Proper Worship & Poor-due - Real Righteousness

 

Real goodness No. 3 – The Prayer and the Poor-due (L-204)

وَأَقامَ الصَّلاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكاةَ 177c.

177c.  Wa  ‘aqaamas-Salaata  wa ‘aataz-Zakaah.

177c.  those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity,

It has been being mentioned with effect from last two lessons that real and true soul of the righteousness is not that an individual worships considering any direction sacred and turning his face unto a particular side. Moreover the real soul of the righteousness is to correct the beliefs, fair deals, to worship properly, to correct the manners and to do the works, which have been explained in Holy Qur’an, that is to say; the beliefs of the people should be those, for which, Holy Qur’an demands and the individual must behave with other people as the Law of Divine guides.

After the faiths and the financial sacrifice, Holy Qur’an has discussed concerning other part, i.e. worshiping properly. From the acts of worship, the greatest worship is physical and financial sacrifice. In the form of physical worship, it is offering the prayer and for the financial worship, it is to pay the poor-due. Many excellences of the prayer have been explained in Holy Qur’an itself on different places as well as it can also be found in many Sayings of the Messenger (ﷺ).

The Prayer has an important part in the Islamic society. The Prayer stops the human being from the evils and indecency, and keeps away from His disobedience. The Prayer is ascension of the Believer. It strengthens the spiritual, moral and social life of the individual.

In the financial worships, paying the poor-due is the most fundamental worship. It is obligation on every well-to-do person that he should pay 2.5% of his wealth once a year to the needy people in the path of God. This Zakah (the poor-due) prescribed by Holy Qur’an; is so much necessary and useful that if the Muslims pay it regularly; then none from the nation may starve to death. Circumstances as of suicide cannot arise due to poverty and unemployment. Nobody can wander from door to door for begging. Displacement, poverty, helplessness and bad situation will not remain in our society, the entire nation will become strong collectively, peace will increase and the doors will open for development.

Discussion about worshiping properly and paying the poor-due has come in Holy Qur’an nearly together at every place. If those verses are collected in which the matters and commands regarding prayer and Zakah are discussed then its collective numbers are about more than three hundred. It appears that how much important and great are these both obligations in Islam. Without worshiping properly and paying the poor-due regularly, it is difficult to think about any Islamic society, though the Muslims, who don’t perform this duty, about them, it is thought that they are adulterers and deniers, and out of the circle of Islam. 

https://youtu.be/5u3hnWbsM9o

Fair Affairs – Real Righteousness

 

 

Real goodness No. 2 – Good affairs  (L-203)

وَآتَى المالَ عَلىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي القُربىٰ وَاليَتامىٰ وَالمَساكينَ وَابنَ السَّبيلِ وَالسّائِلينَ وَفِي الرِّقابِ177b.

177b.  Wa  ‘aatal-maala  ‘alaa  hubbiHii  zawil-qurbaa  wal-yataamaa  wal-ma-saakiina  wabnas-sabiili,was-saaa-‘iliina  wa fir-riqaab.

177b.  Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves;

 ‘Alaa  hubbiHii -  (for love of Him), it means “for the love of Allah Almighty”. It is known from this verse that only spending the money is not required but the purpose must be to spend in the path of God for the sake of Him. It has been gotten also that, “while an individual has love for the wealth and he needs it too, even then; he spends the money”. From it, we have learnt the excellence of a strong believer also that he has love for money in his heart, his wishes are alive, he wants to spend for himself and his pleasant charming things but he stoops his neck before the commandment of God and by stopping his wishes, he spends for His sake, and sacrifices his personal affection upon the commandment of God.

Zawil-qurbaa (kinsfolk, relatives), there is a great wisdom hidden in supporting the relatives to provide them financial help. The Economic System of the entire Nation has been established on it. Every well-to-do person should look after at first his poor relatives, family members, brothers, sisters, brother’s sons, sister’s sons (nephews and nice) and other relatives.

 Fir-riqaab (to set slaves free), this is plural of Raqabah. Its literal meaning is neck. In usage, it signifies towards the people who aren’t free and are ‘slaves’. From this order, it aims that by compensating to free them; is righteousness.

