Sahih International
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
Sahih International
And if We had decreed upon them, "Kill yourselves" or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But if they had done what they were instructed, it would have been better for them and a firmer position [for them in faith].
Sahih International
And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger - those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favor of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. And excellent are those as companions.If Allah had told you to even kill yourself or become homeless which makes absolutely no sense, do it and there would be khayr and goodness in it. We NEED to have the confidence that EVERYTHING Allah revealed to us no matter how little sense it makes, is for our own good. We need to stand by what we believe and believe it with absolute conviction.
Intellectual confidence is not equal to emotional confidence. Intellectual confidence means knowing in your head that it is the right thing. Emotional confidence means acting upon it without fear and not being lazy about it. Intellectual confidence has to do with aql and emotional confidence has to do with the heart. True confidence is translated into actions. True confidence means that we do not doubt the sunnah and seerah of the Prophet SAWW, and we stand by it, even if people call you crazy. Being called crazy for following the sunnah is also a sunnah of the Prophet SAWW. Islam does not mean to fit into the crowd. Islam is not for fitting into the crowd and going with the flow. We have lost both intellectual and emotional confidence. To develop intellectual confidence, read the seerah of Prophet SAWW.
Allah will give a great reward and an easy road when we stand up for Allah.
Obey Allah AND the messenger. There is no OR. It is AND. It means whoever obeys Allah i.e. the messenger, Then Allah mentions the 4 categories of people who will be in Jannah. Nabiyyen Siddiqeen Shuhada and Saliheen. We cannot be from amongst the Nabiyyen and Siddiqeen but the remaining categories are open. Rafeeq are those friends we hang out and chill out with. When we lose companions by following deen, Allah will replace them with beautiful companions.
We live in 2015. We are used to certain things around us. When we see something over and over again, we become used to them. When we follow Islam, we stand out. Islam is strange for the majority. Even if the vast majority is going opposite to you, you have to rethink for yourself: what you are used to VS. Islam. e.g. people are fighting for gay rights/gay marriages and if you raise your voice, then they will call you judgmental and inhumane. You need intellectual confidence and emotional confidence to fight these new phenomena. Don't worry about getting into trouble for speaking the truth. Every Prophet also faced a lot of opposition for speaking the truth. This their sunnah.
Allah has also made some things halaal, but that does not make it fardh and binding upon us e.g. eating peanuts is halaal, but it is not fardh. We have the right to not eat it. It is fine as long as you do not criticize it and do not criticize those who consume it. It is your personal decision. e.g. polygamy is also halaal in Islam, as long as you treat wives equally. That does not make it binding. Most cultures in the muslim world are not used to polygamy and it is not binding and you can be uncomfortable with it. But it is allowed as long as you meet the requirements. Our messenger SAWW also had multiple wives but he was the best towards them. We should not have any discomfort towards this idea and they are all the mothers of the believers! RA. They are Ummuhaat ul Momineen and we have to respect them and take care of them like our own mothers. Islam means SUBMISSION. You have to submit to Allah SWT and Prophet SAWW and believe that it is the best. You need to love everything they do and believe in it. Do not even let the thought cross your mind that these ideas are strange and unacceptable for you.
We have to understand what Prophet SAWW did. We should know it clearly and that will increase our faith, If somebody comes up to us and says something about the Prophet SAWW, we should first make sure it is authentic and the moment we are sure, we should LOVE it and not let second thoughts cross our mind and we should understand the context in which it was done. e.g. some people manipulate an incident and say that the Prophet SAWW asked to cut somebody's tongue off. A tribal leader became a muslim and he was used to getting the major share of the spoils of war. When he became a muslim, he got an equal share so he began to make poetry that Islam humiliated him. So Prophet SAWW ordered Umar RA to cut his tongue off(which meant that Umar RA give him money to shut him up because he was demoralizing the whole army).
We need to understand everything because we want to understand how he dealt with everything with hikmat and wisdom. He does not owe an explanation to us. We are not trying to judge his actions. He SAWW is only answerable before Allah SWT. We should understand with humility. Learn to understand everything in the right context.
The more we learn Islam, the angrier we get as a people and the more hate we spread. Islam teaches us to hate the sin but never the sinner.
Islam has set beautiful laws. But they are often manipulated by people and misused. That does NOT make the law wrong. The person manipulating it is wrong. Allah says Wattaqullah(Be conscious of Allah) so that you do not misuse it. Allah is watching you! e.g. people misuse divorce laws,polygamy laws
Sahih International
O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Sahih International
Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.
Sahih International
And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted."
Sahih International
If you two [wives] repent to Allah , [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.
Sahih International
Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah ], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.
Sahih International
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
Sahih International
O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.
Sahih International
O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."
Sahih International
O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
Sahih International
Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."
Sahih International
And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."
Sahih International
And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.The Prophet SAWW learned a secret and told it to one of his wives RA. She told somebody else and said do not tell anyone. We also do the same when we share a secret. Everyone ends up knowing it and everyone thinks it is still a secret. Allah revealed that she had let the secret out. These passages are about protecting the trust and not having any competition/jealousy. Such problems even happened in the Prophet SAWW's household so it can also happen in our homes so we need to take guidamcme from Quran on these issues. Then Allah says if you try to defend yourself in front of the Prophet SAWW, then Allah and the angels and the righteous believers are behind him. All these domestic problems are guidance for the whole of humanity. Allah sent this ayah to warn the wives that they are the role model for women and if they do not realize their position, Allah can replace them with better wives. Both sides need to become clear and open in their conversations. Jealousy and breaking the trust can ruin the communication. If you keep things inside, they keep boiling until you explode like a volcano.
