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“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran”
(the Fourth Part)
(From Surah ZAARIYAAT to the last Surah)
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Al-Hamdu Lillah
Note:
Before writing of the third part of “Tafsiri-Guide”, I, MSD, would insha-Allah complete the fourth part of it that commences from Surah ZAARIYAAT to the last; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ZAARIYAAT
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-9)
1. I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
2. Then those that bear the load,
3. Then those that glide easily,
4. Then those who distribute blessings by Our command;
5. What you are threatened with is most surely true,
6. And the judgment must most surely come about.
7. I swear by the heaven full of ways.
8. Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
9. He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
10. Cursed be the liars,
11. That are in gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
12. They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
13. (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
14. Taste your persecution; this is what you would hasten on.
15. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
16. Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
17. They used to sleep but little in the night.
18. And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
19. And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied.
20. And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
21. And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
22. And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
23. And by the Lord of the heaven and the earth; it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
24. Has there come to you, the information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
25. When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
26. Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
27. So he brought it near them. He said: What - will you not eat?
28. So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
29. Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
30. They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
31. He said; what is your affair then, O apostles!
32. They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
33. That we may send down upon them stones of clay,
34. Sent forth with markings from your Lord for the extravagant.
35. Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
36. But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (i.e. the Muslims).
37. And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
38. And in Musa; when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
39. But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
40. So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
41. And in AAD; when We sent upon them the destructive wind.
42. It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
43. And in THAMUD; when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
44. But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
45. So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-
46. And the people of Noah before, surely they were the most transgressing people.
47. And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
48. And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
49. And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
50. Therefore fly to Allah; surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51. And do not set up with Allah another god; surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
52. Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
53. Have they charged each other with this? Nay - they are an inordinate people.
54. Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
55. And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
56. And I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me.
57. I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
58. Surely Allah is He Who Bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
59. So surely those who are unjust shall have portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.
60. Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
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Surah ZAARIYAAT (that might be spelt as DHAARIAAT) tells most explicitly that Allah provided all ease to the mankind so that the man makes little effort for his physical sustenance and lives with all his physical safety here at life at the world; and He sent His Messengers in the mankind so that he accepts the message of Allah and lives with all his spiritual safety here at life at the world and at AKHIRAT; this is because Allah asks complete surrender from him to Allah that he believes in Him righteously and obey His commands totally so he needs to comply in the best manner to His commands as AKHIRAT only is the true life of the man; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it comprises of three Ruku in which the first Ruku has AAYAAT-1 to 23, the second Ruku has AAYAAT-24 to 46 and the last Ruku, AAYAAT-47 to 60; note that this Surah tells the only true aim of life of the mankind explicitly at AAYAT-56, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; note also that all other of His creation accepts His true authority and fulfills His commands as that is the only option He has provided to them but He has given the free-will to the jinn and the mankind so He asks them specifically that they surrender to His true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the first four AAYAAT of this Surah, Allah tells about the water that He provides to the earth; He takes the oath of winds and tells about them that they scatter the water droplets within clouds; then these clouds carry all the water; and then the winds make these clouds glide-on with ease; then finally these clouds provide this water as rainfall at different places and this all happens by the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will though the authentic Ahadith has commanded the Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; note also that He does not need to take oaths to present His statements yet He takes them according to the statement that He presents so as to provide strength to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next two AAYAAT provide the information on which the oath is taken at the four AAYAAT at the beginning and they tell that the promise that Allah has made to all of mankind about raising them up from the dead is most true just as the rain brings out from the earth the crops from inside of it; the true Judgment for all persons would certainly take place; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next three AAYAAT (that are 7, 8 and 9), Allah takes the oath of the heaven that has numerous paths (by which the angels ascend and descend to keep check on the mankind by the command of Allah); the object of the oath is that as persons have shown different views about occurrence of the Judgment so only that person is turned away from believing in it who chooses himself to disbelieve in it without any care to observe the different aspects of life; AAYAT-10 to AAYAT-14 tell that cursed would be the extreme liars who are heedless most erroneously to what would affect them by such disbelief that they ask mockingly when the Day of Judgment would come; it would be such day for them when they would be tormented by the hell-fire and they would be ordered to taste this torment that they sought to hasten; the next five AAYAAT tell about those good believers who always feared that none of their deeds bring the displeasure of Allah to them; they would be at the beautiful gardens (JANNAAT) where they would enjoy most beautiful water-fountains; these AAYAAT tell about these good believers that they would be most pleased with whatever Allah, the true Lord, provides them and they certainly were before that (at the world), the doers of all the good; there are three most significant good traits of these doers of all the good deeds that they used to sleep but little in the night, and in the early morning they used to ask forgiveness for themselves (and all good believers), and in their wealth the beggar & the deprived person both had due share; note that the deprived persons are those who are most needy persons but they do not speak out their needs, so the doers of all the good deeds seek them by themselves to give necessary amounts for their extreme needs; note also that these traits lead the person to distinction in doing the good deeds though other of good Muslims who had lived ordinary with good deeds would insha-Allah get JANNAH too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT of the first Ruku read, “and in the earth there are signs for those who are certain in their belief, and in your own souls (O persons that are certain in belief); will you not then see?; and in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with; and by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak”; so all persons need to travel at the earth to observe how Allah has set it to the needs of the man (and what happened to those who challenged Allah by their living manner) and need to study their own selves to understand about their tendencies better; note that there are two subjects that have most high significance to understand life when the Muslim person studies them with all his care to Allah; these are History and Psychology to which the Muslims gave high attention (with Astronomy) even in the times gone-by and they certainly bring near to Allah when they do study them in the light of the Quran sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-22 explains AAYAAT-7, 8 & 9 and it has two parts whereas the first part tells that the sustenance of the Man depends on the heaven (i.e. the sky just above the earth) and the second part tells that it also has what he is threatened with; so the first part of it means that the rain comes down from it to bring out crops and fruits out of the land (and it also has other of physical benefits to him) which suits him as his foods; and the second part of it means that angels bring the rulings of Allah from above by the numerous paths the heaven has in it which they apply at the world by the command of Allah; so in that, there is what he is promised with (mostly what he is threatened with); the narration of the incident at the Ruku ahead explains this further where the angels descended and visited Ibrahim-AS; the last AAYAT of this Ruku (AAYAT-23) tells that this is how Allah keeps the setting of the life here as it reads, “and by the Lord of the heaven and the earth; it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak”; so the angels record all the different speeches of different men and all would account for that at the Day of Judgment as the speech of every person tells about the inside of him quite well; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts with the narration of the visit of angels in the disguise of men to Ibrahim-AS that goes from AAYAT-24 to AAYAT-37; when they came to him, he thought that they were travelers passing-by but they were angels who had the task to tell Ibrahim (Abraham) about the birth of his son Isaac-AS and about the birth of his grandson Jacob-AS from Isaac; there was the custom at the ancient world that if travelers that seemed virtuous persons visited some place, the good people there provided foods to them from their side; so Abraham went inside to his wife where he prepared a roasted calf for them and presented it to them; he asked them to eat from it but as angels, they had no inclination to do so and this led Abraham to guess beautifully that they were angels whom Allah has sent for some punishment to some people; note that when Allah sends angels specifically to the earth, that is to inflict punishment to some nation by His will and Ibrahim certainly was aware of this; he feared if that punishment had to do with some people at his place but the angels put him at peace by telling him that Allah gives him the good news of the birth of his son (and grandson) as Allah has not sent the angels to punish the dwellers at this site; his wife Sarah was nearby and she heard the good news about the birth of Isaac so she came out to them as she knew then that they were angels and exclaimed with wonder how that would happen when she is an old barren woman (and her respectable husband is so very old); the angels told her that it would happen as Allah has declared it; He certainly is Most Wise, Most Knowing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as Ibrahim understood that they had descended specifically to punish some people so he asked them directly what was the actual purpose of their descent; they told him that Allah actually has sent them to punish the filthy people of Sodom and Gomorrah that are involved in the most heinous immoral crimes; they even told him the manner of the punishment to them as “they said - surely we are sent to guilty people that we may send down upon them stones of clay that are sent forth with markings from your Lord for the wanton people” (AAYAT-32, 33 & 34); Allah tells that He saved the believers therein though there only was one house of the Muslims (that was of Lot-AS and even from there, his wife stayed behind with her nation that was punished severely) and so He made them lesson ahead that He would punish all such persons who commit any of major sins together (especially of this most shameful nature) even at the world most severely so this makes the most wrong persons to have fear to commit this heinous shameful act; see also the supplementary note at AAYAT-69 at the seventh Ruku of Surah HOODH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next nine AAYAAT of the Ruku (from 38 to 46) mention about the punishments that Allah gave respectively to Pharaoh and his force, AAD (the people of HOODH-AS), THAMUD (the people of SALEH-AS) and the people of Noah-AS; these AAYAAT read, “and there is lesson in (the event related about) Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority; but he turned away with his forces and said - a magician or a mad man; so We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he certainly was blamable; and in (the event related about) AAD when We sent upon them the destructive wind; it did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes; and in (the event related about) THAMUD when it was said to them - enjoy yourselves for a while; but they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw (that most clearly); so they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves; and the people of Noah before (were punished severely), surely they were the most transgressing people”; this is to emphasize the fact that Allah does not leave the evil unchecked at the world and clears it time and again so the severe punishment to the extreme disbelievers remains His blessing to all the true believers who live-on their lives at the world with total attention to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third Ruku starts from AAYAT-47 which emphasizes that Allah prepared everything in beautiful order for the mankind to secure his life in the physical manner; and He sent His Messengers so that all persons accept His message and get their spiritual safety too; the only aim for the mankind is to serve Allah, the true Lord, and they would not worry about getting the worldly assets in plenty by their efforts but they would try their best to get the pleasure of Allah by their good righteous deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first three AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the set-up of the heaven and the earth that Allah has created them most beautifully to care about the mankind; they read, “and the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample (providing even more vastness to the heaven); and the earth, We have made it a wide extent (so that the mankind lives on with ease without making places so populated that they are not able to live on together in the proper manner); how well have We then spread it out (that the mankind finds natural ease in living his life upon it); and of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT ask Muhammad PBUH to ask all of mankind to be attentive to Allah (in their deeds as AKHIRAT would certainly come) by reminding them that surely he is plain warner to all of them from Allah (Who has made him His last Messenger) and to ask all of mankind not to take anyone equal in authority to Allah (but only believe in TAUHID firmly); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT that are 52 & 53 tell about the attitude of the disbelievers and AAYAAT-54 & 55 guide Muhammad PBUH to the attitude that he would take in such situation; they read, “thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said - a magician or a mad man; have they charged each other with this?; (that all their disbelieving descendants would say similar adverse things against any Messenger of Allah who comes in them); nay - they are an inordinate people (that are most disobedient to Allah); then (O Muhammad PBUH) turn your back upon them (and do not give any care to them) for you are not to blame (once you have provided the fundamental teachings of Islam clearly to them); and continue to remind (those who come to Islam by the Quran), for surely the reminder profits the true believers”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the fundamental teachings of Islam are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT explicitly provides the only aim of life that Allah created the jinn and the mankind so that they truly worship Him with total obedience to Him with love; note that every creation of Allah worships Him as it knows well that He only is the Creator of all, with total obedience as it has no option but to do it; only the jinn and the mankind have the free-will and Allah tells them clearly that their aim of life too like all other of His creation, is that they would remain totally attentive to the command of Allah with the free-will that He has provided to them by His will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three AAYAAT that are 56, 57 & 58 read, “and I have not created the jinn and the mankind except that they should serve Me (with total belief in the Islamic fundamental teachings); I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me (and Allah does not need that certainly); surely Allah is He Who bestows sustenance (to all His creation), the Lord Who has all Power, the Strong”; so all among the mankind (and the jinn) would believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam by their free-will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell clearly that the disbelievers have done their wrong deeds to extreme now and very soon, there would come such day to them even at their worldly lives that would put the most severe torment to them; they read, “so surely those who are unjust shall have portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on; therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TOOR
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. I swear by the Mountain TOOR,
2. And the Book written
3. In an outstretched fine parchment,
4. And the House (KA’BAH) that is visited,
5. And the elevated canopy
6. And the swollen sea
7. Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
8. There shall be none to avert it;
9. On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
10. And the mountains shall pass away in the manner they have to (altogether).
11. Then woe on that day to those who reject (the Truth),
12. Those who make jests in talk of grave matters.
13. The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
14. This is the fire which you used to reject totally.
15. Is it magic then or do you not see?
16. Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did.
17. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
18. Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
19. Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
20. Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large-eyed beautiful ones.
21. And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought.
22. And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
23. They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
24. And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
25. And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
26. Saying: Surely we feared before in our families:
27. But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
28. Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
29. Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
30. Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
31. Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
32. Or do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
33. Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay - they do not believe.
34. Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
35. Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay - they have no certainty.
37. Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
38. Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
39. Or has He daughters while you have sons?
40. Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
41. Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
42. Or do they desire a plot? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in such plot.
43. Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).
44. And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
45. Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
46. The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
47. And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
48. And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for surely you are before Our eyes, and sing the praise of your Lord when you rise;
49. And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.
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Surah TOOR comprises of two Ruku in which the first Ruku has 28 AAYAAT (that mostly tells about the manner of lives of the disbelievers at AKHIRAT and also of the manner of lives of the true Muslims there) and the second Ruku has 21 AAYAAT (that mostly tells about the manner of lives of the disbelievers at the world and asks Muhammad PBUH - and also all of the Muslims in his following - to go on spreading the message of Islam without any care to things that the disbelievers say here); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah takes the oath in the first six AAYAAT of the Surah and then the seventh AAYAT relates the object of the oath; the six AAYAAT at the beginning read, “I swear by the Mountain TOOR (that was the place where Allah spoke with Moses-AS); and the Book written (i.e. Torah), in an outstretched fine parchment (that were beautiful slabs); and the House (KA’BAH and the adjacent area i.e. HARAM where Allah provided much of the Quran, His most beautiful gift to the mankind, to Muhammad PBUH) that is (most) visited; and the elevated canopy (above this area where the beautiful birds fly splendidly, which shields it specifically from all satanic things); and the swollen sea (nearby where the beautiful fish swim splendidly)”; it is difficult to comment about the swollen sea but please note that all of this oath expresses that Allah has provided the fundamental teachings of Islam to all of the mankind for their spiritual safety and He has kept them physically safe to live their lives, so they need to live their lives according to the fundamental teachings of Islam and if they do not do it, they would face the most severe punishment; note also that the next three AAYAAT (i.e. 8, 9 & 10) tell about the last day of the world and the AAYAAT ahead of them tell about the first day of AKHIRAT; this also is the manner of expression at Surah TAKWIR where its first six AAYAAT relate the six events at the last day of the world (i.e. QIYAMAT) and its next eight AAYAAT relate the six events at the Day of Judgment (the day of HASHR); this is how the Quran presents the issues related to the man and so this needs his high alertness to study it good by its context; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the next three AAYAT tell about that day when it would become most obvious that the punishment to the disbelievers is certain to take place so that would be the last day of the world (which is named as QIYAMAT); then the couple of AAYAAT that are 11 & 12 (and also AAYAAT ahead) tell about the Day of Judgment (the Day of HASHR) when the true placement of every person would become most obvious (which is also named as YAUMUL-QIYAMAT); the next four AAYAAT tell about the punishment of the disbelievers there, and then till the last of the Ruku, all AAYAAT tell about the true believers there that how beautifully they would enjoy at JANNAAT (the gardens full of all wonderful pleasures); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 read, “there shall be none to avert it (i.e. the last day of the world); on the day when the heaven shall move from side to side; and the mountains shall pass away in the manner they have to”; the Quran has depicted this day that is QIYAMAT at different places and at this place, it tells about the heaven just above the earth that it would shake and about the mountains that they would fly about; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT read, “then woe on that day to those who reject (the Truth i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam); those who make jests in talk of grave matters (that bring no benefits at AKHIRAT but lead to getting sins there)”; note the word “then” at the beginning here which denotes that there is certain space between QIYAMAT (when there would be the first blow at trumpet to end all persons that are alive at that time by the will of Allah) and the Day of Judgment (when the second blow at it would raise all from dead by the will of Allah); Surah NAZI’AAT tells about both of these blows at AAYAAT-6 & 7 that read, “the day on which the quaking one shall quake (that would be the first blow at the trumpet); what must happen afterwards shall follow it (that would be the second blow at the trumpet)”; the Judgment would take place (for all of the mankind and for all of jinn) after that second blow; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-13 to 16 tell about the disbelievers there at AKHIRAT; these AAYAAT read, “the day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence; this is the fire which you used to reject totally; is it magic then or do you not see?; enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did”; from AAYAT-17 to the last of the Ruku, all AAYAAT relate about the true Muslims who lived by TAQWA at the world; note that TAQWA means the attitude of the heart that comes by the true belief upon Allah with both fear and hope towards Him when he has totally thrown away all the worldly base desires and that leads to the most righteous deeds; all persons need to remember the event that relates to Adam-AS that when Allah sent him to the world, He told him that those among his descendants would get the JANNAH, their actual dwelling place, who keep to righteousness in their belief and deeds; but those who disbelieve and reject the true guidance, they would be put into the hell-fire so all Muslims must fear Allah that they do not get His displeasure by their sins becoming so sinful that they lose the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, they also must have such hope to Him that He would keep them safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Quran tells all of the mankind that Allah made the earth as an easy ground for them all to live in and made the heaven as the roof to all of them; He sent waters from the heaven upon the earth and took out fruits of earth by that for them as edibles; this all is which they certainly see clearly so they must not take anyone equal to Him in power as He only has the ASL (true) authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAAT depict the living manner of the true Muslims at AKHIRAT that they would be at JANNAAT (the beautiful gardens of paradise; it is the plural of JANNAH) and would be enjoying the happiness there; they would be totally happy there because of the blessing of Allah for them and because Allah saved them from the punishment of the hell-fire; they would be allowed to eat and drink with all enjoyment there as they sit in couches that are set in rows because they had done the righteous deeds with the true belief; and Allah would wed them to HOORS (the most beautiful women at JANNAAT) who would have the most lovely wide eyes; note about HOORS that these fairest of women would be the dwellers of JANNAAT who would be included in the blessing for the virtuous men who achieve success at AKHIRAT and those righteous women too who had spent their lives in the most virtuous manner at their worldly life, would enter JANNAAT where they would be transformed to most beautiful HOORS; these all good women would have purity in every manner and the women who receive it after their success at AKHIRAT, they also would become companions to their respective husbands there with purity so if the husband of a woman there is at the upper level, she would be raised to that level and if a woman is at the upper level there, her husband would be raised to that level so that they live-on together; note that the virtuous men would have more than one wife there but the virtuous women would remain attached to their respective husbands there; if the husband of any virtuous woman does not get his entry there, she would be married to one of the virtuous men who has received his placement there; this is due to the respective inclinations of both at their insides and Islam takes care to it not only for the life at the world here but also for the true life at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-21 reads, “and (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought”; so all such close relatives of the person who is at the higher level in JANNAH (the paradise), who also have achieved it though at lower level, Allah would elevate them to his level without any decrease in his status so that they live-on in the happy mode by which they had lived their virtuous lives at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah would provide them the wonderful fruits and the most fine meat there extensively as they desire; note that consumption of the meat of birds (that have wings to fly with ease) at the world is not appreciable in Islam and note also that it most highly blames the act to put them into cages that deprives them to live at their actual habitat; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would playfully challenge each other there by grabbing the cup of wine, but there would not be any foul talks in that nor any cause of sin; so it would be pleasant there and there would be such boys who would be assigned to them so as to serve them and who would glow handsomely; this needs some elaboration and for that, please note that Islam gives utmost care to HEJAB (the attitude of reservation among the Muslim women) which has three aspects to it; the first aspect is that the Muslim woman must not leave her home except for some necessity (the decision about necessity would be hers, when she does care in practice about the basic teachings of Islam); the second aspect is that when she goes out of her home at some necessity and the environment is such that in general, the men care not to trouble her in any way then she might go out with her face, hands up-to wrist and feet up-to ankles uncovered though even then she would cover the whole body plus hair necessarily but if the environment is otherwise, then she would take care to cover her face too except for eyes; the third aspect is connected to the first that as soon as the necessity ends, she would return to her home without any waste of time as the basic place for her activity is her home for sure; note that JANNAH also gives the care to HEJAB where the most beautiful women would be most attentive to their respective husbands only (and would have no inclination to any other man) so for works there in general, they would command these boys who would be extremely committed to their tasks; Surah RAHMAN says, “in them will be maidens that are chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-; as if they are rubies and coral-stone; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?” (AAYAAT-56 to 59); other of the fairest of women there at other of JANNAH (that is higher in level than the previous) that are termed as HOORS, would enjoy their lives in seclusion at some wonderful place with their respective husbands who would certainly be most courteous to them; the relevant AAYAAT read, “in them are goodly maidens, beautiful ones; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-; they are HOORS that are confined to the pavilions; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-” (AAYAAT-70 to 73); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT here at the first RUKU of Surah TOOR read, “and some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other (about their arrival to JANNAH); saying (about their own)- surely we feared before in our families (whether our good deeds are acceptable at the court of Allah or not); but Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind (i.e. the touch of the hell-fire); surely we called upon Him before (i.e. we always remembered, praised and asked Him only for all our safety, in all situations of our lives); surely He is the Benign, the Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the wrong things that the disbelievers say and it asks the Prophet PBUH not to care about their speech but go on with his work of providing the true guidance to all; the first three AAYAAT of the Ruku ask him to go on reminding all persons by the Quran that they need to comply to the commands of Allah only, as by the blessing of Allah, his true Lord, he certainly is not a soothsayer who tells future by guesswork or a madman as these disbelievers call him; also, he is not a poet who presents vague ideas and even if they have decided to wait for the accident that the time brings upon him (which means that they had decided to wait for his death but certainly the fundamental teachings of Islam stay-on) then he would tell them explicitly that not only they would wait for accidents but he also would wait for them and very soon, they would see who gets the adverse effect of those accidents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next 12 AAYAAT present their speech against the true guidance that Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, had presented to them; 11 of these AAYAAT start by the word “UM” (that means “is it so” and here it implies as “OR”) where the “U” reads as in “Up”; these AAYAAT sum up the view of the disbelievers for their rejection of the guidance that the Prophet PBUH had presented to them and these AAYAAT not only present it but also answers it where appropriate or ask them to reflect on what idiocy it is that they are saying; the first thing that these AAYAAT tell is that they are incompetent to understand the righteous matters because they are most disobedient to Allah; the second thing that these AAYAAT tell is that their disbelief has led them to such error that they speak out bluntly without any care to reasoning, that the Prophet PBUH had written the Quran himself; so why do not they prove their foolish stance by bringing something like the Quran by themselves but they would not do it as they know most clearly their incompetence to it; the third thing is that they know that they are created and they also know that they have not created their own selves so most certainly, it is Allah Who has created them; note here that the Quran presents its guidance in the most simple manner and does not even care to glance at the idiocy that the dark philosophy has argued in the discussion of such delicate matters as the creation of the mankind; the fact of the matter is that when the mankind exists, it has been created and its Creator is Allah, the One Who has created all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the fourth thing is that they know that they have not created the heavens and the earth but even after the knowledge of that, they do not understand that this all is not useless as Allah has placed the mankind beautifully to fulfill His commands to get his true residing place i.e. JANNAH at the Day of Judgment; the true knowledge that Allah has created the heavens and the earth would lead them to live in compliance to His commands yet they do not have that true knowledge that might affect them positively; the fifth thing is that they object that Muhammad PBUH is not a rich person among them so what argument is this because to be rich is not the requirement of being the Messenger of Allah; it is the will of Allah by which He provides more of the worldly assets to some and lesser of them to others and they certainly do not control His treasures; and what idiocy it is that they want that they should decide about who would be the Messenger of Allah when the true authority belongs only to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sixth thing is that the Prophet PBUH gets the WAHI by which he understands the true guidance and teaches that to all persons but what are their means to listen to anything they take as guidance; if they have such rich person (i.e. any of their chiefs) who claims that he has listened to it, he should present his position with some reasoning; but there is no such person among their chiefs and there is nothing but WAHI from Allah to His Messenger that only provides the Guidance to the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the seventh thing that these AAYAAT tell is that the disbelievers claim that the angels are the daughters of Allah for which they do not have any reasoning (and they consider daughters as most inferior to sons) yet they speak such heinous speech against Allah; the eighth thing is that the Prophet PBUH has not asked for any benefits from them at world for the true guidance that he is providing to them; it is totally free of cost as Allah has asked him for that so he has the obligation to provide it to all peoples of the world and when he does not ask them for any material benefits, why do they feel irritated; the ninth thing is that there are persons in these disbelievers who think that they already have the knowledge of the unseen to keep themselves to guidance and they would write it down so they do not need any of the guidance that the Prophet PBUH is giving to them but this only is their wish without any basis and not actually the fact; the tenth thing is that they intend that some of their aggressive plot (especially some war) works against the Prophet PBUH but these disbelievers would taste the bitterness of their plots themselves (this happened in BADR where they challenged the Muslims to end their impression totally and lost that battle with heavy casualties); the eleventh thing is that they leave the worship of Allah and take different things as authority among the creation to which they attach themselves; this is their extreme error as it certainly is Allah only Who has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they are so unconcerned to face any trial that if they find something disastrous coming upon them from the heaven, they would take it as some heavy clouds coming upon them; so leave them on their own O Muhammad PBUH; they certainly would face the Day of Judgment when they would feel extreme dizziness due to its occurrence upon them where their plots would not benefit them and they would not be helped; even in the world, they would face extreme trials besides the extreme punishment of that Day of Judgment but many of them are most unconcerned; so you O Muhammad PBUH - do wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord and certainly, you are in the utmost care of your Lord at all times and places; note that this assurance is so wonderful that it certainly ended the worry of the Prophet PBUH if any, that the disbelievers might harm him badly (and the Muslims) in some way or other; the seventh Ruku of Surah YOUNUS also tells him not to worry about whatever the disbelievers conspire against him as they would not be able to make any such trouble that stops him from spreading the teachings of the Quran, the last message of Allah, and they would not be able to cause any lethal attack on him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and praise your Lord when you stand in SALAH whenever you rise from sleep (i.e. at TAHAJJUD); and also at other times of night (i.e. MAGHRIB and ISHA), and at the setting of stars (i.e. FAJR); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
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Surah NAJM
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-3)
1. I swear by the star when it goes down.
2. Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
3. Nor does he speak out of desire.
4. It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
5. Which that who has extreme might, hath taught him
6. Who is vigorous; and he grew clear to view,
7. And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
8. Then he approached and came closer
9. So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
10. And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
11. The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.
12. What- do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
13. And verily he saw him yet another time,
14. At the farthest lote-tree;
15. Near which is the garden, the place that is the resort.
16. When that which covers covered the lote-tree;
17. The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
18. Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
19. Have you then considered the Laat and the Uzza,
20. And Manat, the third, the last?
21. What- for you the males and for Him the females!
22. This indeed is an unjust division!
23. They are naught but only names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
24. Or shall man have what he wishes?
25. Nay- for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).
26. And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
27. Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.
28. And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.
29. Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.
30. That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.
31. And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
32. Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He created you from the earth, and when you were hidden in the bellies of your mothers; therefore, do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
33. Have you then seen him who turns his back?
34. And gives a little and (then) withholds.
35. Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
36. Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?
37. And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):
38. That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-
39. And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-
40. And that his striving shall soon be seen-
41. Then shall he be paid for it with the fullest payment-
42. And that to your Lord is the goal-
43. And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;
44. And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-
45. And that He created pairs, the male and the female
46. From the small seed when it is poured
47. And that on Him is the bringing forth the second time;
48. And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
49. And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
50. And that He did destroy the AAD of old
51. And THAMUD, so He spared not
52. And the people of Noah before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;
53. And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
54. So there covered them that which covered.
55. Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?
