Lessons 155 to 166
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LESSON # 155 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Steadfastness And Prayer
Verse –153 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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O ye who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Lo!
Allah is with the
steadfast.
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Yaaa-‘ayyuhallaziina ‘aa-manusta-‘iinuu
bis-Sabri was-Salaah. ‘Innallaaha
ma-‘as-saabiriin.
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Lesson
‘Ista-‘iinuu – (seek help) infinitive mood of this word is ‘isti-‘aanat and
the matter is ‘awn which means help.
It was discussed in the previous lessons that the God Almighty has
granted the Muslims a very high post. That is to say, they should remove the
plurality and worshipping of Idols from the world, convey the message of Unity
(Oneness of God) in all parts of the world and perform the duty of leadership
and guidance for the entire nations. It was necessary to support this
responsibility that superior virtues and kind manners be grown into the
Muslims.
Three out of these qualities have been mentioned in the former
lesson, namely:
Do worship of the Allah Almighty and obey His orders whole
heartedly.
Spend the powers and strength granted by Him at the proper
places/circumstances.
Esteem highly all the blessings and favors of God Almighty and do
not be ungrateful. It has been commanded in today’s lesson that “Seek help of
God Almighty in steadfastness and offer prayers for success.
Two methods have been narrated here to seek help of the God
Almighty:
Seek help in steadfastness during difficulties and calamities.
Offer prayers regularly.
To achieve the object, the calamities and difficulties will come
without fail. So someone should not leave steadfastness for the real point.
Sabr – (steadfastness, patience, power of encounter) to stop
oneself from confusion during the circumstances of poverty and displeasing
condition, to encounter with strength during difficulties and troubles, control
over sensual wishes.
It is the reality of the thought and prayer that the spirit gets
power with the remembrance of God Almighty. That group or party never fails in
which these two powers grow.
Then it is commanded that the people who will remain firm on the
steadfastness during the coming difficulties on following their cause, they
will get particular help and coexistence of the God Almighty. And it is clear
that which group or party is supported by Allah Almighty that can never be
unsuccessful. We should produce these virtues in ourselves and become zeal for
preaching and invitation.
LESSON # 156 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Martyrs Remain Living Forever
Verse –154 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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And call not those who are slain in the Way of Allah
“dead”. Nay, they are living, only ye perceive
not.
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Wa laa taquuluu li-many-yuqtalu fii sabiilil-laahi
‘am-waat. Bal ‘ah-yaaa-‘unw-wa laakil-laa
tash-‘uruun.
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Lesson
Fii sabiilil-laah – (in the Way of Allah) it is revealed that there is no any
particular path in the shape of road or highway. Moreover the path of God
Almighty means the manner which He has fixed, for instance to spend the wealth,
to strive for the Path of God Almighty etc.
Now the recitation regarding the circumstances and conditions
begins where there is need of the steadfastness. Every body will face these
circumstances and conditions that is going on the straight path, justice and
truth, and inviting others for it, because it is impossible to differentiate
between good and bad without calamities, difficulties and troubles. In the Holy
Qur’an where the philosophy of fights and killing have been mentioned on many
places, there it has also been cleared that the war took place and the Muslims
faced difficulties only due to the reason that the difference between Believer
and Hypocrite
may be cleared.
Second reality is that the life of the nations is connected
with the blood of the Martyrs as crops need water and heat of the sun like this
the independence can not be gotten till the time the necks do not cut, blood of
the Crusaders does not flow, the people of the nation are not killed and every
body of the nation is not ready to produce his head to be sacrificed.
When the honorable people of the nation begin to be killed then
into the nation passion and tumult grows in the nation. Any other nation does
not have courage to encounter it. This passion and tumult is the real life and
main vein of the nation. So the God Almighty commands that the persons who will
produce their lives in Our path, their nation can never become slave of
enemies.
Cause of the try and strive is to be prepared to sacrifice oneself
for the security of the future generation and coming breeds. It is clear that
there is no any act so much true and without affinity which may be collection
of passions for security of one’s breed and service of humanity. So it became
necessary that its rewards would also be forever and remain always. It has been
signified in this verse that while the just can never go to end then how it may
be that who sacrifices his life in His path, the death prevails over him, that
is to say that he will never die. So the Martyr remains alive always. However,
we do not have the sense of his life due to our own
misunderstanding.
