{"_id":"6a91d3c365a8da1debfe392c","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Does \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/10/58\"},\"insert\":\"Quran 10:58\"},{\"insert\":\" refer to rejoicing in the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"In \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/10/58\"},\"insert\":\"verse 58 of Surah Yunus\"},{\"insert\":\", Allah says to rejoice in His bounty and mercy. Does the “mercy” in this verse refer to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, or does the verse refer to the Quran and its revelation? How have scholars of tafsir interpreted this verse, particularly in discussions surrounding the Mawlid?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The verse in question is:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"قُلۡ بِفَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحۡمَتِهِۦ فَبِذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ فَلۡیَفۡرَحُوا۟ هُوَ خَیۡرࣱ مِّمَّا یَجۡمَعُونَ\"},{\"attributes\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"Say, 'In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy—in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.'\\\"\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThere are different scholarly interpretations of the \\\"bounty\\\" and \\\"mercy\\\" mentioned in the verse. There are reports that the bounty of Allah is the Qur'an and His mercy is that He made us recipients of the Qur'an. According to other reports, the bounty is the Qur'an and the mercy is Islam, which carries the same meaning as the previous report. Other reports say the bounty is knowledge and the mercy is Muhammad (peace be upon him), which corresponds to another verse in the Qur'an where the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is described as a mercy:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"وما أرْسَلْناكَ إلا رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ\"},{\"attributes\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"We sent you not, but as a mercy to all the worlds.\\\"\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThis is what the scholars of exegesis (tafsir) have said; however, I love the deep, spiritual understanding Imam al-Rāzī mentioned in his tafsir:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"When spiritual pleasures are attained, a rational person must not rejoice in them simply for what they are in themselves. Rather, one must rejoice in them because they are from Allah Almighty, and by Allah's grace and mercy. For this reason, the truthful ones (al-Ṣiddīqūn) said: 'Whoever rejoices in a blessing from Allah simply because it is that blessing is committing a form of polytheism. But whoever rejoices in a blessing from Allah because it originates from Allah, then his joy is truly in Allah; and that is the ultimate perfection and the pinnacle of ultimate happiness.'\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Thus, the statement of the Exalted: 'Say: In the grace of Allah and in His mercy—in that let them rejoice' [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/10/58\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 10:58\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"] means: let them rejoice in those blessings not for what they are in themselves, but rather because they are by the grace of Allah and by the mercy of Allah. These are high spiritual secrets contained within these words that emerged from the realm of divine revelation and descent.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe70b76658b4c2328a0","tag":"Quran: Tafseer","count":38},{"_id":"668da0b70b76658b4c233eaf","tag":"Mawlid","count":2}],"createdOn":"2026-08-28T18:30:27.437Z"}