56. This is the warner among the warning persons of old.
57. The near event draws nigh.
58. There shall be none besides Allah to disclose it.
59. Do you then wonder at this announcement?
60. And will you laugh and not weep?
61. While you are indulging in varieties.
62. So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).
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Surah NAJM has three Ruku that respectively comprise of 25 and 7 and 30 AAYAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku explicitly tells that Muhammad PBUH saw the angel Gabriel-AS couple of times in his true form; Ahadith tell that the Prophet PBUH had seen him in his angelic form at the beginning when Allah chose him as His Messenger; WAHI (revelation from Allah) had ceased at that time for about 8 months or so (after the first revelation of the first five AAYAAT of Surah ALAQ and some AAYAAT of Surah QALAM) when seven initial AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR descended; then came the first Ruku of Surah MUZZAMMIL so with these, Allah asked him to take up the task of spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam and so Allah appointed him as His last Messenger to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it was that time when he was returning from the cave AL-HIRA that the seven opening AAYAAT of MUDHDHATTHIR descended and he saw Gabriel clearly in his beautiful angelic form who had filled the horizon at front extensively; the second time when he saw him was at the occasion of his ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) just a couple of years before Hijrah (his migration from Makkah to Madinah); Surah BANI-ISRAEL (also named as Surah ISRA) records this incident at its beginning, which descended at 6th to 10th year of the period of his stay at Makkah (though it relates his travel from Makkah to Jerusalem only i.e. ISRA) and Surah NAJM also mentions MIRAJ in most clear terms (that relates his travel ahead that is his ascension to heavens); note that it is mentioned about Surah NAJM that it descended at the third year of the stay of the Prophet PBUH at Makkah (after Allah made him His Messenger with the assignment to spread the teachings of Islam) but MIRAJ relates to the 10th year or so of that stay; therefore note that it happens that some AAYAAT in a Surah relate to the later period than the period at which most of its AAYAAT had come and this seems the case here at Surah NAJM where some of the AAYAAT at its first Ruku seem to have descended at the year of MIRAJ (that are from AAYAT-13 to AAYAT-18); we know that the last AAYAT of the Quran by descent descended just few days before the passing away of the Prophet PBUH and that is AAYAT-281, the last AAYAT at the thirty-eighth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH that has forty Ruku in total; it tells all persons that they must fear that day where all would be returned to Allah to get their respective accounts of deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sequence of the recitation of the Quran as of now is according to the recitation of the Prophet PBUH so some of Surah (though only few) have AAYAAT inside them that were revealed later than other AAYAAT of it and inserted therein; keeping this detail in mind, we would go on with our study of Surah NAJM; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first twelve AAYAAT of the first Ruku state that the Prophet PBUH guides all peoples of the world by the Quran only and they also relate the incident where the Prophet PBUH first sighted Gabriel-AS in his angelic form; these AAYAAT read, “I swear by the star (the last one of them as the light dawns) when it goes down (i.e. fades away); your companion does not err (as Allah has provided safety to him from it in providing the message of the Quran), nor does he go astray (i.e. he does not have any inclination to change the Islamic teachings); nor does he speak out of desire (taking few teachings by choice and leaving others); it is naught but revelation (in the Quran) that is revealed which that (angel Gabriel) who has extreme might, has taught him (by the command of Allah); that angel is vigorous; and he grew clear to view (when Muhammad PBUH saw him) and he is in the highest part of the horizon (in front of him); then he approached and came closer; so he was the measure of two bows or closer still (i.e. he was very near to him physically); and he (i.e. the angel) revealed to His servant (i.e. the servant of Allah) what he revealed (i.e. the AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR); the heart (of Muhammad PBUH) was not untrue in what he saw (i.e. the angel in his true form); what- do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?”; these AAYAAT imply that when the final message of Allah (the Holy Book Quran) has come to all peoples of the world, all other guidance faded away; the simile to make the issue clear (without touching the most high status of the Quran) is of the light of the sun by which the stars fade away; note that when Allah takes oath of something, it is most related to the issue that He presents by that oath and though the Quran is direct in its address to mankind, yet such oaths may provide symbols that are related to the addressed issues; so this true guidance that the Quran provides is not based on whims of the Prophet PBUH but it is the message of Allah that Allah has provided to all peoples of the world by Muhammad PBUH whom He has chosen as His last Messenger to all of them; his belief is based on his sight as he has seen Gabriel-AS in his angelic form; when even the disbelievers take him the most truthful person among them, how do they reject his teachings (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) which he provides to them by sight (and in which he has total belief without any doubts); so they undoubtedly need to revise their attitude towards the Prophet PBUH and believe in him most committedly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-13 to 18 relate the incident of MIRAJ when the Prophet PBUH saw Gabriel-AS in his angelic form the second time near the lote-tree (that is the boundary at the seventh heaven from where no one is allowed entrance ahead) to where the Prophet PBUH had accompanied him; this incident happened couple of years before his migration to Madinah when in the company of Gabriel, he had gone from Makkah to the place of the mosque at Jerusalem at night that is named as ISRA and then from there, he went to heavens with him (i.e. MIRAJ) in the same night; Surah NAJM relates about MIRAJ at these AAYAAT while Surah BANI ISRAEL relates about ISRA; note that Ahadith have given much detail to MIRAJ and that was the time when Allah asked Muhammad PBUH to command the Muslims to read five SALAH daily so SALAH certainly has highest of magnificence in the worship of Allah as Allah provided it to the Prophet PBUH at MIRAJ when He called him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though ISRA was physical in nature (i.e. travel to Jerusalem with surprising velocity in terms of those times) yet the ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) from there seems as most amazing spiritual issue (but very real event) that is not easy to comment upon and I, MSD, would not touch any discussion to its nature; these AAYAAT read, “and verily he (i.e. Muhammad PBUH) saw him yet another time; (that was) at the farthest lote-tree (which was much more beautiful than how it is found at the world); near which is the garden (JANNAH), the place that is the resort (perhaps that was the place where Adam-AS and Eve-AS had resided before their descent to earth); when that which covers covered the lote-tree (i.e. there were angels upon it); the eye did not turn aside (so he saw Gabriel clearly in his angelic form who remained the focus to his eyes), nor did it exceed the limit (so there certainly was no disrespect in his view of Gabriel); certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord (so even though he did not see Allah, he did see many of His greatest signs there at his most holy visit i.e. at MIRAJ)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, from AAYAT-19 to AAYAT-25 (which is the last AAYAT of the Ruku), the Ruku discusses the attitude of the disbelievers and how the Prophet PBUH would deal with that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that what idiocy these disbelievers display by their worship of the idols Laat and Uzza and also Manat, the last one of them as that was the furthest idol from Makkah; note that they had given female names to these idols which they and their fore-fathers had named by their own whims; the AAYAAT tell that they appreciate male offspring for themselves and for Allah, they say even about angels that they are His daughters; it is most erroneous to believe that any of His creation is His son or His daughter but these disbelievers have taken the angels as His daughters and the evil of their belief increases even more when they take the birth of daughters to them as an insult to themselves; these are names only which they and their fore-fathers have named by their own whims that Allah does not appreciate; He has not sent for them any authority about the wrongs they commit but He has given them the guidance of the Quran that guides them to their true benefits and yet they only follow their whims without any care to AKHIRAT; O Muhammad PBUH – you do have good wishes for them that they accept the true guidance by accepting the fundamental teachings of Islam and save themselves from the torments at AKHIRAT yet the man does not have all what he wishes; it is Allah Who would decide whether they are worthy of belief in the fundamental teachings of Islam or not; certainly, it is Allah only Who applies His will at AKHIRAT and even at world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the statement that no one among the respectable angels even, that are in the heavens, would become so bold as to favor any person’s case in front of Allah though they are so very pious with their attention towards Allah, except when Allah allows anyone of them to speak for someone and wants to acquit that person by His own will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah would give the right to SHAFA’AT (the recommendation for pardon at the Day of Judgment to Allah by any of highly good Muslim persons especially the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH and these Muslims also include the respectable angels at heavens) yet it would only be valid for those sinful persons who have been resurrected as the good believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam from the graves, whom He intends to get safety from the hell-fire; it would strictly apply there to the specific subject and the specific object in this issue and it is extreme idiocy to become uncaring to the good deeds by the concept of SHAFA’AT so this concept does test the Muslim person most highly at his life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next five AAYAAT (from AAYAT-27 to AAYAT-31) tell about the inclination of disbelievers in AKHIRAT and the result that they would receive there; these AAYAAT read, “most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names (this is the outcome of their disbelief in AKHIRAT and certainly the angels are such creation of Allah that are not related to any gender; they obey Allah most committedly without question); and they (disbelievers) have no knowledge of it (what they are saying about angels); they do not follow anything but conjecture (that relates to their whims), and surely conjecture does not avail against the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam) at all; therefore (O Muhammad PBUH) turn aside from him (and leave him on his own) who turns his back upon Our reminder (the Quran) and does not desire anything but this world's life; that (achievements at their life here) is their goal of knowledge (and they are unable to see beyond this limited view); surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path (remaining oblivious to the teachings of the Quran) and He knows best him who follows the right direction (by his total preference of AKHIRAT over the worldly life with his commitment to the Quran); and Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may (ultimately) reward those who do evil according to what they do (at AKHIRAT), and that He may (ultimately) reward those who do good with goodness (at AKHIRAT)”; A-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of this Ruku tells about those who do good with total goodness that these persons are such who avoid all major sins that relate to injustice or/and that relate to shameful activities; however Allah would forgive their minor wrongful acts (which even by their efforts, they find unavoidable due to the set-up of the environment they live-in but under protest); most certainly Allah, the true Lord, has the most extensive Mercy so He would forgive that if the Muslim person is at the height of goodness; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so if they avoid the commitment of the most heinous major sins from which Allah has most clearly demanded to keep away (by the Quran) then Allah would forgive all sinful activities that lead towards them (as they are acts that ask the tendency towards major sins but practical avoidance of major sins would eliminate their impression totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah); note that based on the teachings of the Holy Book Quran and the Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, Islam is the only challenger today to injustice (initiated mostly by the wrong men) and shameful activities (initiated mostly by the wrong women); with that, Islam asks to keep attention towards Allah only with the belief that He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the man has to see that nothing objectionable by the Islamic values takes place by the strength he has (and that might be his official strength) that leads to the occurrence of injustice and the woman has to see keeping to HEJAB that nothing adverse to the Islamic values takes place by her natural beauty that might attract men to the occurrence of shameful behavior; the Islamic administration must give attention at the environment for both of these matters by ADL (by instructions at the law of the land) and by EHSAAN (by directions towards the natural good tendency of the man to remain within utmost decency with leniency) respectively; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so all sins (besides the biggest sin of taking any-one as equal to Allah in authority that is called SHERK) might be divided into two categories that are injustice and shameful activities; the Quran asks to keep guard against these two category of sins at many places as for instance Surah ANKABUT-45, Surah BAQARAH- 168 & 169 (we studied them at the Ruku-21 of Surah BAQARAH), Surah NAHL-90, Surah BANI-ISRA’IL-32 & 33; there are other AAYAAT too that ask the Muslims to keep away from SHERK and from all of injustice and all of shameful activities (AAYAT-32 of Surah NAJM is also included in them); may Allah save all the true Muslims from all major sins; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT also tells that “Allah knows you best when He created you from the earth (that is when He created Adam, the father to the mankind), and when you were hidden in the bellies of your mothers (before your birth); therefore do not attribute purity to your souls (as physically you have come to existence from the earth and then from the sperm inside the wombs of your mothers); He knows him best who guards (against evil; and that actually gives the true height to the man that is spiritual in nature)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first couple of AAYAAT of the last Ruku tell about such persons who are disbelievers yet they sometimes do fear that they would have to face the torments of the hell-fire due to their wrongs, at AKHIRAT; due to this fear that holds them for some period, they give amounts to those who assure them that they would take care that they do not receive any punishments when they rise from dead (though they are extreme liars and such expenditure with such intention is extreme idiocy) but as their fear fades away, they stop the payment of such amounts too; the next eight AAYAAT answer such idiocy that read, “has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see (such result that payment of amounts to some person would save him at the Day of Judgment)? -; or has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa? –; and of Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments of Allah; so even he cared to do the good deeds); that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another (at the Day of Judgment)-; and that man shall have nothing but what he strives for (there)-; and that his striving shall soon be seen (and he would receive what he deserves according to that)-; then shall he be paid for it with the fullest payment; and that to your Lord is the goal (that He would decide the result for every person according to his doings)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next twelve AAYAAT tell about the total authority of Allah and the last eight AAYAAT of this last Ruku ask to understand that the Day of Judgment would come certainly so every person needs to worry about that before his death without raising surprises to the message of the Quran (that tells explicitly that the true Judgment would certainly take place); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the twelve AAYAAT from 43 to 54 read, ”and that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep (so every pleasure to them comes by His will and every trouble to them comes by His will); and that He it is Who causes death and gives life (He is the only Creator of all the creation with all authority over them); and that He created pairs, the male and the female from the sperm when it is poured; and that on Him is the bringing forth the second time (at Resurrection when He would raise all from dead); and that He it is Who enriches (any person He wills to give plenty of assets of the world to examine his attitudes) and gives to hold (so that assets remain with him to the period He wills); and that He (also) is the Lord of the Sirius (the brightest star named as the dog-star too that is in the star-system that is the nearest to the solar system; note that some of disbelievers used to worship it at the ancient times); and that He did destroy the AAD of old (that was the nation of HOODH-AS); and THAMUD (that was the nation of SALEH-AS and that nation is sometimes named as the second AAD), so He spared not; and the people of Noah before as they surely were most unjust and inordinate (in their disobedience); and the overthrown cities (that were of Sodom and Gomorrah) did He overthrow; so there covered them that which covered (that were stones falling upon them continuously)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last eight AAYAAT direct all of the mankind to worry about the Day of Judgment rather than remain most oblivious to it; they read, “which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about (as He has provided all peoples the space to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam that they have received by Muhammad PBUH, the last of all Messengers)? -this (Prophet PBUH) is the warner as were the warning persons (that were Prophets-AS) of old; the near event (the Day of Judgment) draws nigh; there shall be none besides Allah to disclose it; do you then wonder at this announcement? -and will you laugh (at this warning) and not weep (in the fear of it)? -while you are indulging in varieties (of amusement at the life at the world); so (leave all these things and) make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him only)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QAMAR
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-4)
1. The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
2. And if they see a sign they turn aside and say: transient magic.
3. And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
4. And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention
5. (Wherein is) consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
6. So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to painful task,
7. Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
8. Hastening to the inviter. The disbelievers shall say: This is hard day.
9. Before them the people of Noah rejected; so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
10. Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
11. So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
12. And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
13. And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
14. Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
15. And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who will mind?
16. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
17. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
18. AAD treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (severe) was My punishment and My warning!
19. Surely We sent on them raging wind-storm in a day of bitter ill-luck
20. Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
21. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
22. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
23. THAMUD rejected the warning.
24. So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
25. Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay- he is an insolent liar!
26. Tomorrow shall they know who the liar is, the insolent one.
27. Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore, watch them and have patience.
28. And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
29. But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
30. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
31. Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
32. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
33. The people of Lot treated the warning as a lie.
34. Surely We sent upon them a stone-storm, except Lot's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
35. A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
36. And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
37. And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
38. And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
39. So taste My chastisement and My warning.
40. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
41. And certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh's people.
42. They rejected all Our AAYAAT, so We overtook them in the manner of the Mighty, Powerful One.
43. Are the disbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
44. Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
45. Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
46. Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
47. Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
48. On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
49. Surely We have created everything according to measure.
50. And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of eye.
51. And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
52. And everything they have done is in the writings.
53. And everything small and great is written down.
54. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
55. In the seat of honor near to the most Powerful King.
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Surah QAMAR comprises of three Ruku that have 22 & 18 & 15 AAYAAT respectively in them; the Surah focuses on providing the message for the Day of Judgment and like Surah NAJM, directs all of the mankind to worry about that most significant day rather than remain oblivious to it; Surah NAJM narrated the destruction of those peoples in brief (from AAYAT-50 to AAYAT-54) in whom the respectable Messengers of Allah came (but they showed disrespect to them) and this Surah gives some detail to that brief account to show that even in the world, the space to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam ends totally when some nation rejects those teachings when they come to them in most explicit manner; so the rejection of the Islamic fundamental teachings not only brings the most severe punishment at AKHIRAT but it also puts the most severe punishment at the world too; it tells that the Quran presents all the necessary commands that Allah has given to the mankind and all persons need to take them with all fervor; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by the statement that the Hour has come very near and the Moon is torn apart; the Hour means QIYAMAT i.e. the last day of the world here but there are places at the Quran where it means the Day of Judgment and AAYAT-46 of this Surah has the term in this latter meaning; this event about the Moon took place near to MAKKAH when the Prophet PBUH was at MINA and he indicated this when the Moon was full and it seemed quite shaken at that time for few seconds as seen from the earth; note that the full moon rises just after the sunset and the people used to retire from activity early in those days so most of the people (even in Arabia) did not witness this incident that must have continued only for very few moments and though the assumption is that it split into two parts clearly but in-fact it was some very great wobble in the Moon that apparently showed it bit apart as seen from the earth and that only for a very little while; Surah QAMAR (which means the Moon) that we study, tells in the very beginning, “Near came the Hour and the Moon split” and this verse indicates this very incident so this also is one of the major signs of QAYAMAT; it is the second one as the first one is the arrival of Muhammad PBUH as the last Messenger of Allah to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT calls this event as an “AAYAT” that also has the meaning of miracle yet it is better to take the meaning of it as the sign (which also is its valid meaning) that asks to believe all the persons who witnessed it to believe that the world would certainly end and then the Day of Judgment would certainly take place when Allah would raise all persons from the dead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it is important to note that the Holy Book Quran is the only miracle of Muhammad PBUH as he is the last of Messengers of Allah to all peoples of the world and that needs such miracle for him that remains available to all peoples at all times everywhere and proves him as the Messenger of Allah; therefore please note that though there are other most amazing things like the trunk of the Dates-Tree (HANNANA) that cried-out when a special seat other than it was made for the Prophet PBUH at MASJID-NABAWI and like water gushing out of his fingers and like this amazing issue (i.e. the appearance of the Moon as torn apart when he was at MINA) and other such amazing things yet they are not his miracles in the strict sense of the word; this is because Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers of Allah so He took the responsibility of the protection of the Quran on Him (see Surah HIJR-9) that is to remain as his only miracle to all peoples of the world from the time of its descent to this time (and to all times ahead); it is in its pure form which remains the same Guidance to the right path that was presented by all Messengers of Allah by His command; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first eight AAYAAT of the Surah read, “the hour (the end of the world) drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder (i.e. it extremely wobbled as seen from the earth); and if they see a sign they turn aside and say: transient magic (i.e. they mean that it has no permanent value); and they call it a lie, and follow their low desires (to care only for the benefits of their lives at the world); and every affair has its appointed term (so the hour would come at the time that Allah has appointed for it); and certainly some narratives (of the previous peoples) have come to them wherein is prevention, (from wrongs; wherein is) consummate wisdom (to care for the true life of AKHIRAT)-- but warnings do not avail (because the disbelievers reject them); so turn back on them (without any care to their mocking manner on your warnings about the Day of Judgment as the true message that you give them would take place); that is the day when the inviter shall invite them to painful task (i.e. to face their respective accounts of doings so then they would see that the warnings to their punishment were most true); their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts (as every person that ever lived at the world would rise from dead), hastening to the inviter (the angel calling to the grounds of HASHR); the disbelievers shall say that this is hard day (as they would understand then that this is the day of which they were warned time and again)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next nine AAYAAT present the event about the people of Noah-AS that they were punished even in the world when they rejected the true message that the Messenger of Allah provided to them; they tell that “before them the people of Noah rejected; so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away; therefore he called upon his Lord that I am overcome, come Thou then to help; so We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring; and We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to the measure already ordained; and We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails; sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him (i.e. Noah) who was denied; and certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who will mind? -how (severe) was then My punishment and My warning; and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” these AAYAAT tell how the disbelievers were punished most severely even at the world when they challenged Noah and called him names; at that time he called Allah to save him from the wrong doings of the disbelievers after most extreme patience on whatever troubles that they had caused for him; they tell how Allah accepted his plea and saved him and all those who were with him on the beautiful spacious ark that he had made with ordinary planks and nails within the necessary period of time according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so Allah took His revenge by putting extreme punishment to them by waters that filled the area (that comprised of all the ancient Mesopotamia) so the disbelievers were drowned by the most huge amount of waters that comprised of the waters from the heaven above and from the land which poured out its waters from many of places that continued to fill the land until Allah eliminated the disbelievers totally so the Quran gives the message most explicitly that those who challenge Allah are doomed to destruction; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all these narrations here about the most severe punishment of the four nations who rejected the Messengers of Allah end with the statement “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” –so this AAYAT occurs four times at Surah QAMAR to tell that all persons have the Quran with them now and they need to reflect on it most committedly to save them from all troubles at the world in the collective manner and to save them from all troubles at AKHIRAT individually; Allah certainly would take His revenge if they do not comply to His obedience as for that reason He has created them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the good Muslim commentator on the Quran would interpret the Holy Book Quran by TADABBUR if he really takes up the task to interpret it (that is named as TAFSIR) with his total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; note also that there are two manners to understand the Holy Book Quran in which TADABBUR is the higher level of observation where the good Muslim person applies himself most committedly to understand the Holy Book Quran so it needs most high observation at its AAYAAT; he would know Arabic and he would know all the teachings of the Quran, Ahadith and the FIQH most highly to understand the Quran by TADABBUR; he would also know the principles related to TAFSIR (the comments on the Quran) and related to Ahadith (the authentic narrations that tell about the sayings of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his deeds, his silence over some action and in fact all that is related to that greatest of men, the last Messenger of Allah; note that the practice of these directions of Ahadith is named as SUNNAH) and related to FIQH (the study that guides to put the Islamic commands into the manifest practice in best of manners by the observation of the Quran and the SUNNAH); and most certainly, he would be the good practicing Muslim person who has his total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; note that the other term to its study is TAZAKKUR that is to understand its message in the most simple manner as its words imply explicitly (and that is the level upon which Surah QAMAR asks in the least all of the mankind to take the Holy Book Quran and to live upon it in practice); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last five AAYAAT of the Ruku that are from AAYAT-18 to AAYAT-22 tell that “AAD treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (severe) was My punishment and My warning -surely We sent on them raging wind-storm in a day of bitter ill-luck; tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up; how (severe) was then My punishment and My warning -and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” –Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the nation of HOODH-AS was named as AAD and he gave them the same message as Noah-AS has given to his nation; he told them that he is the Messenger of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and he does care for their safety at AKHIRAT; that nation AAD lived in the area of curved sand-hills in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula and they were very strong in physique and had handsome height and looks; they also were idolaters and their total preference was for the life at the world so HOODH told them that they must show gratitude to Allah and take Him only as their true Lord; note that the Messenger of Allah has the liability to provide the message of Allah and it is not his liability to see that his people do accept it and HOODH fulfilled his liability; when it became evident that the disbelievers on HOODH would not come towards the fundamental teachings of Islam, Allah saved HOODH and the true believers with him by His great blessing and certainly it was the most severe punishment from which Allah saved them; Surah-HAQQAAH says that this punishment was such “which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days so that (O listener) you might have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees” (HAQQAAH-7); their amazing strength was certainly nothing in match to which they faced as it was the punishment that Allah had given them at the world and the punishment at AKHIRAT is even more dreadful; here at Surah QAMAR too, the AAYAAT mention that the destruction that hit AAD tore them away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up; Allah certainly sent upon them such punishment that was most extremely severe after they rejected the warnings of Allah to them and He certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the day on which their punishment started is mentioned as the day of bitter ill-luck and then that punishment stayed upon them for seven nights and eight days that tore them as the hollow trunks of the torn palm trees; though there is some argument at TAFSIR about this day but it is difficult to pinpoint some specific date of the year as this specific day of bitter ill-luck though it probably is some specific date of one of the lunar months that occurs regularly each year even now; AAYAAT 15 & 16 of Surah HA-MEEM AS-SAJDAH state that “as for AAD, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they asked who is mightier than us in power? -could they not see that Allah Who created them, He is mightier than them in power? -and they denied Our revelations; therefore We let loose on them a raging wind-storm in days of bitter ill-luck, that We might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world; and verily the doom of AKHIRAT will be more shameful, and they will not be helped”; here the Quran mentions all days of their destruction as related to bitter ill-luck and this is because that severe punishment that eliminated them totally started on that specific day that is most probably related to the bitter ill-luck in general; this seems in accordance to how the AAYAAT present it but as they are not totally explicit for it so I, MSD, would remark here the best of remarks that most certainly, Allah know better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the statement that THAMUD (the nation of SALEH-AS) also rejected the warnings; this also means that to reject one of the Messengers of Allah is to reject all of them because they all fundamentally gave the same message as Allah commanded them to give and that was the message of Islam; the disbelievers in THAMUD raised the same objection to SALEH that the disbelievers in other peoples had raised before that he is just an ordinary man among them who has not much of wealth and who is alone with not huge number of people to stand for him; they rejected him as the Messenger of Allah with the blame that he is not only a liar but he also is a person who has pride on himself that he is something out of ordinary among them; note that he was one of the most truthful persons and he had no arrogance in him; the disbelievers saw what was obvious to their eyes by projection that like them, this person also would be needy of the worldly goods, status and pleasures but these disbelieving men have always been (and even are) totally unable to see the inside of those who live with their attention towards Allah only, the true Lord; Allah answered their objection that very soon, they would see who actually is the liar with arrogance inside him; He gave them the huge she-camel that came out from behind of some rock miraculously and Allah commanded them not to trouble it so that she might easily drink the water on the day assigned for it (that was every other day as one day was for it and the other was for other cattle there) as she intends; if they do otherwise, they would receive extreme punishment even at the world; but even then, their ruling elite rejected the message of Allah that SALEH provided to them and asked others too to reject it; some of their youth killed the she-camel (as they provoked them to do it) and that was the clearest disobedience to Allah from all of the disbelievers there; so Allah punished them most severely by the most painful scream to hear (that was the sound of the deadly cry of the earthquake that took hold of them); so they became like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure of his cattle collects to save his cattle from the attacking beasts; this tells how that deadly disaster trampled them when it fell upon them; the event ends with the same message that asks all of the mankind for TAZAKKUR upon the Holy Book Quran, “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next ten AAYAT of this Ruku tell about the event that relates to the nation of Lot-AS; the people of Lot-AS lived at Sodom and Gomorrah at south of the dead sea and they were extremely filthy persons who used to commit the heinous sin of sodomy among men; Lot who actually did not belong to that nation but had been sent to them as the Messenger of Allah, tried his best to reform them of this heinous sin but to no avail; in fact, they intended to expel him from their city just because he challenged their filth; so due to their rejection of the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam), and also due to their most heinous filthy acts, Allah sent the rain of stones upon them from which Allah saved only Lot and his family who believed in him, in the morning hours; note that his wife was one of the disbelievers there so she also remained there among the punished people; certainly, Allah provides safety from all the calamity to the good believing persons only even when they have to live in the wrong-doers (under protest); however, they would call towards the right path even at such situation as that is necessary to show their gratitude to Allah and certainly, Lot-AS had told the consequence to the disbelievers of their rejection of the right path yet they made vague arguments against the warnings that Lot provided to them; they even tried to take the guests of Lot-AS (that were angels) with them to fulfill their wrong intention with them so Allah blinded their eyes (as He commanded the angels to put such extreme adversity to those who were at front there); it was an introduction to the most severe punishment of which Allah had clearly warned them by Lot-AS and it fell upon them in the morning so Allah gave those disbelievers the complete taste of their wrong-doings at the world; and they would get their lasting deadly punishment at AKHIRAT by the hell-fire; after this narration of the destruction of the people of Lot, the last AAYAT of the Ruku is familiar that asks for TAZAKKUR, “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first couple of AAYAAT at the last Ruku mention the punishment that Allah gave to Pharaoh who rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam when Moses-AS and Aaron-AS presented them clearly to him; Moses provided such miracles to him even, that proved that he was the Messenger of Allah yet he disbelieved and the result was that Allah punished him most severely by drowning him with huge number of his men when they all were following Moses and the Bani-Israel; these AAYAAT read, “and certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh's people; they rejected all Our AAYAAT, so We overtook them in the manner of the Mighty, Powerful One”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next four AAYAAT ask the disbelievers that were at Makkah at the time of the descent of Surah QAMAR that they reflect upon their position and accept Islam because if they do not accept it, the outcome of their disbelief would be the same as the previous disbelievers near to their lands had received; they read, “are the disbelievers of yours (that are at Makkah) better than these (previous disbelievers that Allah eliminated by severe punishments), or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures? -or do they say that we are a host allied together to help each other? -soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs; nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter”; the AAYAAT imply that when these disbelievers at Makkah have got the message that Allah punished the previous disbelievers to Islam most severely by the most deadly punishments at the world and the previous scriptures too that Allah sent to the world do not guarantee their safety in any manner as every person would get the result at AKHIRAT according to his belief and his deeds at his life here so what do they have to rely upon for their safety at the world and at AKHIRAT; if they think that they are so much powerful together that they are invincible then that is their idiocy as they would see that their power would reduce most drastically when they would run for their lives (which happened at the battle of BADR); their actual punishment would come at the hour (here it means that it would come at the day of HASHR) and that would prove the most hard day for them; AAYAT-7 & AAYAT-8 of this Surah has depicted the manner of disbelievers on that day i.e. the Day of Judgment that “their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts; hastening to the inviter, the disbelievers shall say that this is hard day”; Allah certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last nine AAYAAT of the last Ruku relate about the Day of Judgment and about the will of Allah; they read, “Surely the guilty (who are the disbelievers in the fundamental teachings of Islam) are in error (at the world) and in distress (at AKHIRAT); on the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces (i.e. the angels would drag them by force) into the fire (and those angels would tell them) to taste the touch of hell-fire; surely We have created everything according to measure (and so Allah would see that the world gets its quantity of the mankind then the last day of the world would come as that is its appointed time); and Our command is but one (i.e. the command of KUN which means BE and that happens) as the twinkling of eye; and certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you (which means that if these disbelievers think that they are safe from the punishment of Allah, they are in most high error), but is there anyone who will mind (to see plain facts)? -and everything they have done (together as nation) is in the writings (so they would face the consequence of that even at the world when Allah wills for it); and everything small and great is written down (according to which the whole universe including the earth progresses on and that certainly is the will of Allah and He certainly has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah); surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in (the most beautiful) gardens and (wherein shall be the most pleasant) rivers; in the seat of honor (the place where the truthful person would live-on) near to the most Powerful King (i.e. near to Allah, the true Lord of all the creation)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note the words “FIZ-ZUBUR” (in the writings) and “MUSTATAR” (written down) that these AAYAAT have here at the last part of Surah QAMAR; note that “writings” are the documents of deeds of all persons and where nations have erred together when they generally rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam though Allah guided them to those teachings most clearly, then Allah punished them most severely even at the world; the other AAYAT that states about what is “written down” indicates the LAUHE-MAHFUZ that tells about the will of Allah where everything that is to happen is written down; Allah guides all affairs that take place anywhere at any time beautifully to the manner that He wills for all those affairs because it is His will only that rules all of His creation even now; certainly, all praise is for Allah, the only Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah RAHMAN
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-7)
1. The Beneficent Allah,
2. Taught the Quran.
3. He created man,
4. Taught him the mode of expression.
5. The sun and the moon follow a reckoning.
6. And the herbs and the trees do prostrate (to Him).
7. And the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance
8. That you may not be inordinate in respect of the balance.
9. And keep up the measure with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
10. And the earth, He has set it for living creatures;
11. Therein is fruit and palms having sheathed clusters,
12. And the grain with (its) husk and fragrance.
13. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
14. He created the man by dry clay like earthen vessels,
15. And He created the jinn by flame of fire.
16. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
17. Lord of the two easts and of the two wests.
18. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
19. He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet,
20. Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.
21. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
22. There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.
23. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
24. And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like mountains.
25. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
26. Everyone on it must pass away.
27. And there remains forever the Countenance of your Lord, Who is full of majesty and honor.
28. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
29. All those who are in the heavens and the earth ask of Him; every moment He is in a state (of majesty and honor).
30. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
31. Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two burdened groups.
32. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
33. O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority.
34. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
35. The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two, then you will not be able to defend yourselves.
36. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
37. And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide.
38. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
39. So on that day neither man nor jinni shall be asked about his sin.
40. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
41. The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
42. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
43. This is the hell which the guilty called a lie.
44. Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling water.
45. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
46. And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens.
47. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
48. Having in them various kinds.
49. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
50. In both of them are two fountains flowing.
51. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
52. In both of them are two pairs of every fruit.
53. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
54. Reclining on couches, the inner coverings of which are of silk brocade; and the fruits of the two gardens shall be within reach.
55. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
56. In them shall be those who restrained their eyes; before them neither man nor jinni shall have touched them.
57. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
58. As though they were rubies and coral-stones.
59. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
60. Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
61. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
62. And besides these two are two (other) gardens:
63. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
64. Both inclining to blackness.
65. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
66. In both of them are two springs gushing forth.
67. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
68. In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates.
69. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
70. In them are goodly things, beautiful ones.
71. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
72. Pure ones (HOORS) confined to the pavilions.
73. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
74. Man has not touched them before them nor jinni.
75. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
76. Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
77. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
78. Blessed be the name of your Lord, Who has the majesty and the honor!
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Surah RAHMAN consists of 3 Ruku which have 25 & 20 & 33 AAYAAT respectively; RAHMAN (the Beneficent) is the name of Allah and this Surah starts by it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah is unique in this matter that it addresses both the Man and the Jinn together and tells about the blessings that Allah has provided to both of them; the Surah tells of different blessings of Allah and asks both of them repeatedly about each of them that “which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?”; note that by grammar, Allah addresses two of His creation at this recurring AAYAT and the context shows explicitly that they are the Man and the Jinn and note also that Allah has provided the freewill to only these both whereas other of His creation worship Him without any other option; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by the statement that Allah has not only given life to the Man but He also has provided him the greatest of His blessings that is the Quran; He has taught that to him so that he believes it and does his deeds according to that belief; and He has provided him the ability to present it to all other persons so these AAYAAT tell that Allah has not only created the Man but He has taught words to him due to which he is able to express himself clearly and the best manner for him to be grateful to Allah for this ability of expression is to learn the Quran with total belief and besides practicing it in total, provide its teachings to all peoples of the world as much as possible for him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; one of the most authentic Ahadith mentions that “the best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it to others”; note that Allah has mentioned the teaching of the Quran before He has mentioned the creation of the Man so this denotes that the good spiritual value of the Man is more a blessing than the physical life he has; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that jinn also would follow the Quran to remain upon the true path as they also are bound to follow it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT mentions Allah by His name Ar-RAHMAN (the Beneficent) as the disbelievers at Makkah were much annoyed by this name; so it challenged them that Allah is Most Beneficent Who has cared for all peoples of the world by providing the Quran to them to save themselves from the torments of the coming true life by its acceptance; AAYAAT-5 to 12 ahead tell about some of His blessings that He has provided to the mankind which are most significant for his physical well-being as the Quran often mentions both of these blessings (spiritual and physical) together at places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that the sun and the moon are doing their respective tasks remaining to calculation that Allah has set for them; AAYAT-6 tells “and the herb and the tree do prostrate (to Allah)” wherein “the herb” means all of herbs and “the tree” means all of trees; note that the word An-NAJM (the herb) also means “the star” so with connection to previous AAYAT, it also implies that like the sun and the moon, all stars too are going along their pathways which Allah has set for them and so this term applies in both ways; AAYAAT-7 & 8 & 9 tell that He not only has raised the heaven, that is near to earth, but He also has assigned its laws to it so everything in it is working in the order He has assigned to it (this includes the gravitational force among heavenly bodies); so the man (and even the jinn) would care for this balance and would not do any such thing that might cause disharmony to it; the man needs to bring harmony to life by intentional efforts according to the fundamental teachings of Islam as keeping the balance refers to care about rights of all persons around him and also to care to keep himself at the right path as the wrongs affect all environment adversely; Surah ROUM-41 states that “corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return”; in this broader manner, these AAYAAT guide the mankind about their actions to the heaven above too that the mankind would not disturb harmony there by any of actions and it is proper to comment that at these current times, these AAYAAT do seem to hit that activity even, that relates to sending different space-vehicles for the probe of heavenly bodies as that also somewhat applies to disturbing of the balance therein; may Allah give all peoples the insight to care in all their actions about the harmony by which Allah has set the creation; these three AAYAAT read, “and the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance; that you may not be inordinate in respect of the balance; and keep up the measure with equity and do not make the balance deficient”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT tell that Allah has set the earth in such manner that by getting rains from the heaven above, it brings forth fruits and especially dates that are protected by their sheath; and it brings forth grains that are protected by their husks and fragrances; so the earth brings forth fruits, pulses, vegetables and many more things in crops which provide foods for the mankind, birds, animals, insects and even jinn; so Allah has cared not only to provide the true guidance to the man and the jinn magnificently but He also has cared with all other living creatures, for their physical sustenance beautifully; this asks the man and the jinn, the only two creation of Allah who do have the freewill to actions, to live by the commands of Allah; the recurring AAYAT - “which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?” - at Surah RAHMAN states in the manner of question on all the physical benefits which Allah has provided to them at the world, that they need to show extreme gratitude to Allah, the true Lord, for this beautiful care to safety of their physique by living according to the Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-14 & 15 state, “He created the man by dry clay like earthen vessels; and He created the jinn by flame of fire”; the term SALSAALEN-KAL-FAKKHAAR at AAYAT-14 that means the “dry clay like earthen vessels”, was the final stage of the material by which Allah created Adam-AS; this material had passed through few stages whereas each stage had most extreme period of time by the will of Allah; see also the note at the third Ruku of Surah HIJR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah created jinn much before Adam by flame of fire and they have the ability to see the human beings though the human beings are not able to see them; they are physically stronger than the man yet because of his spiritual power and because Allah has appointed angels to see to his protection, jinn avoid attacks on the man; see also the note at BAQARAH-the fourth Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the couple of AAYAAT ahead state, “(Allah is the) Lord of the two easts and of the two wests; which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?”; the mention of two easts and two wests at the AAYAT seems to refer to the two different points of sunrise and two different points of sunset, at two different occasions; in other words, “two easts” mean the different points of sunrise where the day is longest in summer and where the day is shortest in winter at Arabia; and “two wests” mean the different points of sunset for these two occasions there and certainly, Allah knows better; the last seven AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the rivers and the benefits from them to the mankind; there are places where the waters of the river meets the waters of the sea yet they keep the difference between the features of their respective waters there to quite a distance; Allah mentions this difference in their waters as His blessing as both of these waters serve the mankind in their own respective manner; from these waters, the man gets beautiful pearls, both large and small; and they take big ships to different places which serves the man in getting his financial security; each of these benefits that Allah has provided by waters of rivers and of seas, asks both the man and the jinn to show gratitude to Allah, the true Lord; the next Ruku starts by the statement that whatever is on earth would pass away and only Allah, the true Lord, would remain Who has all majesty and honor; He is HAYYE that means that He only has the true life; the AAYAT implies that even death of all righteous persons among men and among jinn, is blessing as after their death, Allah would provide life to the dead for their eternal life ahead and provide the Judgment to all of them so He would provide the due punishment to all wrong-doers by His majesty and He would honor all righteous persons at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-29 tells that Allah keeps everything to His will and He always sees whatever impression has occurred by doings of the peoples at the world to keep it all to His will; certainly He knows beforehand every action that anyone among the mankind and the jinn takes as He certainly is the Most Knowing of all things and the Most Well-Aware; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it also tells that everyone begs of Him for needs and so every day He is engaged in the task of seeing to their needs according to His will; so He cares for His creation due to their collective need and due to their individual need according to His will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they need to show utmost gratitude to Allah for His blessings on them; from AYAT-31 till the last of Ruku, AAYAAT ask attention towards the Day of Judgment; Allah tells both the mankind and the jinn that very soon, He would judge all of them according to their doings; Allah addresses them as the “two burdened groups” as these two only have the freewill to actions for which they have to account at AKHIRAT; AAYAT-33 tells that all those who have any thoughts of running away from that ultimate Judgment, they are totally unable to do it; it reads, “O assembly of the jinn and the men- if you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth (that means the whole universe), then pass through (to avoid Judgment); you cannot pass through but with authority (that only Allah has, so all among the jinn and the men have to answer for all their deeds without any option)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this certainly is His blessing to all righteous persons and they need to show gratitude for it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-35 gives the reason that no person is able to run away far in space because the flame of fire would get him there and, even if he breaks the barrier of the earth’s gravity and gets further, the smoke would engulf him so he would remain unable to protect himself; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this refers especially to the jinn who are able to run to space yet they are unable to get much far in that due to the burning meteoroids racing towards the earth; see also the note at the second Ruku of HIJR; AAYAT-37 states that at the last day of the world, the heaven near to earth would become as red as the red hide (or as rosy-colored leather); and even the advent of QIYAMAT (the last day of the world) is the blessing of Allah that sets the stage for His Judgment to all peoples of the world; then on that day, the Day of Judgment, no one among the guilty men or the jinn would be asked about his most notable sin (which would be their denial of the Day of Judgment as AAYAT-43 states) because it would be there for all persons to see and these guilty persons would be recognized by some marking on them at the grounds of HASHR; these guilty persons would see the hell-fire that they used to deny and round about shall they go between it and the boiling water; their alternate visits to these two places would occur because these two would provide the two different manners of their punishment that they would get in sequence; the last AAYAT of the Ruku that is the recurring AAYAT at Surah RAHMAN tells here that even the warning that these AAYAAT give to such guilty persons is the blessing of Allah to them at the world, so that they make themselves better here and now, before they die because when the event of their death takes place, their regret upon their wrong manner of living would be totally useless; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku mentions two groups of the righteous believers who would be at JANNAAT that Surah WA’QIAH, the Surah ahead, terms as the companions of the right hand and as the foremost among them respectively; this Ruku mentions the blessed affairs of the first group from its first AAYAT to 61, and it mentions the blessed affairs of the second group from AAYAT-62 to 77; Surah WA’QIAH narrates the detail about the foremost persons in JANNAAT before the detail of the companions of the right hand; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku tells about the companions of the right hand that they always had this in mind that Allah only has the true authority and it is His will that shows in the tasks of all His creation; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Dr. ISRAR AHMED, one of the foremost commentators on the Quran at these current times, has commented about the two of JANNAAT that are mentioned here that they refer to the two different JANNAAT for the first group among the mankind and among the jinn respectively; these would be the most beautiful gardens that would have in them various kinds of trees having wonderful branches; these would also have flowing fountains and pairs of all fruits where they would be seated upon couches that would be lined with silk brocade and the fruits of both these gardens would be near to their respective good residents; therein shall be those beautiful women of modest gaze, whom neither any man nor any jinn will have touched before them; this means that at the JANNAH of the mankind, there would be the beautiful specific women of that place (besides those who were their good wives at the world) for the mankind whom no man had ever touched before and each of them would only be caring for her husband; and at the JANNAH of the jinn, there would be the beautiful specific women of that place (besides those who were their good wives at the world) for the jinn whom no jinn had ever touched before and each of them would only be caring for her husband; these all would be such precious beauties to their respective husbands as they are rubies and coral-stones; Allah would provide these all excellent eternal blessings because they had lived virtuously at the world by living by commands of Allah and one good turn deserves another; Al-Hamdu Lillah; then there is the mention of affairs of the second group among the righteous persons in mankind and in the jinn that they would receive two JANNAAT so these refer to the two different JANNAAT for the second group among the mankind and among the jinn respectively; though the first group would have all excellent blessings at their JANNAAT yet this second group would get some additional blessings as they are at the higher level than the former, the first group, as Surah WA’QIAH has termed this second group as the foremost among these two groups; they would be much nearer to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so they also would have all blessings at their respective JANNAH which the former would have at theirs yet the women at these JANNAAT for the second group would be HOORS who would be extremely beautiful (WA’QIAH mentions them as the beautiful hidden pearls and this Surah mentions these fairest of women as much more confined to their beautiful spacious residences); these most spacious residences would have the most beautiful pearls at their built according to Hadith and each of the righteous persons of the second group, would have HOORS as his wives in huge number (even up-to seventy) besides those who were his good wives at the world; note that the best of women according to Islam are those who relate themselves much to their specific residences and leave their homes only for necessities with most decent of dresses and return as soon as they fulfill their necessities so these beautiful HOORS would have this beautiful reservation to height in their beautiful nature without asking to leave their specific spacious residences for anything; they all would remain most happy together with their own manner of living there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that Islam does not suppress the natural emotion towards women that occurs in men due to their aesthetic inclination yet it asks them to channelize that firmly in the righteous manner; this mention of the second group contains AAYAT-64 which comprises of one word only that is MUDHHAMMATAAN which means that these two gardens would be such dark green that both of them would be inclining to blackness and this would increase their beauty there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-78, the last AAYAT of this Ruku (and also of this Surah), reads, “blessed be the name of your Lord, Who has the majesty and the honor”; this tells that He certainly would provide the due punishment to all wrong-doers by His majesty and He certainly would honor all righteous persons at AKHIRAT; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah WAQI’AH
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-5)
1. When the great event comes to pass,
2. There is no belying its coming to pass--
3. Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),
4. When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,
5. And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling,
6. So that they shall be as scattered dust.
7. And you shall be three sorts.
8. Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
9. And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand!
10. And the foremost are the foremost,
11. These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),
12. In the gardens of bliss.
13. A numerous company from among the first,
14. And a few from among the latter.
15. On thrones decorated,
16. Reclining on them, facing one another.
17. Round about them shall go youths never altering in age,
18. With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink;
19. They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted,
20. And fruits such as they choose,
21. And the flesh of fowl such as they desire.
22. And pure (HOORS), beautiful ones,
23. As if they are like the hidden pearls:
24. The reward for what they used to do.
25. They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse,
26. Except the word peace, peace.
27. And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
28. Amid thorn-less lote-trees,
29. And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another.
30. And extended shade,
31. And water flowing constantly,
32. And abundant fruit,
33. Neither intercepted nor forbidden,
34. And exalted thrones.
35. Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth,
36. Then We have made them virgins,
37. Loving, equals in age,
38. For the sake of the companions of the right hand.
39. A numerous company from among the first,
40. And a numerous company from among the last.
41. And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of the left hand!
42. In scorching wind and boiling water,
43. And the shade of black smoke,
44. Neither cool nor honorable.
45. Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.
46. And they persisted in the great violation.
47. And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?
48. Or our fathers of yore?
49. Say: The first and the last,
50. Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day.
51. Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!
52. Most surely eat of a tree of ZAQQUM,
53. And fill (your) bellies with it;
54. Then drink over it of boiling water;
55. And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
56. This is their entertainment on the day of requital.
57. We have created you, why do you not then assent?
58. Have you considered the seed?
59. Is it you that create it or are We the creators?
60. We have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome,
61. In order that We may bring in your place the likes of you and make you grow into what you know not.
62. And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?
63. Have you considered what you sow?
64. Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers of growth?
65. If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into pieces, then would you begin to lament:
66. Surely we are burdened with debt:
67. Nay! we are deprived.
68. Have you considered the water which you drink?
69. Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders?
70. If We pleased, We would have made it bitter; why do you not then give thanks?
71. Have you considered the fire which you strike?
72. Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?
73. We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the desert.
74. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
75. But nay! I swear by the setting of stars;
76. And most surely it is very great oath if you only knew;
77. Most surely it is the honored Quran,
78. In the book that is protected
79. None shall touch it save the purified ones.
80. Revelation by the Lord of the worlds.
81. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
82. And to commit to lies you make your means of subsistence.
83. Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,
84. And you at that time look on--
85. And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see--
86. Then why is it not-- if you are not held under authority--
87. That you send it (not) back-- if you are truthful?
88. Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah),
89. Then happiness and bounty and the garden of bliss.
90. And if he is one of those that are of the right hand,
91. Then peace to you all that are among those of the right hand.
92. And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones,
93. He shall have an entertainment of boiling water,
94. And burning in hell.
95. Most surely this is the certain truth.
96. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
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Like Surah RAHMAN, this Surah also describes the blessed situation of the two groups at JANNAAT and describes the wretched situation of the wrong-doers at the hell-fire; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it has three Ruku that respectively comprise of 38 AAYAAT, 36 AAYAAT and 22 AAYAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first six AAYAAT of the Surah read, “when the great event comes to pass; there is no belying its coming to pass; abasing (one party), exalting (the other); when the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking; and the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling; so that they shall be as scattered dust (as if they are loosened wool)”; this tells about the last day of the world and the third AAYAT here states that this day would lead to the Day of Judgment that would abase the disbelievers and that would lead the two groups of the righteous persons to highest of honor; the Quran takes the matter of the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the first day of AKHIRAT (that is the Day of Judgment) at places by such relation that the latter occurs just after QIYAMAT; this is because all of mankind is dead at QIYAMAT whereas all of mankind regain life (and awareness) at the Day of Judgment though there is an extensive period of time between the two; AAYAAT ahead tell about the three groups of the mankind in which two relate to JANNAAT that are companions of the right hand and the foremost of all righteous persons who would be much nearer to Allah, the true Lord; the remaining group would be the wretched group of companions of the left hand who had spent their lives at the world as disbelievers; note that those righteous believers who get their respective documents of deeds at their right hands would be the companions of the right hand and those who get their respective documents of deeds at their left hands would be the companions of the left hand; note also that though the foremost among the righteous persons would also get their respective documents at their right hands yet they would have some additional good features that would denote their most honored status there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all the persons who receive honor at AKHIRAT, would include the Prophets, the truthful persons, the martyrs for the Islamic cause and the virtuous persons that are mentioned at NISAA-69; it reads, “And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the Prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the most good persons, and good company they are”; so all those who had believed in Allah firmly and had obeyed Him and His last Messenger steadfastly, these all persons in this UMMAH would be the companions of the right hand and the foremost among the most righteous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-7 to 11 tell about these three, “and you shall be three sorts; then (as to) the companions of the right hand - how happy are the companions of the right hand; and (as to) the companions of the left hand - how wretched are the companions of the left hand; and the foremost are the foremost; these are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead mention that these foremost among the most righteous persons would be the dwellers of the blissful gardens; their major number would come from the early times of this UMMAH (the Muslims as whole from the times of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH) and the rest from persons after them; note that even before Muhammad PBUH, there certainly were the foremost among the virtuous persons yet seemingly, this place refers to his UMMAH explicitly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-15 to 26 tell about their blessed situation at the blissful gardens; “(they would be) on thrones decorated; reclining on them, facing one another; round about them shall go youths never altering in age; with goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink (of wine); they shall not be affected with headache thereby (though they would enjoy it immensely), nor shall they get exhausted (by losing sense); and fruits such as they choose; and the flesh of fowl such as they desire; and pure (HOORS), beautiful ones; as if they are like the hidden pearls: the reward for what they used to do; they shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse; except the word peace, peace”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-27 to 40 relate the blessed situation of the companions of the right hand that their garden at paradise would have wonderful thorn-less lote-trees that also would beautify the place; and banana trees so very near to each other that they would be one above another and there would be most beautiful shade extending to miles as if it is early morning at such weather that is neither cold nor hot but totally pleasant; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and there would be most clear water that would flow constantly at fountains and plenty of all fruits, neither intercepted (i.e. they would not be limited to seasons) nor forbidden (i.e. they would never end but grow on instantly according to consumption); and the couches where they would recline, that would be raised high to honor these companions of the right hand; and Allah would provide them beautiful women that would specifically be for them (besides their good wives there) who would be virgins and so much attractive to them that they would find most extreme love towards them and they all would be compatible with their youthful age; note that every man who gets his place at JANNAAT would be in early thirties with wonderful manly fitness; and all women there, though they are those who enter there due to the virtuous lives that they had spent at the world (transformed to fairest of ladies there living together with their good husbands) or they are those specific women who are especially created at JANNAAT (HOORS and others) who would be provided as wives to the most virtuous men who enter there, these all most beautiful women would also be at early thirties with highest of attraction for their husbands towards them; some respectable commentators at this issue have mentioned this specific age as of 33 years for all though there also would be young boys who would be serving the foremost among the most virtuous residents of JANNAAT who would remain young at age at that beautiful place ever as AAYAT-17 of this Surah has stated (and as Surah TOOR also has mentioned at AAYAT-24) and certainly Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these companions of the right hand would come in huge number from the early times of this UMMAH and also in huge number from those who come after them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAAT-41 to AAYAT-56, all AAYAAT tell about those who would receive their document of deeds at their left hands; they would feel the scorching wind and drink the hot boiling water; the shade to them would be of black smoke that would not provide any coolness to them or any refreshment rather it would make their condition even worse; many of these disbelievers used to live in pleasures at the world remaining oblivious to the fact that they have to answer for their lives at the Day of Judgment; this was their extreme wrong and they would see its consequence; whenever they were guided to it, they mocked about it and persisted with obstinacy at their wrong belief that they would not be resurrected as they would have become dust and bones at graves and their forefathers too would not be raised from dead; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to tell them that they all and all those of old and of later times, would certainly be raised to life from dead and gathered together for the appointed hour of the known day (i.e. the Day of Judgment); then all those who erred about it and all those who denied its upcoming, they would eat of the tree at hell-fire i.e. ZAQQUM as that only would be available to satiate their extreme hunger; and there would be boiling water over it to drink for their extreme thirst which they would drink as thirsty camels afflicted with extreme thirst, drink water; these disbelievers would face such unwelcome at that specific day; may Allah give TOFIQ to all good persons at the world to believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam so that they save themselves from this most extreme punishment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-57 to AAYAT-74, the last AAYAT of the second Ruku, Allah guides attention to those blessings that He has provided to the mankind for his physical safety; He mentions about how life occurs at the world as the man only emits the seed inside his wife but Allah shapes it at the womb at the specific period it has to remain there and then He bring it forth as one of the mankind; and Allah has ordained death so the life here is an examination for which all of the mankind would answer at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-60 & 61 state that nothing in His creation is able to stop Him to transfigure the man and make him in what he certainly is not aware of; Respectable Dr. ISRAR interprets this in his Tafsiri comments that the physical changes do occur even at the world in all persons yet at AKHIRAT, Allah, the true Lord, would provide another proper physique to each person there whereas every person would be fully aware of himself/herself and with that, he/she would receive his/her specific Judgment due to his/her doings at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-62 ahead states that the man does know how the life of the man takes place at the world (and though much was known about this at the ancient times but in these current times, Physiology provides that clearly in more detail); AAYAAT ahead relate about the seed that the man sows inside the earth which Allah grows to become fruitful to the mankind and other of His creation; so Allah not only develops the seed of the man inside the womb of his wife but He also develops the seed that he sows inside the grounds to become edible fruits and crops for his sustenance; Al-Hamdu Lillah; if Allah willed, He verily could make it ash-particles, then the workers upon it would have persistently exclaimed that they are burdened with debts besides being deprived of all the benefits that they were to get by it; so on getting it safely, they need to show their gratitude to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and Allah sends from the raincloud the pleasant water that is fit to drinking; if He willed, He verily could make it bitter so at this even, they need to show their gratitude to Allah; and Allah has provided such trees to the mankind by which they kindle fire (as they struck elements from them together) which has number of physical benefits for all yet especially for those who are wayfarers at deserts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this fire does ask them to reflect how it affects the physique when it is near to the physique so they need to avoid the hell-fire by living at the world by commands of Allah; certainly, for all these blessings, these persons, like all virtuous persons, need to glorify the name of Allah, the true Lord, Who is the Most Supreme; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku starts by answering the disbelievers that the Quran is not something ordinary as they are taking it, but it is the highest of blessings from Allah to the mankind, and it is totally safe at the most protected book (i.e. LAUHE-MAHFUZ); Allah has taken an oath on this statement that the Quran is safe at the most protected book at heavens to which only the angels have access and Allah certainly has descended it to the world; AAYAT-75 and AAYAAT here to AAYAT-82 read, “but nay (the disbelievers have totally wrong assumptions)! I swear by placements of stars; and most surely it is very great oath if you only knew; most surely it is the honored Quran; in the (heavenly) book that is protected; none shall touch it save the purified ones (angels at heavens and those of mankind that are Muslims who have made WUDHU i.e. ablution at the world); revelation by the Lord of the worlds; do you then hold this announcement in contempt? (by foolishly assuming that it does not provide the true guidance because it has not descended from Allah, the true Lord or that it has not descended as Allah sent it to the Prophet PBUH) - and to commit to lies you make your means of subsistence (i.e. you try to justify your disbelief by giving such lies to your psyche)”; note that Allah has taken the oath of placements of NUJUM (stars) and has mentioned it as the most notable oath; so this whole term “MAWAQEN-NUJUM” (i.e. placements of stars) refers to the posts of angels at the sky near to earth and the AAYAT implies that the angels protect the whole pathway of the descent of the Quran at this area as the mischievous Jinn have access to this area to some extent; they would only find flames (from burning meteoroids) following them on their way back to earth to eliminate them at the space before they return to earth if they intrude to cause trouble at this descent; see also the note on the second Ruku of Surah HIJR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so these AAYAAT tell that all such parts of the Quran that have descended to the world from the heaven, they have descended within the protection of angels to Muhammad PBUH by the command of Allah and its text was never disturbed anywhere as many angels at posts at the sky near to earth too protect its pathway to earth by the command of Allah so it is the true guidance from Allah which every person needs to follow most firmly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; whole of the Quran is totally protected in whatever manner it has reached Muhammad PBUH by the will of Allah; see Surah SHURA-51 and Surah HIJR-9; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell explicitly that when someone is at the verge of his death, the people around are unable to do anything at that time as death when it does come, it is inevitable and Allah only is near to him at such time as his relation to life at the world ends whereas he finds angels around him; the Judgment is sure to come and because of it, no one is able to stop his departure from the world so even the end of life indicates that all persons that are here at the world, have their respective time to show their respective colors whereby they would get their respective judgment at the first day of AKHIRAT that is the Day of Judgment; Surah MULK-2 states, “Allah has created death and life, that He may try which of you is the best in deed: and He is the Mighty, Oft-Forgiving”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah concludes by mentioning the three groups that it has discussed in it, two of them at JANNAAT and one of them that is the companions of the left hand, at the hell-fire; AAYAAT from 88 to 95 read, “then if he is one of those drawn nigh (that are foremost of the righteous persons near to Allah); then (for them is) happiness and bounty and the garden of bliss; and if he is one of those that are of the right hand (the companions of the right hand), then peace to you all that are among those of the right hand; and if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones (the companions of the left hand), he shall have an entertainment (that is his unwelcome there) by boiling water and burning in hell; most surely this is the certain truth”; the last AAYAT of the Surah asks to glorify the name of Allah, the true Lord, like its AAYAT-74 and due to this, the Muslims recite words at RUKU & SAJDAH at their Salah that fulfill this guidance; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah HADID
(Consists of 4 Ruku; H-6)
1. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and He has power over all things.
3. He is the First and the Last and the Evident and the Immanent; and He is Cognizant of all things.
4. He is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He mounted firm at ARSH (the Throne of authority); He knows that which goes deep down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do.
5. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) affairs returned.
6. He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is at insides.
7. Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and spend out of what He has made you successors of; for those of you who believe and spend shall have a great reward.
8. And what reason have you that you should not believe in Allah? And the Apostle calls on you that you may believe in your Lord, and indeed He has made a covenant with you if you are believers.
9. He it is who sends down clear AAYAAT upon His servant, that He may bring you forth from utter darkness into light; and most surely Allah is Kind, Merciful to you.
10. And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth; not alike among you are those who spent before the victory and fought; they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
11. Who is there that will offer to Allah a good gift so He will double it for him, and he shall have an excellent reward.
12. On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement.
13. On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe: Wait for us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be said: Turn back and seek light. Then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it, at this side there shall be punishment.
14. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They shall say: Yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you till the decision of Allah came, while the deceiver deceived you about Allah.
15. So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend and evil is the resort.
16. Has not the time yet come for those who believe that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And that they should not be like those who were given the Book before, but the time became prolonged to them, so their hearts hardened, and most of them are transgressors.
17. Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We have made the AAYAAT clear to you that you may understand.
18. Surely (as for) the charitable men and the charitable women and (those who) set apart for Allah a goodly portion, it shall be doubled for them and they shall have a noble reward.
19. And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His apostles, these it is that are the truthful and the martyrs (the true witnesses to the word of Allah) in the sight of their Lord: they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our AAYAAT, these are the inmates of the hell-fire.
20. Know that this world's life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, which causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement and forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure; and this world's life is naught but means of deception.
21. Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a garden the extensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth; it is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His apostles; that is the grace of Allah: He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
22. No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in the book before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy to Allah:
23. So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster:
24. Those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.
25. Certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
26. And certainly We sent Noah and Ibrahim and We gave to their offspring the (gift of) prophecy and the Book; so there are among them those who go aright, and most of them are transgressors.
27. Then We made Our apostles to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Isa son of Maryam afterwards, and We gave him the INJIL, and We put in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkhood, they innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them-- only to seek Allah's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors.
28. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk, and forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
29. So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
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Surah HADID comprises of four Ruku that have 10, 9, 6 & 4 AAYAAT respectively; the first six AAYAAT of the Surah mention absolute authority of Allah at all the universe whereas the first AAYAT tells that all things that are at the heavens and the earth declare His glory; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah HAJJ-18 states, “do you not see that Allah is He Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases”; so each of His creation at the universe has its own way of declaring the glory of Allah and there are only two of His creation that are the Jinn and the Man, who have freewill to their actions, and they shall declare His glory by that freewill; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this first AAYAT tells that He is AZIZ (the Mighty) and HAKEEM (the Most Wise); note that AZIZ means that He provides for such happenings which keep the world to His will by His authoritative measures so no one becomes able to cause such deviation at the world that leads it to complete FASAD (the position where to live according to Islam becomes extremely difficult); and HAKEEM means that He shapes all things towards the way He intends even by works of the man, and when some nation challenges His authority by working against His commands which displeases Him, then some destruction strikes that nation by His command; its adverse impression ends from the world and that elimination of its adverse impression causes the peoples of the world to get the good space then and there to repent on their wrongs and to become better by accepting the true fundamental teachings of Islam, the right path to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT tells explicitly that all His creation is under His authority so even though the Jinn and the Man have the freewill yet Allah, the true Lord, controls them too; and to keep His control, He has given life and death to all of His creation as He only has the true life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third AAYAT is explicit that Allah is not bound to time and space, which reads, “He is the First and the Last and the Evident and the Immanent; and He is Cognizant of all things”; note here that Allah has told about Him here in terms for us that we understand His absolute authority; He is not bound to time so He says for us to understand that “He is the First and the Last” which means explicitly that He is not bound to time; and He is not bound to space so He says for us to understand that “He is the Evident (as He has created His creation in such manner that the man would see that Allah only is the Creator as he ponders on its works that go on by principles) and the Immanent (that He is watching all His creation everywhere all the time and He is leading all His creation as He wills) so He is not bound to space; Al-Hamdu Lillah; certainly, He has created everything and He has assigned everything its specific work and for us, it is necessary to believe that Allah is not bound to time and space and due to our limits in understanding, we shall take it by the statement that we certainly do believe this and Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT tells that all His creation is certainly bound to time and space as it reads, “He is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He mounted firm at ARSH (the Throne of authority); He knows that which goes deep down into the earth (the seed and the rainwater) and that which comes forth out of it (plants, trees and their fruits), and that which comes down from the heaven (the rainwater, the angels, WAHI and the commands that Allah sends down according to His will) and that which goes up into it (the water particles and the angels departing from the world and the doings of all among the jinn and the mankind), and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do”; note for the comment on this AAYAT that Surah AARAAF-54 says, “surely your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He mounted firm at ARSH; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the fifth AAYAT states that “His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah are (all) affairs returned”, which indicates with emphasis that He did mount the Throne of authority but He is not bound to time and space and certainly, He knows better about this glorious Throne of authority; this AAYAT also tells that all which goes up to the heaven, it includes all the doings of all the jinn and all the mankind and He has all record of that which would manifest at AKHIRAT whereas it also tells that whatever issues that need address, Allah decides about them as He wills; certainly, Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sixth AAYAT indicates that the progress in time affects His creation and here it especially denotes its effect on the jinn and the mankind as each of these two gets nearer to death by the progress in time so the term for each of them at the world becomes lesser to make the coming life better; and He certainly knows who believes truly in the fundamental teachings of Islam as He knows even the issues that are at insides; the AAYAT reads, “He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is at insides”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so these six AAYAAT tell about the absolute authority of Allah and that He certainly is not bound to time and space; they also tell about His creation that they all declare His glory and they are bound to time and space; and the jinn and the man have to answer for all their doings at the world, at the Day of Judgment as Allah has the complete record of all their doings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-7 to 10, Allah addresses those Muslims who had accepted Islam yet they were weak at some commands that Allah had given to Muslims; this especially included the command to spend upon the needy in the way of Allah from whatever amounts they had; AAYAT-7 tells that these amounts were not theirs but they received these as successors to some other persons who had them and these would not remain with them as they would pass on to others, if not by their transactions then by their deaths; so they need to spend these amounts in the way of Allah when they have the space for that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that this command does not only relate to tangible assets but it also relates to intangible assets so it is most appreciable if some person is able to spread the knowledge of Islam he has, among his fellow beings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the care of the needy in all manner keeps away hypocrisy and all weakness in the righteous belief with time as it mends the inside of the person beautifully by keeping him away from all inclination to assets of the world; so it tells to keep firm upon Islam with all sincerity and do all deeds accordingly with emphasis upon spending upon the needy and upon such cause that would consolidate the practice of the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead ask attention of the Muslims that are weak in their belief, by asking them that what stops them to believe sincerely in Allah and His last Messenger PBUH, and spend out of what He has made them successors of, when He has provided the Quran to His servant (i.e. His last Messenger Muhammad PBUH) for their Guidance to the right path to which he calls them and Allah had taken the oath from all persons that they would believe in Him as their true Lord (see AARAAF-172); Al-Hamdu Lillah; and Allah asks them what stops them from spending in the way of Allah when the actual ownership of everything in the heavens and the earth is of Allah; AAYAT-10 that is the last AAYAT of the Ruku states, “and what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth; not alike among you are those who spent before the victory (i.e. the treaty that Muslims made with the disbelievers of Makkah at HUDAYBIYA) and fought (in the way of Allah then as that was the time when the Muslims needed to fortify their position): they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought (the challengers to Islam) afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all (so they also would get good returns for all their good doings); and Allah is Aware of what you do”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the next Ruku tells that Allah would provide better returns to such person at the world who cares about the needy and at AKHIRAT, he shall have an excellent reward; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead narrate about the Day of HASHR where the sincere Muslims would move on at the bridge (SIRAT) in darkness that is over the hell-fire and leads to JANNAH, by the light that they would receive there and it would run in front of them (due to their righteous belief) and also cover the right of them (due to their good deeds according to that righteous belief) so that certainly is the true success; the disbelievers would not have any access to SIRAT as they would become the residents of the hell-fire, except for the hypocrites who had claimed at the world that they also were Muslims so they would follow the sincere Muslims there and they would try to move on by lights of those sincere Muslims at SIRAT (as they would not have any); they would fall behind by the will of Allah so they would call the sincere Muslims to wait for them so that they also may cross the SIRAT with them by the lights they have but they would be told (by angels) to return (to the world if possible for them) and search for their own lights there; as that would not be possible, they would be stranded to grope for the way and ultimately fall into the hell-fire; they would plead that they were with the sincere Muslims at the world to which those Muslims would answer that their selfish care to their own selves for worldly benefits at the world has led them to this status here and Satan, the deceiver, deceived them completely at the world; today, nothing would save them from the hell-fire and that would be their ultimate destination; these AAYAAT read, “on that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today (that are) gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement; on the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe-- wait for us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be said-- turn back and seek light; then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it (i.e. at the side of Muslims), there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it at this side (i.e. at the side of hypocrites), there shall be punishment; they will cry out to them-- were we not with you (at the world)?-- they shall say-- yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation (to get all worldly benefits), and you waited (for troubles to get the sincere Muslims) and doubted (the message of Islam), and vain desires deceived you till the decision of Allah (about your deaths) came, while the deceiver (the Satan) deceived you about Allah; so today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire (with those disbelievers); it is your friend and evil is the resort”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-16 asks such Muslims who claim that they believe in Islam yet they live at the world without care to fulfill the demands of Islam, if the time has not yet come after the Quran has stated their situation at SIRAT that their hearts truly become humble for the remembrance of Allah (so that they ask Allah for mercy) and they truly accept the message of Islam as the Quran has given them; note that the Quran addresses all those who claim to believe in Islam as those persons who have believed and this includes even the hypocrites and their true status would manifest at AKHIRAT; they still have the space before their deaths to repent on their wrongs and make their doings better; if they do not care to believe in Islam truly, they would become like the people of the book (especially the Bani-Israel) who took some of the significant commands of Allah and neglected the other of those; and they kept on this without any repentance to Allah until a long period passed on them and their hearts hardened; so now many of them are most sinful persons; the last three AAYAAT of the Ruku give hopes to them that if they do repent sincerely, Allah would not only forgive them but also give them the space to make themselves better as Allah provides life to earth when it seems dead by the rainfall upon it; so due to their sincerity to Islam, Allah would send the heavenly rain to their hearts (that is the acceptance of the teachings of the Quran which would wash the wrongs at their insides) so they certainly would become the most virtuous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would fulfill the demands of Islam with extreme fervor and they would spend amounts on the needy persons and also in such tasks by which Islam would spread to all peoples of the world; as they become true Muslims (among SALIHIN) and keep firm on the righteous belief, they would rise to become SHUHADA and even to SIDDIQIN so they would have all these three ranks for them; note that Surah NISAA-69 tells that Allah has bestowed favors upon the Prophets and the most truthful persons (SIDDIQIN who work their lives sincerely according to the teachings provided by the Messengers even at such times where it seems difficult for them to practice Islam and among these, were those too who helped the Messengers at their respective times with all fervor) and the martyrs (SHUHADA who stand practically as witnesses to the word of Allah and these are good persons who fight the enemy at necessity, physically and verbally in favor of the practice and the defense of the good teachings of Islam in the way of Allah) and the righteous persons (SALEHIN who remain committed to Islam and these include all Muslims who are sincere in their claim to Islam); Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the last AAYAT of this Ruku at HADID tells for all true Muslims that as they remain firm upon Islam where they would remain as SALEHIN, they would rise to SHUHADA and even to SIDDIQIN and so they would have all these three ranks as they remain most committed to Islam sincerely in belief and all their deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers of Allah and He chose all of them from among the most righteous persons by His will when they were coming to the world and this status is such that no one is able to achieve it by efforts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that SHUHADA is such term that refers to those who testify for Islam physically by JEHAD (and die for Allah in that) and verbally by TABLIGH; it also denotes that they would testify against the disbelievers at the grounds of HASHR if they are called for it, that the disbelievers had received the message of Islam at the world and they did their best there to provide it to them; this last AAYAT of the Ruku read, “and (as for) those who believe in Allah and His apostles (where they are SALIHIN i.e. the sincere Muslims), these it is that are the truthful (this means that with sincerity to Islam even at most difficult times, they would rise to the rank of SIDDIQIN) and (before that to the rank of) the martyrs (the true witnesses to the word of Allah physically by JEHAD and verbally by TABLIGH) in the sight of their Lord- they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our AAYAAT, these are the inmates of the hell-fire”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the AAYAT that tells the five ages of life for such persons who relate themselves totally to the life at the world; it reads, “Know that this world's life is only sport (at childhood) and play (at the teenage) and gaiety (at youth) and boasting among yourselves (as the age advances from youth to old age), and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children (at the old age and this attitude stays till death), like the rain, which causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement (for evil persons) and forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure (for righteous persons); and this world's life is naught but means of deception”; the duration of these ages might vary at individuals yet generally the first three stages pass as the person reaches forty; the example of vegetation divides the ages in two phases that are the first three of growth and the last two of decline; the AAYAT uses the term KUFFAR for the husbandmen whereas the Quran has used the term in the meaning of disbelievers too (as in MUMTAHINA-10 & 11 and other places) so this tells again that the context where the word is placed in the Quran has high significance to understand it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT starts by mentioning of “the world’s life” and ends by its mention to direct towards the fact that those who have an obsession with the world without care to AKHIRAT, their lives represent these attitudes at different ages while the Man needs to care for AKHIRAT only at the world at all times as Allah has provided the space of life to him at the world only to show his true worth for that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so AAYAT-21 tells that competition for the status at the world or the dominance in wealth and children at the world is not something to rejoice but the righteous Muslim person needs to hasten towards the forgiveness of Allah and the JANNAH that is as extensive as the heaven and the earth which is prepared for the persons who believe in Allah and His Messengers; note that the Quran mentions JANNAH as extensive as the heaven and the earth which is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers and this indicates that it already occurs at the space in the universe though it would duly come forth at the Day of Judgment; note also that Islam does not appreciate competition in matters that relate to the life at the world but it asks to compete in matters of AKHIRAT as that only would lead to stability of their lives at the world too; the AAYAT tells that no person shall have pride on his TAQWA as Allah provides the space for all to work righteously in His way; certainly, Allah only is the true Lord Who bestows His grace to the righteous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; if the Muslim righteous person does not get wealth or status at the world and even loses much of that by living righteously then what?- everything is written at the book (LAUHE-MAHFUZ) and no trouble would fall on him except for what is written so he shall not feel dejection at whatever he loses and he shall not rejoice at whatever he gains; he shall provide amounts from the resources Allah has given to him so that he has no inclination towards the wealth and the status at the world; AAYAT-22, 23 and 24 read, “No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in the book before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy to Allah; so that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster; those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the third Ruku reads, “certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at this AAYAT, Allah says that He sent His apostles with BAYYINAAT (the clear arguments) and sent down with them KITAB (the Book) and MIZAN (the Balance); note that BAYYINAAT means the clear reasoning to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT especially by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to the people by all His Messengers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and KITAB means the commands that Allah gave to the people by His Messengers and at these current times, it is most necessary to take His commands by the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and MIZAN means that aspect of HIKMAT (i.e. the necessary wisdom) that the practicing Muslims need to see to put the commands of Allah into practice at the specific time & place so it is the caring attitude towards the people to keep them truly to Islamic commands in practice with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so whereas KITAB denotes the commands of Allah, MIZAN denotes all necessary consideration about the practice of the commands of Allah as the practicing Muslims would not ignore any of His significant commands and they would not twist any of them due to hard times at hand to apply it in some irrelevant manner; so the MIZAN that Allah has mentioned here is the fixed standard for righteousness that needs the best of Islamic practice to fulfill its asking at the given time & place; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so it implies that to ignore any of His significant commands or to twist any of them to suit the whims of such persons who ask for worldly benefits (as was previously done with Torah), would lead the people to stray away from the right path; Allah sent down not only His commands through His Messengers but also the awareness of manner to apply them with HIKMAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells here that those who do not care to apply MIZAN in their attitudes to remain firm upon the Islamic teachings then Allah has provided HADID (i.e. the iron) as answer to them; though the weapons made from it might cause extreme pain and even injustice to the people yet in right hands, it also has the potential to punish such wrong doers who intend that imbalance occurs in attitudes where “the might” would manifest as the order of the day rather than the righteousness in attitudes; Allah has provided such weapons that have iron at their make so that the practicing Muslims show their worth by their proper usage against the challengers to Islam, so that the world conforms to the morality that Islam appreciates; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at the last part of the AAYAT that Allah only is truly Strong and truly Mighty so He would ultimately set the world to righteousness and He has the total authority to lead on the world as He wills without any need of anything; He examines the mankind so to live by His commands would provide for its own safety but the challenge to Him would only cause destruction to such challengers; He is AZIZ and He would ultimately bring the world to His rule by His absolute authority; most certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the last Ruku mentions those two Messengers of Allah in whose descendants, Allah sent His Messengers after them and they are Noah-AS and Abraham-AS; note that before Abraham-AS, Allah had eliminated many of peoples that had rejected the Guidance to the right path (which the Messengers of Allah had presented to them); but there was not any such group present that comprised of high number of people which Allah had designated as chosen for the task to fulfill the status of KHALIFAH upon the earth; Allah chose the descendants of Israel (who was the grandson of Abraham) for this most respectable task at the time of Moses whom Allah provided Torah; the period between Abraham-AS and Moses-AS is near to 600 years yet as the time passed on, they showed their total incompatibility to the asking of it and so finally, at the times of Muhammad PBUH, the last of Messengers, Allah terminated their status that had stayed for about two thousand years for them; at that time, Allah gave the Muslims this honorable status to call towards the true guidance by the good assistance of the Holy Book Quran so as to gather all peoples at the world onto the fulfillment of the liabilities of the KHALIFAH upon the earth; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT mentions that most of the persons who had received the Book (Torah) ignored its commands in practice by different ways and AAYAT-16 of this Surah had also told this; the words at both places are “and most of them are transgressors” and this relates especially to the Bani-Israel; note that this implies that the Muslims need to care for Islamic teachings in practice as the Quran has presented to them, without any negligence; AAYAT-27 also states the same “and most of them are transgressors” about those who also had received the commands of Allah in Torah but they chose to back away from the practice of those commands leaving the normal life and this relates especially to NASARA (the Christians); Surah HADID mentions explicitly all disbelievers and all true Believers and the respective results that they would ultimately receive at AKHIRAT; note that the Quran has mentioned at TAGHABUN-2, “it is He Who has created you (all of the mankind); and of you are some that are disbelievers, and some that are Believers: and Allah sees well all that you do”; so these are the two nations only that have remained among the mankind; all the believers would get the true success at AKHIRAT by the will of Allah as they had worked at the world for the pleasure of Allah though there would be lower and upper levels in them; these all believers are mentioned at Surah NISAA-69; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as for the disbelievers, the AAYAAT of the Holy Book Quran present them as of four major types besides SABI’EEN (that were such persons of the Babylon i.e. of the ancient Iraq who believed in TAUHID as Abraham-AS has presented there but with the passage of time, some of things that related to total disbelief had made way into their descendants); these four major types include the Jews and the NASARAA (i.e. the Christians); these both were initially on the right path by the guidance of Torah that also was the book of Allah that He had provided to Moses-AS but with the passage of time, some of things that related to extreme disbelief had made way into their descendants; the other two mentioned among the disbelievers are the pagans (those persons who worship idols and those who make partners to Allah in His authority though all authority truly belongs to Him only) and the hypocrites (those persons who claim to be the believers in Islam but they have their attitudes against the teachings of Islam and they do show adversity to Islam often but they would clearly manifest at AKHIRAT); note that after the times of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, it is not allowed for the true Muslims to designate someone as hypocrite due to his evil deeds until he justifies himself on his wrongs and criticizes Islam openly; certainly, Allah would show the hypocrisy of all such persons to all, at the Day of HASHR that is the Day of Judgment; see also the supplementary note on AAYAT-62 of BAQARAH after the note on its eighth Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; here, AAYAT-27 reads, “then We made Our apostles (that came in Bani-Israel) to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Isa son of Maryam afterwards, and We gave him the INJIL (that provided clarity to Torah), and We put in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkhood, they innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them—(but they took it) only to seek Allah's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that it happened after couple of centuries of the ascension of Jesus-AS to heavens that the Christians took up RAHBANIYAT (monkhood) only to seek the pleasure of Allah but they could not fulfill its demands; they took it as protection from the troublesome persecution that they were facing at those times because of their belief in Jesus Christ; as Jesus-AS had much kindness for his fellow beings and he was most merciful towards them, his followers developed these good qualities in them; however, they felt that they are unable to fulfill the asking of Torah though the teachings of Jesus Christ guided towards that, so they separated their selves from all issues of life and went into isolation to remain attentive to Allah, without care to living normal as they thought that they can avoid responsibility by living away from all issues of life; if it had remained temporary attitude to safety, it might have been bearable yet with time, it became the standard for being pious among the followers of Jesus Christ; the man does have such physical needs that ask for satisfaction and Allah has provided the rightful means to that satisfaction for him so Islam does not suppress such physical needs but channelizes them to remain inside the Islamic morality so that he lives on with utmost righteousness even though he lives at normal business of life; the problem that came with RAHBANIYYAT was that with time, it not only became synonymous to refrain from the satisfaction of normal physical needs of the man but it was taken to have the higher worth when the person who took it up, tormented himself physically too; so this clearly expressed that to become righteous, the person has to avoid all physical pleasures and on the contrary, he must inflict physical pains to himself too so this led the followers of Jesus in general to think that the attention towards Allah comes by living away from normal; as it is not possible to suppress the inclination to satisfy the physical needs all the time by taking that as religious liability, it caused extreme troubles practically and the AAYAT expresses this as it says “but they did not observe it with its due observance” and the last part of it says clearly, ““and most of them are transgressors”; note that TAQWA comes to the Muslim person by the fulfillment of the commands of Allah with all sincerity as he lives on normally in the ordinary business of life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell the people of the book (Jews and Christians) not to lose hopes as their lives at the world is yet in progress, but believe truly in the last Messenger of Allah; this would provide them the mercy of Allah twofold and they would become entitled to get the light of the true guidance that would help them even at SIRAT; He would forgive their wrongs totally as they accept wholly that the last Messenger Muhammad PBUH has come from the descendants of Ishmael-AS and they need to believe in him and follow his guidance; it is the will of Allah where He provides His grace (i.e. it is His will whom He makes His Messenger) and certainly, He only decides for this most honorable grace; most certainly, He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MUJADILAH
(Consists of 3 Ruku; H-6)
1. Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you about her husband and complains to Allah, and Allah knows the contentions of both of you; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
2. (As for) those of you who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers, they are not their mothers; their mothers are no others than those who gave them birth; and most surely they utter hateful word and falsehood and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
3. And (as for) those who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers then would recall what they said, they should free a captive before they touch each other; to that you are admonished (to conform); and Allah is Aware of what you do.
4. But whoever has not the means, let him fast for two months successively before they touch each other; then as for him who is not able, let him feed sixty needy ones; that is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and these are Allah's limits, and the disbelievers shall have a painful punishment.
5. Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle will be abased even as those before them were abased; and indeed We have revealed clear AAYAAT, and the disbelievers shall have an abasing chastisement.
6. On the day when Allah will raise them up all together, then inform them of what they did: Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it; and Allah is the witness of all things.
7. Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
8. Have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels, then they return to what they are forbidden, and they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and when they come to you they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you, and they say in themselves: Why does not Allah punish us for what we say? The hell-fire is enough for them; they shall enter it, and evil is the resort.
9. O you who believe! when you confer together in private, do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and give to each other counsel of goodness and guarding (against evil); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered together.
10. Secret counsels are only (the work) of the Satan that he may cause to grieve those who truly believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah's permission, and on Allah let the true believers rely.
11. O you who believe! when it is said to you to make room in (your) assemblies, then make ample room, Allah will give you ample, and when it is said: Rise up, then rise up. Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
12. O you who believe! when you consult the Apostle, then offer something in charity before your consultation; that is better for you and purer; but if you do not find, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13. Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give in charity before your consultation? So when you do not do it and Allah has turned to you (mercifully), then keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His Apostle; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
14. Have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is wrathful? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear falsely while they know.
15. Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; surely what they do is evil.
16. They make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from Allah's way therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement.
17. Neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them aught against Allah; they are the inmates of the hell-fire, therein they shall abide.
18. On the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to Him as they swear to you, and they think that they have something; now surely they are the liars.
19. The Satan has gained mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah; they are the Satan's party; now surely the Satan's party are the losers.
20. Surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and His Apostle; they shall be among the most abased.
21. Allah has written down that I will most certainly prevail, I and My apostles; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
22. You shall not find the people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle, even though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones.
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Surah MUJADILAH descended the same year as Surah HADID and it also discusses some of such issues that HADID has presented; it consists of three Ruku that comprise 6, 7 and 9 AAYAAT respectively; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku gives the ruling about ZIHAR which was the situation which occurred when a man mentioned to his wife that some of her physical part (especially her back) is like the part of his mother or sister or daughter (that he is disallowed to view); in such situation, she became most unrelated to him and there remained no option for reconciliation; note that the words that the man utters about women has extreme significance and the marriage, divorce and revoke of divorce highly depends on this utterance; the ruling came at forth by these AAYAAT as one of SAHABA (the companions of the Prophet PBUH) AUS ibn SAMIT-RA said such words to his wife KHAWLA bint THALIBA-RA; they had children to care about and most worried, she came to the Prophet PBUH to ask about this situation; as the Prophet PBUH had no ruling then at the Quran about this, he told her that and stated that probably she has become unrelated to him according to the order of the day; on hearing this, she protested crying out loud which the Quran has termed as her quarrel to the Prophet PBUH about her husband and complained there to Allah at her plight; so at this occasion, Allah cared for her and gave the ruling about ZIHAR explicitly in the Quran to observe in practice ahead; the three AAYAAT ahead that are the second, third and fourth, state, “(as for) those of you who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers (and commit ZIHAR), they are not their mothers; their mothers are no others than those who gave them birth; and most surely they utter hateful word and falsehood and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving (though from now on, all would care not to utter such words); and (as for) those who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers then would recall what they said (and need to compensate), they should free a captive (i.e. a slave) before they touch each other (as man and wife); to that you are admonished (to conform); and Allah is Aware of what you do; but whoever has not the means (due to his poverty or due to unavailability of slaves), let him fast for two months successively before they touch each other; then as for him who is not able (due to physical weakness or genuine burden by keeping these consecutive fasts), let him feed sixty needy ones (two times by good foods in quality and quantity at a day); that is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle (that He cares to provide you due space for compensation at your extreme folly in words), and these are Allah's limits (for which the Muslims would care), and the disbelievers shall have a painful punishment (even at the world who do not care to practice Islamic rulings at matters so it leads them more upon disbelief)”; the last couple of AAYAAT at the Ruku tell all such men who think that because they have authority over women (or in general), they are liable to treat their subordinates in any manner that they deem fit; these AAYAAT read, “surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle will be abased even as those before them were abased; and indeed We have revealed clear AAYAAT (rulings about issues), and the disbelievers (who do not take those rulings into practice) shall have an abasing chastisement (at AKHIRAT); on the day when Allah will raise them up all together, then inform them of what they did; Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it; and Allah is the witness of all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Surah NISAA-34 has indicated that though men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property yet they are disallowed to seek ways to impose their authority over them when they do fulfill their obligations; the AAYAT had mentioned that surely Allah is Most High, Great; so he must remember that though Allah has given him authority over her yet He certainly is Most Exalted and Greatest (so He would punish him on his unlawful doings against his wife who also is among His slaves); authority asks to serve the weak persons in their troubles and it does not ask to impose it on them as that would show his negativity only; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the second Ruku tells about those persons who attend the gatherings of Muslims as if they also are among them though they are not truly Muslims; this whole Ruku relates the ruling about NAJWA (talks in private) and asks all true Muslims to keep it free of any of sins that would denote revolt against Allah and disobedience of the Prophet PBUH; the first AAYAT tells explicitly that Allah is Most Aware of all their activities and nothing is out of His knowledge; He certainly knows well about their secret talks against Islam when they speak with each other; the AAYAT reads, “do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth?- nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-8 tells about their disobedience and disrespectful attitude towards the Prophet PBUH which reads, “have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels (as Surah NISAA-114 had directed explicitly to avoid it), then they return to what they are forbidden (and make secret counsels), and they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle (so even in those secret counsels, they oppose Islam), and when they come to you they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you (as they used to greet by such wording that sounded near to Salam yet it had negative meaning by which they intended to disrespect the Prophet PBUH), and they say in themselves- why does not Allah punish us for what we say? (as they foolishly thought that their immediate punishment due the disrespect of the Prophet PBUH only would prove that he truly is the Messenger of Allah); the hell-fire is enough for them; they shall enter it (at AKHIRAT), and evil is the resort”; note that Surah NISAA had descended to the Prophet PBUH at the fourth and fifth year of HIJRAH just previous to Surah MUJADILAH, where it states about the insincere persons to Islam that “there is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who enjoins charity (that keeps him away too from hypocrisy) or goodness (that keeps him away too from sins) or reconciliation between people (by remaining committed to obedience to the Prophet PBUH); and whoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will give him a mighty reward” (NISAA-114); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT guide the sincere Muslims that if they have to confer in private about some issue, they would take utmost care that their counsel never relates to any sin and revolt to Allah and disobedience to the Prophet PBUH as such counsels that have such things are the works of Satan; these AAYAAT read, “O you who believe! when you confer together in private, do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and give to each other counsel of goodness and guarding (against evil); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered together (at AKHIRAT); secret counsels (of the insincere persons among the Muslims) are only (the work) of the Satan that he may cause to grieve those who truly believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah's permission, and on Allah let the true believers rely”; AAYAT-11 gives the rule to all Muslims that at their gatherings, they shall sit with reasonable space and not too close; this measure would prevent any occasion for a sizable number of persons to make some mini gathering within the large gathering of the Muslims and so it would prevent any chance to the insincere persons that sit among the Muslims to conspire against the sincere Muslims there by NAJWA; and they all would make space for the incoming persons if they are asked for it without any grudge in the best interest of all true Muslims; so Allah would provide them much respect among all true Muslims due to their sincerity to Islam and due to their awareness of the rulings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT at this Ruku provide the necessary check on private talks with the Prophet PBUH so that the sincere Muslims fully understand the significance of their unity in the best interest of all true Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about these two last AAYAAT of the Ruku that AAYAT-13 is taken to abrogate the command of AAYAT-12 but actually “there is no abrogation in the Quran”; see the note at the thirteenth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH for some explanation to this statement; wherever the change of some AAYAT has occurred in the Holy Book Quran by some other AAYAT, there Allah ceased some specific aspect of the command that He gave by the former AAYAT in the Holy Book Quran in coming to practice though the other aspect of it does still come to practice and the recitation of both goes on; so the change only relates to the command to practice at these very few places and that change actually tells of some modification at its practice; so these two AAYAAT rule together that the Muslims would provide some charity if they need to take some of time of the Prophet PBUH in private for consultation of something as that would be the most praiseworthy gesture; but if the consultation with the Prophet PBUH by some charity is not possible for Muslims, they can consult him without that and ask forgiveness and mercy from Allah; note that the last part of the first AAYAT provides an indication to it whereas the second one presents it explicitly; so it asks to take-up the ease noted in the first where needed and there certainly is no abrogation; the practice of SALAH and ZAKAH by the sincere Muslims would remain as SADAQAH when they accept the commands of Allah and remain committed to obedience of His Prophet PBUH too; note that Allah gave this command to provide SADAQAH (i.e. to give some amounts in charity) if someone needed to take some of time of the Prophet PBUH in private because there were such persons, some of them hypocrites, who were causing trouble to the Prophet PBUH by asking for his time in private; mostly, the matters at discussion were not necessary to take-up in private so the AAYAT asked the sincere Muslims to consult him only after providing some of amounts to the needy in charity if they genuinely needed such consultation and that actually related to EHSAAN; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the ruling, though at EHSAAN, did cause the end of many discussions with the Prophet PBUH in private and so it did provide him convenience in this matter just after these AAYAAT of MUJADILAH came to him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku commences by stating about those persons who accompanied Muslims in their gatherings yet they were most insincere to Islam where it came to practice such commands that they found difficult on them; they had their inclination to those persons who were uncaring to commands of Allah and who were most disrespectful to the Prophet PBUH and they asked the sincere Muslims too to follow their lead; so the Ruku tells about the two groups among the Muslims that in them, there is the party of the Satan and the other of them are the sincere Muslims who are the party of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the Ruku, AAYAT-14 to AAYAT-20 read, “have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is wrathful (i.e. the Jews whom Allah had punished because of their disrespect to the apostles of Allah and because of their taking some of commands from Torah and leaving others in practice)?- they are neither of you nor of them (but they are most selfish with their attention to worldly gains), and they swear falsely while they know (that they are liars); Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment (at AKHIRAT); surely what they do is evil; they make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from Allah's way therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement (even at the world); neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them aught against Allah; they are the inmates of the hell-fire, therein they shall abide; on the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to Him as they swear to you (that they did believe in Islam), and they think that they have something (substantial as they used to live within sincere Muslims though without care to practice all asking of Islam truly); now surely they are the liars”; the Satan has gained mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah (by directing them to charm of the worldly status and beauty of its possessions and unworthy inclination to glamorous women); they are (in) the Satan's party; now surely the Satan's party are the losers; surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and His Apostle (in which these persons are also included), they shall be among the most abased (even at the world and they would be at the extreme depth of the hell-fire at AKHIRAT as NISAA-145 has stated clearly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-21 declares that only the Truth would prevail that are the fundamental teachings of Islam; Allah has written that whatever the disbelievers do against Islam, ultimately it would prevail as it has come at fore for all persons to see; so now with its clarity, it would ultimately defeat all its challengers so with the presence of these beautiful teachings at fore, the wrong persons at the world have no chance to gain the upper hand or to retain it for much time ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT reads, “Allah has written down that I will most certainly prevail, I and My apostles; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty”; note that at HADID-25, Allah says that He sent His apostles with BAYYINAAT (the clear arguments) and sent down with them KITAB (the Book) and MIZAN (the Balance); so BAYYINAAT means the clear reasoning to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT especially by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to the people by all His Messengers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and KITAB means the commands that Allah gave to the people by His Messengers and MIZAN means that aspect of HIKMAT (i.e. the necessary wisdom) that the practicing Muslims need to see to put the commands of Allah into practice at the specific time & place so it is the caring attitude towards the people to keep them truly to Islamic commands in practice with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there also the AAYAT ends by the statement that “surely Allah is QAVI (Strong), AZIZ (Mighty)” which implies that whatever the disbelievers do against Islam, Allah would ultimately set the world to righteousness and He has the total authority to lead on the world as He wills without any need of anything; He examines the mankind at the world with necessary check that nothing truly stops any person by doings of wrong persons, from providing the examination at the space of his life here and He has eliminated many such wrong persons from the world to eliminate their impression upon it; so to live by His commands would provide for the safety of the mankind but the challenge to Him would only cause destruction to such challengers; He is AZIZ and He would ultimately bring the world to His rule by His absolute authority; most certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Ruku and also of the Surah, tells about the party of Allah that they are most committed to all commands of Allah; it reads, “you shall not find the people who believe in Allah and the latter day (i.e. AKHIRAT) befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle (by challenging the fundamental teachings of Islam), even though they (i.e. these challengers to Islam) were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith (as they are most committed to Islam in practice), and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him (that keeps them content at the world as they live with necessities to remain total attentive to Allah); and He will cause them to enter gardens (at AKHIRAT) beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him - these are Allah's party; now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
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(the Fourth Part)
(From Surah ZAARIYAAT to the last Surah)
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Al-Hamdu Lillah
Note:
Before writing of the third part of “Tafsiri-Guide”, I, MSD, would insha-Allah complete the fourth part of it that commences from Surah ZAARIYAAT to the last; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ZAARIYAAT
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-9)