LESSON # 157 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Trial And Examination
Verse –155 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger,
and loss of wealth and lives and fruits. And give glad tidings to the
steadfast.
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Wa lanablu-wannakum- bi-shay-‘im-minal-khawfi
waljuu-‘i wa naqsim-minal-‘amwaali wal-‘anfusi
was-samaraat. Wa bash-shiris-Saabiriin.
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Lesson
It was stated in the previous verse about the people who acquired
higher post of steadfastness, that is to say they fought in the way of God
Almighty and were put to death as martyrs in the path of Truth. Now in this
verse it is mentioned that the Muslims will face these types of trials and
tests during their lives which will be more troublesome than the death to
maintain its stability. The person should never show weakness and cowardice-ness
during these kinds of situations. Moreover they should take strength from the
steadfastness and continue to obey the commands of God Almighty happily with
His assent.
These tests will appear in the different shapes, for example fear
of the enemy, danger of banishment, confinement and imprisonment on speaking
the truth, season of dearth or famine, shortage of the basic needs of life,
wealth and property, deficiency in livelihood and employment, killing of
nearest relatives, friends and supporters in the path of God Almighty, looking
mortality, ruin and expiration of own relatives during the war against enemies
of Allah Almighty and His Messenger (glory, grace, blessings and peace be
upon Him), shortage of fruits, other eatable and drinkable things etc.
The people will be tested through all these difficulties,
calamities, and troubles from time to time, their perseverance, steadiness and
steadfastness will be seen. It is not too much easy to include one between the
steadfast. So it is warned here that a lot of troubles like these may be faced
during try for doing benediction and prestige of God Almighty, but it is the
demand of steadfastness that instead of being afflicted and broken hearted we
should remain zealous and earnest in inclination of our cause. Conception to
achieve it should remain firm with full strength and keep it up with the
tireless hardworking.
LESSON # 158 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Nature Of The Enduring
Verse –156 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! We are Allah’s and
lo! Unto Him we are
returning.
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‘Al-laziina ‘izaaa ‘asaabat-hum-musiibatun, qaaluuu ‘innaa
lillaahi wa ‘innaaa ‘ilayhi raaji-‘uun.
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Lesson
Musiibatun – (calamity, woe, trouble) its literal meanings are misery,
distress, accident, chance. Once the Messenger of Allah Almighty (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him) commanded that which thing a Muslim feels un-pleasant that
is the musiibat for him. So it is known that this word has
many vast and common meanings.
We have studied in the verse before it that the Muslims will
be tested by the God Almighty through different manners of difficulties,
calamities, and troubles from time to time, the person who will keep
perseverance and steadfastness he will succeed easily in these tests. So the
future result of the steadfast will be better. The token of the patients has
been mentioned in the today’s verse that the people who say at the time
of musiibat, “Lo! We are Allah’s and lo! Unto Him we are
returning”, they are included in the steadfast.
We have learnt three things in this verse:
1. We all and our every thing is the property of the
God Almighty. Nothing is our own including ourselves, our every thing, wife,
children, wealth, property, native country, dynasty, body and soul. It is the
cause of grief, sorrow, pain and desire of the human being that he supposes his
beloved things as his own. When this thought will be expelled from the mind and
considered that the God Almighty is the Master, Possessor and Owner of every
thing then there will be no space for sorrow, sadness and displeasure. We have
to repeat these words in each hard, difficult, trouble and calamity, “Ours is
nothing here. Every thing is of the God Almighty and has to return towards
Him”.
2. Wishing the sorrows, troubles, pains and
difficulties are how much heavy, all are temporary, mortal, transitory, coming
and going. These all will end and soon we would have to attend the Court of
Real Master Almighty, so why should we be afraid of them.
3. These calamities and tests are not useless by
chance. Their remuneration and reward shall be granted during the second life
i.e. on the Doomsday. The person who bore them with steadfastness, remained
firm on the Just and did not left the real cause, he shall be rewarded due to
his fortitude.
A person how much will have strong faith on these fidelities, so
much he will remain in contentment and quiet. We should bear in our minds these
things well efficiently so that it may become print on our hearts. Although the
relation of steadfastness is with the heart but due to saying these words with
tongue, the tongue becomes companion of the heart and the person gets power and
strength from it. It has been mentioned about the Messenger of God
Almighty (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him) that He used to recite “‘innaa lillaahi
wa ‘innaaa ‘ilayhi raaji-‘uun” (Lo! We are Allah’s and lo!
