Lessons 239 to 250
LESSON # 239 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
The Irrational Demand
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –210 of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Wait they for
naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the
clouds with the angles? Then the case would be already judged. And all cases
go back to Allah (for judgment).
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Hal yanzuruuna
‘illaaa ‘any-ya’-tiya-humullaahu fii zulalim- minal-gamaami wal-malaaa-‘ikatu
wa quziyal-‘amr. Wa ‘ilallaahi turja-‘ul-‘umuur.
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Lesson
Allah Almighty granted different powers to the mankind, in which
wisdom and understanding are also included, so that the human being may
distinguish between the right and wrong, good and bad, and the oppression and
justice. Apart from these powers Allah Almighty sent the Prophets (peace be
upon them) for the guidance of the mankind and to prove their truth, He sent also
different signs. So that looking these signs the person would believe in the
Prophets (peace be upon them), think about their teachings and adopt the
pathway to reach the God Almighty. In the signs of Allah Almighty firstly there
are those signs which as if, talk at their own that these all things are
created by the Creator who is Almighty, Wise, Omnipresent, Compassionate and
Kind, for example creation of the universe, its management, its evolution, then
arrangements for the necessities and satisfaction of the mankind.
Secondly the signs
which reached through The Last Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be
upon Him) unto us, for example His (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon
Him) personal perfect Model of personality, His spotless character, His good
attitude and His (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) miracles, etc.
After going through these both kinds of signs the person’s
wisdom demands that the faith should be embraced in Allah Almighty, Who is The
Creator of the entire worlds and Who brings them up. If any person or group
slides back from it then as he is waiting for that The God Almighty have to
come personally in front of him with His Army of the Angles, and tell that ‘It
is My order, accept it’. Looking out of this kind will end on ruin and
destruction of these people. Because neither it has happened earlier and nor
will happen. Allah Almighty gave wisdom and vision, and sent His signs after
it. Now it has become obligation for the mankind to believe in them. If one neither
considers these signs, nor uses his wisdom and understanding, then he will
surely be destroyed because there is none reason remaining not to believe in
Allah. Then the entire mankinds have to be present in the court of Allah.
Because circumference of all the doings is upon the God Almighty and He will
decide their matters.
LESSON # 240 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Lesson From The Children Of Israel
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –211 of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Ask of the
Children of Israel how many a clear Signs We gave them! He who altereth the
Grace of Allah after it hath come unto him (for him), lo! Allah is Severe in
punishment.
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Sal
Baniii-‘Is-raaa-‘iila kam ‘aataynaahum-min
‘Aa-yatim-bayyinah. Wa many-yubaddil ni’-matallaahi
mim-ba’-di maa jaaa-‘at-hu fa- ‘in-nallaaha
Shadiidul- ‘iqaab.
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Lesson
It has been declared earlier that the God Almighty and His
Angels (peace be upon them) never came openly near the human beings, moreover
Allah Almighty has sent always the Prophets and Messengers (peace be upon them)
for the guidance of mankind out of them. In this verse this reality is being
cleared from the history of the children of Israel. Namely ‘We gave many
likewise signs to the children of Israel from which the truth of the existence
of God Almighty, purity and teachings of His Messengers (peace be upon them)
used to open’. But they put back all those signs. Allah Almighty honored them,
but they proved as they were thankless. God Almighty bestowed a lot of
kindnesses upon the children of Israel; some of them are being stated here
briefly:
1. They were set free from the oppression of the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh used to cause the slaughter of the children of Jews and keep their
daughters alive, used to take hard labour from them, disgrace and ruin them in
all respect. Allah Almighty escaped them from his tyranny.
2. A glorious Prophet named Moses (peace be upon him) was
sent by Him into them, who brought them out from the slavery of the Pharaoh,
fear and dominion of the Qabtiis.
3. Drowned their enemy Pharaoh into the sea in front of
them.
