, if the person that dismisses compliance are trying to obtain those things through you, again this is a difficult challenge.
That is a similitude or Parable of the Last Supper and request for a Feast from Heaven by the Disciples. The only thing is the Disciples for the most part believed.
These Verses or Ayats are from the Chapter of the Holy Quran called Surahtul Maidah. Which means Chapter of the Table Spread with Food; or the Last Supper; or the Passover Meal (with the Messiah and the Disciples). Please look through these verses and my commentary is below them (or after verse 120).
That is a similitude or Parable of the Last Supper and request for a Feast from Heaven by the Disciples. The only thing is the Disciples for the most part believed.
These Verses or Ayats are from the Chapter of the Holy Quran called Surahtul Maidah. Which means Chapter of the Table Spread with Food; or the Last Supper; or the Passover Meal (with the Messiah and the Disciples). Please look through these verses and my commentary is below them (or after verse 120).
[5:111]
"And
behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and Mine
Messenger. they said, ’We have faith, and do thou bear witness that
we bow to Allah as Muslims’".
[5:112]
Behold!
the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy Lord send
down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus:
"Fear Allah, if ye have faith."
[5:113]
They
said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and
to know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that we
ourselves may be witnesses to the miracle."
[5:114]
Said
Jesus the son of Mary: "O Allah our Lord! Send us from heaven a
table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first and
the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide
for our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."
[5:115]
Allah
said: "I will send it down unto you: But if any of you after
that resisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have
not inflicted on any one among all the peoples."
[5:116]
And
behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say
unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah.?"
He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no
right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have
known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is
in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.
[5:117]
"Never
said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to
wit, ’worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’; and I was a witness
over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up
Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all
things.
[5:118]
"If
Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servants: If Thou dost forgive
them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise."
[5:119]
Allah
will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from
their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their
eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That
is the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires).
[5:120]
To
Allah doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all
that is therein, and it is He Who hath power over all things.
This
is from the Chapter called Surahtul Maidah. It means, “Table Spread
With Food”, “Last Supper”, and also “Passover”. It
references a scene (or moment) and correspondence corresponding to
the “Last Supper” (or “Passover” that the Messiah held with
the Disciples.
The
word used in Verse 115 for “resisteth faith” in Arabic was
“Yakfur” from the Arabic root word “Kafara” which means, to
reject, to deny, to disbelieve. But I will attempt to expand the
meaning more here, through research.
At
3:56-57 it reads, ““As to those who reject faith, I will
punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter,
nor will they have anyone to help.”
“ “As
to those who believe and work righteousness, God will pay them (in
full) their reward; but God loveth not those who do wrong.””
So
the Arabic word for “those who reject faith” is Kafirun. The
Arabic word for “those who do wrong” is Zalimun.
Zalimun
connotes, “to do wrong, to abuse, to be unjust, to be corrupt, the
darkness of sin, wickedness”.
See
that?...God used Kafara (in verse 56) in equivalent relation to
Zalama in the next verse of 57. It is a parallel reference by God
because verse 57 continues the context of verse 56.
So
going back to the passages in the Holy Quran concerning the Last
Supper or Passover of the Messiah (epbuh) with the Disciples (Al
Hawariyun) (pbut) now the meaning at Verse 5:115 expands. “Resisteth
Faith” now has an expanded meaning that includes Kafara and Zalama but, also all of the categories defined in the Quran of Munafiqun, Mushrikun, Fasiqun, Mujrimun, etc. each of those and a few others qualifies as resisting Faith in Allah (swt).
Also,
I imagine this real life scene to be more significant than depicted
here. Because, think about it, the Messiah (epbuh) asked God to send
down a Feast from Heaven. So the “Table was Spread” with food
that came from Heaven. It may or may not have been served by special
servants of God, as well. Because in Heaven such a thing would
include precious servants of God. Also you have to factor in that the
Spirit of God in Heaven is not like the Spiritual experience on
Earth. So there may have been significant Peace, Tranquility,
Holiness, Purity, etc. In the Spirit there may have been the
melodies, in the Spirit, of the Kingdom that accompanied the Peace
and Tranquility that the Holy Spirit of God delivered.
So,
after God does something like this on Earth before the Day of
Judgment, only for the recipients to “reject, deny,
disbelieve”...but further with the expansion, “do wrong (become a
wrongdoer), become abusive (to people of faith, the innocent), become
unjust, or become wicked.” God said that if they became Kafirun
which has been, at 3:56-57, made parallel to Zalimun then He would punish them such as He
has never punished anyone before.
Is
that not amazing? Must be careful of asking for Heaven on Earth, and
must be careful of asking for a Feast from Heaven on Earth. Remember
above at Verse 5:112, the Messiah, son of Mary (epbut) said, when
they (Disciples) asked for it to be sent down, “Fear Allah, if ye
have faith.”, like be careful of asking God for Miraculous Signs
like this.