Surah baqarah ayah 26-29

2:26

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Sahih International

Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allah intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

2:27

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In the world, there has never been such a revolution where the thinker and the one carrying the idea is the same person. Usually the thought is given by a philosopher which takes hundreds of years to materialise into a revolution which is led by someone else. The Prophet SAWW received revelation at 40 years and brought about a complete revelation in only 23 years which was in every minor and major sphere of life. Revelations are usually EITHER on a public level or a personal level and never affect every sphere of  life.  The Quran lives in the hearts of people so even if all books of the Quran are taken away, the Quran will continue to live in the hearts of the people. No other book can be recovered in this way. The words of Allah are like an ocean which never dries, and people will find new treasures every time they dive into the ocean of the Quran. 


>There is no doubt that Allah is not embarrassed to strike an example. Allah deliberately gives easy examples as Allah comes down to our level and wants to enhance our understanding just like a good teacher. 
Striking an example is an arabic figure of speech, just like when you strike something it makes noise and everybodys attention is diverted towards the source, 2ndly it means that the example has an impact on the people..so Allah is not embarrassed to strike an example even if its that of a baby mosquito or even smaller than that..fauqa means above and beyond(meaning even more miniscule than that). Baooza was the smallest insect visible to the eyes of Arabs, a baby mosquito or a fraction of a mosquito. Fauqaha means even bigger than that or even more far fetched than that. 

In surah Hajj Allah gives the example of a fly, you cannot even create a fly even if you come together to do it. The point isn't the example, the point is that what is the point behind that example, just like a teacher uses examples to convey his point

Allah said His book is a guidance in the beginning of this surah..so people who reject it try to come up with things to substantiate their claim,so they make fun of these examples..why does your God give such silly examples? As for the believer when he hears an example, even if he doesnt fully understand it he submits to it and declares Allahs greatness.HAQQ means that it is purposeful and rightful and has worth and there is a reason for it.  A believer's attitude should be full of humility like a slave, and even if we do not understand something we should make dua that Allah opens the door to wisdom for us. Allah tells all these examples for our understanding so we should be grateful. 

The disbelievers ask:what does Allah intend by using THIS as an example?they are saying whats the point of talking about that?(in a condescending way). They are too caught up in the objects used as examples to bother about the lesson. Our deen does not discourage questions but the questions have to be with the right attitude with the intention of understanding, NOT criticising. Allah says that He misguides with it many and guides with it many.IT could refer to this example...and it could also refer to the Quran..this shows that guidance depends upon the motives with which the person comes to the Quran..if somebody comes with poison in his heart he wont be guided

Allah first mentions the misguided because they are greater in number..then Allah clarifies that only that person is misguided who is inherently corrupt, the faasiqeen. Fasaqa is basically used for peel that has gone bad and the inside comes out of that.  The corruption in these people is so bad that it starts coming out and the filth could not be contained within them.

Sahih International

Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

2:28

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Naqada means to undo a knot. It refers to those who untie the promise made to Allah because the promise used to tie us to Allah. Usually a rope is used to tie something, and the Quran is the rope which ties us to Allah. This refers to those who let go of Quran's words and the promise. And they untied the knot after it was tied STRONGLY (misaaqihi)

Fasiqeen are those who violated the covenant..the 1st covenant was the 1 made when all souls testified to Allah(surah airaf 177)..the appreciation of Allah was installed in our hard drives even before we matured..so these people broke that covenant

There are people even among muslims who have taken the covenant over again and took their shahadah, even they question the Quran,theres no room for us to say I dont think this makes sense/I dont agree with it

They cut apart what Allah had enjoined to be kept together..this refers to islamic brotherhood..this also refers to the faasiqs family relations as the faasiq cuts off relations. Some relations are tied by blood and cannot be cut apart no matter what we say. The faasiqeen sever their ties with Allah and with the people. When these relationships are cut then this results in fasaad on the Earth. 

One of the movements within hypocrisy was to separate Quran from sunnah..even in the Prophet SAWW's time..Allah has commanded that Quran and sunnah SHOULD be together..but the munaafiq wants to separate those two so that he can interpret the Quran in whatever way he likes..he is no longer caged by the ahadith..even today people say that they are not obligated to follow the Prophet SAWW..this is an attack directly on the Quran, not on the sunnah and theres no room to make this claim

They cause corruption in the land,other people suffer as a result..Allah says that even though they think they are harming others,they themselves are the losers as the harm to their own selves is the greatest