It was commanded in the first part of this verse that the righteousness is not the name to turn the face for worship only towards any particular direction but for becoming the Good, first condition is to correct the beliefs and completion of the faith. Now other part of the righteousness is being discussed as financial sacrifice. It is commanded: Truly the human being has love for the wealth and property but a good individual is he, who having love for money, spends it upon others for the sake and love of God. Of the needy and helpless deserving people, first priority is close relatives, then orphans, the poor, the wayfarer, the beggar, and the compelled and slaves who are deprived of freedom. 

https://youtu.be/YIjHV3SuMko

Good Beliefs – Fundamental Righteousness

 

 

Real goodness No. 1 - Good Faith (L-202)

لَيسَ البِرَّ أَن تُوَلّوا وُجوهَكُم قِبَلَ المَشرِقِ وَالمَغرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ البِرَّ مَن آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَومِ الآخِرِ وَالمَلائِكَةِ وَالكِتابِ وَالنَّبِيّينَ 177a.

177a.  Laysal-birra ‘an-  tuwalluu  wujuuhakum  qibalal-Mashriqi  wal-Magribi  wa laakinnal-birra  man  ‘aama-na  Billaahi  wal-  Yawmil-‘Akhiri  wal-  malaaa-‘ikati  wal-Kitaabi  wan-nabiyyiin.

177a.  Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets.

 ‘Al-birra – (Righteousness), it has vast meanings in Arabic language. Every kind of justification, goodness and uprightness, comes in the comprehension of this word.

‘Al-Mashriqu – (the East, the side in which the sun rises), Many eastern nations used to worship the Sun having belief in it that it was God because it rises in the east. So, uneducated nations took it as a sacred direction. Holy Qur’an stroke this thought severely and described that taking only anyone direction as sacred was not the righteousness and obedience. Completion of the righteousness exists only with true beliefs and good deeds.

‘Al-  malaaa—‘ikatu - (the Angels) (Peace be upon them), to admit the existence of that bright creature which keeps up doing the works commanded by God, it is necessary to believe in them (Peace be upon them).

‘Al-Kitaabu - (the Scripture), it means the entire Heavenly Scriptures. It is necessary also to have belief in all of them.

‘An-nabiyyiin – it signifies towards the entire Prophets and Messengers (Peace be upon them) who were appointed by God in this world time and time again for guidance of the human beings. It is necessary too to believe in all of them.

When the Children of Israel heard the proclamation by means of Holy Qur’an concerning censure of partnership with God and punishment of infidelity, they shivered with terror and replied by saying: We worship confronting Bait-ul-Muqaddas (Jerusalem). So we have been even following the Heavenly Scripture. Why shall we suffer the Doom? In this verse, it has been replied to their stubbornness.

This verse is one of the most important verses. A comprehensive concept of the righteousness has been mentioned in it that the virtue is not only the name of mere devotion and worship, and it is not also the name of worship by turning face towards any particular direction. Moreover, according to Islam, the righteousness grows by correcting the both, the faith and the personal deeds. It has equal importance for belief, affairs, prayers, morality, behavior, sincerity and sacrifice (all). https://youtu.be/1L9C7h2vCYk

Business Of Loss

 

 

Trade of loss (L-201)

175.  أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ اشتَرَوُا الضَّلالَةَ بِالهُدىٰ وَالعَذابَ بِالمَغفِرَةِ ۚ فَما أَصبَرَهُم عَلَى النّارِ 176.    ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ نَزَّلَ الكِتابَ بِالحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ اختَلَفوا فِي الكِتابِ لَفي شِقاقٍ بَعيدٍ

175.  ‘Ulaaa-‘ikallazii-nashtara-wuz-zalaalata  bil-hudaa  wal-‘azaaba  bil-magfirah.  Famaaa ‘asbarahum  ‘alan-Naar. 176.  Zaalika  bi-‘annAllaaha  nazzalal-Kitaaba  bil-Haqq.  Wa  ‘innallazii-nakhtalafuu  fil-kitaabi  lafii shiqaaqim-  ba-‘iid.  (Section 21/5)

175. It is they who exchange guidance for error, and forgiveness for punishment. But why do they insist on the Fire? 176. That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.