4. Kept them under the shadow of clouds during their
period in the deserts of Sinai Valley, brought down Manna and Quail for their
eating, flowed the springs of water.
5. Revealed the Torah upon the Prophet Moses (peace be
upon him) for their guidance.
6. Settled them in the Country Palestine.
7. Maintained a series of the Prophets (peace be upon
them) in their race for a long time.
But despite all these favors the children of Israel followed
their personal desires. They turned their faces from the Holy Book revealed by
Allah Almighty, deviated from His Orders, they remained happy in arbitrary
Business. Allah Almighty sent upon them different kinds of wrath as punishment
for this disobedience, so that they come by the way. But even then their scholars changed the
words and meanings of the orders of God Almighty, and made changes
intentionally in the Holy Book. The public followed them blind. If these people
will resist even now on their words and will not believe in the True and Last
Speech of Allah Almighty “Holy Qur’an”, then remember! Allah Almighty is Severe
in punishment and their end will be the same as it had of the previous nations.
LESSON # 241 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Don’t Make A Jest Of The Believers
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –212 of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Beautified is the
life of the world for those who disbelieve; and they make a jest of the
believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah will be above them on the
Day of Resurrection. And Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.
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Zuyyina
lillaziina kafarul-hayaatud-dunyaa wa yas-kharuuna
minallaziina ‘aamanuu. Wallaziinat-taqaw fawqa-hum
Yawmal-Qiyaamah. Wal-laahu yarzuqu many-yashaaa- ‘u
bi-gayri hisaab.
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Lesson
Reason of revelation of this verse is that the leaders of the
Idolaters used to make a jest of the Muslims, suppose them contemptible. They
used to make a jest of Hadrat Bilal, ‘Ammaar, Suhaib and other
poor Companions (God may please with them) of the Messenger of God Almighty
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) and say, “these stupid persons
accepted the world’s calamities and difficulties on the thought of the
Hereafter (we seek refuge in Allah), and look at Muhammad (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon Him) Who wants conquest over the powerful Arab
leaders and chiefs with the assistance of these beggars, needy and poor people,
and expects to correct the entire world with the help of these poor persons.
This verse was revealed on the base of this buffoonery test and jest of these
people.
They were told that it was ignorance and immaturity to think
like this. They don’t know that these poor and distressed people will be
superior and excellent than these leaders on the Day of Judgment. To whom Allah
Almighty wishes, bestows him uncountable livelihood. So there came a day that
these poor people upon whom the infidels made jokes, got the wealth of Banu
Qureza and Banu Nuzair. And Allah Almighty bestowed them
reign over two major kingdoms of that times - Iran and Rome, and gave then
worldly leadership, wealth and sovereignty.
It has been often seen that the rich persons and leaders who are
deniers of Allah Almighty, they take pride in their wealth and think that they
will purchase every thing of this world, and will conquer every power of the
world with their wealth. Due to this pride and arrogance these people make a
jest of the poor, honest and truth-lovers. To them wealth is the only sign of
the nobility and the state. To them superiority of the morality and purity of
the character is nothing. But they don’t know that the wealth is a moving
shade, it is a passing shadow, sometimes hither and sometimes thither, and it
has no stopping place. The thing on which one hasn’t power and control and
which would be temporary and instable, to take pride in this extent is
unprofitable and useless.
The real thing is goodness and abstinence. It is the greatest
wealth. On The Day of Judgment the best reward will be bestowed in its exchange
and all the rich and deniers will be overwhelmed on that Day. They will drown
in the ignominy and disgrace and will repent on their deeds. How much it would
be good if these persons would understand that Allah Almighty gives livelihood
to creature. He can give it to the honest people after snatching from them.
They shouldn’t make a jest of the poor and needy persons. They should attend to
correct their own Hereafter. May God Almighty guide us so that we don’t say any
thing wrong from our mouths. Aameen.