1. I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
2. Then those that bear the load,
3. Then those that glide easily,
4. Then those who distribute blessings by Our command;
5. What you are threatened with is most surely true,
6. And the judgment must most surely come about.
7. I swear by the heaven full of ways.
8. Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
9. He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
10. Cursed be the liars,
11. That are in gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
12. They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
13. (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
14. Taste your persecution; this is what you would hasten on.
15. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
16. Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
17. They used to sleep but little in the night.
18. And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
19. And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied.
20. And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
21. And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
22. And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
23. And by the Lord of the heaven and the earth; it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
24. Has there come to you, the information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
25. When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
26. Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
27. So he brought it near them. He said: What - will you not eat?
28. So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
29. Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
30. They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
31. He said; what is your affair then, O apostles!
32. They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
33. That we may send down upon them stones of clay,
34. Sent forth with markings from your Lord for the extravagant.
35. Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
36. But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (i.e. the Muslims).
37. And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
38. And in Musa; when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
39. But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
40. So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
41. And in AAD; when We sent upon them the destructive wind.
42. It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
43. And in THAMUD; when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
44. But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
45. So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-
46. And the people of Noah before, surely they were the most transgressing people.
47. And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
48. And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
49. And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
50. Therefore fly to Allah; surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51. And do not set up with Allah another god; surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
52. Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
53. Have they charged each other with this? Nay - they are an inordinate people.
54. Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
55. And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
56. And I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me.
57. I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
58. Surely Allah is He Who Bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
59. So surely those who are unjust shall have portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.
60. Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
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Surah ZAARIYAAT (that might be spelt as DHAARIAAT) tells most explicitly that Allah provided all ease to the mankind so that the man makes little effort for his physical sustenance and lives with all his physical safety here at life at the world; and He sent His Messengers in the mankind so that he accepts the message of Allah and lives with all his spiritual safety here at life at the world and at AKHIRAT; this is because Allah asks complete surrender from him to Allah that he believes in Him righteously and obey His commands totally so he needs to comply in the best manner to His commands as AKHIRAT only is the true life of the man; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it comprises of three Ruku in which the first Ruku has AAYAAT-1 to 23, the second Ruku has AAYAAT-24 to 46 and the last Ruku, AAYAAT-47 to 60; note that this Surah tells the only true aim of life of the mankind explicitly at AAYAT-56, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; note also that all other of His creation accepts His true authority and fulfills His commands as that is the only option He has provided to them but He has given the free-will to the jinn and the mankind so He asks them specifically that they surrender to His true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the first four AAYAAT of this Surah, Allah tells about the water that He provides to the earth; He takes the oath of winds and tells about them that they scatter the water droplets within clouds; then these clouds carry all the water; and then the winds make these clouds glide-on with ease; then finally these clouds provide this water as rainfall at different places and this all happens by the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will though the authentic Ahadith has commanded the Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; note also that He does not need to take oaths to present His statements yet He takes them according to the statement that He presents so as to provide strength to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next two AAYAAT provide the information on which the oath is taken at the four AAYAAT at the beginning and they tell that the promise that Allah has made to all of mankind about raising them up from the dead is most true just as the rain brings out from the earth the crops from inside of it; the true Judgment for all persons would certainly take place; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next three AAYAAT (that are 7, 8 and 9), Allah takes the oath of the heaven that has numerous paths (by which the angels ascend and descend to keep check on the mankind by the command of Allah); the object of the oath is that as persons have shown different views about occurrence of the Judgment so only that person is turned away from believing in it who chooses himself to disbelieve in it without any care to observe the different aspects of life; AAYAT-10 to AAYAT-14 tell that cursed would be the extreme liars who are heedless most erroneously to what would affect them by such disbelief that they ask mockingly when the Day of Judgment would come; it would be such day for them when they would be tormented by the hell-fire and they would be ordered to taste this torment that they sought to hasten; the next five AAYAAT tell about those good believers who always feared that none of their deeds bring the displeasure of Allah to them; they would be at the beautiful gardens (JANNAAT) where they would enjoy most beautiful water-fountains; these AAYAAT tell about these good believers that they would be most pleased with whatever Allah, the true Lord, provides them and they certainly were before that (at the world), the doers of all the good; there are three most significant good traits of these doers of all the good deeds that they used to sleep but little in the night, and in the early morning they used to ask forgiveness for themselves (and all good believers), and in their wealth the beggar & the deprived person both had due share; note that the deprived persons are those who are most needy persons but they do not speak out their needs, so the doers of all the good deeds seek them by themselves to give necessary amounts for their extreme needs; note also that these traits lead the person to distinction in doing the good deeds though other of good Muslims who had lived ordinary with good deeds would insha-Allah get JANNAH too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT of the first Ruku read, “and in the earth there are signs for those who are certain in their belief, and in your own souls (O persons that are certain in belief); will you not then see?; and in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with; and by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak”; so all persons need to travel at the earth to observe how Allah has set it to the needs of the man (and what happened to those who challenged Allah by their living manner) and need to study their own selves to understand about their tendencies better; note that there are two subjects that have most high significance to understand life when the Muslim person studies them with all his care to Allah; these are History and Psychology to which the Muslims gave high attention (with Astronomy) even in the times gone-by and they certainly bring near to Allah when they do study them in the light of the Quran sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-22 explains AAYAAT-7, 8 & 9 and it has two parts whereas the first part tells that the sustenance of the Man depends on the heaven (i.e. the sky just above the earth) and the second part tells that it also has what he is threatened with; so the first part of it means that the rain comes down from it to bring out crops and fruits out of the land (and it also has other of physical benefits to him) which suits him as his foods; and the second part of it means that angels bring the rulings of Allah from above by the numerous paths the heaven has in it which they apply at the world by the command of Allah; so in that, there is what he is promised with (mostly what he is threatened with); the narration of the incident at the Ruku ahead explains this further where the angels descended and visited Ibrahim-AS; the last AAYAT of this Ruku (AAYAT-23) tells that this is how Allah keeps the setting of the life here as it reads, “and by the Lord of the heaven and the earth; it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak”; so the angels record all the different speeches of different men and all would account for that at the Day of Judgment as the speech of every person tells about the inside of him quite well; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts with the narration of the visit of angels in the disguise of men to Ibrahim-AS that goes from AAYAT-24 to AAYAT-37; when they came to him, he thought that they were travelers passing-by but they were angels who had the task to tell Ibrahim (Abraham) about the birth of his son Isaac-AS and about the birth of his grandson Jacob-AS from Isaac; there was the custom at the ancient world that if travelers that seemed virtuous persons visited some place, the good people there provided foods to them from their side; so Abraham went inside to his wife where he prepared a roasted calf for them and presented it to them; he asked them to eat from it but as angels, they had no inclination to do so and this led Abraham to guess beautifully that they were angels whom Allah has sent for some punishment to some people; note that when Allah sends angels specifically to the earth, that is to inflict punishment to some nation by His will and Ibrahim certainly was aware of this; he feared if that punishment had to do with some people at his place but the angels put him at peace by telling him that Allah gives him the good news of the birth of his son (and grandson) as Allah has not sent the angels to punish the dwellers at this site; his wife Sarah was nearby and she heard the good news about the birth of Isaac so she came out to them as she knew then that they were angels and exclaimed with wonder how that would happen when she is an old barren woman (and her respectable husband is so very old); the angels told her that it would happen as Allah has declared it; He certainly is Most Wise, Most Knowing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as Ibrahim understood that they had descended specifically to punish some people so he asked them directly what was the actual purpose of their descent; they told him that Allah actually has sent them to punish the filthy people of Sodom and Gomorrah that are involved in the most heinous immoral crimes; they even told him the manner of the punishment to them as “they said - surely we are sent to guilty people that we may send down upon them stones of clay that are sent forth with markings from your Lord for the wanton people” (AAYAT-32, 33 & 34); Allah tells that He saved the believers therein though there only was one house of the Muslims (that was of Lot-AS and even from there, his wife stayed behind with her nation that was punished severely) and so He made them lesson ahead that He would punish all such persons who commit any of major sins together (especially of this most shameful nature) even at the world most severely so this makes the most wrong persons to have fear to commit this heinous shameful act; see also the supplementary note at AAYAT-69 at the seventh Ruku of Surah HOODH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next nine AAYAAT of the Ruku (from 38 to 46) mention about the punishments that Allah gave respectively to Pharaoh and his force, AAD (the people of HOODH-AS), THAMUD (the people of SALEH-AS) and the people of Noah-AS; these AAYAAT read, “and there is lesson in (the event related about) Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority; but he turned away with his forces and said - a magician or a mad man; so We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he certainly was blamable; and in (the event related about) AAD when We sent upon them the destructive wind; it did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes; and in (the event related about) THAMUD when it was said to them - enjoy yourselves for a while; but they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw (that most clearly); so they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves; and the people of Noah before (were punished severely), surely they were the most transgressing people”; this is to emphasize the fact that Allah does not leave the evil unchecked at the world and clears it time and again so the severe punishment to the extreme disbelievers remains His blessing to all the true believers who live-on their lives at the world with total attention to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third Ruku starts from AAYAT-47 which emphasizes that Allah prepared everything in beautiful order for the mankind to secure his life in the physical manner; and He sent His Messengers so that all persons accept His message and get their spiritual safety too; the only aim for the mankind is to serve Allah, the true Lord, and they would not worry about getting the worldly assets in plenty by their efforts but they would try their best to get the pleasure of Allah by their good righteous deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first three AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the set-up of the heaven and the earth that Allah has created them most beautifully to care about the mankind; they read, “and the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample (providing even more vastness to the heaven); and the earth, We have made it a wide extent (so that the mankind lives on with ease without making places so populated that they are not able to live on together in the proper manner); how well have We then spread it out (that the mankind finds natural ease in living his life upon it); and of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT ask Muhammad PBUH to ask all of mankind to be attentive to Allah (in their deeds as AKHIRAT would certainly come) by reminding them that surely he is plain warner to all of them from Allah (Who has made him His last Messenger) and to ask all of mankind not to take anyone equal in authority to Allah (but only believe in TAUHID firmly); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT that are 52 & 53 tell about the attitude of the disbelievers and AAYAAT-54 & 55 guide Muhammad PBUH to the attitude that he would take in such situation; they read, “thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said - a magician or a mad man; have they charged each other with this?; (that all their disbelieving descendants would say similar adverse things against any Messenger of Allah who comes in them); nay - they are an inordinate people (that are most disobedient to Allah); then (O Muhammad PBUH) turn your back upon them (and do not give any care to them) for you are not to blame (once you have provided the fundamental teachings of Islam clearly to them); and continue to remind (those who come to Islam by the Quran), for surely the reminder profits the true believers”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the fundamental teachings of Islam are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT explicitly provides the only aim of life that Allah created the jinn and the mankind so that they truly worship Him with total obedience to Him with love; note that every creation of Allah worships Him as it knows well that He only is the Creator of all, with total obedience as it has no option but to do it; only the jinn and the mankind have the free-will and Allah tells them clearly that their aim of life too like all other of His creation, is that they would remain totally attentive to the command of Allah with the free-will that He has provided to them by His will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three AAYAAT that are 56, 57 & 58 read, “and I have not created the jinn and the mankind except that they should serve Me (with total belief in the Islamic fundamental teachings); I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me (and Allah does not need that certainly); surely Allah is He Who bestows sustenance (to all His creation), the Lord Who has all Power, the Strong”; so all among the mankind (and the jinn) would believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam by their free-will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell clearly that the disbelievers have done their wrong deeds to extreme now and very soon, there would come such day to them even at their worldly lives that would put the most severe torment to them; they read, “so surely those who are unjust shall have portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on; therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TOOR
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. I swear by the Mountain TOOR,
2. And the Book written
3. In an outstretched fine parchment,
4. And the House (KA’BAH) that is visited,
5. And the elevated canopy
6. And the swollen sea
7. Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
8. There shall be none to avert it;
9. On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
10. And the mountains shall pass away in the manner they have to (altogether).
11. Then woe on that day to those who reject (the Truth),
12. Those who make jests in talk of grave matters.
13. The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
14. This is the fire which you used to reject totally.
15. Is it magic then or do you not see?
16. Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did.
17. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
18. Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
19. Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
20. Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large-eyed beautiful ones.
21. And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought.
22. And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
23. They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
24. And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
25. And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
26. Saying: Surely we feared before in our families:
27. But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
28. Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
29. Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
30. Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
31. Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
32. Or do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
33. Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay - they do not believe.
34. Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
35. Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay - they have no certainty.
37. Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
38. Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
39. Or has He daughters while you have sons?
40. Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
41. Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
42. Or do they desire a plot? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in such plot.
43. Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).
44. And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
45. Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
46. The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
47. And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
48. And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for surely you are before Our eyes, and sing the praise of your Lord when you rise;
49. And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.
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Surah TOOR comprises of two Ruku in which the first Ruku has 28 AAYAAT (that mostly tells about the manner of lives of the disbelievers at AKHIRAT and also of the manner of lives of the true Muslims there) and the second Ruku has 21 AAYAAT (that mostly tells about the manner of lives of the disbelievers at the world and asks Muhammad PBUH - and also all of the Muslims in his following - to go on spreading the message of Islam without any care to things that the disbelievers say here); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah takes the oath in the first six AAYAAT of the Surah and then the seventh AAYAT relates the object of the oath; the six AAYAAT at the beginning read, “I swear by the Mountain TOOR (that was the place where Allah spoke with Moses-AS); and the Book written (i.e. Torah), in an outstretched fine parchment (that were beautiful slabs); and the House (KA’BAH and the adjacent area i.e. HARAM where Allah provided much of the Quran, His most beautiful gift to the mankind, to Muhammad PBUH) that is (most) visited; and the elevated canopy (above this area where the beautiful birds fly splendidly, which shields it specifically from all satanic things); and the swollen sea (nearby where the beautiful fish swim splendidly)”; it is difficult to comment about the swollen sea but please note that all of this oath expresses that Allah has provided the fundamental teachings of Islam to all of the mankind for their spiritual safety and He has kept them physically safe to live their lives, so they need to live their lives according to the fundamental teachings of Islam and if they do not do it, they would face the most severe punishment; note also that the next three AAYAAT (i.e. 8, 9 & 10) tell about the last day of the world and the AAYAAT ahead of them tell about the first day of AKHIRAT; this also is the manner of expression at Surah TAKWIR where its first six AAYAAT relate the six events at the last day of the world (i.e. QIYAMAT) and its next eight AAYAAT relate the six events at the Day of Judgment (the day of HASHR); this is how the Quran presents the issues related to the man and so this needs his high alertness to study it good by its context; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the next three AAYAT tell about that day when it would become most obvious that the punishment to the disbelievers is certain to take place so that would be the last day of the world (which is named as QIYAMAT); then the couple of AAYAAT that are 11 & 12 (and also AAYAAT ahead) tell about the Day of Judgment (the Day of HASHR) when the true placement of every person would become most obvious (which is also named as YAUMUL-QIYAMAT); the next four AAYAAT tell about the punishment of the disbelievers there, and then till the last of the Ruku, all AAYAAT tell about the true believers there that how beautifully they would enjoy at JANNAAT (the gardens full of all wonderful pleasures); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 read, “there shall be none to avert it (i.e. the last day of the world); on the day when the heaven shall move from side to side; and the mountains shall pass away in the manner they have to”; the Quran has depicted this day that is QIYAMAT at different places and at this place, it tells about the heaven just above the earth that it would shake and about the mountains that they would fly about; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT read, “then woe on that day to those who reject (the Truth i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam); those who make jests in talk of grave matters (that bring no benefits at AKHIRAT but lead to getting sins there)”; note the word “then” at the beginning here which denotes that there is certain space between QIYAMAT (when there would be the first blow at trumpet to end all persons that are alive at that time by the will of Allah) and the Day of Judgment (when the second blow at it would raise all from dead by the will of Allah); Surah NAZI’AAT tells about both of these blows at AAYAAT-6 & 7 that read, “the day on which the quaking one shall quake (that would be the first blow at the trumpet); what must happen afterwards shall follow it (that would be the second blow at the trumpet)”; the Judgment would take place (for all of the mankind and for all of jinn) after that second blow; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-13 to 16 tell about the disbelievers there at AKHIRAT; these AAYAAT read, “the day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence; this is the fire which you used to reject totally; is it magic then or do you not see?; enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did”; from AAYAT-17 to the last of the Ruku, all AAYAAT relate about the true Muslims who lived by TAQWA at the world; note that TAQWA means the attitude of the heart that comes by the true belief upon Allah with both fear and hope towards Him when he has totally thrown away all the worldly base desires and that leads to the most righteous deeds; all persons need to remember the event that relates to Adam-AS that when Allah sent him to the world, He told him that those among his descendants would get the JANNAH, their actual dwelling place, who keep to righteousness in their belief and deeds; but those who disbelieve and reject the true guidance, they would be put into the hell-fire so all Muslims must fear Allah that they do not get His displeasure by their sins becoming so sinful that they lose the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, they also must have such hope to Him that He would keep them safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Quran tells all of the mankind that Allah made the earth as an easy ground for them all to live in and made the heaven as the roof to all of them; He sent waters from the heaven upon the earth and took out fruits of earth by that for them as edibles; this all is which they certainly see clearly so they must not take anyone equal to Him in power as He only has the ASL (true) authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAAT depict the living manner of the true Muslims at AKHIRAT that they would be at JANNAAT (the beautiful gardens of paradise; it is the plural of JANNAH) and would be enjoying the happiness there; they would be totally happy there because of the blessing of Allah for them and because Allah saved them from the punishment of the hell-fire; they would be allowed to eat and drink with all enjoyment there as they sit in couches that are set in rows because they had done the righteous deeds with the true belief; and Allah would wed them to HOORS (the most beautiful women at JANNAAT) who would have the most lovely wide eyes; note about HOORS that these fairest of women would be the dwellers of JANNAAT who would be included in the blessing for the virtuous men who achieve success at AKHIRAT and those righteous women too who had spent their lives in the most virtuous manner at their worldly life, would enter JANNAAT where they would be transformed to most beautiful HOORS; these all good women would have purity in every manner and the women who receive it after their success at AKHIRAT, they also would become companions to their respective husbands there with purity so if the husband of a woman there is at the upper level, she would be raised to that level and if a woman is at the upper level there, her husband would be raised to that level so that they live-on together; note that the virtuous men would have more than one wife there but the virtuous women would remain attached to their respective husbands there; if the husband of any virtuous woman does not get his entry there, she would be married to one of the virtuous men who has received his placement there; this is due to the respective inclinations of both at their insides and Islam takes care to it not only for the life at the world here but also for the true life at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-21 reads, “and (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought”; so all such close relatives of the person who is at the higher level in JANNAH (the paradise), who also have achieved it though at lower level, Allah would elevate them to his level without any decrease in his status so that they live-on in the happy mode by which they had lived their virtuous lives at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah would provide them the wonderful fruits and the most fine meat there extensively as they desire; note that consumption of the meat of birds (that have wings to fly with ease) at the world is not appreciable in Islam and note also that it most highly blames the act to put them into cages that deprives them to live at their actual habitat; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would playfully challenge each other there by grabbing the cup of wine, but there would not be any foul talks in that nor any cause of sin; so it would be pleasant there and there would be such boys who would be assigned to them so as to serve them and who would glow handsomely; this needs some elaboration and for that, please note that Islam gives utmost care to HEJAB (the attitude of reservation among the Muslim women) which has three aspects to it; the first aspect is that the Muslim woman must not leave her home except for some necessity (the decision about necessity would be hers, when she does care in practice about the basic teachings of Islam); the second aspect is that when she goes out of her home at some necessity and the environment is such that in general, the men care not to trouble her in any way then she might go out with her face, hands up-to wrist and feet up-to ankles uncovered though even then she would cover the whole body plus hair necessarily but if the environment is otherwise, then she would take care to cover her face too except for eyes; the third aspect is connected to the first that as soon as the necessity ends, she would return to her home without any waste of time as the basic place for her activity is her home for sure; note that JANNAH also gives the care to HEJAB where the most beautiful women would be most attentive to their respective husbands only (and would have no inclination to any other man) so for works there in general, they would command these boys who would be extremely committed to their tasks; Surah RAHMAN says, “in them will be maidens that are chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-; as if they are rubies and coral-stone; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?” (AAYAAT-56 to 59); other of the fairest of women there at other of JANNAH (that is higher in level than the previous) that are termed as HOORS, would enjoy their lives in seclusion at some wonderful place with their respective husbands who would certainly be most courteous to them; the relevant AAYAAT read, “in them are goodly maidens, beautiful ones; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-; they are HOORS that are confined to the pavilions; then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?-” (AAYAAT-70 to 73); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT here at the first RUKU of Surah TOOR read, “and some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other (about their arrival to JANNAH); saying (about their own)- surely we feared before in our families (whether our good deeds are acceptable at the court of Allah or not); but Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind (i.e. the touch of the hell-fire); surely we called upon Him before (i.e. we always remembered, praised and asked Him only for all our safety, in all situations of our lives); surely He is the Benign, the Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the wrong things that the disbelievers say and it asks the Prophet PBUH not to care about their speech but go on with his work of providing the true guidance to all; the first three AAYAAT of the Ruku ask him to go on reminding all persons by the Quran that they need to comply to the commands of Allah only, as by the blessing of Allah, his true Lord, he certainly is not a soothsayer who tells future by guesswork or a madman as these disbelievers call him; also, he is not a poet who presents vague ideas and even if they have decided to wait for the accident that the time brings upon him (which means that they had decided to wait for his death but certainly the fundamental teachings of Islam stay-on) then he would tell them explicitly that not only they would wait for accidents but he also would wait for them and very soon, they would see who gets the adverse effect of those accidents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next 12 AAYAAT present their speech against the true guidance that Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, had presented to them; 11 of these AAYAAT start by the word “UM” (that means “is it so” and here it implies as “OR”) where the “U” reads as in “Up”; these AAYAAT sum up the view of the disbelievers for their rejection of the guidance that the Prophet PBUH had presented to them and these AAYAAT not only present it but also answers it where appropriate or ask them to reflect on what idiocy it is that they are saying; the first thing that these AAYAAT tell is that they are incompetent to understand the righteous matters because they are most disobedient to Allah; the second thing that these AAYAAT tell is that their disbelief has led them to such error that they speak out bluntly without any care to reasoning, that the Prophet PBUH had written the Quran himself; so why do not they prove their foolish stance by bringing something like the Quran by themselves but they would not do it as they know most clearly their incompetence to it; the third thing is that they know that they are created and they also know that they have not created their own selves so most certainly, it is Allah Who has created them; note here that the Quran presents its guidance in the most simple manner and does not even care to glance at the idiocy that the dark philosophy has argued in the discussion of such delicate matters as the creation of the mankind; the fact of the matter is that when the mankind exists, it has been created and its Creator is Allah, the One Who has created all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the fourth thing is that they know that they have not created the heavens and the earth but even after the knowledge of that, they do not understand that this all is not useless as Allah has placed the mankind beautifully to fulfill His commands to get his true residing place i.e. JANNAH at the Day of Judgment; the true knowledge that Allah has created the heavens and the earth would lead them to live in compliance to His commands yet they do not have that true knowledge that might affect them positively; the fifth thing is that they object that Muhammad PBUH is not a rich person among them so what argument is this because to be rich is not the requirement of being the Messenger of Allah; it is the will of Allah by which He provides more of the worldly assets to some and lesser of them to others and they certainly do not control His treasures; and what idiocy it is that they want that they should decide about who would be the Messenger of Allah when the true authority belongs only to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sixth thing is that the Prophet PBUH gets the WAHI by which he understands the true guidance and teaches that to all persons but what are their means to listen to anything they take as guidance; if they have such rich person (i.e. any of their chiefs) who claims that he has listened to it, he should present his position with some reasoning; but there is no such person among their chiefs and there is nothing but WAHI from Allah to His Messenger that only provides the Guidance to the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the seventh thing that these AAYAAT tell is that the disbelievers claim that the angels are the daughters of Allah for which they do not have any reasoning (and they consider daughters as most inferior to sons) yet they speak such heinous speech against Allah; the eighth thing is that the Prophet PBUH has not asked for any benefits from them at world for the true guidance that he is providing to them; it is totally free of cost as Allah has asked him for that so he has the obligation to provide it to all peoples of the world and when he does not ask them for any material benefits, why do they feel irritated; the ninth thing is that there are persons in these disbelievers who think that they already have the knowledge of the unseen to keep themselves to guidance and they would write it down so they do not need any of the guidance that the Prophet PBUH is giving to them but this only is their wish without any basis and not actually the fact; the tenth thing is that they intend that some of their aggressive plot (especially some war) works against the Prophet PBUH but these disbelievers would taste the bitterness of their plots themselves (this happened in BADR where they challenged the Muslims to end their impression totally and lost that battle with heavy casualties); the eleventh thing is that they leave the worship of Allah and take different things as authority among the creation to which they attach themselves; this is their extreme error as it certainly is Allah only Who has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they are so unconcerned to face any trial that if they find something disastrous coming upon them from the heaven, they would take it as some heavy clouds coming upon them; so leave them on their own O Muhammad PBUH; they certainly would face the Day of Judgment when they would feel extreme dizziness due to its occurrence upon them where their plots would not benefit them and they would not be helped; even in the world, they would face extreme trials besides the extreme punishment of that Day of Judgment but many of them are most unconcerned; so you O Muhammad PBUH - do wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord and certainly, you are in the utmost care of your Lord at all times and places; note that this assurance is so wonderful that it certainly ended the worry of the Prophet PBUH if any, that the disbelievers might harm him badly (and the Muslims) in some way or other; the seventh Ruku of Surah YOUNUS also tells him not to worry about whatever the disbelievers conspire against him as they would not be able to make any such trouble that stops him from spreading the teachings of the Quran, the last message of Allah, and they would not be able to cause any lethal attack on him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and praise your Lord when you stand in SALAH whenever you rise from sleep (i.e. at TAHAJJUD); and also at other times of night (i.e. MAGHRIB and ISHA), and at the setting of stars (i.e. FAJR); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
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Surah NAJM
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-3)
1. I swear by the star when it goes down.
2. Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
3. Nor does he speak out of desire.
4. It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
5. Which that who has extreme might, hath taught him
6. Who is vigorous; and he grew clear to view,
7. And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
8. Then he approached and came closer
9. So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
10. And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
11. The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.
12. What- do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
13. And verily he saw him yet another time,
14. At the farthest lote-tree;
15. Near which is the garden, the place that is the resort.
16. When that which covers covered the lote-tree;
17. The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
18. Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
19. Have you then considered the Laat and the Uzza,
20. And Manat, the third, the last?
21. What- for you the males and for Him the females!
22. This indeed is an unjust division!
23. They are naught but only names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
24. Or shall man have what he wishes?
25. Nay- for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).
26. And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
27. Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.
28. And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.
29. Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.
30. That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.
31. And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
32. Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He created you from the earth, and when you were hidden in the bellies of your mothers; therefore, do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
33. Have you then seen him who turns his back?
34. And gives a little and (then) withholds.
35. Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
36. Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?
37. And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):
38. That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-
39. And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-
40. And that his striving shall soon be seen-
41. Then shall he be paid for it with the fullest payment-
42. And that to your Lord is the goal-
43. And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;
44. And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-
45. And that He created pairs, the male and the female
46. From the small seed when it is poured
47. And that on Him is the bringing forth the second time;
48. And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
49. And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
50. And that He did destroy the AAD of old
51. And THAMUD, so He spared not
52. And the people of Noah before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;
53. And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
54. So there covered them that which covered.
55. Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?