The people, who hide the truth and sell the religion for a few coins, reality of their business has been described in this verse. They deem individually that they have collected wealth by selling the Truth; earned the world, collected things of pleasure and did very good business. But Holy Qur’an describes that in fact. they have lost everything in this business, they have bought error at the cost of guidance, forgot the straight path and chose the cursed way, took shelter in darkness by leaving the Light, liked depravity instead of Faith, this world instead of the Day of Resurrection, and torment at the cost of pardon. Which business will be more harmful and injurious than it? Those people achieved casual gains and did not care for that comfortable life which will be for ever.

Hiding the truth is a very big sin as coloring falsely to the commandments of God, dealing as selling the Right. Punishment of this wicked deed is very much painful. We should learn from the misdeeds of the Children of Israel so that we may save ourselves from the sins/evildoing.

Why did this all happen? Hence God revealed the Right/Just but they opposed it. If there had been any lawful reason then it were right, but they did not believe in the Truth due to only adversity and religious persecution. They got ready to contradict for enmity and opposed instead of cooperation. They supposed also that the religion was racial and family inheritance. They turned their faces from the last Messenger (ﷺ); only due to the reason that he (ﷺ) was from the Children of Ishmael (Peace be upon him) and was not one from the Children of Israel (Peace be upon him), although they both were Children of the same Forefather - Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him). 

https://youtu.be/ReCXTc0FCIk

Punishment For Bad Scholars Of The Religions

 

 

Torment for wicked scholars (L-199) 

إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَكتُمونَ ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الكِتابِ وَيَشتَرونَ بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَليلًا ۙ أُولٰئِكَ ما يَأكُلونَ في بُطونِهِم إِلَّا النّارَ 174a.

174a.  ‘Innallaziina  yaktu-muuna maaa ‘anzalAllaahu  minal-Kitaabi  wa  yashta-ruuna  bihii  samanan-qaliilan,  ‘ulaaa-‘ika  maa ya’-kuluuna  fii  butuuni-him  ‘illan-Naara

174a.  Those who conceal what God revealed in the Book, and exchange it for a small price—those swallow nothing but fire into their bellies.

‘Samanan-qaliilan – (a small gain), the worldly benefits whether those are more comparatively to the gains and rewards of the Doomsday, even then, those are very lesser and unreal. This is the actual meaning of samanan-qaliilan.

God had also included the orders and instructions regarding lawful and forbidden things in the Divine’s laws of the Children of Israel, so that; the nation may recognize the Straight Path. But of that nation, a group of individuals monopolized the religion and this group was considered as the scholars of the religion and the monks. They began to explain and comment on the Scripture revealed heavenly. Then, due to worldly temptation, they used to tell the people those points, which favored them and purchased a small gain therewith explaining of confusion and exchanging according to the will of the people. Hence the purpose of God’s commands finished. So like this; the class of scholars went astray as well as they misled also the other people.

In this verse, their punishment is being mentioned that; due to such error, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire, as if; the poison has been mixed in a very delicious food, even then, apparently that food will be much tasty but after reaching into belly, it will ignite. Like this, these individuals are ruining their Hereafter due to worldly greed. Although, apparently, they are passing their lives with pomp and show, and comfortably, the people respect them, but in fact, their consequence will be much horrible. 

https://youtu.be/Qp2CAzGABpA

Forms Of Compulsion

 

 

Forms of helplessness (L-198)

فَمَنِ اضطُرَّ غَيرَ باغٍ وَلا عادٍ فَلا إِثمَ عَلَيهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ173b.

173b.  Fa-maniz-turra  gayra  baaginw-wa  laa  ‘aadin- falaaa  ‘isma  ‘alayh.  ‘InnAllaaha  Gafuurur-Rahiim.

173b.  But if anyone is compelled, without desiring or exceeding, he commits no sin. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

‘Az-turra – (who is driven by necessity), the word ‘iz-ta-raarun is the origin of this word. Zaruu-rat has come out from it also. Zaruu-rat means necessity. It signifies that if it becomes compulsory for the human being and it will not be possible for him to remain alive; then under such necessity, he is allowed to eat unlawful/forbidden food at the very least quantity of which is permissible only, so that he may live. For instance; either food is not attainable and there is nothing except forbidden thing or due to poverty, lawful food cannot be obtained or the use of forbidden thing is necessary for any disease on the advice of a skillful doctor. In such conditions, the forbidden things are permitted to be used in as minimum quantity as it is necessary to save one’s life.

