"DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL ENTER PARADISE DESPITE THAT THERE HAVE NOT YET COME UPON YOU CIRCUMSTANCES AS OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY BEFORE YOU? THEY WERE AFFLICTED BY HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING AND WERE SO SHAKEN DOWN THAT THE PROPHET, AND THOSE WHO BELIEVED WITH HIM, BEGAN TO SAY: "WHEN THE HELP OF ALLAH (WILL COME)?" BEHOLD, THE HELP OF ALLAH IS NEAR. (SURAH AL-BAQARAH: 214)
Part 2
The second point which is important to consider here is that the Prophets' and their Companions' asking when Allah's help would come wasn't because they didn't have full faith in Allah Ta'alah, which would have been beneath their station. It was because while Allah Ta'alah has promised to send help, He has not specified its time and place. So the reason they uttered these words in distress was a request to send the help early. Making such a prayer is not contrary to one's trust in Allah (Tawakkul) or the station of Prophethood. In fact Allah Ta'alah favours the earnest supplication of His servants, and who would be more deserving of what Allah likes than the Prophets and the pious.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
Part 2
The second point which is important to consider here is that the Prophets' and their Companions' asking when Allah's help would come wasn't because they didn't have full faith in Allah Ta'alah, which would have been beneath their station. It was because while Allah Ta'alah has promised to send help, He has not specified its time and place. So the reason they uttered these words in distress was a request to send the help early. Making such a prayer is not contrary to one's trust in Allah (Tawakkul) or the station of Prophethood. In fact Allah Ta'alah favours the earnest supplication of His servants, and who would be more deserving of what Allah likes than the Prophets and the pious.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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