It is a Madni Surah but Allah calls out to Kuffaar in ayah 7. In the ayah before and after this, Allah calls out to the Momineen. The answer is that these ayahs are ABOUT believers but Allah calls the believers as kuffaar because they will be from those who did kufr on the day of judgement because they did not follow Allah's advice. If they learn the lesson and internalize it then they are called believers as in ayah 8. Allah often shifts from the future to the past and back again to the present just like they do in movies. Allah often gives us a picture of the future.
Allah begins by telling the momineen to protect themselves from A fire. Allah does not say THE fire. And Allah pinpoints the momineen so even they are in danger. Allah chose to say A fire because the people had been so careless and reckless in their lifestyle as if they are not even aware that there is a fire prepared for them. So Allah reintroduces the fire as A fire. Because they were living their lives as if they do not know about THE fire. Imagine your house is on fire. You will run for safety and protect your family next. You cannot help others if you are not in a safe position yourself. We need to understand that we are in danger and we need to protect ourselves from the fire. We need to be concerned about ourselves.
We need to know how to differentiate culture from religion. We begin to think that our own culture=Islam. We need to know the difference. We mix them up. We are just born into our religion and we never contemplate or choose our religion for our ownselves by going through an intellectual and spiritual process. We sometimes lose deen in when we blend in a culture. Islam does not forbid us from celebrating our own cultures but we just need to make sure nothing is against the spirit of deen. Deen should be OVER culture. We should hold on to our own celebrations, and not celebrate the festivals of other religions. e.g. we wish one another merry christmas although this festival is based upon shirk and shirk is so offensive to Allah SWT that the earth and skies might split open because this is so severe. We will keep losing chunks of our deen with every generation if we get lost in culture.
The fuel of this fire is people and stones. Idols were made of stones. Stone turns into lava when it burns. It is like a volcanic eruption. This is a fire which will never extinguish and we will never die in it. We will be given fresh skins and fresh pain. Nauzubillah. The prison guards are angels. People will beg the guards for mercy but they will only do what Allah commands them to do. These guards are intense and harsh in their punishment. Can you imagine your family in such a prison? They will never get used to the pain. This fire is FOR the believer who rejects Allah's commands. It is for yaa ayyahulazeena aamanoo. Empty kalimah does not matter if we do not believe it with our heart or act accordingly. We can only judge one another by what is apparent. Allah knows truly what is inside us. Allah will address them as disbelievers on that day. Don't make excuses today. The people were asked to believe in the fire but they refuted it. If we do not believe, then there is no accountability.
Turn back to Allah in a way that is pure and sweet. Allah wants us to turn back to Him with love. It does not count if our tawbah is not from the heart and is superficial. We live in a culture where we have to act tough and we have to fight our emotions. We cannot cry in front of others or show any emotion otherwise we will be made fun of. We can't show respect to seniors. We have to put others down to prove ourselves. Our entertainment is so violent now. We become stripped of our emotions and we stop feeling human anymore, and then we get into crimes and violence. We don't own our problems anymore and we blame others because we have to appear perfect. Our culture has beautified bad morals and sensationalized them. Being respectful and decent is considered uncool and dumb now. We need to make tawbah again and again. There is no end to it. We can never be confident. Allah will not disgrace the Prophet SAWW because people are responsible for their own actions and they will not even be called momineen in front of the Prophet SAWW.
There will be a light for those who believe on their right, because of their good deeds. Everybody will have to walk over hellfire,whether believer or disbeliever. When we see it, we do shukr. It will be pitch dark. Even the fire of hell will be pitch dark. We will only be able to see our own light and nobody else's light. The light will be proportion to our good deeds. Some people will have light in which they can barely see. You kept putting yourself in difficult situations displeasing to Allah and you kept delaying change. You kept procrastinating and getting into questionable things. You thought you had time. You started thinking to yourself that it is not that bad. You did not consider your sin bad enough. Shaytaan got to you by making you think like that. A wall will be dropped in front of the one who did sin and they will not get anybody else's light, but if somebody had a scrape of faith, a wall will be dropped for them with a door and they will eventually get out.
Ya Allah, complete our light for us and covers our mistakes. Sins prevent the light from shining brightly.
Allah then presents the example of the wives of Nooh AS and Loot AS, their wives did not believe. This proves that change comes from Allah and not from you and me. They cannot go to Jannah just because they are the wives of the Prophets; We have to save our families from the fire but even after we do our best, if they don't turn back to Allah, we are not going to be answerable for that. We should just do our best and never give up on them.
Then Allah gives the example of the wife of Firawn who could have anything in the world she wanted. She could have all the palaces, all the material things. She is not like the women of today who don't care where the husband gets the money from as long as he pays the bills, and women who don't question where the money is being earned from. We don't care about halaal or haraam anymore. But Firawn's wife had nothing to do with this wealth and she wanted a house near Allah, the King of kings. She had no authority to turn to in dunya because Firawn had all the authority. Rescue me from him and HIS deeds(I do not endorse his deeds and want nothing to do with them).
Then Allah mentions Maryam AS, Hazrat Isa AS spoke in her defence the day he was born when people accused Maryam AS. Hazrat Isa AS was born a hafiz of the Torah of Musa AS whose original form had been lost by then. His birth was a miracle by Allah SWT.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.