Gayra  baagin – ( not to disobey, not to crave, to execute the command), gayra baagin  means that the individual, who eats the forbidden food, his intention or will should not be to crave or break the law. He wishes to save his life only because saving the life is also His (God) commandment.

Laa  ‘aadin – (not to transgress), that is to say; the individual must not be a deviator, sinner of crossing the limitations of Divine Law. If he has to eat in compulsion form, he should not take much, but eat only that quantity by which he may save his life. 

Gafuur – (Forgiving), that is to say; so much Forgiver and Merciful that sometimes He doesn’t punish on our sins, moreover the sins are not considered as sins by Him (God, for example when we use the forbidden thing in any such condition of compulsion; He does neither bind and nor punish to us.

God has prescribed lawful in some cases to the forbidden things due to His excellent Mercy and kindness. But there is a condition for it that the human being has been compelled due to any reason as it would have become impossible for saving his life, and secondly; he should not use the forbidden item to get taste but only so much less quantity that he may save himself only because saving the life is incumbent.

In the condition of compulsion, not eating these things is a sin also because saving the life is first duty. In such circumstances, it is equal to suicide and it is clear that the act of suicide is forbidden.

We must refrain from the forbidden things wholly, and whenever it becomes necessary for us to use them; then we should keep the intention good and use at the very least quantity. https://youtu.be/wDECVEHQ20s

Forbidden Foods

 

Forbidden foods (L-197) 

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا كُلوا مِن طَيِّباتِ ما رَزَقناكُم وَاشكُروا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُم إِيّاهُ تَعبُدونَ171.  إِنَّما حَرَّمَ عَلَيكُمُ المَيتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحمَ الخِنزيرِ وَما أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيرِ اللَّهِ ۖ 173a.

172.  Yaaa-‘ayyuhallaziina  ‘aa-manuu  kuluu min-  tayyibaati  maa  razaqNaa-kum  washkuruu  Lillaahi  in-kuntum  ‘iyyaahu  ta’- buduun. 173a.  ‘Innamaa  harrama  ‘alay-kumul-  may-tata  waddama  wa lahmal-khin-ziiri  wa  maaa ‘u-hilla  bihii  li-gayRillaah.

172.  O you who believe! Eat of the good things We have provided for you, and give thanks to God, if it is Him that you serve.   173a. He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and what was dedicated to other than God.

God has reminded again His blessings in this verse and commanded that He has created uncountable pure and fine things. The human being should not restrict himself from them and eat them without hesitation. It is the demand of the real worship of God that the mankind should enjoy His blessings and favors. The mankind should be grateful to God and should not ascribe any partner with Him.

Then some forbidden things are being described here:

‘Al-may-tatu – (carrion, dead animal), that is to say; the animal which dies itself or is killed, but not slaughtered according to the Divine Law. Like this, if any piece of meat has been cut from the body of a living animal; that also will be counted as unlawful. There are only two animals like, which are lawful without slaughtering them i.e. Fish and Locust.

In addition to the carrion - blood, and swine-flesh, and those animals which have been immolated to the name of any other than God are included in the forbidden things.

Lahmal-khin-ziiri – (swine-flesh), it has been mentioned clearly in Holy Qur’an that hog, pig, boar, swine-flesh and its bacon is forbidden. From the investigations, it has been proved that this is the most shameless and immodest animal and its flesh has many moral and physical bad effects. The nations, which eat the swine-flesh, are its living proof.   

 Maaa ‘u-hilla  bihii  li-gayRillaah – {which has been immolated to (the name of) any other than God}, namely the animal which is slaughtered or altered to the name of other than God. Literal meanings of ‘U-hilla is to elevate the voice and call aloud. https://youtu.be/vP8X0q6f29I 

Likeness Of Disbelievers Of The Messenger

  

Likeness of blind imitation (L-196)

وَمَثَلُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا كَمَثَلِ الَّذي يَنعِقُ بِما لا يَسمَعُ إِلّا دُعاءً وَنِداءً ۚ صُمٌّ بُكمٌ عُميٌ فَهُم لا يَعقِلونَ171.

