What am I?

[Muhammad]

^ Yes, well done :ma:! I hope my description wasn't too far off the mark.

 

[MuslimInshallah]

We were sent as a sign/punishment for a people.

We were also sent as a healing/blessing.

What are we?

Note: only the first example is mentioned in the Qur'an.

Angels?

 

[Muhammad]

Angels?

No, not that either, although it could generally fit.

 

[MuslimInshallah]

No, not that either, although it could generally fit.

Hmm… rainclouds?

 

[Muhammad]

We were sent as a sign/punishment for a people.

We were also sent as a healing/blessing.

What are we?

Note: only the first example is mentioned in the Qur'an.

The answer I had in mind was... locusts:


So We sent on them: the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood (as a succession of) manifest signs, yet they remained arrogant, and they were of those people who were Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners). [Al-A'raf: 133]

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Prophet Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath naked, golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord addressed him, 'O Job! Haven't I given you enough so that you are not in need of them.' Job replied, 'Yes!' By Your Honor (power)! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 5, Hadith 31


Apologies if that was a little bit stretched!

 

[Insaanah]

^ I had been thinking winds, though I got them to be a blessing but not a healing... I didn't know the hadeeth about the locusts :jz:

Next question:

I am mentioned in the Qur'an.

I was eaten.
I was an indication of death.

What am I?

 

[MuslimInshallah]

The answer I had in mind was... locusts:

Apologies if that was a little bit stretched!

No, it was fun! And I don't know about other people, but I didn't know about the golden locusts… so it was a learning experience. (smile) actually, I had to think and research a bit to find possible solutions, so the whole exercise was a form of worship, I think. Thank you!

May Allah Reward all those who help others to think and learn.

 

[Muhammad]

^ I had been thinking winds, though I got them to be a blessing but not a healing...

Oh, what would you use as a reference for the wind being blessing?

 

[Insaanah]

Oh, what would you use as a reference for the wind being blessing?

I was using the following:

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "The wind is the Blessing of Allah. Sometimes it brings His Mercy and sometimes it brings His Chastisement. When you experience it, do not revile it but beg of Allah its good; and seek Allah's Refuge against its evil."

[Abu Dawud with good Isnad].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏ ‏ "‏الريح من روح الله، تأتي بالرحمة، وتأتي بالعذاب، فإذا رأيتموها فلا تسبوها، وسلوا الله خيرها، واستعيذوا بالله من شرها‏"‏‏.‏‏(‏‏(‏رواه أبو داود بإسناد حسن‏)‏‏)‏
Sunnah.com reference : Book 18, Hadith 218
Arabic/English book reference : Book 18, Hadith 1728

http://www.sunnah.com/riyadussaliheen/18/218

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The wind comes from Allah's mercy.

Salamah's version has: It is Allah's mercy; it (sometimes) brings blessing and (sometimes) brings punishment. So when you see it, do not revile it, but ask Allah for some of its good, and seek refuge in Allah from its evil.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، وَسَلَمَةُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَبِيبٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الرِّيحُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَرَوْحُ اللَّهِ تَأْتِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَتَأْتِي بِالْعَذَابِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهَا فَلاَ تَسُبُّوهَا وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ خَيْرَهَا وَاسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Grade : Sahih (Al-Albani) صحيح (الألباني) حكم :
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 5097
In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 325
English translation : Book 42, Hadith 5078

http://www.sunnah.com/abudawud/43/325

 

[Muhammad]

Next question:

I am mentioned in the Qur'an.

I was eaten.
I was an indication of death.

What am I?

Is it the staff of Prophet Sulaymaan :as:?

Then when We decreed death for him [Sulaiman], nothing informed them (jinn) of his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down, the jinn saw clearly that if they had known the Unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating torment. [Saba: 14]

 

[Insaanah]

^ Yes, correct :ma:

 

[AabiruSabeel]

Next question:

 

[Aisha]

Is it the Holy Qur'an?

:ermm:

 

[AabiruSabeel]

^ No, it is something else. Concentrate on the first two lines, because the last two lines are more generalized.

 

[greenhill]

The kaabah?

Being the best of houses of worship, and it was hidden for a long time..

 

[Insaanah]

The well of Zamzam/Zamzam water?

 

[Muslim Woman]

The well of Zamzam/Zamzam water?

I was also thinking so .

 

[AabiruSabeel]

The well of Zamzam/Zamzam water?

Yes, you are right :ma:.

It is reported in a Hadith that Rasulullah :saws: said:
خير ماء على وجه الأرض ماء زمزم، فيه طعام طعم، وشفاء سقم
The best water on the face of the earth is the water of Zamzam; it is a kind of food and a healing from sickness. (Narrated by Tabrani in Mu'jamul Kabeer)

It was hidden for a long time after the death of Isma'il :as: until Allah :swt: guided 'AbdulMuttalib (the Prophet's grandfather) to the location of the well through dreams. He dug the well once again and Zamzam continues to flow since then by the permission of Allah :swt:.

 

[Insaanah]

Jazaakumullah khayr: for all the good questions and the beneficial information.

Also to add, with regards to zamzam being a blessing/blessed:

It was reported in Saheeh Muslim that the Prophet :saws: said to Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him), who had stayed near the Ka’bah and its coverings for forty days and nights with no food or drink other than (Zamzam): “How long have you been here?” Abu Dharr said: “I have been here for thirty days and nights.” The Prophet :saws: said, “Who has been feeding you?” He said, “I have had nothing but Zamzam water, and I have gotten so fat that I have folds of fat on my stomach. I do not feel any of the tiredness or weakness of hunger and I have not become thin.” The Prophet :saws: said: “Verily, it is blessed, it is food that nourishes.” (Narrated by Imaam Muslim, 2473).

http://islamqa.info/en/6383

According to the hadeeth of Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him), the Prophet :saws: said concerning the water of Zamzam, “It is a blessing, and it is food that satisfies.” (Reported by Muslim, 4/1922). Al-Tayaalisi (61) added, in a version that he narrated: “and a cure for the sick.” i.e., drinking the water of Zamzam means that a person does not need to eat, and it will cure his sickness – but this is when he drinks it with faith and sincerity, as proven in the hadeeth of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaari who stayed in Makkah for a month without any nourishment except Zamzam water.

http://islamqa.info/en/1698

Original hadeeth (v. long) here: http://www.sunnah.com/muslim/44/189

 

[Muhammad]

Can I push in before I forget my question...


I am called by different names in the Qur'an

I am mentioned as an example in a verse mentioning Jannah
I am mentioned as an example in a passage mentioning the Hellfire
I am a sign of Allaah's creation

What am I?