LESSON # 242 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
One Community
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –213a of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Mankind were one
community, and Allah sent (unto them) Prophets as bearers of good tidings and
as warners, and revealed therewith the Scripture with the truth that it might
judge between mankind concerning that wherein they differed.
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Kaanan-naasu
‘um-matanw-waahidah. Faba-‘asal-laahun-nabiyyiina
Mubash-shiriina wa Munziriin; wa ‘anzala
ma-‘ahumul-Kitaaba bil-haqqi liyahkuma banyan-naasi
fiimakh-talafuu fiih.
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Lesson
‘Um-matanw-waahidah – (one community, one nation) ‘um-mat means
a religious sect or creed. This word has come into use many times ago.
God Almighty commanded that the entire children of Adam (peace
be upon Him) were one community in the beginning. They all had one religion.
They were established on Oneness of God. Whenever any misunderstanding used to
grow in their beliefs, then the Prophets (peace be upon them) were used to send
by God Almighty as bearers of good tidings and warners, and they used to sweep
their differences.
As though, their thought that, “nobody knew about the true
religion in the beginning and for reaching the present ‘Oneness of God’ it has
passed through many stages”, is baseless.
Faba-‘asa – (then He sent) here Fa aims ‘after a
long time’ that is to say when the absurd radicals had invented uncountable
faiths and religions, and the contradictions increased between them.
Mubash-shiriina – (the bearers of good tidings) its origin is bashara which
means ‘happy news, glad or good tidings’. Those persons, who embrace the Divine
law, cause to hear the happy news.
Munziriin – (the warners) it aims that the Prophets (peace be upon
them) were sent to warn the persons who deny and rebel against the laws given
by Allah Almighty.
Liyahkuma – (that it might judge between the mankind) that is to say
‘The God Almighty might decide through these Prophets’ (peace be upon them).
Only one religion has been coming with effect from the Prophet
Adam (peace be upon him). The people put difference in this religion after some
time, then Allah Almighty sent the Prophets (peace be upon them) from time to
time, who used to cause to hear the good tidings of rewards to the Believers
and warn the Infidels from the ignominy, and He revealed also the True Books
(Scriptures), so that the differences and strives may be swept, and the true
religion may escape from their differences.
LESSON # 243 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Religious differences
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –213b of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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And only those
unto whom (the Scripture) was given differed concerning it, after clear
proofs had come unto them, through hatred one of another. So Allah by His
Will guided those who believe unto the truth of that concerning which they
differed. And Allah guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
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Wa
makh-talafa fiihi ‘illallaziina ‘uutuuhu mim- ba’-di
maa jaaa-‘at-humul-bayyinaatu bagyam- baynahum. Fahadallaa-
hullaziina ‘aamanuu li-makhtalafuu fiihi minal-Haqqi
bi-‘iznih. Wallaahu yahdii many- yashaaa-‘u
‘ilaa Siraatim- Mustaqiim.
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Lesson
‘Allaziina ‘uutuuhu – (to
whom it was given) to whom means, “Those people who were given the Holy Books
through the Prophets (peace be upon them), particularly the leaders and Spiritual
Guides of those communities because these persons used to take the people
towards the deviation and people just followed them”.
Bagyam- baynahum – (due to bigotry of one another) here it has been cleared that
the real cause of differences and conflicts was hatred between one another and
carnal-ness. And it wasn’t at all the reason that there was something wrong in
the orders of Allah Almighty.
Bi-‘iznih – (by His Will) in the Holy Qur’an the word Azan has been used for the both
meanings i.e. the order and the permission. Here it means favour and strength
from The God Almighty.
It has been told in this part of the verse that after coming the
Prophets (peace be upon them) and revelation of the Holy Books, these were the
persons who differed, who were given the Scriptures. For example the leaders
and Spiritual Guides of Christians and Jews used to make differences in Torah
and Gospel, change their meanings and do arbitrary in the paraphrase and
explanations of these Scriptures at their own. They didn’t do all these
differences unintentionally. But they did so for bigotry, jealousy of one
another and greed of the worldly wealth and property.