171.  Wa  masalullaziina  kafaruu  kamasalillazi yan-‘iqu  bimaa laa  yasma-‘u  ‘illaa  du-‘aaa-‘anw-wa  nidaaa-‘aa.  Summum-  buk-mun  ‘umyun-  fa-hum  laa  ya’-qiluun.

171.  The parable of those who disbelieve is that of someone who calls upon someone who hears nothing except screaming and yelling. Deaf, dumb, and blind—they do not understand.

 In this verse, likeness of the disbelievers is being discussed that they are like the animals which are called by their shepherd. The animals hear his voice surely but do not understand anything, whether the shepherd would be singing sweet songs or abusing them. The animal does not understand except considering it as cry and scream. In this verse, the ‘Caller’ indicates towards the Messenger of God (ﷺ) and the Infidels have been illustrated by a simile of animals. Surely, these people hear the invitation of the Messenger (ﷺ) but they do neither think and nor care about it that what is hidden in this sound for them and what they have to do by answering this voice.

The people, who do not accept the invitation of the truth, are like deaf that the voice of Just enters their ears but does not affect on their hearts. They show a heard talk as un-listened. They are dumb as they listen and understand the Right but do not announce it by their tongues. If their hearts agreed to it even then they do neither embrace and nor convey the message of justice to other people. They are blind as they do not look the straight path. In spite of having eyes they are unable to see something. If the use of these powers is not for the justice and these are not used in the right path; then existence of these things is equal to non existence. Because, which powers The Existent (God) has bestowed to the mankind, if these do neither work according to His Instructions properly, nor show the Path of Real Master Almighty to the mankind and nor tell way of meeting Him; then there is no advantage of their existence.

For example; an individual has any eatable but he does not bring it in use; then it will be said that he has nothing to eat. Or any person has much money but he doesn’t spend it, moreover he keeps it holding and counting up; then only it will be said that this wealth is equal to nothing. The same condition is of the Infidels that they have ears, tongues and eyes but do not use these things as these are required to be used. 

https://youtu.be/eB23YEWFibU

Thoughtless Follow Suit

 

 

Blind imitation (L-195)

وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعوا ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قالوا بَل نَتَّبِعُ ما أَلفَينا عَلَيهِ آباءَنا ۗ أَوَلَو كانَ آباؤُهُم لا يَعقِلونَ شَيئًا وَلا يَهتَدونَ170.

170.  Wa  ‘izaa  qiila  lahumut-tabi-‘uu  maaa  ‘anzalAllaahu  qaaluu  bal  nattabi-‘u  maaa  ‘al-faynaa  ‘alayhi  ‘aabaaa-‘anaa.  ‘A-wa-law  kaana  ‘aabaaa-‘uhum  laa  ya’-qiluuna  shay-‘anw-wa  laa yahta-duun.

170.  And when it is said to them, “Follow what God has revealed,” they say, “We will follow what we found our ancestors following.” Even if their ancestors understood nothing, and were not guided?

It has been described in this verse about a habit of the illusion pro-whimsical, that is to say; whenever, they are commanded to worship God, follow His orders and rules in every field of life, earn and spend the wealth and property according to His instructions, act upon the Divine law of the religion in the affairs, business, money dealings, buying and selling, marriage/wedding festivities, divorce, in such cases they reply: We shall respect only the customs of our elders, forefathers and traditions of our dynasty. We shall go on that path upon which we have seen our elders, ancestors and superiors”. As though; these people have faith in the customs of their elders by giving up the Commands and instructions of God, they give priority to their customs and traditions and give importance and force more than the Divine law of God.     

God commands that these people follow usually their elders, while it is possible that their forefathers had not any sense and wisdom. They would be going astray in the depravity. They would have totally fallen back from the straight path. So following blindly their likewise forefathers; these people will fall surly in the destruction and ruin.