Unto Him we are returning) in even light from the light difficulty, trouble or
un-pleasant situation.
LESSON # 159 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Blessings & Mercy For The Steadfast
Verse –157 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and
mercy. And such are the rightly
guided.
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“Ulaaa- ‘ika ‘alayhim sala-waatum-mir-Rabbihim
wa rahmah. Wa ‘ulaaa-‘ika hu-mul-Muhtaduun.
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Lesson
Sala-waatun – (blessings) this word is plural of salaaat. Besides
its meaning as prayer, it is also used in the meanings of blessings, humbly
making requests (to God Almighty for something), do worship, commune with God
and mercy.
Muhtaduun – (the rightly guided persons) this word is for the guidance. It
has been explained in the first Surah, verse: 5, 6 & 7 (Show us the
straight path, the path of those whom Thou hast favored; Not (the path) of
those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray).
In this verse there is happy news for those persons who obeyed the
orders of the God Almighty and acted upon His commands.
It was mentioned in the previous verses that the Muslims would be
used to test their strength of faith, obedience, submission and worship. They
will be examined by putting them in difficulties and troubles of various sorts.
They would have fear of the opposite of enemies. They will be tortured by the
selfish on speaking the truth. They will bear the pressure of the opposite,
famine and dearth, starvation and poverty, loss of life and property,
deficiency in eatables and drinkables. They will have to endure all these
troubles.
The human being can stray from justice coming in greed, avarice
and temptation due to these calamities and troubles. So the persons who will
not leave the cause of raising the name of God Almighty and His Religion not to
care for the enmities, but will remain firm on it with perseverance, fortitude
and steadiness. They will be included in the steadfast. These types of persons
will say, “We and our every thing is only for the God Almighty and at last we
have to return towards Him. If during try and strive it will harm to us or our
things the God Almighty is the Sole Commander to bestow us better reward for
it. We believe that He shall give us remuneration for these matters”.
It has been mentioned in this verse that remuneration of the
steadfast like these persons is much great. They will be particularly blessed
by Us in this world as well as on the Day of Resurrection. We shall continue
Our Mercy upon them. So they should not withdraw due to the fear of the enemies
of the Truth. Moreover they should rise to these situations of tests.
It has also been stated that the steadfast in the tests and
examinations are on the straight path, and they will reach the God Almighty
successfully.
LESSON # 160 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Customs Of The Pilgrimage
Verse –158 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the signs of
Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on Pilgrimage to the House (of
God) or performs Umrah, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he
who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive,
Aware.
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‘Innas-Safaa wal-Marwata min-Sha-‘aaa-‘irillaah.
Faman hajjal-Bayta ‘awi’-tamara falaa junaaha
‘alayhi ‘any-yat-taw-wafa bihimaa. Wa man-
tataw-wa-‘a khayran, fa-‘innallaaha Shaakirun ‘Aliim.
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Lesson
As-Safaa wal-Marwata – (Safaa and Marwah) near
the Inviolable Place of Worship (Masjid-i-Haraam) these are
two hills. Safaa is on the right hand and the Marwah is
on the left side. There is a distance of nearly 275 yards between them. Verbal
meaning of the Safaa is pure stone or genuine rock and verbal
meaning of the Marwa is white soft stone. Prophet Abraham
(peace be upon Him) left His wife Ajar (compliments for Her) and His son
Prophet Ishmael (peace be upon Him) in the Faran valley and
returned. He (Ishmael) was still an innocent infant. When the eatables and
drinkables ended which was held with the mother and the infant, the infant
began to flutter due to thirst. His mother used to run on these two hills
hither and thither with utmost restlessly and unstrung to see the fountain of
water anywhere.
Sha-‘aaa-‘irillaah – (the signs of God Almighty). Sha-‘aaa-‘ir is
plural of Sha-‘iirah that means appointed place for worship or
manners of worship. During the Pilgrimage on which appointed places and manners
the customs of Pilgrimage are performed, those all are included in “the signs
of God Almighty”.
Hajj – in the Islamic worships it is the
fourth pillar. During the month of Zil-Hajjah on appointed
dates with the proper manner Pilgrimage of the Khana Ka’-ba, to
kill an animal particularly during the particular days, going round the Holy
Shrine (Khana Ka’-ba), to do endeavor of Safaa and Marwa,
and obeying other Customs is called Hajj.