In these situations the people who were seekers of the Faith and
who had the ability of Belief, Allah Almighty guided them to the straight path
with His Mercy and Blessing, bestowed them the strength to follow it, and saved
them from the contradictions of the misled. It is also known from this verse
that it is the custom of the world that the bad people make differences and
remain earnest to do so. Therefore, the Believers shouldn’t follow them.
Moreover they should act according to the guidance and teachings of Prophet of
Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him). The Guidance is
that which has given by the God Almighty and the success will be gotten by
acting upon that manner which Allah Almighty has told.
LESSON # 244 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Moments Of Trial
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –214 of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Do ye think that
ye will enter Paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of
(that which came to) those who passed away before you? Affliction and
adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the
messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh
Allah’s help? Beware! Surely Allah’s help is nigh.
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‘Am hasibtum ‘an-
tad-khulul-Jannata wa lammaa ya’-tikum-masa-lullaziina khalaw min- qablikum.
Massat-humul- ba’-saaa-‘u wazzar-raaa-‘u wa zul-ziluu hattaa
ya-quular-Rasuulu wallaziina ‘aamanuu ma-‘ahuu mataa nasrul-laah. ‘Alaaa
‘inna nasrallaahi qariib.
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Lesson
In this verse Allah Almighty has commanded that it is necessary
for the mankind to compete the hardness, calamities and difficulties for
getting betterment and success. It isn’t right to hope for success without
bearing difficulties and hardships and passing through the test. The greatest
goodness has been declared as the Paradise in this verse and told that too much
great blessing cannot be gotten without hard work. The pathway of the goodness
and Paradise has been made too much difficult that it might be known that ‘who
has the demand and yearning for it?’ Who will have its real quest; he will try
his best using the entire powers and strength which Allah Almighty has bestowed
him for this purpose. He will be ready to sacrifice his everything for this.
Moreover the people, who will get their purposes passing through the hard
paths, they will understand also its real value.
Allah Almighty has proved by giving the reference of the
previous communities that the successors have faced always the hardships and
difficulties because the enemies of Allah Almighty and keeping enmity of the
goodness lack never anything to torture these Believers. They leave them after
making helpless and poor, and tyrannize them at the extent that the Prophet
(peace be upon him) and His Believer Companions call, “O Allah! Now it is the
end of the limit of their torture, when Your help will come?”
Allah Almighty has promised these Believers that His help shall
come surely but there is a fixed rule for this help, at first the people are
tested, when they remain sticking with throughout patient and steadfast, then
finally Allah Almighty gives them success and the enemy of righteousness falls
in the humility and is ruined.
LESSON # 245 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Where Should Be Spent
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –215 of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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They ask thee, (O
Muhammad), what they should spend. Say; that which ye spend for good (must
go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer,
and whatsoever good ye do, lo! Allah is aware of it.
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Yas-‘aluunaka
maazaa yunfiquun. Qul maaa ‘anfaq- tum-min
khayrin- falil-waali-dayni wal- ‘aqrabiina wal- yataa-maa
wal-masaakiini wab-nis-sabiil. Wa maa taf-
‘aluu min khayrin- fa- ‘innallaaha bihii ‘Aliim.
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Lesson
Khayrin – (wealth, goods, property etc.) each type of goodness is
included in the word khayrin i.e. bodily or financial, big or
small, but it also means good earning and the wealth. And here meaning of Khayrin is the wealth.
In this verse it has been mentioned that the Muslims asked from
The Messenger of God Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him),
“what they should spend?” Allah Almighty commanded that they should spend how
much they want out of their good earnings and the pure wealth, beside this
Allah Almighty told about the people upon whom the wealth should be spent:
1. waali-dayni: first right is of our parents out of
our wealth. Alas! Now a days the well to do, the married and the well earner
youngsters don’t recognize the right of their parents.
2. ‘Al- ‘aqrabiina: after the parents comes the right of
the near kindred (close relatives). How much great rule Islam has given
that the charity and goodness should be started from the nearest relatives and
supplied it far away.
3. Wal- yataa-maa: You should take care and train them becoming the shadow over their heads, which are deprived of the shadow of their parents. The Messenger
of Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) has commanded
too much rights of the orphans and fixed it a great virtue to serve them.
4. Wal-masaakiini: those weak and disabled people who are excused to
earn.
5. Wab-nis-sabiil: fifth rank is of the needy wayfarers.
LESSON # 246 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Order Of Warfare
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –216a of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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Warfare is
ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you.
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Kutiba
‘alaykumul-qitaalu wa huwa kurhul-lakum.
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Lesson
We have discussed this matter earlier with detail that the
source of our guidance is only Islam. Islam has complete rules under practice
for our lives. If any person accepts any other religion turning his face from
It, then he will turn away from the real destination, will surrender himself to
destruction going astray. Because meaning of deflecting away from Islam is that
the person will ruin the peace and security, will spread mischief and violence,
will tyrannize others and violate their rights.
Allah Almighty has ordered the Muslims to fight against all
those people who turn away from Islam, remain earnest in spreading evil and
mischief, engage in conspiracies and depravities because they are the enemies
of Islam and ruin the peace. Kill them because only the end of those people can
become the cause of improvement of Islam and prosperity of the universe of the
world.
The Messenger of Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and
peace be upon Him) was ordered for warfare after the migration from Makkah to Madina while
He had to establish the base of new state, preach for Islam openly and had to
bring a new society in existence according to the guidance of Allah Almighty,
but at that time the Muslims were weak and helpless, deficient in numbers,
didn’t had the equipment of warfare and were in the seizure of the worst
condition and anxiety. Therefore it was necessary to undergo invasive naturally
the order of warfare. So they were told that whether the warfare would be how
much hateful to them but they had to do their duty.
The most precious thing for the mankind is his life. Its end is
felt by him unlike and unpleasant. It is common in the warfare leaving one’s
life, loss of lives. But Allah Almighty informed that far-reaching results and
benefits of this warfare are a lot which will result afterward. Therefore if
the unpleasantness is borne temporarily and the loss is endured, then its
result will be much sweet and superior. We should obey the orders of Allah
Almighty without hesitation and caring for the favorite things of the world,.
We should earn the pleasure of Allah Almighty by sacrificing our lives, our
children and wealth.
LESSON # 247 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Love And Hate Of The Mankind
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –216b of 286, Section – 26 (Part - 2)
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And it may happen
that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a
thing which is bad for you. And Allah knoweth, and ye know not.
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Wa
‘asaaa ‘an- takrahuu shay-‘anw-wa huwa
khayrul-lakum. Wa ‘asaaa ‘an- tuhibbuu shay-
‘anw-wa huwa sharrul-lakum. Wal-laahu ya’- lamu
wa ‘antum laa ta’- lamuun.
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Lesson
‘Asaaa – (it may happen, perhaps) it is possible, it may be.
In the first part of the verse God Almighty ordained for warfare
and commanded that apparently the slayer seems bad to you but there is no
resource without it for the life of the community and exaltation of the nation.
Now to clear this subject, it is being commanded in a very good
and unique manner:
“And it may happen that you hate a thing which is good for you,
and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you.” Its evidence is
that, you don’t know about your well and worse. You don’t know, “what is better
for you and what is bad. However The Creator knows very well that what is
better and what is bad. While it is the reality then do that whatever He says
and which He orders. There is kind and good for you in it.
There is no doubt the most difficult thing in this world is to
endanger one’s life and property, and these both fears exist in the warfare.
The human being can’t be ready to sacrifice these precious things i.e. the life
and property easily. However, if he would know that this life and the entire
paraphernalia of this life are casual, and the immortal life and permanent
comfort will be bestowed after it, then these things doesn’t value to the human
being.