Our Wise Doctor and famous Poet of the East Muhammad Iqbal has mentioned the concept in the exaggerated view as under:

‘Aa-iini naw si darnaa,  tarzi kuhun pe arhna

Manzil yahi kathan hai qawmon ki zindgi men

(To fear the new constitution, to stay at the old form

It is the difficult stage in the existence of the nations) -

https://youtu.be/tk4kqcrQ_Ko

The Evil And The Fouls

 

 

Evil and immodesty (L-194)

169.  إِنَّما يَأمُرُكُم بِالسّوءِ وَالفَحشاءِ وَأَن تَقولوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ما لا تَعلَمونَ

169.  ‘Innamaa  ya’-murukum  bis-suuu-‘i  wal-fah-shaaa-‘i  wa  ‘an- taquuluu ‘alAllaahi  maa  laa  ta’-lamuun.

169.  He commands you to do evil and vice, and to say about God what you do not know.

Two characteristics of Satan (the Devil) have been described in this verse:

• He teaches evil and fouls always to the mankind. The mankind should never hope for advantage/benefit from the Devil because it is his nature that he is stained entirely in the evil, filth, foul, depravity and impurity/pollution, and he wishes to keep the human beings stained too. He excites every time for any kind of wickedness, quarrel, sedition, mischief and bustle, and stands in the way of righteousness. The entire such wishes and works, which are fatal for human brotherhood and humanity itself, are entered in the evil and foul. To create a mischief in the safety and peace of the society, to sow dissension among mutual brotherhood and fraternity, to extirpate the union and cooperation, not to fulfill the rights of the servants and subordinates, it means that the entire works, due to which, tumult spreads, belong to mischievous and devilish.

• The Devil induces the human beings to tell the people false, self-invented by themselves talks and show that these are from the commandments of God, while God has never commanded for such things, but the followers of the Devil do all that, for reaping casual advantages of frail things, worldly temptation and greed of wealth.

This disease had become common in the scholars of the Children of Israel. For deceiving the public, they used to tell the useful for themselves; self-invented talks and used to say that it was from God. Resultant the foundation of their religion became hollow and they failed for future.

We must learn from this verse that we should neither take part in evil deeds and foul, and nor tell the public false and self-invented matters because these both works belong to Satan. https://youtu.be/e1MOAHNP_Lw

Lawful And Pure Food

 

 

Lawful and good food (L-193)

يا أَيُّهَا النّاسُ كُلوا مِمّا فِي الأَرضِ حَلالًا طَيِّبًا وَلا تَتَّبِعوا خُطُواتِ الشَّيطانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُم عَدُوٌّ مُبينٌ168.

168.  Yaaa-‘ayyuhan-naasu  kuluu  mimmaa  fil-‘arzi  Halaalan-  tay- yibaa.  Wa  laa    tattabi-‘uu  khutuwaatish-Shay-taan.  ‘In-nahuu  lakum  ‘aduw-wum-mu-biin.

168.  O people! Eat of what is lawful and good on earth, and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. He is to you an open enemy.

In this verse, God addressed the entire human beings and declared the difference between lawful and unlawful, and prescribed compulsory two conditions for the eatables and drinkable things that what is lawful and what is unlawful. 

Applying two conditions by Islam in the food (lawful and pure) have produced a very great excellence. Due to these principles, every such thing, which is not pure and clean, is dangerous or harmful for human body and soul, or that has not gotten lawfully, for eating, drinking or use of it is forbidden.

The Messenger of God (ﷺ) took so much care for the pure, clean and lawful that those things, smell of which affects usually ill upon the health, declared odious and their use, before coming to the mosque, has been prohibited by him (ﷺ), so that, it might not have bad effect on the nature of the devout associates.

The Arabs had declared some things unlawful at their own; for instance; the animals were left free in the name of idols and likewise; some other kinds of food. And they began to use some forbidden things also like milk of a mother who suckles. Islam forbade from it. Accordingly, there is a Saying of the Prophet (ﷺ), “The person whose food is unlawful, clothes are unlawful and meal is also unlawful, how his prayer can be acceptable?”

God commanded that the people, who don’t care about lawful, pure and clean, they follow the Devil and the Devil is the worst enemy of the mankind. He will never be well-wisher of the mankind. https://youtu.be/jqBAtBEIK8s

Helplessness Of The Idolators

 

 

Helplessness of Polytheists (L-192)

إِذ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذينَ اتُّبِعوا مِنَ الَّذينَ اتَّبَعوا وَرَأَوُا العَذابَ وَتَقَطَّعَت بِهِمُ الأَسبابُ166.  وَقالَ الَّذينَ اتَّبَعوا لَو أَنَّ لَنا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنهُم كَما تَبَرَّءوا مِنّا ۗ كَذٰلِكَ يُريهِمُ اللَّهُ أَعمالَهُم حَسَراتٍ عَلَيهِم ۖ وَما هُم بِخارِجينَ مِنَ النّارِ167.