Umrah – (a manner of the pilgrimage of Khana Ka’-ba).
Its reward is not equal to the Hajj. There is no date or month fixed for this
worship. Its customs are brief also.
Some customs of Hajj have been mentioned in this verse. God
Almighty commands that these are not only the customs but these are also the
signs of Allah Almighty. Its purpose is to grow passion of goodness into the
human beings. He should bow his body and place his forehead on the ground
(prostrate) in the Court of Allah
Almighty being pure from the sins.
Almighty being pure from the sins.
LESSON # 161 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Accursed By Allah
Verse –159 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Lo! Those who hide the proofs and the guidance which We
revealed, after We had made it clear to mankind in the Scripture: such are
accursed of Allah and accursed of those who have the power to
curse-
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‘Innallaziina yaktumuuna maaa ‘anzalnaa minal-bayyi-naati
wal-hudaa mim- ba’-di maa bayyan-naahu linnaasi
fil-Kitaabi, ‘ulaaa-‘ika yal-anu-humullaahu wa
yal-‘anu-humul-laa-‘inuun.
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Lesson
‘Innallaziina yaktumuuna – (Those persons who hide) this word has come out from the
word kat-maan, that means to hide anything intentionally and where
it is necessary to disclose, it is not disclosed there. It is signified towards
the people of Scripture and all those persons who do so.
Al-bayyi-naatu – (the proofs, clear orders) it means those signs and orders which
are clear and splendid themselves. Moreover bayyi-naat also
means the proofs of the prophet-hood of Muhammad (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him).
Al-laa-‘inuun – (The persons who have the power to curse) its matter is la’an and
single laa-‘in. La’-nat means curse, reproof and
reproached. According to the phrase of Divine Law of Religion it signifies the
person who is deprived from the Mercy of Allah Almighty, away from the Kindness
of God Almighty.
We have read in the previous lessons that the human beings should
grow into them superior qualities and the best morality. They should remain
busy in the worship of God Almighty and recitation, and preach the others to
choose the straight path, not to get rid of the patience during troubles,
calamities and difficulties, use the blessings and favors of God Almighty
correctly on proper places and should not be ungrateful to Him.
In this verse it has been discussed that the persons who will hide
the proofs and the guidance which the God Almighty revealed, will not preach
the others, will tell the people false and self made manners, hide the
foretelling and proofs mentioned in the Heavenly Books (Scriptures) about the
Last Messenger Muhammad (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon
Him), such people are accursed of Allah Almighty and accursed of those
people who have the power to curse. Like these people go away from the Mercy
and Kindness of the God Almighty, because whenever the misfortune is revealed
due to hide the Truth then other creature also falls in its
whirlpool.
LESSON # 162 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Terms And Conditions For Penitence
Verse –160 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Except those who repent and amend make manifest (the truth).
These it is toward whom I relent. And I am the Relenting, the
Merciful.
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‘Illal-laziina taabuu wa ‘as-lahuu
wa bayyanuu fa-‘ulaaa-‘ika ‘atuubu ‘alayhim.
Wa ‘A-nat-Tawwaabur-Rahiim.
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Lesson
Taabuu – (repent, the persons who did penitence). Taw-bah means
repentance from sins, sorrow for wrongdoings, and return to the straight path,
to shun or abstain from any evil and to device or intend to leave it for
future.
Allah Almighty has declared three terms and conditions for
forgiveness of sins in this verse:
Penitence, it means decide to leave the sin with its perception
and admission.
Correction – rectify the created badness due to sins and mischief.
Compensate the oppressed; disclose the matters which were hidden
to commit the crime.
It has been expressed in the previous verses that the children of
Israel and the Christians used to change the Orders and Instructions revealed
by the God Almighty due to worldly greed and avarice or afraid of enmity on
speaking the Truth, and used to hide the real Orders. So due to their hiding
the Just many people used to go astray, the Believers used to lie down in
doubts and the followers of the truth used to face the troubles of various
sorts. So the God Almighty determined them Accursed.
The news regarding Prophet-hood of the Messenger Allah Almighty,
Muhammad (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him) was revealed in the ancient Heavenly Books (Scriptures) of
the children of Israel and the Christians, but when they saw that they would
get worldly loss due to believing on the Prophet-hood of the last Messenger of
God Almighty (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him), their monopoly would end, they began to hide this Glad-tidings.