Secondly, if the mankind would have sure that his Creator knows
better about his profit and loss than him, moreover he doesn’t have any
knowledge. The entire wisdoms and the goodness are in His control and whatever
He says, that all is for his favour. In this form a person will be ready to
sacrifice either it is his life and property or any other most precious thing.
And at that time nothing will get any value to him.
LESSON # 248 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Warfare In The Sacred Months
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –217a of 286, Section – 27 (Part - 2)
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They question
thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred months. Say: Warfare
therein is a great (transgression).
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Yas-‘aluunaka
‘anish- Shahril-Haraami qitaalin-fiih. Qul qitaalun-fiihi kabiir.
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Lesson
‘Ash-Shahrul-Haraamu – (the sacred month) Lunar year has four sacred months; Muharram,
Rajab, Zi Qa'dah and Zil-Hajjah. These months were
considered very blessed and pure by the Arabs. Even the killing, devastation
and militancy were their occupation, but they used to stop every kind of
warfare during these four months. Here the month of Rajab signifies
particularly towards ‘ash- Shahrul-Haraamu.
Cause of revelation of this verse is that in the 2nd Hijrah once
during the journey, a warfare took place between some Companions (may
God be pleased with them) of the Holy Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and
peace be upon Him) and Idolaters, and one Idolater was killed in the war. To
these companions this warfare was fought on 30th of the month
of Jamadi-as-saani which wasn’t a sacred month, but after that
it was known that the moon of Jamadi-as-saani had become of 29
days, and on which the warfare was fought, that was 1st of Rajab which
was a sacred month.
To this error which happened unknowingly, the Infidels and
Idolaters extended this news very much and began taunting, “See! Now the
Muslims don’t respect these months. They have begun the warfare also in the
month of Rajab.” Due to this reason, those Companions attended the
court of the Prophet (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) and asked,
“It is happened unintentionally. What we have to do now”. Then this verse was
revealed and the Muslims were told that the warfare is a worse thing during the
sacred months but it is; when the sin is done intentionally and having the
knowledge of the sacred months the warfare is fought. And this battle which the
Muslims fought wasn’t fought intentionally but it was their misunderstanding.
The Scholars agree upon this matter that even now whenever the
Infidels will begin fighting in the sacred months then the Muslims can fight
counter and defensive war to save them, can react on their attack because the
human lives are more sacred than the sanctity of these months. It is more
necessary to save them. Although to fight in these sacred months is worse but
the worst things are those which are done by the Infidels. For example, they
don’t believe in Allah Almighty, do worship of more gods instead of the One, do
not believe in the Last Day (the Day of Resurrection), spread the sedition and
quarrelsome, and exile the people from their houses, because these things are
more worse and horrible than the warfare. The Infidels don’t be attentive on
their doings themselves. They began taunting the Muslims upon a little
unknowingly error.
These matters have been discussed in the next part of this verse
which you will read in the next lesson. The Infidels and idolaters don’t see
their own behavior but entangle with the Muslims. They are taunting on an
unintentional mistake.
LESSON # 249 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Behavior Of The Infidels
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –217b of 286, Section – 27 (Part - 2)
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But to turn (men)
from the Way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place
of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah; and
persecution is worse than killing.
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Wa
saddun ‘an- sabiilillaahi wa kufrum-bihii wal-Masjidil-Haraami
wa ‘ikh-raaju ‘ahlihii minhu ‘akbaru
‘indallaah. Wal-fitnatu ‘akbaru minal-qatl.
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Lesson
Sabiilillaahi – (the Way of Allah) its aim is Islam. It is the chosen
path of the God Almighty. The human being can decorate his World and Hereafter
by moving on this pathway.
We have studied in the previous lesson that once in warfare a
few Muslims killed an Infidel. It was happened unknowingly during a sacred
month. The Infidels reproached and taunted them on it. Allah Almighty has
commanded in these verses that although it is sin to fight during any sacred
month, but those sins are comparatively bigger which are done by these
Infidels. Some kinds of sins are being submitted in today’s lesson.
