Ayat 4 Of Surat Qalam Considered.

Assalam alaikum,

In Ayat 4 of Surat Qalam of the Holy Qur'an, Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, says:--

"SURELY, YOU ARE UPON A TREMENDOUS CHARACTER (Khuluq azeem).."

When A'isha, Mother of the Believers/Wife of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was asked about the character of the Envoy of Allah, she answered, "His character was the Qur'an". She said that because he was unique in character, and that unique character had to bring together all noble character traits. God Almighty described that character as being "TREMENDOUS" just as He described the Qur'an in His words, "THE TREMENDOUS QUR'AN"-(15:87). So, the Qur'an is his character, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam.

If a person in the community of the Messenger of Allah who has not met the Messenger of Allah desires to see him, let him look upon the Qur'an. When he looks upon it, there is no difference between looking upon it and looking upon God's Messenger. It is as if the Qur'an takes the configuration of a corporeal form which is named MUHAMMAD IBN ABDULLAH IBN ABD AL-MUTTALIB.

The Qur'an is Allah's Speech and His attribute, so Muhammad in his entirety is the attribute of God, "SO HE WHO OBEYS THE MESSENGER, HAS OBEYED GOD"-(4:80), since "HE DOES NOT SPEAK OUT OF CAPRICE" (53:3), as he is the 'spokesman' of God, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam.