LESSON # 266 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Use Of Wrong Oaths
BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)
Verse – 224 of
286, Section – 28 (Part - 2)
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And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being
righteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind.
And Allah is Hearer, Knower.
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Wa laa
taj-‘alullaaha
‘urzatal-li-‘ay-maanikum
‘an-tabarruu wa tattaquu
wa tus-lihuu bay-nan-naas. Wallaahu
Samii-‘un ‘Aliim.
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Lesson
‘Urzatan – (aim), this word is also used for hindrance and
shield/target. Here it means hindrance only.
Samii-‘un – (Hearer), God Almighty Hears all the talks of
human being as well as each creature. So the mankind should think before speak every
matter.
‘Aliimun – (Knower), Allah Almighty Knows better the states
and conditions of the human. So he should keep purity and sincerity in his
intention each time.
Tabarruu – (treat with kind), this word has been derived
from the word Barr, which means goodness.
Whenever the persons used to
displease upon any other, they used to make God Almighty, by their oaths that
they would neither go toward him nor speak with him and nor try to make a truce
between them with whom he has quarreled, even that if the displeasures had been
between the near relatives, and then these oaths used to become pretence for
leaving many good deeds. At the very time if any body used to say, “Why did you
leave to do these acts?” then they used to feign that they had made the oath
for this action.
Even it was also worse to leave the
good actions, what it had become bad that using the name of Allah Almighty, the
Great they used to grow the situation of escaping from the good deeds. This
verse is signifying towards this matter and it is being ordered that “don’t do
so in future and if any body has sworn already then it is sufficient to break
that oath and expiate. The scholars have also disliked often swearing in
abundance and without any necessity, because due to this reason the name of
Allah Almighty is devalued, and it is also not good to call the name of God
Almighty for the bad deeds.
Allah Almighty is Great, Glorious and
Owner of the entire universe. His Name has also Grandeur and Grace. It is very
bad to make witness so much High and Excelled Name upon the bad deeds. Then it
is worst to use His name for defense for not doing the good acts. Allah
Almighty doesn’t prevent from good actions, so this excuse is quite meaningless.
The name of God Almighty should never be used for oath for the likewise deeds,
and if any person has already sworn erroneously then he should break it and expiate.
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