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qāla rabbi ḥkum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-rabbunā r-raḥmānu l-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna
He said, ‘My Lord! Judge [between us and the polytheists] with justice.’ ‘Our Lord is the All-beneficent; [He is our] resort against what you allege.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-’Anbiya’ – Verse 112
112. “He said: ‘O my Lord! Judge You with truth! And our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is sought against that which you ascribe (unto Him)’.”
In this verse, which is the last verse of Surah Al-’Anbiya’, similar to the content of the first verse of this Surah, the words are upon the negligence of the unaware people. As reiterating the statement of the Prophet (S), in a curse-like phrase, the Qur’an reflects his worriment from all those prides and negligence they had. After observing their whole aversion and turning back, the holy Prophet (S) invoked his Lord to judge over that disobedient group and punish them with justice.
The verse says:
In the second sentence he (S) addresses the opponent of Islam and says:
In fact, the verse, by the application of the Qur’anic word /rabbana/ (our Lord) attracts their attention to this fact that we all are creatures and are under His Lordship and He is the Creator and the Lord of us totally. The usage of the Qur’anic holy word /’arrahman/ (the Beneficent) in the verse, which refers to the general Mercy of Allah, reminds them that the whole entity of their existence thoroughly is encompassed by the Divine Mercy; then why do they not always contemplate about the creator of all these bounties and mercy?
And the Qur’anic holy phrase /’almusta‘anu ‘ala ma tasifun/
warns them that they should not imagine that the Prophet (S) and the believers are alone before their opponents, and they should not consider that their whole accusations, lies and undue taunts fabricated against the Pure Essence of Allah and against Muslims will remain with no answer. Nay! It will never be such, because He is the support of us all and He is able to defend the believers against any kind of lies and accusations. O Lord! as You did not leave alone Your Messenger and his few companions before their mass of enemies, leave us not alone before the enemies in the East and in the West who have decided to abolish us!
O Lord! In this blessed Surah, You have specially stated Your particular mercy unto the prophets when they were at hard and difficult times and were involved in the crises of their lives. O Lord! At this time, too, we are involved in the same crises and we expect the same mercy and particular relief. Amin, O the Lord of the worlds!
The End of Surah Al-’Anbiya’