56. This is the warner among the warning persons of old.
57. The near event draws nigh.
58. There shall be none besides Allah to disclose it.
59. Do you then wonder at this announcement?
60. And will you laugh and not weep?
61. While you are indulging in varieties.
62. So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).
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Surah NAJM has three Ruku that respectively comprise of 25 and 7 and 30 AAYAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku explicitly tells that Muhammad PBUH saw the angel Gabriel-AS couple of times in his true form; Ahadith tell that the Prophet PBUH had seen him in his angelic form at the beginning when Allah chose him as His Messenger; WAHI (revelation from Allah) had ceased at that time for about 8 months or so (after the first revelation of the first five AAYAAT of Surah ALAQ and some AAYAAT of Surah QALAM) when seven initial AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR descended; then came the first Ruku of Surah MUZZAMMIL so with these, Allah asked him to take up the task of spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam and so Allah appointed him as His last Messenger to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it was that time when he was returning from the cave AL-HIRA that the seven opening AAYAAT of MUDHDHATTHIR descended and he saw Gabriel clearly in his beautiful angelic form who had filled the horizon at front extensively; the second time when he saw him was at the occasion of his ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) just a couple of years before Hijrah (his migration from Makkah to Madinah); Surah BANI-ISRAEL (also named as Surah ISRA) records this incident at its beginning, which descended at 6th to 10th year of the period of his stay at Makkah (though it relates his travel from Makkah to Jerusalem only i.e. ISRA) and Surah NAJM also mentions MIRAJ in most clear terms (that relates his travel ahead that is his ascension to heavens); note that it is mentioned about Surah NAJM that it descended at the third year of the stay of the Prophet PBUH at Makkah (after Allah made him His Messenger with the assignment to spread the teachings of Islam) but MIRAJ relates to the 10th year or so of that stay; therefore note that it happens that some AAYAAT in a Surah relate to the later period than the period at which most of its AAYAAT had come and this seems the case here at Surah NAJM where some of the AAYAAT at its first Ruku seem to have descended at the year of MIRAJ (that are from AAYAT-13 to AAYAT-18); we know that the last AAYAT of the Quran by descent descended just few days before the passing away of the Prophet PBUH and that is AAYAT-281, the last AAYAT at the thirty-eighth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH that has forty Ruku in total; it tells all persons that they must fear that day where all would be returned to Allah to get their respective accounts of deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sequence of the recitation of the Quran as of now is according to the recitation of the Prophet PBUH so some of Surah (though only few) have AAYAAT inside them that were revealed later than other AAYAAT of it and inserted therein; keeping this detail in mind, we would go on with our study of Surah NAJM; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first twelve AAYAAT of the first Ruku state that the Prophet PBUH guides all peoples of the world by the Quran only and they also relate the incident where the Prophet PBUH first sighted Gabriel-AS in his angelic form; these AAYAAT read, “I swear by the star (the last one of them as the light dawns) when it goes down (i.e. fades away); your companion does not err (as Allah has provided safety to him from it in providing the message of the Quran), nor does he go astray (i.e. he does not have any inclination to change the Islamic teachings); nor does he speak out of desire (taking few teachings by choice and leaving others); it is naught but revelation (in the Quran) that is revealed which that (angel Gabriel) who has extreme might, has taught him (by the command of Allah); that angel is vigorous; and he grew clear to view (when Muhammad PBUH saw him) and he is in the highest part of the horizon (in front of him); then he approached and came closer; so he was the measure of two bows or closer still (i.e. he was very near to him physically); and he (i.e. the angel) revealed to His servant (i.e. the servant of Allah) what he revealed (i.e. the AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR); the heart (of Muhammad PBUH) was not untrue in what he saw (i.e. the angel in his true form); what- do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?”; these AAYAAT imply that when the final message of Allah (the Holy Book Quran) has come to all peoples of the world, all other guidance faded away; the simile to make the issue clear (without touching the most high status of the Quran) is of the light of the sun by which the stars fade away; note that when Allah takes oath of something, it is most related to the issue that He presents by that oath and though the Quran is direct in its address to mankind, yet such oaths may provide symbols that are related to the addressed issues; so this true guidance that the Quran provides is not based on whims of the Prophet PBUH but it is the message of Allah that Allah has provided to all peoples of the world by Muhammad PBUH whom He has chosen as His last Messenger to all of them; his belief is based on his sight as he has seen Gabriel-AS in his angelic form; when even the disbelievers take him the most truthful person among them, how do they reject his teachings (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) which he provides to them by sight (and in which he has total belief without any doubts); so they undoubtedly need to revise their attitude towards the Prophet PBUH and believe in him most committedly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-13 to 18 relate the incident of MIRAJ when the Prophet PBUH saw Gabriel-AS in his angelic form the second time near the lote-tree (that is the boundary at the seventh heaven from where no one is allowed entrance ahead) to where the Prophet PBUH had accompanied him; this incident happened couple of years before his migration to Madinah when in the company of Gabriel, he had gone from Makkah to the place of the mosque at Jerusalem at night that is named as ISRA and then from there, he went to heavens with him (i.e. MIRAJ) in the same night; Surah NAJM relates about MIRAJ at these AAYAAT while Surah BANI ISRAEL relates about ISRA; note that Ahadith have given much detail to MIRAJ and that was the time when Allah asked Muhammad PBUH to command the Muslims to read five SALAH daily so SALAH certainly has highest of magnificence in the worship of Allah as Allah provided it to the Prophet PBUH at MIRAJ when He called him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though ISRA was physical in nature (i.e. travel to Jerusalem with surprising velocity in terms of those times) yet the ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) from there seems as most amazing spiritual issue (but very real event) that is not easy to comment upon and I, MSD, would not touch any discussion to its nature; these AAYAAT read, “and verily he (i.e. Muhammad PBUH) saw him yet another time; (that was) at the farthest lote-tree (which was much more beautiful than how it is found at the world); near which is the garden (JANNAH), the place that is the resort (perhaps that was the place where Adam-AS and Eve-AS had resided before their descent to earth); when that which covers covered the lote-tree (i.e. there were angels upon it); the eye did not turn aside (so he saw Gabriel clearly in his angelic form who remained the focus to his eyes), nor did it exceed the limit (so there certainly was no disrespect in his view of Gabriel); certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord (so even though he did not see Allah, he did see many of His greatest signs there at his most holy visit i.e. at MIRAJ)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, from AAYAT-19 to AAYAT-25 (which is the last AAYAT of the Ruku), the Ruku discusses the attitude of the disbelievers and how the Prophet PBUH would deal with that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that what idiocy these disbelievers display by their worship of the idols Laat and Uzza and also Manat, the last one of them as that was the furthest idol from Makkah; note that they had given female names to these idols which they and their fore-fathers had named by their own whims; the AAYAAT tell that they appreciate male offspring for themselves and for Allah, they say even about angels that they are His daughters; it is most erroneous to believe that any of His creation is His son or His daughter but these disbelievers have taken the angels as His daughters and the evil of their belief increases even more when they take the birth of daughters to them as an insult to themselves; these are names only which they and their fore-fathers have named by their own whims that Allah does not appreciate; He has not sent for them any authority about the wrongs they commit but He has given them the guidance of the Quran that guides them to their true benefits and yet they only follow their whims without any care to AKHIRAT; O Muhammad PBUH – you do have good wishes for them that they accept the true guidance by accepting the fundamental teachings of Islam and save themselves from the torments at AKHIRAT yet the man does not have all what he wishes; it is Allah Who would decide whether they are worthy of belief in the fundamental teachings of Islam or not; certainly, it is Allah only Who applies His will at AKHIRAT and even at world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the statement that no one among the respectable angels even, that are in the heavens, would become so bold as to favor any person’s case in front of Allah though they are so very pious with their attention towards Allah, except when Allah allows anyone of them to speak for someone and wants to acquit that person by His own will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah would give the right to SHAFA’AT (the recommendation for pardon at the Day of Judgment to Allah by any of highly good Muslim persons especially the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH and these Muslims also include the respectable angels at heavens) yet it would only be valid for those sinful persons who have been resurrected as the good believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam from the graves, whom He intends to get safety from the hell-fire; it would strictly apply there to the specific subject and the specific object in this issue and it is extreme idiocy to become uncaring to the good deeds by the concept of SHAFA’AT so this concept does test the Muslim person most highly at his life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next five AAYAAT (from AAYAT-27 to AAYAT-31) tell about the inclination of disbelievers in AKHIRAT and the result that they would receive there; these AAYAAT read, “most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names (this is the outcome of their disbelief in AKHIRAT and certainly the angels are such creation of Allah that are not related to any gender; they obey Allah most committedly without question); and they (disbelievers) have no knowledge of it (what they are saying about angels); they do not follow anything but conjecture (that relates to their whims), and surely conjecture does not avail against the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam) at all; therefore (O Muhammad PBUH) turn aside from him (and leave him on his own) who turns his back upon Our reminder (the Quran) and does not desire anything but this world's life; that (achievements at their life here) is their goal of knowledge (and they are unable to see beyond this limited view); surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path (remaining oblivious to the teachings of the Quran) and He knows best him who follows the right direction (by his total preference of AKHIRAT over the worldly life with his commitment to the Quran); and Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may (ultimately) reward those who do evil according to what they do (at AKHIRAT), and that He may (ultimately) reward those who do good with goodness (at AKHIRAT)”; A-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of this Ruku tells about those who do good with total goodness that these persons are such who avoid all major sins that relate to injustice or/and that relate to shameful activities; however Allah would forgive their minor wrongful acts (which even by their efforts, they find unavoidable due to the set-up of the environment they live-in but under protest); most certainly Allah, the true Lord, has the most extensive Mercy so He would forgive that if the Muslim person is at the height of goodness; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so if they avoid the commitment of the most heinous major sins from which Allah has most clearly demanded to keep away (by the Quran) then Allah would forgive all sinful activities that lead towards them (as they are acts that ask the tendency towards major sins but practical avoidance of major sins would eliminate their impression totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah); note that based on the teachings of the Holy Book Quran and the Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, Islam is the only challenger today to injustice (initiated mostly by the wrong men) and shameful activities (initiated mostly by the wrong women); with that, Islam asks to keep attention towards Allah only with the belief that He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the man has to see that nothing objectionable by the Islamic values takes place by the strength he has (and that might be his official strength) that leads to the occurrence of injustice and the woman has to see keeping to HEJAB that nothing adverse to the Islamic values takes place by her natural beauty that might attract men to the occurrence of shameful behavior; the Islamic administration must give attention at the environment for both of these matters by ADL (by instructions at the law of the land) and by EHSAAN (by directions towards the natural good tendency of the man to remain within utmost decency with leniency) respectively; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so all sins (besides the biggest sin of taking any-one as equal to Allah in authority that is called SHERK) might be divided into two categories that are injustice and shameful activities; the Quran asks to keep guard against these two category of sins at many places as for instance Surah ANKABUT-45, Surah BAQARAH- 168 & 169 (we studied them at the Ruku-21 of Surah BAQARAH), Surah NAHL-90, Surah BANI-ISRA’IL-32 & 33; there are other AAYAAT too that ask the Muslims to keep away from SHERK and from all of injustice and all of shameful activities (AAYAT-32 of Surah NAJM is also included in them); may Allah save all the true Muslims from all major sins; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT also tells that “Allah knows you best when He created you from the earth (that is when He created Adam, the father to the mankind), and when you were hidden in the bellies of your mothers (before your birth); therefore do not attribute purity to your souls (as physically you have come to existence from the earth and then from the sperm inside the wombs of your mothers); He knows him best who guards (against evil; and that actually gives the true height to the man that is spiritual in nature)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first couple of AAYAAT of the last Ruku tell about such persons who are disbelievers yet they sometimes do fear that they would have to face the torments of the hell-fire due to their wrongs, at AKHIRAT; due to this fear that holds them for some period, they give amounts to those who assure them that they would take care that they do not receive any punishments when they rise from dead (though they are extreme liars and such expenditure with such intention is extreme idiocy) but as their fear fades away, they stop the payment of such amounts too; the next eight AAYAAT answer such idiocy that read, “has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see (such result that payment of amounts to some person would save him at the Day of Judgment)? -; or has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa? –; and of Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments of Allah; so even he cared to do the good deeds); that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another (at the Day of Judgment)-; and that man shall have nothing but what he strives for (there)-; and that his striving shall soon be seen (and he would receive what he deserves according to that)-; then shall he be paid for it with the fullest payment; and that to your Lord is the goal (that He would decide the result for every person according to his doings)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next twelve AAYAAT tell about the total authority of Allah and the last eight AAYAAT of this last Ruku ask to understand that the Day of Judgment would come certainly so every person needs to worry about that before his death without raising surprises to the message of the Quran (that tells explicitly that the true Judgment would certainly take place); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the twelve AAYAAT from 43 to 54 read, ”and that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep (so every pleasure to them comes by His will and every trouble to them comes by His will); and that He it is Who causes death and gives life (He is the only Creator of all the creation with all authority over them); and that He created pairs, the male and the female from the sperm when it is poured; and that on Him is the bringing forth the second time (at Resurrection when He would raise all from dead); and that He it is Who enriches (any person He wills to give plenty of assets of the world to examine his attitudes) and gives to hold (so that assets remain with him to the period He wills); and that He (also) is the Lord of the Sirius (the brightest star named as the dog-star too that is in the star-system that is the nearest to the solar system; note that some of disbelievers used to worship it at the ancient times); and that He did destroy the AAD of old (that was the nation of HOODH-AS); and THAMUD (that was the nation of SALEH-AS and that nation is sometimes named as the second AAD), so He spared not; and the people of Noah before as they surely were most unjust and inordinate (in their disobedience); and the overthrown cities (that were of Sodom and Gomorrah) did He overthrow; so there covered them that which covered (that were stones falling upon them continuously)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last eight AAYAAT direct all of the mankind to worry about the Day of Judgment rather than remain most oblivious to it; they read, “which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about (as He has provided all peoples the space to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam that they have received by Muhammad PBUH, the last of all Messengers)? -this (Prophet PBUH) is the warner as were the warning persons (that were Prophets-AS) of old; the near event (the Day of Judgment) draws nigh; there shall be none besides Allah to disclose it; do you then wonder at this announcement? -and will you laugh (at this warning) and not weep (in the fear of it)? -while you are indulging in varieties (of amusement at the life at the world); so (leave all these things and) make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him only)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QAMAR
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-4)
1. The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
2. And if they see a sign they turn aside and say: transient magic.
3. And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
4. And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention
5. (Wherein is) consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
6. So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to painful task,
7. Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
8. Hastening to the inviter. The disbelievers shall say: This is hard day.
9. Before them the people of Noah rejected; so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
10. Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
11. So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
12. And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
13. And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
14. Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
15. And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who will mind?
16. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
17. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
18. AAD treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (severe) was My punishment and My warning!
19. Surely We sent on them raging wind-storm in a day of bitter ill-luck
20. Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
21. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
22. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
23. THAMUD rejected the warning.
24. So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
25. Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay- he is an insolent liar!
26. Tomorrow shall they know who the liar is, the insolent one.
27. Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore, watch them and have patience.
28. And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
29. But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
30. How (severe) was then My punishment and My warning!
31. Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
32. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
33. The people of Lot treated the warning as a lie.
34. Surely We sent upon them a stone-storm, except Lot's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
35. A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
36. And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
37. And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
38. And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
39. So taste My chastisement and My warning.
40. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
41. And certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh's people.
42. They rejected all Our AAYAAT, so We overtook them in the manner of the Mighty, Powerful One.
43. Are the disbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
44. Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
45. Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
46. Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
47. Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
48. On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
49. Surely We have created everything according to measure.
50. And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of eye.
51. And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
52. And everything they have done is in the writings.
53. And everything small and great is written down.
54. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
55. In the seat of honor near to the most Powerful King.
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Surah QAMAR comprises of three Ruku that have 22 & 18 & 15 AAYAAT respectively in them; the Surah focuses on providing the message for the Day of Judgment and like Surah NAJM, directs all of the mankind to worry about that most significant day rather than remain oblivious to it; Surah NAJM narrated the destruction of those peoples in brief (from AAYAT-50 to AAYAT-54) in whom the respectable Messengers of Allah came (but they showed disrespect to them) and this Surah gives some detail to that brief account to show that even in the world, the space to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam ends totally when some nation rejects those teachings when they come to them in most explicit manner; so the rejection of the Islamic fundamental teachings not only brings the most severe punishment at AKHIRAT but it also puts the most severe punishment at the world too; it tells that the Quran presents all the necessary commands that Allah has given to the mankind and all persons need to take them with all fervor; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by the statement that the Hour has come very near and the Moon is torn apart; the Hour means QIYAMAT i.e. the last day of the world here but there are places at the Quran where it means the Day of Judgment and AAYAT-46 of this Surah has the term in this latter meaning; this event about the Moon took place near to MAKKAH when the Prophet PBUH was at MINA and he indicated this when the Moon was full and it seemed quite shaken at that time for few seconds as seen from the earth; note that the full moon rises just after the sunset and the people used to retire from activity early in those days so most of the people (even in Arabia) did not witness this incident that must have continued only for very few moments and though the assumption is that it split into two parts clearly but in-fact it was some very great wobble in the Moon that apparently showed it bit apart as seen from the earth and that only for a very little while; Surah QAMAR (which means the Moon) that we study, tells in the very beginning, “Near came the Hour and the Moon split” and this verse indicates this very incident so this also is one of the major signs of QAYAMAT; it is the second one as the first one is the arrival of Muhammad PBUH as the last Messenger of Allah to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT calls this event as an “AAYAT” that also has the meaning of miracle yet it is better to take the meaning of it as the sign (which also is its valid meaning) that asks to believe all the persons who witnessed it to believe that the world would certainly end and then the Day of Judgment would certainly take place when Allah would raise all persons from the dead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it is important to note that the Holy Book Quran is the only miracle of Muhammad PBUH as he is the last of Messengers of Allah to all peoples of the world and that needs such miracle for him that remains available to all peoples at all times everywhere and proves him as the Messenger of Allah; therefore please note that though there are other most amazing things like the trunk of the Dates-Tree (HANNANA) that cried-out when a special seat other than it was made for the Prophet PBUH at MASJID-NABAWI and like water gushing out of his fingers and like this amazing issue (i.e. the appearance of the Moon as torn apart when he was at MINA) and other such amazing things yet they are not his miracles in the strict sense of the word; this is because Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers of Allah so He took the responsibility of the protection of the Quran on Him (see Surah HIJR-9) that is to remain as his only miracle to all peoples of the world from the time of its descent to this time (and to all times ahead); it is in its pure form which remains the same Guidance to the right path that was presented by all Messengers of Allah by His command; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first eight AAYAAT of the Surah read, “the hour (the end of the world) drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder (i.e. it extremely wobbled as seen from the earth); and if they see a sign they turn aside and say: transient magic (i.e. they mean that it has no permanent value); and they call it a lie, and follow their low desires (to care only for the benefits of their lives at the world); and every affair has its appointed term (so the hour would come at the time that Allah has appointed for it); and certainly some narratives (of the previous peoples) have come to them wherein is prevention, (from wrongs; wherein is) consummate wisdom (to care for the true life of AKHIRAT)-- but warnings do not avail (because the disbelievers reject them); so turn back on them (without any care to their mocking manner on your warnings about the Day of Judgment as the true message that you give them would take place); that is the day when the inviter shall invite them to painful task (i.e. to face their respective accounts of doings so then they would see that the warnings to their punishment were most true); their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts (as every person that ever lived at the world would rise from dead), hastening to the inviter (the angel calling to the grounds of HASHR); the disbelievers shall say that this is hard day (as they would understand then that this is the day of which they were warned time and again)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next nine AAYAAT present the event about the people of Noah-AS that they were punished even in the world when they rejected the true message that the Messenger of Allah provided to them; they tell that “before them the people of Noah rejected; so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away; therefore he called upon his Lord that I am overcome, come Thou then to help; so We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring; and We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to the measure already ordained; and We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails; sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him (i.e. Noah) who was denied; and certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who will mind? -how (severe) was then My punishment and My warning; and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” these AAYAAT tell how the disbelievers were punished most severely even at the world when they challenged Noah and called him names; at that time he called Allah to save him from the wrong doings of the disbelievers after most extreme patience on whatever troubles that they had caused for him; they tell how Allah accepted his plea and saved him and all those who were with him on the beautiful spacious ark that he had made with ordinary planks and nails within the necessary period of time according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so Allah took His revenge by putting extreme punishment to them by waters that filled the area (that comprised of all the ancient Mesopotamia) so the disbelievers were drowned by the most huge amount of waters that comprised of the waters from the heaven above and from the land which poured out its waters from many of places that continued to fill the land until Allah eliminated the disbelievers totally so the Quran gives the message most explicitly that those who challenge Allah are doomed to destruction; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all these narrations here about the most severe punishment of the four nations who rejected the Messengers of Allah end with the statement “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” –so this AAYAT occurs four times at Surah QAMAR to tell that all persons have the Quran with them now and they need to reflect on it most committedly to save them from all troubles at the world in the collective manner and to save them from all troubles at AKHIRAT individually; Allah certainly would take His revenge if they do not comply to His obedience as for that reason He has created them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the good Muslim commentator on the Quran would interpret the Holy Book Quran by TADABBUR if he really takes up the task to interpret it (that is named as TAFSIR) with his total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; note also that there are two manners to understand the Holy Book Quran in which TADABBUR is the higher level of observation where the good Muslim person applies himself most committedly to understand the Holy Book Quran so it needs most high observation at its AAYAAT; he would know Arabic and he would know all the teachings of the Quran, Ahadith and the FIQH most highly to understand the Quran by TADABBUR; he would also know the principles related to TAFSIR (the comments on the Quran) and related to Ahadith (the authentic narrations that tell about the sayings of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his deeds, his silence over some action and in fact all that is related to that greatest of men, the last Messenger of Allah; note that the practice of these directions of Ahadith is named as SUNNAH) and related to FIQH (the study that guides to put the Islamic commands into the manifest practice in best of manners by the observation of the Quran and the SUNNAH); and most certainly, he would be the good practicing Muslim person who has his total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; note that the other term to its study is TAZAKKUR that is to understand its message in the most simple manner as its words imply explicitly (and that is the level upon which Surah QAMAR asks in the least all of the mankind to take the Holy Book Quran and to live upon it in practice); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last five AAYAAT of the Ruku that are from AAYAT-18 to AAYAT-22 tell that “AAD treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (severe) was My punishment and My warning -surely We sent on them raging wind-storm in a day of bitter ill-luck; tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up; how (severe) was then My punishment and My warning -and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” –Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the nation of HOODH-AS was named as AAD and he gave them the same message as Noah-AS has given to his nation; he told them that he is the Messenger of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and he does care for their safety at AKHIRAT; that nation AAD lived in the area of curved sand-hills in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula and they were very strong in physique and had handsome height and looks; they also were idolaters and their total preference was for the life at the world so HOODH told them that they must show gratitude to Allah and take Him only as their true Lord; note that the Messenger of Allah has the liability to provide the message of Allah and it is not his liability to see that his people do accept it and HOODH fulfilled his liability; when it became evident that the disbelievers on HOODH would not come towards the fundamental teachings of Islam, Allah saved HOODH and the true believers with him by His great blessing and certainly it was the most severe punishment from which Allah saved them; Surah-HAQQAAH says that this punishment was such “which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days so that (O listener) you might have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees” (HAQQAAH-7); their amazing strength was certainly nothing in match to which they faced as it was the punishment that Allah had given them at the world and the punishment at AKHIRAT is even more dreadful; here at Surah QAMAR too, the AAYAAT mention that the destruction that hit AAD tore them away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up; Allah certainly sent upon them such punishment that was most extremely severe after they rejected the warnings of Allah to them and He certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the day on which their punishment started is mentioned as the day of bitter ill-luck and then that punishment stayed upon them for seven nights and eight days that tore them as the hollow trunks of the torn palm trees; though there is some argument at TAFSIR about this day but it is difficult to pinpoint some specific date of the year as this specific day of bitter ill-luck though it probably is some specific date of one of the lunar months that occurs regularly each year even now; AAYAAT 15 & 16 of Surah HA-MEEM AS-SAJDAH state that “as for AAD, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they asked who is mightier than us in power? -could they not see that Allah Who created them, He is mightier than them in power? -and they denied Our revelations; therefore We let loose on them a raging wind-storm in days of bitter ill-luck, that We might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world; and verily the doom of AKHIRAT will be more shameful, and they will not be helped”; here the Quran mentions all days of their destruction as related to bitter ill-luck and this is because that severe punishment that eliminated them totally started on that specific day that is most probably related to the bitter ill-luck in general; this seems in accordance to how the AAYAAT present it but as they are not totally explicit for it so I, MSD, would remark here the best of remarks that most certainly, Allah know better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the statement that THAMUD (the nation of SALEH-AS) also rejected the warnings; this also means that to reject one of the Messengers of Allah is to reject all of them because they all fundamentally gave the same message as Allah commanded them to give and that was the message of Islam; the disbelievers in THAMUD raised the same objection to SALEH that the disbelievers in other peoples had raised before that he is just an ordinary man among them who has not much of wealth and who is alone with not huge number of people to stand for him; they rejected him as the Messenger of Allah with the blame that he is not only a liar but he also is a person who has pride on himself that he is something out of ordinary among them; note that he was one of the most truthful persons and he had no arrogance in him; the disbelievers saw what was obvious to their eyes by projection that like them, this person also would be needy of the worldly goods, status and pleasures but these disbelieving men have always been (and even are) totally unable to see the inside of those who live with their attention towards Allah only, the true Lord; Allah answered their objection that very soon, they would see who actually is the liar with arrogance inside him; He gave them the huge she-camel that came out from behind of some rock miraculously and Allah commanded them not to trouble it so that she might easily drink the water on the day assigned for it (that was every other day as one day was for it and the other was for other cattle there) as she intends; if they do otherwise, they would receive extreme punishment even at the world; but even then, their ruling elite rejected the message of Allah that SALEH provided to them and asked others too to reject it; some of their youth killed the she-camel (as they provoked them to do it) and that was the clearest disobedience to Allah from all of the disbelievers there; so Allah punished them most severely by the most painful scream to hear (that was the sound of the deadly cry of the earthquake that took hold of them); so they became like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure of his cattle collects to save his cattle from the attacking beasts; this tells how that deadly disaster trampled them when it fell upon them; the event ends with the same message that asks all of the mankind for TAZAKKUR upon the Holy Book Quran, “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next ten AAYAT of this Ruku tell about the event that relates to the nation of Lot-AS; the people of Lot-AS lived at Sodom and Gomorrah at south of the dead sea and they were extremely filthy persons who used to commit the heinous sin of sodomy among men; Lot who actually did not belong to that nation but had been sent to them as the Messenger of Allah, tried his best to reform them of this heinous sin but to no avail; in fact, they intended to expel him from their city just because he challenged their filth; so due to their rejection of the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam), and also due to their most heinous filthy acts, Allah sent the rain of stones upon them from which Allah saved only Lot and his family who believed in him, in the morning hours; note that his wife was one of the disbelievers there so she also remained there among the punished people; certainly, Allah provides safety from all the calamity to the good believing persons only even when they have to live in the wrong-doers (under protest); however, they would call towards the right path even at such situation as that is necessary to show their gratitude to Allah and certainly, Lot-AS had told the consequence to the disbelievers of their rejection of the right path yet they made vague arguments against the warnings that Lot provided to them; they even tried to take the guests of Lot-AS (that were angels) with them to fulfill their wrong intention with them so Allah blinded their eyes (as He commanded the angels to put such extreme adversity to those who were at front there); it was an introduction to the most severe punishment of which Allah had clearly warned them by Lot-AS and it fell upon them in the morning so Allah gave those disbelievers the complete taste of their wrong-doings at the world; and they would get their lasting deadly punishment at AKHIRAT by the hell-fire; after this narration of the destruction of the people of Lot, the last AAYAT of the Ruku is familiar that asks for TAZAKKUR, “and certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?” Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first couple of AAYAAT at the last Ruku mention the punishment that Allah gave to Pharaoh who rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam when Moses-AS and Aaron-AS presented them clearly to him; Moses provided such miracles to him even, that proved that he was the Messenger of Allah yet he disbelieved and the result was that Allah punished him most severely by drowning him with huge number of his men when they all were following Moses and the Bani-Israel; these AAYAAT read, “and certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh's people; they rejected all Our AAYAAT, so We overtook them in the manner of the Mighty, Powerful One”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next four AAYAAT ask the disbelievers that were at Makkah at the time of the descent of Surah QAMAR that they reflect upon their position and accept Islam because if they do not accept it, the outcome of their disbelief would be the same as the previous disbelievers near to their lands had received; they read, “are the disbelievers of yours (that are at Makkah) better than these (previous disbelievers that Allah eliminated by severe punishments), or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures? -or do they say that we are a host allied together to help each other? -soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs; nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter”; the AAYAAT imply that when these disbelievers at Makkah have got the message that Allah punished the previous disbelievers to Islam most severely by the most deadly punishments at the world and the previous scriptures too that Allah sent to the world do not guarantee their safety in any manner as every person would get the result at AKHIRAT according to his belief and his deeds at his life here so what do they have to rely upon for their safety at the world and at AKHIRAT; if they think that they are so much powerful together that they are invincible then that is their idiocy as they would see that their power would reduce most drastically when they would run for their lives (which happened at the battle of BADR); their actual punishment would come at the hour (here it means that it would come at the day of HASHR) and that would prove the most hard day for them; AAYAT-7 & AAYAT-8 of this Surah has depicted the manner of disbelievers on that day i.e. the Day of Judgment that “their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts; hastening to the inviter, the disbelievers shall say that this is hard day”; Allah certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last nine AAYAAT of the last Ruku relate about the Day of Judgment and about the will of Allah; they read, “Surely the guilty (who are the disbelievers in the fundamental teachings of Islam) are in error (at the world) and in distress (at AKHIRAT); on the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces (i.e. the angels would drag them by force) into the fire (and those angels would tell them) to taste the touch of hell-fire; surely We have created everything according to measure (and so Allah would see that the world gets its quantity of the mankind then the last day of the world would come as that is its appointed time); and Our command is but one (i.e. the command of KUN which means BE and that happens) as the twinkling of eye; and certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you (which means that if these disbelievers think that they are safe from the punishment of Allah, they are in most high error), but is there anyone who will mind (to see plain facts)? -and everything they have done (together as nation) is in the writings (so they would face the consequence of that even at the world when Allah wills for it); and everything small and great is written down (according to which the whole universe including the earth progresses on and that certainly is the will of Allah and He certainly has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah); surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in (the most beautiful) gardens and (wherein shall be the most pleasant) rivers; in the seat of honor (the place where the truthful person would live-on) near to the most Powerful King (i.e. near to Allah, the true Lord of all the creation)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note the words “FIZ-ZUBUR” (in the writings) and “MUSTATAR” (written down) that these AAYAAT have here at the last part of Surah QAMAR; note that “writings” are the documents of deeds of all persons and where nations have erred together when they generally rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam though Allah guided them to those teachings most clearly, then Allah punished them most severely even at the world; the other AAYAT that states about what is “written down” indicates the LAUHE-MAHFUZ that tells about the will of Allah where everything that is to happen is written down; Allah guides all affairs that take place anywhere at any time beautifully to the manner that He wills for all those affairs because it is His will only that rules all of His creation even now; certainly, all praise is for Allah, the only Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah RAHMAN
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-7)
1. The Beneficent Allah,
2. Taught the Quran.
3. He created man,
4. Taught him the mode of expression.
5. The sun and the moon follow a reckoning.
6. And the herbs and the trees do prostrate (to Him).
7. And the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance
8. That you may not be inordinate in respect of the balance.
9. And keep up the measure with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
10. And the earth, He has set it for living creatures;
11. Therein is fruit and palms having sheathed clusters,
12. And the grain with (its) husk and fragrance.
13. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
14. He created the man by dry clay like earthen vessels,
15. And He created the jinn by flame of fire.
16. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
17. Lord of the two easts and of the two wests.
18. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
19. He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet,
20. Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.
21. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
22. There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.
23. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
24. And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like mountains.
25. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
26. Everyone on it must pass away.
27. And there remains forever the Countenance of your Lord, Who is full of majesty and honor.
28. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
29. All those who are in the heavens and the earth ask of Him; every moment He is in a state (of majesty and honor).
30. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
31. Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two burdened groups.
32. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
33. O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority.
34. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
35. The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two, then you will not be able to defend yourselves.
36. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
37. And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide.
38. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
39. So on that day neither man nor jinni shall be asked about his sin.
40. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
41. The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
42. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
43. This is the hell which the guilty called a lie.
44. Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling water.
45. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
46. And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens.
47. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
48. Having in them various kinds.
49. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
50. In both of them are two fountains flowing.
51. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
52. In both of them are two pairs of every fruit.
53. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
54. Reclining on couches, the inner coverings of which are of silk brocade; and the fruits of the two gardens shall be within reach.
55. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
56. In them shall be those who restrained their eyes; before them neither man nor jinni shall have touched them.
57. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
58. As though they were rubies and coral-stones.
59. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
60. Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
61. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
62. And besides these two are two (other) gardens:
63. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
64. Both inclining to blackness.
65. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
66. In both of them are two springs gushing forth.
67. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
68. In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates.
69. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
70. In them are goodly things, beautiful ones.
71. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
72. Pure ones (HOORS) confined to the pavilions.
73. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
74. Man has not touched them before them nor jinni.
75. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
76. Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
77. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
78. Blessed be the name of your Lord, Who has the majesty and the honor!
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Surah RAHMAN consists of 3 Ruku which have 25 & 20 & 33 AAYAAT respectively; RAHMAN (the Beneficent) is the name of Allah and this Surah starts by it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah is unique in this matter that it addresses both the Man and the Jinn together and tells about the blessings that Allah has provided to both of them; the Surah tells of different blessings of Allah and asks both of them repeatedly about each of them that “which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?”; note that by grammar, Allah addresses two of His creation at this recurring AAYAT and the context shows explicitly that they are the Man and the Jinn and note also that Allah has provided the freewill to only these both whereas other of His creation worship Him without any other option; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by the statement that Allah has not only given life to the Man but He also has provided him the greatest of His blessings that is the Quran; He has taught that to him so that he believes it and does his deeds according to that belief; and He has provided him the ability to present it to all other persons so these AAYAAT tell that Allah has not only created the Man but He has taught words to him due to which he is able to express himself clearly and the best manner for him to be grateful to Allah for this ability of expression is to learn the Quran with total belief and besides practicing it in total, provide its teachings to all peoples of the world as much as possible for him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; one of the most authentic Ahadith mentions that “the best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it to others”; note that Allah has mentioned the teaching of the Quran before He has mentioned the creation of the Man so this denotes that the good spiritual value of the Man is more a blessing than the physical life he has; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that jinn also would follow the Quran to remain upon the true path as they also are bound to follow it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT mentions Allah by His name Ar-RAHMAN (the Beneficent) as the disbelievers at Makkah were much annoyed by this name; so it challenged them that Allah is Most Beneficent Who has cared for all peoples of the world by providing the Quran to them to save themselves from the torments of the coming true life by its acceptance; AAYAAT-5 to 12 ahead tell about some of His blessings that He has provided to the mankind which are most significant for his physical well-being as the Quran often mentions both of these blessings (spiritual and physical) together at places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that the sun and the moon are doing their respective tasks remaining to calculation that Allah has set for them; AAYAT-6 tells “and the herb and the tree do prostrate (to Allah)” wherein “the herb” means all of herbs and “the tree” means all of trees; note that the word An-NAJM (the herb) also means “the star” so with connection to previous AAYAT, it also implies that like the sun and the moon, all stars too are going along their pathways which Allah has set for them and so this term applies in both ways; AAYAAT-7 & 8 & 9 tell that He not only has raised the heaven, that is near to earth, but He also has assigned its laws to it so everything in it is working in the order He has assigned to it (this includes the gravitational force among heavenly bodies); so the man (and even the jinn) would care for this balance and would not do any such thing that might cause disharmony to it; the man needs to bring harmony to life by intentional efforts according to the fundamental teachings of Islam as keeping the balance refers to care about rights of all persons around him and also to care to keep himself at the right path as the wrongs affect all environment adversely; Surah ROUM-41 states that “corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return”; in this broader manner, these AAYAAT guide the mankind about their actions to the heaven above too that the mankind would not disturb harmony there by any of actions and it is proper to comment that at these current times, these AAYAAT do seem to hit that activity even, that relates to sending different space-vehicles for the probe of heavenly bodies as that also somewhat applies to disturbing of the balance therein; may Allah give all peoples the insight to care in all their actions about the harmony by which Allah has set the creation; these three AAYAAT read, “and the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance; that you may not be inordinate in respect of the balance; and keep up the measure with equity and do not make the balance deficient”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT tell that Allah has set the earth in such manner that by getting rains from the heaven above, it brings forth fruits and especially dates that are protected by their sheath; and it brings forth grains that are protected by their husks and fragrances; so the earth brings forth fruits, pulses, vegetables and many more things in crops which provide foods for the mankind, birds, animals, insects and even jinn; so Allah has cared not only to provide the true guidance to the man and the jinn magnificently but He also has cared with all other living creatures, for their physical sustenance beautifully; this asks the man and the jinn, the only two creation of Allah who do have the freewill to actions, to live by the commands of Allah; the recurring AAYAT - “which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?” - at Surah RAHMAN states in the manner of question on all the physical benefits which Allah has provided to them at the world, that they need to show extreme gratitude to Allah, the true Lord, for this beautiful care to safety of their physique by living according to the Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-14 & 15 state, “He created the man by dry clay like earthen vessels; and He created the jinn by flame of fire”; the term SALSAALEN-KAL-FAKKHAAR at AAYAT-14 that means the “dry clay like earthen vessels”, was the final stage of the material by which Allah created Adam-AS; this material had passed through few stages whereas each stage had most extreme period of time by the will of Allah; see also the note at the third Ruku of Surah HIJR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah created jinn much before Adam by flame of fire and they have the ability to see the human beings though the human beings are not able to see them; they are physically stronger than the man yet because of his spiritual power and because Allah has appointed angels to see to his protection, jinn avoid attacks on the man; see also the note at BAQARAH-the fourth Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the couple of AAYAAT ahead state, “(Allah is the) Lord of the two easts and of the two wests; which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?”; the mention of two easts and two wests at the AAYAT seems to refer to the two different points of sunrise and two different points of sunset, at two different occasions; in other words, “two easts” mean the different points of sunrise where the day is longest in summer and where the day is shortest in winter at Arabia; and “two wests” mean the different points of sunset for these two occasions there and certainly, Allah knows better; the last seven AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the rivers and the benefits from them to the mankind; there are places where the waters of the river meets the waters of the sea yet they keep the difference between the features of their respective waters there to quite a distance; Allah mentions this difference in their waters as His blessing as both of these waters serve the mankind in their own respective manner; from these waters, the man gets beautiful pearls, both large and small; and they take big ships to different places which serves the man in getting his financial security; each of these benefits that Allah has provided by waters of rivers and of seas, asks both the man and the jinn to show gratitude to Allah, the true Lord; the next Ruku starts by the statement that whatever is on earth would pass away and only Allah, the true Lord, would remain Who has all majesty and honor; He is HAYYE that means that He only has the true life; the AAYAT implies that even death of all righteous persons among men and among jinn, is blessing as after their death, Allah would provide life to the dead for their eternal life ahead and provide the Judgment to all of them so He would provide the due punishment to all wrong-doers by His majesty and He would honor all righteous persons at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-29 tells that Allah keeps everything to His will and He always sees whatever impression has occurred by doings of the peoples at the world to keep it all to His will; certainly He knows beforehand every action that anyone among the mankind and the jinn takes as He certainly is the Most Knowing of all things and the Most Well-Aware; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it also tells that everyone begs of Him for needs and so every day He is engaged in the task of seeing to their needs according to His will; so He cares for His creation due to their collective need and due to their individual need according to His will; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they need to show utmost gratitude to Allah for His blessings on them; from AYAT-31 till the last of Ruku, AAYAAT ask attention towards the Day of Judgment; Allah tells both the mankind and the jinn that very soon, He would judge all of them according to their doings; Allah addresses them as the “two burdened groups” as these two only have the freewill to actions for which they have to account at AKHIRAT; AAYAT-33 tells that all those who have any thoughts of running away from that ultimate Judgment, they are totally unable to do it; it reads, “O assembly of the jinn and the men- if you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth (that means the whole universe), then pass through (to avoid Judgment); you cannot pass through but with authority (that only Allah has, so all among the jinn and the men have to answer for all their deeds without any option)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this certainly is His blessing to all righteous persons and they need to show gratitude for it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-35 gives the reason that no person is able to run away far in space because the flame of fire would get him there and, even if he breaks the barrier of the earth’s gravity and gets further, the smoke would engulf him so he would remain unable to protect himself; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this refers especially to the jinn who are able to run to space yet they are unable to get much far in that due to the burning meteoroids racing towards the earth; see also the note at the second Ruku of HIJR; AAYAT-37 states that at the last day of the world, the heaven near to earth would become as red as the red hide (or as rosy-colored leather); and even the advent of QIYAMAT (the last day of the world) is the blessing of Allah that sets the stage for His Judgment to all peoples of the world; then on that day, the Day of Judgment, no one among the guilty men or the jinn would be asked about his most notable sin (which would be their denial of the Day of Judgment as AAYAT-43 states) because it would be there for all persons to see and these guilty persons would be recognized by some marking on them at the grounds of HASHR; these guilty persons would see the hell-fire that they used to deny and round about shall they go between it and the boiling water; their alternate visits to these two places would occur because these two would provide the two different manners of their punishment that they would get in sequence; the last AAYAT of the Ruku that is the recurring AAYAT at Surah RAHMAN tells here that even the warning that these AAYAAT give to such guilty persons is the blessing of Allah to them at the world, so that they make themselves better here and now, before they die because when the event of their death takes place, their regret upon their wrong manner of living would be totally useless; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku mentions two groups of the righteous believers who would be at JANNAAT that Surah WA’QIAH, the Surah ahead, terms as the companions of the right hand and as the foremost among them respectively; this Ruku mentions the blessed affairs of the first group from its first AAYAT to 61, and it mentions the blessed affairs of the second group from AAYAT-62 to 77; Surah WA’QIAH narrates the detail about the foremost persons in JANNAAT before the detail of the companions of the right hand; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku tells about the companions of the right hand that they always had this in mind that Allah only has the true authority and it is His will that shows in the tasks of all His creation; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Dr. ISRAR AHMED, one of the foremost commentators on the Quran at these current times, has commented about the two of JANNAAT that are mentioned here that they refer to the two different JANNAAT for the first group among the mankind and among the jinn respectively; these would be the most beautiful gardens that would have in them various kinds of trees having wonderful branches; these would also have flowing fountains and pairs of all fruits where they would be seated upon couches that would be lined with silk brocade and the fruits of both these gardens would be near to their respective good residents; therein shall be those beautiful women of modest gaze, whom neither any man nor any jinn will have touched before them; this means that at the JANNAH of the mankind, there would be the beautiful specific women of that place (besides those who were their good wives at the world) for the mankind whom no man had ever touched before and each of them would only be caring for her husband; and at the JANNAH of the jinn, there would be the beautiful specific women of that place (besides those who were their good wives at the world) for the jinn whom no jinn had ever touched before and each of them would only be caring for her husband; these all would be such precious beauties to their respective husbands as they are rubies and coral-stones; Allah would provide these all excellent eternal blessings because they had lived virtuously at the world by living by commands of Allah and one good turn deserves another; Al-Hamdu Lillah; then there is the mention of affairs of the second group among the righteous persons in mankind and in the jinn that they would receive two JANNAAT so these refer to the two different JANNAAT for the second group among the mankind and among the jinn respectively; though the first group would have all excellent blessings at their JANNAAT yet this second group would get some additional blessings as they are at the higher level than the former, the first group, as Surah WA’QIAH has termed this second group as the foremost among these two groups; they would be much nearer to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so they also would have all blessings at their respective JANNAH which the former would have at theirs yet the women at these JANNAAT for the second group would be HOORS who would be extremely beautiful (WA’QIAH mentions them as the beautiful hidden pearls and this Surah mentions these fairest of women as much more confined to their beautiful spacious residences); these most spacious residences would have the most beautiful pearls at their built according to Hadith and each of the righteous persons of the second group, would have HOORS as his wives in huge number (even up-to seventy) besides those who were his good wives at the world; note that the best of women according to Islam are those who relate themselves much to their specific residences and leave their homes only for necessities with most decent of dresses and return as soon as they fulfill their necessities so these beautiful HOORS would have this beautiful reservation to height in their beautiful nature without asking to leave their specific spacious residences for anything; they all would remain most happy together with their own manner of living there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that Islam does not suppress the natural emotion towards women that occurs in men due to their aesthetic inclination yet it asks them to channelize that firmly in the righteous manner; this mention of the second group contains AAYAT-64 which comprises of one word only that is MUDHHAMMATAAN which means that these two gardens would be such dark green that both of them would be inclining to blackness and this would increase their beauty there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-78, the last AAYAT of this Ruku (and also of this Surah), reads, “blessed be the name of your Lord, Who has the majesty and the honor”; this tells that He certainly would provide the due punishment to all wrong-doers by His majesty and He certainly would honor all righteous persons at AKHIRAT; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah WAQI’AH
(Consists of 3 Ruku; MK-5)
1. When the great event comes to pass,
2. There is no belying its coming to pass--
3. Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),
4. When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,
5. And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling,
6. So that they shall be as scattered dust.
7. And you shall be three sorts.
8. Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
9. And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand!
10. And the foremost are the foremost,
11. These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),
12. In the gardens of bliss.
13. A numerous company from among the first,
14. And a few from among the latter.
15. On thrones decorated,
16. Reclining on them, facing one another.
17. Round about them shall go youths never altering in age,
18. With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink;
19. They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted,
20. And fruits such as they choose,
21. And the flesh of fowl such as they desire.
22. And pure (HOORS), beautiful ones,
23. As if they are like the hidden pearls:
24. The reward for what they used to do.
25. They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse,
26. Except the word peace, peace.
27. And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
28. Amid thorn-less lote-trees,
29. And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another.
30. And extended shade,
31. And water flowing constantly,
32. And abundant fruit,
33. Neither intercepted nor forbidden,
34. And exalted thrones.
35. Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth,
36. Then We have made them virgins,
37. Loving, equals in age,
38. For the sake of the companions of the right hand.
39. A numerous company from among the first,
40. And a numerous company from among the last.
41. And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of the left hand!
42. In scorching wind and boiling water,
43. And the shade of black smoke,
44. Neither cool nor honorable.
45. Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.
46. And they persisted in the great violation.
47. And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?
48. Or our fathers of yore?
49. Say: The first and the last,
50. Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day.
51. Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!
52. Most surely eat of a tree of ZAQQUM,
53. And fill (your) bellies with it;
54. Then drink over it of boiling water;
55. And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
56. This is their entertainment on the day of requital.
57. We have created you, why do you not then assent?
58. Have you considered the seed?
59. Is it you that create it or are We the creators?
60. We have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome,
61. In order that We may bring in your place the likes of you and make you grow into what you know not.
62. And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?
63. Have you considered what you sow?
64. Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers of growth?
65. If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into pieces, then would you begin to lament:
66. Surely we are burdened with debt:
67. Nay! we are deprived.
68. Have you considered the water which you drink?
69. Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders?
70. If We pleased, We would have made it bitter; why do you not then give thanks?
71. Have you considered the fire which you strike?
72. Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?
73. We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the desert.
74. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
75. But nay! I swear by the setting of stars;
76. And most surely it is very great oath if you only knew;
77. Most surely it is the honored Quran,
78. In the book that is protected
79. None shall touch it save the purified ones.
80. Revelation by the Lord of the worlds.
81. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
82. And to commit to lies you make your means of subsistence.
83. Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,
84. And you at that time look on--
85. And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see--
86. Then why is it not-- if you are not held under authority--
87. That you send it (not) back-- if you are truthful?
88. Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah),
89. Then happiness and bounty and the garden of bliss.
90. And if he is one of those that are of the right hand,
91. Then peace to you all that are among those of the right hand.
92. And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones,
93. He shall have an entertainment of boiling water,
94. And burning in hell.
95. Most surely this is the certain truth.
96. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
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Like Surah RAHMAN, this Surah also describes the blessed situation of the two groups at JANNAAT and describes the wretched situation of the wrong-doers at the hell-fire; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it has three Ruku that respectively comprise of 38 AAYAAT, 36 AAYAAT and 22 AAYAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first six AAYAAT of the Surah read, “when the great event comes to pass; there is no belying its coming to pass; abasing (one party), exalting (the other); when the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking; and the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling; so that they shall be as scattered dust (as if they are loosened wool)”; this tells about the last day of the world and the third AAYAT here states that this day would lead to the Day of Judgment that would abase the disbelievers and that would lead the two groups of the righteous persons to highest of honor; the Quran takes the matter of the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the first day of AKHIRAT (that is the Day of Judgment) at places by such relation that the latter occurs just after QIYAMAT; this is because all of mankind is dead at QIYAMAT whereas all of mankind regain life (and awareness) at the Day of Judgment though there is an extensive period of time between the two; AAYAAT ahead tell about the three groups of the mankind in which two relate to JANNAAT that are companions of the right hand and the foremost of all righteous persons who would be much nearer to Allah, the true Lord; the remaining group would be the wretched group of companions of the left hand who had spent their lives at the world as disbelievers; note that those righteous believers who get their respective documents of deeds at their right hands would be the companions of the right hand and those who get their respective documents of deeds at their left hands would be the companions of the left hand; note also that though the foremost among the righteous persons would also get their respective documents at their right hands yet they would have some additional good features that would denote their most honored status there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all the persons who receive honor at AKHIRAT, would include the Prophets, the truthful persons, the martyrs for the Islamic cause and the virtuous persons that are mentioned at NISAA-69; it reads, “And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the Prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the most good persons, and good company they are”; so all those who had believed in Allah firmly and had obeyed Him and His last Messenger steadfastly, these all persons in this UMMAH would be the companions of the right hand and the foremost among the most righteous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-7 to 11 tell about these three, “and you shall be three sorts; then (as to) the companions of the right hand - how happy are the companions of the right hand; and (as to) the companions of the left hand - how wretched are the companions of the left hand; and the foremost are the foremost; these are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead mention that these foremost among the most righteous persons would be the dwellers of the blissful gardens; their major number would come from the early times of this UMMAH (the Muslims as whole from the times of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH) and the rest from persons after them; note that even before Muhammad PBUH, there certainly were the foremost among the virtuous persons yet seemingly, this place refers to his UMMAH explicitly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-15 to 26 tell about their blessed situation at the blissful gardens; “(they would be) on thrones decorated; reclining on them, facing one another; round about them shall go youths never altering in age; with goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink (of wine); they shall not be affected with headache thereby (though they would enjoy it immensely), nor shall they get exhausted (by losing sense); and fruits such as they choose; and the flesh of fowl such as they desire; and pure (HOORS), beautiful ones; as if they are like the hidden pearls: the reward for what they used to do; they shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse; except the word peace, peace”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-27 to 40 relate the blessed situation of the companions of the right hand that their garden at paradise would have wonderful thorn-less lote-trees that also would beautify the place; and banana trees so very near to each other that they would be one above another and there would be most beautiful shade extending to miles as if it is early morning at such weather that is neither cold nor hot but totally pleasant; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and there would be most clear water that would flow constantly at fountains and plenty of all fruits, neither intercepted (i.e. they would not be limited to seasons) nor forbidden (i.e. they would never end but grow on instantly according to consumption); and the couches where they would recline, that would be raised high to honor these companions of the right hand; and Allah would provide them beautiful women that would specifically be for them (besides their good wives there) who would be virgins and so much attractive to them that they would find most extreme love towards them and they all would be compatible with their youthful age; note that every man who gets his place at JANNAAT would be in early thirties with wonderful manly fitness; and all women there, though they are those who enter there due to the virtuous lives that they had spent at the world (transformed to fairest of ladies there living together with their good husbands) or they are those specific women who are especially created at JANNAAT (HOORS and others) who would be provided as wives to the most virtuous men who enter there, these all most beautiful women would also be at early thirties with highest of attraction for their husbands towards them; some respectable commentators at this issue have mentioned this specific age as of 33 years for all though there also would be young boys who would be serving the foremost among the most virtuous residents of JANNAAT who would remain young at age at that beautiful place ever as AAYAT-17 of this Surah has stated (and as Surah TOOR also has mentioned at AAYAT-24) and certainly Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these companions of the right hand would come in huge number from the early times of this UMMAH and also in huge number from those who come after them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAAT-41 to AAYAT-56, all AAYAAT tell about those who would receive their document of deeds at their left hands; they would feel the scorching wind and drink the hot boiling water; the shade to them would be of black smoke that would not provide any coolness to them or any refreshment rather it would make their condition even worse; many of these disbelievers used to live in pleasures at the world remaining oblivious to the fact that they have to answer for their lives at the Day of Judgment; this was their extreme wrong and they would see its consequence; whenever they were guided to it, they mocked about it and persisted with obstinacy at their wrong belief that they would not be resurrected as they would have become dust and bones at graves and their forefathers too would not be raised from dead; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to tell them that they all and all those of old and of later times, would certainly be raised to life from dead and gathered together for the appointed hour of the known day (i.e. the Day of Judgment); then all those who erred about it and all those who denied its upcoming, they would eat of the tree at hell-fire i.e. ZAQQUM as that only would be available to satiate their extreme hunger; and there would be boiling water over it to drink for their extreme thirst which they would drink as thirsty camels afflicted with extreme thirst, drink water; these disbelievers would face such unwelcome at that specific day; may Allah give TOFIQ to all good persons at the world to believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam so that they save themselves from this most extreme punishment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-57 to AAYAT-74, the last AAYAT of the second Ruku, Allah guides attention to those blessings that He has provided to the mankind for his physical safety; He mentions about how life occurs at the world as the man only emits the seed inside his wife but Allah shapes it at the womb at the specific period it has to remain there and then He bring it forth as one of the mankind; and Allah has ordained death so the life here is an examination for which all of the mankind would answer at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-60 & 61 state that nothing in His creation is able to stop Him to transfigure the man and make him in what he certainly is not aware of; Respectable Dr. ISRAR interprets this in his Tafsiri comments that the physical changes do occur even at the world in all persons yet at AKHIRAT, Allah, the true Lord, would provide another proper physique to each person there whereas every person would be fully aware of himself/herself and with that, he/she would receive his/her specific Judgment due to his/her doings at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-62 ahead states that the man does know how the life of the man takes place at the world (and though much was known about this at the ancient times but in these current times, Physiology provides that clearly in more detail); AAYAAT ahead relate about the seed that the man sows inside the earth which Allah grows to become fruitful to the mankind and other of His creation; so Allah not only develops the seed of the man inside the womb of his wife but He also develops the seed that he sows inside the grounds to become edible fruits and crops for his sustenance; Al-Hamdu Lillah; if Allah willed, He verily could make it ash-particles, then the workers upon it would have persistently exclaimed that they are burdened with debts besides being deprived of all the benefits that they were to get by it; so on getting it safely, they need to show their gratitude to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and Allah sends from the raincloud the pleasant water that is fit to drinking; if He willed, He verily could make it bitter so at this even, they need to show their gratitude to Allah; and Allah has provided such trees to the mankind by which they kindle fire (as they struck elements from them together) which has number of physical benefits for all yet especially for those who are wayfarers at deserts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this fire does ask them to reflect how it affects the physique when it is near to the physique so they need to avoid the hell-fire by living at the world by commands of Allah; certainly, for all these blessings, these persons, like all virtuous persons, need to glorify the name of Allah, the true Lord, Who is the Most Supreme; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku starts by answering the disbelievers that the Quran is not something ordinary as they are taking it, but it is the highest of blessings from Allah to the mankind, and it is totally safe at the most protected book (i.e. LAUHE-MAHFUZ); Allah has taken an oath on this statement that the Quran is safe at the most protected book at heavens to which only the angels have access and Allah certainly has descended it to the world; AAYAT-75 and AAYAAT here to AAYAT-82 read, “but nay (the disbelievers have totally wrong assumptions)! I swear by placements of stars; and most surely it is very great oath if you only knew; most surely it is the honored Quran; in the (heavenly) book that is protected; none shall touch it save the purified ones (angels at heavens and those of mankind that are Muslims who have made WUDHU i.e. ablution at the world); revelation by the Lord of the worlds; do you then hold this announcement in contempt? (by foolishly assuming that it does not provide the true guidance because it has not descended from Allah, the true Lord or that it has not descended as Allah sent it to the Prophet PBUH) - and to commit to lies you make your means of subsistence (i.e. you try to justify your disbelief by giving such lies to your psyche)”; note that Allah has taken the oath of placements of NUJUM (stars) and has mentioned it as the most notable oath; so this whole term “MAWAQEN-NUJUM” (i.e. placements of stars) refers to the posts of angels at the sky near to earth and the AAYAT implies that the angels protect the whole pathway of the descent of the Quran at this area as the mischievous Jinn have access to this area to some extent; they would only find flames (from burning meteoroids) following them on their way back to earth to eliminate them at the space before they return to earth if they intrude to cause trouble at this descent; see also the note on the second Ruku of Surah HIJR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so these AAYAAT tell that all such parts of the Quran that have descended to the world from the heaven, they have descended within the protection of angels to Muhammad PBUH by the command of Allah and its text was never disturbed anywhere as many angels at posts at the sky near to earth too protect its pathway to earth by the command of Allah so it is the true guidance from Allah which every person needs to follow most firmly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; whole of the Quran is totally protected in whatever manner it has reached Muhammad PBUH by the will of Allah; see Surah SHURA-51 and Surah HIJR-9; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell explicitly that when someone is at the verge of his death, the people around are unable to do anything at that time as death when it does come, it is inevitable and Allah only is near to him at such time as his relation to life at the world ends whereas he finds angels around him; the Judgment is sure to come and because of it, no one is able to stop his departure from the world so even the end of life indicates that all persons that are here at the world, have their respective time to show their respective colors whereby they would get their respective judgment at the first day of AKHIRAT that is the Day of Judgment; Surah MULK-2 states, “Allah has created death and life, that He may try which of you is the best in deed: and He is the Mighty, Oft-Forgiving”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah concludes by mentioning the three groups that it has discussed in it, two of them at JANNAAT and one of them that is the companions of the left hand, at the hell-fire; AAYAAT from 88 to 95 read, “then if he is one of those drawn nigh (that are foremost of the righteous persons near to Allah); then (for them is) happiness and bounty and the garden of bliss; and if he is one of those that are of the right hand (the companions of the right hand), then peace to you all that are among those of the right hand; and if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones (the companions of the left hand), he shall have an entertainment (that is his unwelcome there) by boiling water and burning in hell; most surely this is the certain truth”; the last AAYAT of the Surah asks to glorify the name of Allah, the true Lord, like its AAYAT-74 and due to this, the Muslims recite words at RUKU & SAJDAH at their Salah that fulfill this guidance; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah HADID
(Consists of 4 Ruku; H-6)
1. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and He has power over all things.
3. He is the First and the Last and the Evident and the Immanent; and He is Cognizant of all things.
4. He is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He mounted firm at ARSH (the Throne of authority); He knows that which goes deep down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do.
5. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) affairs returned.
6. He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is at insides.
7. Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and spend out of what He has made you successors of; for those of you who believe and spend shall have a great reward.
8. And what reason have you that you should not believe in Allah? And the Apostle calls on you that you may believe in your Lord, and indeed He has made a covenant with you if you are believers.
9. He it is who sends down clear AAYAAT upon His servant, that He may bring you forth from utter darkness into light; and most surely Allah is Kind, Merciful to you.
10. And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth; not alike among you are those who spent before the victory and fought; they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
11. Who is there that will offer to Allah a good gift so He will double it for him, and he shall have an excellent reward.
12. On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement.
13. On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe: Wait for us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be said: Turn back and seek light. Then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it, at this side there shall be punishment.
14. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They shall say: Yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you till the decision of Allah came, while the deceiver deceived you about Allah.
15. So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend and evil is the resort.
16. Has not the time yet come for those who believe that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And that they should not be like those who were given the Book before, but the time became prolonged to them, so their hearts hardened, and most of them are transgressors.
17. Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We have made the AAYAAT clear to you that you may understand.
18. Surely (as for) the charitable men and the charitable women and (those who) set apart for Allah a goodly portion, it shall be doubled for them and they shall have a noble reward.
19. And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His apostles, these it is that are the truthful and the martyrs (the true witnesses to the word of Allah) in the sight of their Lord: they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our AAYAAT, these are the inmates of the hell-fire.
20. Know that this world's life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, which causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement and forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure; and this world's life is naught but means of deception.
21. Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a garden the extensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth; it is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His apostles; that is the grace of Allah: He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
22. No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in the book before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy to Allah:
23. So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster:
24. Those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.
25. Certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
26. And certainly We sent Noah and Ibrahim and We gave to their offspring the (gift of) prophecy and the Book; so there are among them those who go aright, and most of them are transgressors.
27. Then We made Our apostles to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Isa son of Maryam afterwards, and We gave him the INJIL, and We put in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkhood, they innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them-- only to seek Allah's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors.
28. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk, and forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
29. So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
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Surah HADID comprises of four Ruku that have 10, 9, 6 & 4 AAYAAT respectively; the first six AAYAAT of the Surah mention absolute authority of Allah at all the universe whereas the first AAYAT tells that all things that are at the heavens and the earth declare His glory; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah HAJJ-18 states, “do you not see that Allah is He Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases”; so each of His creation at the universe has its own way of declaring the glory of Allah and there are only two of His creation that are the Jinn and the Man, who have freewill to their actions, and they shall declare His glory by that freewill; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this first AAYAT tells that He is AZIZ (the Mighty) and HAKEEM (the Most Wise); note that AZIZ means that He provides for such happenings which keep the world to His will by His authoritative measures so no one becomes able to cause such deviation at the world that leads it to complete FASAD (the position where to live according to Islam becomes extremely difficult); and HAKEEM means that He shapes all things towards the way He intends even by works of the man, and when some nation challenges His authority by working against His commands which displeases Him, then some destruction strikes that nation by His command; its adverse impression ends from the world and that elimination of its adverse impression causes the peoples of the world to get the good space then and there to repent on their wrongs and to become better by accepting the true fundamental teachings of Islam, the right path to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT tells explicitly that all His creation is under His authority so even though the Jinn and the Man have the freewill yet Allah, the true Lord, controls them too; and to keep His control, He has given life and death to all of His creation as He only has the true life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third AAYAT is explicit that Allah is not bound to time and space, which reads, “He is the First and the Last and the Evident and the Immanent; and He is Cognizant of all things”; note here that Allah has told about Him here in terms for us that we understand His absolute authority; He is not bound to time so He says for us to understand that “He is the First and the Last” which means explicitly that He is not bound to time; and He is not bound to space so He says for us to understand that “He is the Evident (as He has created His creation in such manner that the man would see that Allah only is the Creator as he ponders on its works that go on by principles) and the Immanent (that He is watching all His creation everywhere all the time and He is leading all His creation as He wills) so He is not bound to space; Al-Hamdu Lillah; certainly, He has created everything and He has assigned everything its specific work and for us, it is necessary to believe that Allah is not bound to time and space and due to our limits in understanding, we shall take it by the statement that we certainly do believe this and Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT tells that all His creation is certainly bound to time and space as it reads, “He is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He mounted firm at ARSH (the Throne of authority); He knows that which goes deep down into the earth (the seed and the rainwater) and that which comes forth out of it (plants, trees and their fruits), and that which comes down from the heaven (the rainwater, the angels, WAHI and the commands that Allah sends down according to His will) and that which goes up into it (the water particles and the angels departing from the world and the doings of all among the jinn and the mankind), and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do”; note for the comment on this AAYAT that Surah AARAAF-54 says, “surely your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He mounted firm at ARSH; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the fifth AAYAT states that “His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah are (all) affairs returned”, which indicates with emphasis that He did mount the Throne of authority but He is not bound to time and space and certainly, He knows better about this glorious Throne of authority; this AAYAT also tells that all which goes up to the heaven, it includes all the doings of all the jinn and all the mankind and He has all record of that which would manifest at AKHIRAT whereas it also tells that whatever issues that need address, Allah decides about them as He wills; certainly, Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the sixth AAYAT indicates that the progress in time affects His creation and here it especially denotes its effect on the jinn and the mankind as each of these two gets nearer to death by the progress in time so the term for each of them at the world becomes lesser to make the coming life better; and He certainly knows who believes truly in the fundamental teachings of Islam as He knows even the issues that are at insides; the AAYAT reads, “He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is at insides”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so these six AAYAAT tell about the absolute authority of Allah and that He certainly is not bound to time and space; they also tell about His creation that they all declare His glory and they are bound to time and space; and the jinn and the man have to answer for all their doings at the world, at the Day of Judgment as Allah has the complete record of all their doings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-7 to 10, Allah addresses those Muslims who had accepted Islam yet they were weak at some commands that Allah had given to Muslims; this especially included the command to spend upon the needy in the way of Allah from whatever amounts they had; AAYAT-7 tells that these amounts were not theirs but they received these as successors to some other persons who had them and these would not remain with them as they would pass on to others, if not by their transactions then by their deaths; so they need to spend these amounts in the way of Allah when they have the space for that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that this command does not only relate to tangible assets but it also relates to intangible assets so it is most appreciable if some person is able to spread the knowledge of Islam he has, among his fellow beings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the care of the needy in all manner keeps away hypocrisy and all weakness in the righteous belief with time as it mends the inside of the person beautifully by keeping him away from all inclination to assets of the world; so it tells to keep firm upon Islam with all sincerity and do all deeds accordingly with emphasis upon spending upon the needy and upon such cause that would consolidate the practice of the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead ask attention of the Muslims that are weak in their belief, by asking them that what stops them to believe sincerely in Allah and His last Messenger PBUH, and spend out of what He has made them successors of, when He has provided the Quran to His servant (i.e. His last Messenger Muhammad PBUH) for their Guidance to the right path to which he calls them and Allah had taken the oath from all persons that they would believe in Him as their true Lord (see AARAAF-172); Al-Hamdu Lillah; and Allah asks them what stops them from spending in the way of Allah when the actual ownership of everything in the heavens and the earth is of Allah; AAYAT-10 that is the last AAYAT of the Ruku states, “and what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth; not alike among you are those who spent before the victory (i.e. the treaty that Muslims made with the disbelievers of Makkah at HUDAYBIYA) and fought (in the way of Allah then as that was the time when the Muslims needed to fortify their position): they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought (the challengers to Islam) afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all (so they also would get good returns for all their good doings); and Allah is Aware of what you do”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the next Ruku tells that Allah would provide better returns to such person at the world who cares about the needy and at AKHIRAT, he shall have an excellent reward; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead narrate about the Day of HASHR where the sincere Muslims would move on at the bridge (SIRAT) in darkness that is over the hell-fire and leads to JANNAH, by the light that they would receive there and it would run in front of them (due to their righteous belief) and also cover the right of them (due to their good deeds according to that righteous belief) so that certainly is the true success; the disbelievers would not have any access to SIRAT as they would become the residents of the hell-fire, except for the hypocrites who had claimed at the world that they also were Muslims so they would follow the sincere Muslims there and they would try to move on by lights of those sincere Muslims at SIRAT (as they would not have any); they would fall behind by the will of Allah so they would call the sincere Muslims to wait for them so that they also may cross the SIRAT with them by the lights they have but they would be told (by angels) to return (to the world if possible for them) and search for their own lights there; as that would not be possible, they would be stranded to grope for the way and ultimately fall into the hell-fire; they would plead that they were with the sincere Muslims at the world to which those Muslims would answer that their selfish care to their own selves for worldly benefits at the world has led them to this status here and Satan, the deceiver, deceived them completely at the world; today, nothing would save them from the hell-fire and that would be their ultimate destination; these AAYAAT read, “on that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today (that are) gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement; on the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe-- wait for us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be said-- turn back and seek light; then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it (i.e. at the side of Muslims), there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it at this side (i.e. at the side of hypocrites), there shall be punishment; they will cry out to them-- were we not with you (at the world)?-- they shall say-- yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation (to get all worldly benefits), and you waited (for troubles to get the sincere Muslims) and doubted (the message of Islam), and vain desires deceived you till the decision of Allah (about your deaths) came, while the deceiver (the Satan) deceived you about Allah; so today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire (with those disbelievers); it is your friend and evil is the resort”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-16 asks such Muslims who claim that they believe in Islam yet they live at the world without care to fulfill the demands of Islam, if the time has not yet come after the Quran has stated their situation at SIRAT that their hearts truly become humble for the remembrance of Allah (so that they ask Allah for mercy) and they truly accept the message of Islam as the Quran has given them; note that the Quran addresses all those who claim to believe in Islam as those persons who have believed and this includes even the hypocrites and their true status would manifest at AKHIRAT; they still have the space before their deaths to repent on their wrongs and make their doings better; if they do not care to believe in Islam truly, they would become like the people of the book (especially the Bani-Israel) who took some of the significant commands of Allah and neglected the other of those; and they kept on this without any repentance to Allah until a long period passed on them and their hearts hardened; so now many of them are most sinful persons; the last three AAYAAT of the Ruku give hopes to them that if they do repent sincerely, Allah would not only forgive them but also give them the space to make themselves better as Allah provides life to earth when it seems dead by the rainfall upon it; so due to their sincerity to Islam, Allah would send the heavenly rain to their hearts (that is the acceptance of the teachings of the Quran which would wash the wrongs at their insides) so they certainly would become the most virtuous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would fulfill the demands of Islam with extreme fervor and they would spend amounts on the needy persons and also in such tasks by which Islam would spread to all peoples of the world; as they become true Muslims (among SALIHIN) and keep firm on the righteous belief, they would rise to become SHUHADA and even to SIDDIQIN so they would have all these three ranks for them; note that Surah NISAA-69 tells that Allah has bestowed favors upon the Prophets and the most truthful persons (SIDDIQIN who work their lives sincerely according to the teachings provided by the Messengers even at such times where it seems difficult for them to practice Islam and among these, were those too who helped the Messengers at their respective times with all fervor) and the martyrs (SHUHADA who stand practically as witnesses to the word of Allah and these are good persons who fight the enemy at necessity, physically and verbally in favor of the practice and the defense of the good teachings of Islam in the way of Allah) and the righteous persons (SALEHIN who remain committed to Islam and these include all Muslims who are sincere in their claim to Islam); Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the last AAYAT of this Ruku at HADID tells for all true Muslims that as they remain firm upon Islam where they would remain as SALEHIN, they would rise to SHUHADA and even to SIDDIQIN and so they would have all these three ranks as they remain most committed to Islam sincerely in belief and all their deeds; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers of Allah and He chose all of them from among the most righteous persons by His will when they were coming to the world and this status is such that no one is able to achieve it by efforts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that SHUHADA is such term that refers to those who testify for Islam physically by JEHAD (and die for Allah in that) and verbally by TABLIGH; it also denotes that they would testify against the disbelievers at the grounds of HASHR if they are called for it, that the disbelievers had received the message of Islam at the world and they did their best there to provide it to them; this last AAYAT of the Ruku read, “and (as for) those who believe in Allah and His apostles (where they are SALIHIN i.e. the sincere Muslims), these it is that are the truthful (this means that with sincerity to Islam even at most difficult times, they would rise to the rank of SIDDIQIN) and (before that to the rank of) the martyrs (the true witnesses to the word of Allah physically by JEHAD and verbally by TABLIGH) in the sight of their Lord- they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our AAYAAT, these are the inmates of the hell-fire”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku starts by the AAYAT that tells the five ages of life for such persons who relate themselves totally to the life at the world; it reads, “Know that this world's life is only sport (at childhood) and play (at the teenage) and gaiety (at youth) and boasting among yourselves (as the age advances from youth to old age), and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children (at the old age and this attitude stays till death), like the rain, which causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement (for evil persons) and forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure (for righteous persons); and this world's life is naught but means of deception”; the duration of these ages might vary at individuals yet generally the first three stages pass as the person reaches forty; the example of vegetation divides the ages in two phases that are the first three of growth and the last two of decline; the AAYAT uses the term KUFFAR for the husbandmen whereas the Quran has used the term in the meaning of disbelievers too (as in MUMTAHINA-10 & 11 and other places) so this tells again that the context where the word is placed in the Quran has high significance to understand it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT starts by mentioning of “the world’s life” and ends by its mention to direct towards the fact that those who have an obsession with the world without care to AKHIRAT, their lives represent these attitudes at different ages while the Man needs to care for AKHIRAT only at the world at all times as Allah has provided the space of life to him at the world only to show his true worth for that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so AAYAT-21 tells that competition for the status at the world or the dominance in wealth and children at the world is not something to rejoice but the righteous Muslim person needs to hasten towards the forgiveness of Allah and the JANNAH that is as extensive as the heaven and the earth which is prepared for the persons who believe in Allah and His Messengers; note that the Quran mentions JANNAH as extensive as the heaven and the earth which is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers and this indicates that it already occurs at the space in the universe though it would duly come forth at the Day of Judgment; note also that Islam does not appreciate competition in matters that relate to the life at the world but it asks to compete in matters of AKHIRAT as that only would lead to stability of their lives at the world too; the AAYAT tells that no person shall have pride on his TAQWA as Allah provides the space for all to work righteously in His way; certainly, Allah only is the true Lord Who bestows His grace to the righteous persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; if the Muslim righteous person does not get wealth or status at the world and even loses much of that by living righteously then what?- everything is written at the book (LAUHE-MAHFUZ) and no trouble would fall on him except for what is written so he shall not feel dejection at whatever he loses and he shall not rejoice at whatever he gains; he shall provide amounts from the resources Allah has given to him so that he has no inclination towards the wealth and the status at the world; AAYAT-22, 23 and 24 read, “No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in the book before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy to Allah; so that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster; those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the third Ruku reads, “certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at this AAYAT, Allah says that He sent His apostles with BAYYINAAT (the clear arguments) and sent down with them KITAB (the Book) and MIZAN (the Balance); note that BAYYINAAT means the clear reasoning to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT especially by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to the people by all His Messengers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and KITAB means the commands that Allah gave to the people by His Messengers and at these current times, it is most necessary to take His commands by the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and MIZAN means that aspect of HIKMAT (i.e. the necessary wisdom) that the practicing Muslims need to see to put the commands of Allah into practice at the specific time & place so it is the caring attitude towards the people to keep them truly to Islamic commands in practice with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so whereas KITAB denotes the commands of Allah, MIZAN denotes all necessary consideration about the practice of the commands of Allah as the practicing Muslims would not ignore any of His significant commands and they would not twist any of them due to hard times at hand to apply it in some irrelevant manner; so the MIZAN that Allah has mentioned here is the fixed standard for righteousness that needs the best of Islamic practice to fulfill its asking at the given time & place; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so it implies that to ignore any of His significant commands or to twist any of them to suit the whims of such persons who ask for worldly benefits (as was previously done with Torah), would lead the people to stray away from the right path; Allah sent down not only His commands through His Messengers but also the awareness of manner to apply them with HIKMAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells here that those who do not care to apply MIZAN in their attitudes to remain firm upon the Islamic teachings then Allah has provided HADID (i.e. the iron) as answer to them; though the weapons made from it might cause extreme pain and even injustice to the people yet in right hands, it also has the potential to punish such wrong doers who intend that imbalance occurs in attitudes where “the might” would manifest as the order of the day rather than the righteousness in attitudes; Allah has provided such weapons that have iron at their make so that the practicing Muslims show their worth by their proper usage against the challengers to Islam, so that the world conforms to the morality that Islam appreciates; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at the last part of the AAYAT that Allah only is truly Strong and truly Mighty so He would ultimately set the world to righteousness and He has the total authority to lead on the world as He wills without any need of anything; He examines the mankind so to live by His commands would provide for its own safety but the challenge to Him would only cause destruction to such challengers; He is AZIZ and He would ultimately bring the world to His rule by His absolute authority; most certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the last Ruku mentions those two Messengers of Allah in whose descendants, Allah sent His Messengers after them and they are Noah-AS and Abraham-AS; note that before Abraham-AS, Allah had eliminated many of peoples that had rejected the Guidance to the right path (which the Messengers of Allah had presented to them); but there was not any such group present that comprised of high number of people which Allah had designated as chosen for the task to fulfill the status of KHALIFAH upon the earth; Allah chose the descendants of Israel (who was the grandson of Abraham) for this most respectable task at the time of Moses whom Allah provided Torah; the period between Abraham-AS and Moses-AS is near to 600 years yet as the time passed on, they showed their total incompatibility to the asking of it and so finally, at the times of Muhammad PBUH, the last of Messengers, Allah terminated their status that had stayed for about two thousand years for them; at that time, Allah gave the Muslims this honorable status to call towards the true guidance by the good assistance of the Holy Book Quran so as to gather all peoples at the world onto the fulfillment of the liabilities of the KHALIFAH upon the earth; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT mentions that most of the persons who had received the Book (Torah) ignored its commands in practice by different ways and AAYAT-16 of this Surah had also told this; the words at both places are “and most of them are transgressors” and this relates especially to the Bani-Israel; note that this implies that the Muslims need to care for Islamic teachings in practice as the Quran has presented to them, without any negligence; AAYAT-27 also states the same “and most of them are transgressors” about those who also had received the commands of Allah in Torah but they chose to back away from the practice of those commands leaving the normal life and this relates especially to NASARA (the Christians); Surah HADID mentions explicitly all disbelievers and all true Believers and the respective results that they would ultimately receive at AKHIRAT; note that the Quran has mentioned at TAGHABUN-2, “it is He Who has created you (all of the mankind); and of you are some that are disbelievers, and some that are Believers: and Allah sees well all that you do”; so these are the two nations only that have remained among the mankind; all the believers would get the true success at AKHIRAT by the will of Allah as they had worked at the world for the pleasure of Allah though there would be lower and upper levels in them; these all believers are mentioned at Surah NISAA-69; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as for the disbelievers, the AAYAAT of the Holy Book Quran present them as of four major types besides SABI’EEN (that were such persons of the Babylon i.e. of the ancient Iraq who believed in TAUHID as Abraham-AS has presented there but with the passage of time, some of things that related to total disbelief had made way into their descendants); these four major types include the Jews and the NASARAA (i.e. the Christians); these both were initially on the right path by the guidance of Torah that also was the book of Allah that He had provided to Moses-AS but with the passage of time, some of things that related to extreme disbelief had made way into their descendants; the other two mentioned among the disbelievers are the pagans (those persons who worship idols and those who make partners to Allah in His authority though all authority truly belongs to Him only) and the hypocrites (those persons who claim to be the believers in Islam but they have their attitudes against the teachings of Islam and they do show adversity to Islam often but they would clearly manifest at AKHIRAT); note that after the times of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, it is not allowed for the true Muslims to designate someone as hypocrite due to his evil deeds until he justifies himself on his wrongs and criticizes Islam openly; certainly, Allah would show the hypocrisy of all such persons to all, at the Day of HASHR that is the Day of Judgment; see also the supplementary note on AAYAT-62 of BAQARAH after the note on its eighth Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; here, AAYAT-27 reads, “then We made Our apostles (that came in Bani-Israel) to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Isa son of Maryam afterwards, and We gave him the INJIL (that provided clarity to Torah), and We put in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkhood, they innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them—(but they took it) only to seek Allah's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that it happened after couple of centuries of the ascension of Jesus-AS to heavens that the Christians took up RAHBANIYAT (monkhood) only to seek the pleasure of Allah but they could not fulfill its demands; they took it as protection from the troublesome persecution that they were facing at those times because of their belief in Jesus Christ; as Jesus-AS had much kindness for his fellow beings and he was most merciful towards them, his followers developed these good qualities in them; however, they felt that they are unable to fulfill the asking of Torah though the teachings of Jesus Christ guided towards that, so they separated their selves from all issues of life and went into isolation to remain attentive to Allah, without care to living normal as they thought that they can avoid responsibility by living away from all issues of life; if it had remained temporary attitude to safety, it might have been bearable yet with time, it became the standard for being pious among the followers of Jesus Christ; the man does have such physical needs that ask for satisfaction and Allah has provided the rightful means to that satisfaction for him so Islam does not suppress such physical needs but channelizes them to remain inside the Islamic morality so that he lives on with utmost righteousness even though he lives at normal business of life; the problem that came with RAHBANIYYAT was that with time, it not only became synonymous to refrain from the satisfaction of normal physical needs of the man but it was taken to have the higher worth when the person who took it up, tormented himself physically too; so this clearly expressed that to become righteous, the person has to avoid all physical pleasures and on the contrary, he must inflict physical pains to himself too so this led the followers of Jesus in general to think that the attention towards Allah comes by living away from normal; as it is not possible to suppress the inclination to satisfy the physical needs all the time by taking that as religious liability, it caused extreme troubles practically and the AAYAT expresses this as it says “but they did not observe it with its due observance” and the last part of it says clearly, ““and most of them are transgressors”; note that TAQWA comes to the Muslim person by the fulfillment of the commands of Allah with all sincerity as he lives on normally in the ordinary business of life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell the people of the book (Jews and Christians) not to lose hopes as their lives at the world is yet in progress, but believe truly in the last Messenger of Allah; this would provide them the mercy of Allah twofold and they would become entitled to get the light of the true guidance that would help them even at SIRAT; He would forgive their wrongs totally as they accept wholly that the last Messenger Muhammad PBUH has come from the descendants of Ishmael-AS and they need to believe in him and follow his guidance; it is the will of Allah where He provides His grace (i.e. it is His will whom He makes His Messenger) and certainly, He only decides for this most honorable grace; most certainly, He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MUJADILAH
(Consists of 3 Ruku; H-6)
1. Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you about her husband and complains to Allah, and Allah knows the contentions of both of you; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
2. (As for) those of you who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers, they are not their mothers; their mothers are no others than those who gave them birth; and most surely they utter hateful word and falsehood and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
3. And (as for) those who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers then would recall what they said, they should free a captive before they touch each other; to that you are admonished (to conform); and Allah is Aware of what you do.
4. But whoever has not the means, let him fast for two months successively before they touch each other; then as for him who is not able, let him feed sixty needy ones; that is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and these are Allah's limits, and the disbelievers shall have a painful punishment.
5. Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle will be abased even as those before them were abased; and indeed We have revealed clear AAYAAT, and the disbelievers shall have an abasing chastisement.
6. On the day when Allah will raise them up all together, then inform them of what they did: Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it; and Allah is the witness of all things.
7. Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
8. Have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels, then they return to what they are forbidden, and they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and when they come to you they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you, and they say in themselves: Why does not Allah punish us for what we say? The hell-fire is enough for them; they shall enter it, and evil is the resort.
9. O you who believe! when you confer together in private, do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and give to each other counsel of goodness and guarding (against evil); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered together.
10. Secret counsels are only (the work) of the Satan that he may cause to grieve those who truly believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah's permission, and on Allah let the true believers rely.
11. O you who believe! when it is said to you to make room in (your) assemblies, then make ample room, Allah will give you ample, and when it is said: Rise up, then rise up. Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
12. O you who believe! when you consult the Apostle, then offer something in charity before your consultation; that is better for you and purer; but if you do not find, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13. Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give in charity before your consultation? So when you do not do it and Allah has turned to you (mercifully), then keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His Apostle; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
14. Have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is wrathful? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear falsely while they know.
15. Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; surely what they do is evil.
16. They make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from Allah's way therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement.
17. Neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them aught against Allah; they are the inmates of the hell-fire, therein they shall abide.
18. On the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to Him as they swear to you, and they think that they have something; now surely they are the liars.
19. The Satan has gained mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah; they are the Satan's party; now surely the Satan's party are the losers.
20. Surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and His Apostle; they shall be among the most abased.
21. Allah has written down that I will most certainly prevail, I and My apostles; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
22. You shall not find the people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle, even though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones.
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Surah MUJADILAH descended the same year as Surah HADID and it also discusses some of such issues that HADID has presented; it consists of three Ruku that comprise 6, 7 and 9 AAYAAT respectively; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku gives the ruling about ZIHAR which was the situation which occurred when a man mentioned to his wife that some of her physical part (especially her back) is like the part of his mother or sister or daughter (that he is disallowed to view); in such situation, she became most unrelated to him and there remained no option for reconciliation; note that the words that the man utters about women has extreme significance and the marriage, divorce and revoke of divorce highly depends on this utterance; the ruling came at forth by these AAYAAT as one of SAHABA (the companions of the Prophet PBUH) AUS ibn SAMIT-RA said such words to his wife KHAWLA bint THALIBA-RA; they had children to care about and most worried, she came to the Prophet PBUH to ask about this situation; as the Prophet PBUH had no ruling then at the Quran about this, he told her that and stated that probably she has become unrelated to him according to the order of the day; on hearing this, she protested crying out loud which the Quran has termed as her quarrel to the Prophet PBUH about her husband and complained there to Allah at her plight; so at this occasion, Allah cared for her and gave the ruling about ZIHAR explicitly in the Quran to observe in practice ahead; the three AAYAAT ahead that are the second, third and fourth, state, “(as for) those of you who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers (and commit ZIHAR), they are not their mothers; their mothers are no others than those who gave them birth; and most surely they utter hateful word and falsehood and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving (though from now on, all would care not to utter such words); and (as for) those who put away their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers then would recall what they said (and need to compensate), they should free a captive (i.e. a slave) before they touch each other (as man and wife); to that you are admonished (to conform); and Allah is Aware of what you do; but whoever has not the means (due to his poverty or due to unavailability of slaves), let him fast for two months successively before they touch each other; then as for him who is not able (due to physical weakness or genuine burden by keeping these consecutive fasts), let him feed sixty needy ones (two times by good foods in quality and quantity at a day); that is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle (that He cares to provide you due space for compensation at your extreme folly in words), and these are Allah's limits (for which the Muslims would care), and the disbelievers shall have a painful punishment (even at the world who do not care to practice Islamic rulings at matters so it leads them more upon disbelief)”; the last couple of AAYAAT at the Ruku tell all such men who think that because they have authority over women (or in general), they are liable to treat their subordinates in any manner that they deem fit; these AAYAAT read, “surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle will be abased even as those before them were abased; and indeed We have revealed clear AAYAAT (rulings about issues), and the disbelievers (who do not take those rulings into practice) shall have an abasing chastisement (at AKHIRAT); on the day when Allah will raise them up all together, then inform them of what they did; Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it; and Allah is the witness of all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Surah NISAA-34 has indicated that though men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property yet they are disallowed to seek ways to impose their authority over them when they do fulfill their obligations; the AAYAT had mentioned that surely Allah is Most High, Great; so he must remember that though Allah has given him authority over her yet He certainly is Most Exalted and Greatest (so He would punish him on his unlawful doings against his wife who also is among His slaves); authority asks to serve the weak persons in their troubles and it does not ask to impose it on them as that would show his negativity only; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT of the second Ruku tells about those persons who attend the gatherings of Muslims as if they also are among them though they are not truly Muslims; this whole Ruku relates the ruling about NAJWA (talks in private) and asks all true Muslims to keep it free of any of sins that would denote revolt against Allah and disobedience of the Prophet PBUH; the first AAYAT tells explicitly that Allah is Most Aware of all their activities and nothing is out of His knowledge; He certainly knows well about their secret talks against Islam when they speak with each other; the AAYAT reads, “do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth?- nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-8 tells about their disobedience and disrespectful attitude towards the Prophet PBUH which reads, “have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels (as Surah NISAA-114 had directed explicitly to avoid it), then they return to what they are forbidden (and make secret counsels), and they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle (so even in those secret counsels, they oppose Islam), and when they come to you they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you (as they used to greet by such wording that sounded near to Salam yet it had negative meaning by which they intended to disrespect the Prophet PBUH), and they say in themselves- why does not Allah punish us for what we say? (as they foolishly thought that their immediate punishment due the disrespect of the Prophet PBUH only would prove that he truly is the Messenger of Allah); the hell-fire is enough for them; they shall enter it (at AKHIRAT), and evil is the resort”; note that Surah NISAA had descended to the Prophet PBUH at the fourth and fifth year of HIJRAH just previous to Surah MUJADILAH, where it states about the insincere persons to Islam that “there is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who enjoins charity (that keeps him away too from hypocrisy) or goodness (that keeps him away too from sins) or reconciliation between people (by remaining committed to obedience to the Prophet PBUH); and whoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will give him a mighty reward” (NISAA-114); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT guide the sincere Muslims that if they have to confer in private about some issue, they would take utmost care that their counsel never relates to any sin and revolt to Allah and disobedience to the Prophet PBUH as such counsels that have such things are the works of Satan; these AAYAAT read, “O you who believe! when you confer together in private, do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Apostle, and give to each other counsel of goodness and guarding (against evil); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered together (at AKHIRAT); secret counsels (of the insincere persons among the Muslims) are only (the work) of the Satan that he may cause to grieve those who truly believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah's permission, and on Allah let the true believers rely”; AAYAT-11 gives the rule to all Muslims that at their gatherings, they shall sit with reasonable space and not too close; this measure would prevent any occasion for a sizable number of persons to make some mini gathering within the large gathering of the Muslims and so it would prevent any chance to the insincere persons that sit among the Muslims to conspire against the sincere Muslims there by NAJWA; and they all would make space for the incoming persons if they are asked for it without any grudge in the best interest of all true Muslims; so Allah would provide them much respect among all true Muslims due to their sincerity to Islam and due to their awareness of the rulings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT at this Ruku provide the necessary check on private talks with the Prophet PBUH so that the sincere Muslims fully understand the significance of their unity in the best interest of all true Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about these two last AAYAAT of the Ruku that AAYAT-13 is taken to abrogate the command of AAYAT-12 but actually “there is no abrogation in the Quran”; see the note at the thirteenth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH for some explanation to this statement; wherever the change of some AAYAT has occurred in the Holy Book Quran by some other AAYAT, there Allah ceased some specific aspect of the command that He gave by the former AAYAT in the Holy Book Quran in coming to practice though the other aspect of it does still come to practice and the recitation of both goes on; so the change only relates to the command to practice at these very few places and that change actually tells of some modification at its practice; so these two AAYAAT rule together that the Muslims would provide some charity if they need to take some of time of the Prophet PBUH in private for consultation of something as that would be the most praiseworthy gesture; but if the consultation with the Prophet PBUH by some charity is not possible for Muslims, they can consult him without that and ask forgiveness and mercy from Allah; note that the last part of the first AAYAT provides an indication to it whereas the second one presents it explicitly; so it asks to take-up the ease noted in the first where needed and there certainly is no abrogation; the practice of SALAH and ZAKAH by the sincere Muslims would remain as SADAQAH when they accept the commands of Allah and remain committed to obedience of His Prophet PBUH too; note that Allah gave this command to provide SADAQAH (i.e. to give some amounts in charity) if someone needed to take some of time of the Prophet PBUH in private because there were such persons, some of them hypocrites, who were causing trouble to the Prophet PBUH by asking for his time in private; mostly, the matters at discussion were not necessary to take-up in private so the AAYAT asked the sincere Muslims to consult him only after providing some of amounts to the needy in charity if they genuinely needed such consultation and that actually related to EHSAAN; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the ruling, though at EHSAAN, did cause the end of many discussions with the Prophet PBUH in private and so it did provide him convenience in this matter just after these AAYAAT of MUJADILAH came to him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku commences by stating about those persons who accompanied Muslims in their gatherings yet they were most insincere to Islam where it came to practice such commands that they found difficult on them; they had their inclination to those persons who were uncaring to commands of Allah and who were most disrespectful to the Prophet PBUH and they asked the sincere Muslims too to follow their lead; so the Ruku tells about the two groups among the Muslims that in them, there is the party of the Satan and the other of them are the sincere Muslims who are the party of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the Ruku, AAYAT-14 to AAYAT-20 read, “have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is wrathful (i.e. the Jews whom Allah had punished because of their disrespect to the apostles of Allah and because of their taking some of commands from Torah and leaving others in practice)?- they are neither of you nor of them (but they are most selfish with their attention to worldly gains), and they swear falsely while they know (that they are liars); Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment (at AKHIRAT); surely what they do is evil; they make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from Allah's way therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement (even at the world); neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them aught against Allah; they are the inmates of the hell-fire, therein they shall abide; on the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to Him as they swear to you (that they did believe in Islam), and they think that they have something (substantial as they used to live within sincere Muslims though without care to practice all asking of Islam truly); now surely they are the liars”; the Satan has gained mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah (by directing them to charm of the worldly status and beauty of its possessions and unworthy inclination to glamorous women); they are (in) the Satan's party; now surely the Satan's party are the losers; surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and His Apostle (in which these persons are also included), they shall be among the most abased (even at the world and they would be at the extreme depth of the hell-fire at AKHIRAT as NISAA-145 has stated clearly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-21 declares that only the Truth would prevail that are the fundamental teachings of Islam; Allah has written that whatever the disbelievers do against Islam, ultimately it would prevail as it has come at fore for all persons to see; so now with its clarity, it would ultimately defeat all its challengers so with the presence of these beautiful teachings at fore, the wrong persons at the world have no chance to gain the upper hand or to retain it for much time ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT reads, “Allah has written down that I will most certainly prevail, I and My apostles; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty”; note that at HADID-25, Allah says that He sent His apostles with BAYYINAAT (the clear arguments) and sent down with them KITAB (the Book) and MIZAN (the Balance); so BAYYINAAT means the clear reasoning to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT especially by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to the people by all His Messengers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and KITAB means the commands that Allah gave to the people by His Messengers and MIZAN means that aspect of HIKMAT (i.e. the necessary wisdom) that the practicing Muslims need to see to put the commands of Allah into practice at the specific time & place so it is the caring attitude towards the people to keep them truly to Islamic commands in practice with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there also the AAYAT ends by the statement that “surely Allah is QAVI (Strong), AZIZ (Mighty)” which implies that whatever the disbelievers do against Islam, Allah would ultimately set the world to righteousness and He has the total authority to lead on the world as He wills without any need of anything; He examines the mankind at the world with necessary check that nothing truly stops any person by doings of wrong persons, from providing the examination at the space of his life here and He has eliminated many such wrong persons from the world to eliminate their impression upon it; so to live by His commands would provide for the safety of the mankind but the challenge to Him would only cause destruction to such challengers; He is AZIZ and He would ultimately bring the world to His rule by His absolute authority; most certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Ruku and also of the Surah, tells about the party of Allah that they are most committed to all commands of Allah; it reads, “you shall not find the people who believe in Allah and the latter day (i.e. AKHIRAT) befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Apostle (by challenging the fundamental teachings of Islam), even though they (i.e. these challengers to Islam) were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith (as they are most committed to Islam in practice), and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him (that keeps them content at the world as they live with necessities to remain total attentive to Allah); and He will cause them to enter gardens (at AKHIRAT) beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him - these are Allah's party; now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
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