Saddun ‘an- Sabiilillaahi – (to turn (men) from the Way
of Allah) that is to say “to prevent the people from embracing Islam and
torture them with cruelty who have embraced Islam, to threaten them who intend
to embrace Islam”. The Infidels of Makkah used to do all these
evils. They used to forbid the people to believe in the Messenger of Islam
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him). They used to beat them and lay
them down on the hot stones who embraced Islam. They used to prevent them from
leaving the Makkah who wished to move away from this sacred
Place.
Kufrum-bihii – (to disbelieve in Him) second sin which the Infidels
used to do, was “atheism from Allah Almighty, refusal from His Existence and
Virtues”.
‘Al-Masjidil-Haraami – (the Inviolable Place of Worship) Khana Ka’-ba –
this House of Allah Almighty was only for worship, but the Infidels had put in
it uncountable Idols. The Muslims wished to make it the House of Oneness of The
God Almighty, but the Infidels used to prevent them to enter in this Inviolable
Place of Worship and hindered them from doing worship.
‘Ikh-raaju ‘ahlihii – (to expel the people from Makkah, who were its
residents) the Infidels of Makkah tyrannized and oppressed
the Muslims as much that they were compelled ultimate to leave Makkah.
These poor and helpless Muslims took refuge in Madina leaving
behind their families, and ran away to save their lives giving up their entire
family members and properties. How big this sin is which was committed by the
Idolaters of Makkah?
‘Al-fitnatu – (the persecution, mischief, sedition, plundering
and turning the people from true religion) the Infidels of Makkah had been
creating these entire evils but they did not consider them as their crimes.
Allah Almighty commands, “Killing is reasonable in all respect while the
situations arise so”.
LESSON # 250 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Attempts Of The Idolaters
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse –217c of 286, Section – 27 (Part - 2)
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And they will not
cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your
religion, if they can.
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Wa
laa yazaaluuna yuqaatiluuna-kum hattaa
yarud-duu-kum an- Diinikum ‘inis- tataa-‘uu.
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Lesson
It has been cleared openly in this verse that till the time the
Muslims will remain firm on the religion of Allah Almighty, the Idolaters and Infidels
will continue opposing them in all respect. They will not leave any stone
unturned to humiliate in each situation and at every time, desiring they either
get this opportunity in the limits of Haram or during the
sacred and pure month, as they did so at the time of
Hudaybiyah. At that time they
did not care for any respect and blessing, were prepared to kill or die due to
enmity and envy with only the Muslims. And they prevented the Muslims to go
to Makkah and to perform the Pilgrimage (Umrah). So it
should not be cared if these types of the enemies of Islam reproach and
taunt the Muslims. The Muslims should not wait to kill them due to only the
sacred month.
It is also evident from this verse that how much the Idolaters
of Makkah were displeased from Islam and how much they were
enemy of the Truth and the Right. They were insistent with every possible
strength and plan that the Muslims should turn away from their religion; they
were trying their best to prevent the people from embracing Islam, compel them
to believe in the false and old faiths, establish them to do worship of the
Idols, and if possible, erase the name and sign of the Islam.
Here is a question that, “Why the Infidels and Idolaters were
too much opponent of Islam? Why were they pursuing to finish It? Why did they
see the beliefs of the Muslims with bad sight? Why did they hate the teachings
of Islam?
There are the answers of above mentioned questions that they had
made their religion, their politics and their culture according to their
manners at that time. Their aims and purposes were limited only up to their own
welfare and wellbeing. They wished to retain the traditions of their own
society. Contrary to this the Islam delivered the message of accomplished
equality and global development, provided equal rights to every person being
the mankind, refused to accept the existence of any particular interested
society. So those all persons who conceived at the limited scale and who were
miserly and selfish, they prepared themselves for enmity and malice.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English byMarmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif).
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