166.  ‘Iz tabarra-‘allazii-nattu-bi-‘uu  minallaziinat-taba-‘uu  wa  ra-‘a-wul-‘azaaba  wa  taqat-ta-‘at  bihimul-‘asbaab.  167.  Wa  qaalal-laziinat-taba-‘uu  law  ‘anna  lanaa  karratan-  fa-natabarra-‘a  minhum  kamaa  tabarra-‘uu  minnaa.  Kazaalika  yuriihimUllaahu  ‘a’-maalahum  hasaraatin  ‘alayhim.   Wa  maa    hum-  bi-khaarijiina  minan-Naar. (Section 20/4)

166. Those who were followed will then disown those who followed them, and they will see the retribution, and ties between them will be severed. 167. Those who followed will say, “If only we can have another chance, we will disown them, as they disowned us.” Thus God will show them their deeds, as regrets to them, and they will not come out of the Fire.

God has shown a horrible and dreadful scene of the Doomsday. Would that; the evildoer Idolaters had thought, took it a warning and shun from the wicked deeds.

On that day; the liar religious or spiritual guides; who have compelled the common stupid people to follow them, will leave them who followed them and due to following them; they had left the straight path. Such time will be very frightful and dangerous for those stupid obedient disciples, which their spiritual guides would have kept themselves aloof from them, the means would have been cut, and the doom would be seen in front.

The stupid followers will say, “Would that we may go once again back to the (previous) world and adopt displeasure behavior as these wicked religious and spiritual guides disowned us but then, it will not be possible. Their evil acts will be before them in the form of a distressful record and there will be no way to get rid of the Hell Fire.  https://youtu.be/Fjwcd3LAjnM

The Power Belongs Wholly To Allah

 

 

All powers are only of God (L-191)

وَلَو يَرَى الَّذينَ ظَلَموا إِذ يَرَونَ العَذابَ أَنَّ القُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَميعًا وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ شَديدُ العَذابِ165b.

165b.  Wa  law  yaral-laziina  zalamuuu  ‘iz  yarawnal-‘azaaba,  ‘annal-Quwwata  Lillaahi  jamii-‘anw-wa-‘annAllaaha  Shadiidul-‘azaab.

165b.  If only the wrongdoers would realize, when they see the torment; that all power is God’s, and that God is severe in punishment.

In the earlier verses, after discussion concerning Oneness of God, Creator of the Universe and dignity of the Believers, God described about His Power and Strength, and commanded: The Infidels and Idolaters ascribe different things as partners of God due to their foolishness, ignorance and un-foresightedness. They consider as these things will accede to their wishes, support them at the times of difficulties, give rewards to them as compensation of their worship, and they believe that these are masters of the powers.

God asserts in this verse, “Would that! The deniers of the Truth and the Idolaters had seen the Doom which We shall descend upon them on the Doomsday. After seeing the doom, they will say at once that all kinds of powers and strength, Greatness, Divinity and Magnificence, power of choice and influence are only of God. Without His permission, nobody can speak or boast before Him. Without Him, none can help or support any other, and everything is humble before Him.

On that Day, neither the wealth/property of anyone will be useful for him, and nor his relatives and friends will help him. Every individual will try to run away from his intimate brothers, sisters, mother, father, wife, children, friends and relatives; so that he would not have to suffer their doom upon himself. On the Day of Resurrection, the Idolaters will forget their false worshipped and liar partners, and they will call “for pity’s sake! God help me”.

During the worldly life, various types of difficulties and tests are sent on the human beings. By using own sense, every person should deem that this all is from God and should fall prostrate before God after learning from these calamities.

In the Sayings of the Messenger (ﷺ) this humility, indigence and helplessness has been described as penitence and begging for mercy, and supplication as worship. Messenger of God (ﷺ) commanded, “‘Ad-Duaaw- mukh-khul  ‘ibaadah” (Supplication is the Brain of Worship). 

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