Sahih International

How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

How can any of you disbelieve in Allah?be ungrateful to Allah?you used to be dead and he brought you to life then he will give you death again and bring you to life again then you will be returned..our entire life is described in this ayah..so how can we be ungrateful when we know that we have to return to Allah and answer to Him?we are on a conveyer belt whether we like it or not, we are constantly moving towards our return

All of the creation on Earth was created at the same time and we were with Allah in aalam e arwah. We used to speak to Allah directly. Allah asked us am I not your master and we testified that Allah is our master.Then Allah put us under some kind of sleep so we became lifeless. Then Allah brought us to life by putting rooh inside our body and bringing us to life on Earth. Then we will die again and be returned to Allah. So we have two lives and two deaths. Allah begins with lifeless but we can only be lifeless once we have experienced life (which was in alam e arwah in the company of Allah). We are all on the filtrat of Allah. We have glimpses of the sifaat of Allah. Allah has created us as a reflection of His qualities in some form. Our desire for better and more and for perfection will never be satisfied in this world but will only be satisfied when we meet Allah.

The more we love someone, and the more we care, the more expectations we have and the more hurt we become if they are not met. We are very close to Allah because we were together in alam e arwah and we have a special connection with Allah. The prophet SAWW is the closest to Allah who went even as far as the heavens on mairaj. Even the angels did not compare to the rank of our humans and Jibrael AS the mighty angel could not even go as far as the Prophet SAWW. But we forget the closeness and we become obsessed with the dunya and bodily needs and the material world. When we hold on to the rope of Allah through revelation, we are connected to Allah. 

2:29

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It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

He created whatever is on the Earth for all of us,for all nations,for all the humanity..Recall that jannah is also created for us..so how are these two different?The purpose of dunya is to be a tool to get to hannah..


Allah created EVERYTHING for ALL OF US(Jameean- all religions and races and castes) so that means everything has a purpose and benefit for humans. Everything is of use to us. And everything is supposed to be shared with everyone and all humans have to use resources collectively. How can things like harmful animals and pests be of benefit to us? Such things are a benefit to our rooh because they remind us of what Allah might have put in jahannum as punishment so they remind us of our mission.  

Allah not only made things ONLY practical for us or ONLY beautiful for us but rather Allah made them both practical and beautiful to satisfy both kinds of people and both these traits in people. The Quran is also not only practical but also beautiful, so it has a list of laws and halal haram but is also extremely beautiful. Both these aspects compliment each other and complete each other. 

Sakhara means to domesticate animals and take control over them. Allah says he subdued the universe and did taskheer for ALL of us. How is everything under out control?Allah subdued for us everything on earth so that we could extract maximum benefit from everything. Allah also subdued the skies for us so everything is perfectly in orbit and nothing harms the earth(Allah has kept away meteors and other such chaotic things),  and has also subdued the skies for us so that we can travel in the skies. Allah also humbled the earth so that we are protected from natural disasters like volcanoes, earthquakes etc. The earth is waiting to explode and shake,  and the earth can be destroyed any moment by a flying star or meteor gone chaotic, but it is waiting for Allah's command, and on the day of judgement everything will be turned over. 

Allah turned His attention UPWARDS/Towards the sky and balanced it in seven layers. Istawa is used to climb on something e.g. when Hazrat Nooh AS's qaum climbed on the ship, or it is used to climb on animals. Allah rose up on a throne. Imam Malik RA's explains how to understand this because we start imagining things and often our imagination goes wild. Imam Malik RA says that it is something we have to believe in and asking useless questions about it is a form of biddah as it is focusing on things which do not concern us. We are only supposed to ask meaningful questions in deen.  Allah says HE knows everything(while we were having curiosity about how it happens). Allah puts us back in our place because we only know what Allah gives us of His knowledge.  Some people become obsessed with trying to interpret such mutashaabihat but we should humbly stay away from it. 

Thumma is not used here for order but it is used for MOREOVER: Not only did Allah make the earth but he also made the skies. Allah made everything full of blessings for us so that we could be appreciative and we could utilise it in good. Allah created seven skies but probably we have only gotten as far as the first sky because Allah says Allah has adorned the first sky  above the Earth with stars and all we have been able to see are stars. 

How did Allah rise to the sky?a bedouin kept asking such mutashaabihaat question from everyone,hazrat umar punched him in the face..because we are not supposed to delve into the mutashabihaat..the purpose of Allah mentioning these things is not for us to question unnecessarily but rather to be humbled..we are put in our place.

Human beings are always in pursuit of happiness but that will only be fulfilled when we reach Allah. Allah Himself says ala rabbikal muntaha(the intehaa is towards Allah). Allah is the one who makes us laugh and cry. The ultimate crying is not due to sadness but it is due to joy, when we meet Allah and are in His company.