The God Almighty proclaimed about like these sinners that they
will be thrown away from the Mercy of God Almighty as punishment and they will
become target of cursing and taunting of the God Almighty’s other creature.
In this verse Allah Almighty has commanded that these accursed
persons should not become hopeless entirely. Moreover if they abstain from bad
habits and hiding the Truth, and “repent and amend make manifest (the truth).
These it is toward whom I relent. And I am the Relenting, the Merciful”.
Moreover they will come under the shadow of His Mercy. They will be entitled
for His blessings and favors.
LESSON # 163 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
The Death of Atheism
Verse –161 & 162 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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161. Lo! Those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbelievers;
on them is the curse of Allah and of angels and of men combined.
162. They will dwell therein for ever. The doom will not
be lightened for them, neither will they be
reprieved.
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161. ‘Innallaziina kafaruu wa
maatuu wa hum kuffaarun ‘ulaaa-‘ika ‘alayhim
la’-natul-laahi wal-‘malaaa-‘ikati wan-naasi ‘ajma-‘iin.
162. Khaalidiina fiihaa. Laa
yukhaffafu ‘anhumul-‘azaabu wa laa hum
yunzaruun.
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Lesson
In the previous verse it was commanded by the God Almighty that
“those persons who will repent from their sins, evil doings and penitent on
these sins, intend not to do so in future and amend make manifest (the truth),
I shall forgive them, these are the persons towards whom I relent with Kindness
and I shall bring them under the shadow of Mercy. And I am the Relenting, the
Merciful”. The sinners and the evildoers were preached through this command and
they were induced to become the Good. Those people are really the foreseeing
who will get advantage from this concession.
Now in this verse it has been discussed about the persons who do
not get advantage from this concession. Moreover they use to remain on the
wrong due to bigotry and anger. The persons who adopted the manner of
Infidelity and then dwelled on it for ever, they never bent towards the
straight and the path of faith, always lived sinful and evildoing life and died
in the same condition of infidelity; such persons are accursed of Allah,
accursed of His Angels (peace be upon Them) and accursed of entire those people
who have the power to curse. It means that they went away from the Mercy of God
Almighty, blessing of the Angels (peace be upon Them) and kindness of the human
beings. Moreover their punishment would be that they will remain into the Hell
for ever, they will meet their doom constantly and continuously and they will
never get time to escape themselves from the agony.
The teachings of Islam regarding forgiveness and punishment are
infinite natural and fair. At one side the Islam has taught the manner of
penitence that whenever the human being will feel the sense of sin, he should
correct himself recognizing it then he will get forgiveness from the God
Almighty. On the other hand it has been proclaimed that the person who will
continue doing sins and evils, and does not shun from the infidelity and
partnership with God Almighty, becoming prisoner he is forfeited from the Mercy
of Allah Almighty.
LESSON # 164 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
God Is One God
Verse –163 of 286, Section – 19 (Part 2)
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Your God is One God; there is no God save Him, the Beneficent,
the
Merciful.
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Wa ‘Ilaahukum ‘Ilaahunw-Waahid. Laaa
‘ilaaha ‘illaa
Huwar-Rahmaa-nur-Rahiim.
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Lesson
The important question of Islam is the matter of Unity (Oneness of
God Almighty). It has been repeated in the Holy Qur’an again and again. The
root of the entire Faiths and base of all the good works establishes on this
Belief that Lord of the whole mankind, Master of the Universe, Entitled of the
Worship and Accountant for the Day of Resurrection is only One God. Only that
person goes near the sins, evils and badness who neither believes on the
Existence of the Most Superior and the Excellent Life of God Almighty and nor
on His Power, Strength and on the Doomsday.
As the people of Scripture and Atheist nations had much depravity,
barbarous-ness, dark notion and worshipping of whims, to remove this tendency
Islam has presented the greatest Belief of Unity (Oneness of God) and told that
there is only One God Almighty Who completes all the necessities of each human
being. He is the God Almighty Who helps during the times of difficulties,
troubles and pains, Who tests after granting the blessings and favors, Who
provides the eatables and drinkables, and forgives the sins wit His
Mercy. So He is the Only One to be Worshiped, to be Called each time, to
be deemed our Master and Lord. We should have sense about counting of our good
and bad deeds and answerable in His Court on the Day of Resurrection.
There is the only one faith, which is the Unity (Oneness of God),
which helps us to fix upon the straight path. We shall become thoughtful after
obeying on this belief, anyhow we might not go astray from the actual path, and
we might not treat others with bad behavior. As the God Almighty is the
Merciful upon us, likewise we should also behave with mercy and kindness with
His creature.
Particularly two matters have come in front of us from this verse:
Allah Almighty is the only Life to be worshipped, to be obeyed and
our Commander in Chief. There is none to be bent in front except Him.
Kind nature with blessings of God Almighty is with whole Grace and
Mercy. No doubt He is the Omnipotent and Very Powerful but His Mercy is
containing over the entire things. The mankind should never be hopeless and
desperate from His mercy.
Desiring the difficulties are how much bigger, contest is how much
strong, if we are on the Just God Almighty shall help us. He will never return
us disappointed from His Court.
LESSON # 165 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Signs Of The God’s Sovereignty
Verse –164 of 286, Section – 20 (Part 2)
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Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
difference of night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with
that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the
sky, thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of
beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds obedient
between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) for people who
have sense.
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‘Inna fii khalqis-samaa-waati wal-‘arzi wakhtilaafil-layli
wan-nahaari wal-fulkillatii tajrii fil-bahri bimaa yanfa-‘un-naasa wa maaa
‘anzalallaahu minas-samaaa-‘i mim-maaa-‘in- fa-‘ahyaa bihil-‘arza ba’-da
mawtihaa wa bassa fiihaa min kulli daaabbah. Wa tas-riifir-riyaahi
was-sahaabil-musakh-khari baynas-samaaa-‘i wal-‘arzi
la-‘Aayaatil-li-qawminy-ya’-qiluun.
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Lesson
In this verse Allah Almighty explained uncountable signs of His
power and sovereignty so that the mankind would think about it and admit His
Deity and Highness.
Creation of the earth and skies, circulation of the day and night,
floating of ships and the boats in the rivers and seas, raining from the sky,
the dead land seems to be alive by the rains, wandering of animals on the
earth, subduing of the airs and the clouds between the earth and the sky, if
the entire these are not the Signs of Powers and Sovereignty of the God
Almighty then what is this? But the people can think about it only those have
sense. The nonsense doesn’t take lesson from anything.
LESSON # 166 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Loving Rivals To The God Almighty
Verse –165a of 286, Section – 20 (Part 2)
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And yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of
worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like
(that which is the due) of Allah (only). And those who believe are stauncher
in their love for Allah.
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Wa minannaasi many-yattakhizu min-
duunillaahi ‘andaadany-yuhibbuunahum ka- hubbillaah.
Wallaziina ‘aa- manuuu ‘ashaddu hubbal-lillaah.
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Lesson
‘Andaadan – (similar, matching, opposite, converse) for instance love
for Idols, statues or demi-gods etc or leaders, landlords, spiritual guides or
any priest takes place in the heart opposite to the God Almighty and that love
overcomes on the heart.
In the earlier verses the God Almighty has mentioned after telling
about His Deity, Beneficence and Mercy that We have created the entire Universe
for the necessities of the human beings, that is to say the earth, the skies,
the day, the night, the boats, the rain, production of the earth, the cattle,
the quadruped, the airs and clouds etc. the mankind gets advantage from these
things, completes his needs and lives a comfortable life. He should be grateful
to Allah Almighty after getting these blessings and favors.
Repentance! Some people forget the God Almighty instead of gratitude
to Him. They place others in the position of God Almighty who bestowed them His
blessings. They make them their worshiped, settle them His partners and expose
their love and faith for them which was required to be kept only for the God
Almighty. There is recitation regarding those people in this verse.
Some stupid and un-foreseeing people include idols, demi-gods and
spiritual guides in partnership with the God Almighty and consider them
powerful, that is to say the Christians do worship of the Jesus Christ and Mary
(peace be upon them) along-with the God Almighty. The Japanese consider their
king as from the dynasty of God “I seek refuge in ALLAH from Satan
the outcast”.
Allah Almighty commanded that the real love should be only for Him
Who is the Creator, the Master and the Worshiped. It is the sign of a perfect
Believer that he would have kept the most beloved to the God Almighty; he
should strengthen excessive love for Him (Allah Almighty) in his heart.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke 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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