LESSON
# 388 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
A
Measure Of The Sacrifice
Surah
‘Aali ‘Imran (The Family Of ‘Imran, Chapter - 3)
Verse
– 92 of 200, Section –10 (Part – 4)
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Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of
that which ye love. And whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware
thereof.
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LAN-
TANAALUL-BIRRA hattaa tunfiquu mimmaa tuhib-buun. Wa maa
tunfiquu min- shay-‘in- fa-‘innallaaha bihii ‘Aliim.
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Lesson
Sometimes a man hesitates to spend for piety due
to the reason that he would have to sacrifice his favorite things. There are
many such things in this mortal world, which are most beloved to him. Some
times this love extends to the limit that he feels unpleasant to stay separate
from them. The love of these things compels him to sacrifice every thing for
them. This love makes him blind and he loses the distinction between good and
bad.
The life of human being passes in getting
pleasures, honor and becoming famous, wealth and children, demand of nobility
and chief-ship, and he/she loves them very much. Sometimes he sacrifices also
his honesty to achieve and maintain them. In his view, the value of piety falls
down as compared to these things. Likewise, he becomes effigy of the selfishness,
loving of the lustful desires and statue of sensuality. Gradually he turns away
from the piety at all.
As long as the selfishness is not rooted out from
the human heart and if he is not taught to love the virtue more then every
thing, he cannot become righteous. A man who becomes ready to sacrifice his most
favorite thing for piety, there is no doubt in his sincerity, good intentions
and his worship to God. In fact, selfishness is root of the entire evils, and
the sincerity is the soul of all the goodness.
The Jews and the Christians used to love the
wealth and affluence. They had power and chief-ship over the uneducated people of
their nation and this thing was very dear to them. They were afraid that if
they would believe in the last Prophet (grace, glory, blessings and peace of
Allah Almighty be upon him), if they obeyed him then they would lose their nobility
and strength. That is why they used to disbelieve in him (grace, glory,
blessings and peace of Allah Almighty be upon him). Allah Almighty commanded them,
“Till the time you will not be ready to sacrifice your most favorite thing you would
not be able to get the piety”. Allah Almighty knows also that, “Who spent? Which
thing spent? For whom spent? The thing, how much favorite will be spent in the way
of Allah Almighty, He will reward you corresponding to that as retaliation.
Allah Almighty has determined the standard for the
piety that the person should sacrifice his most favorite thing in His path. That
will be considered the best virtue and Allah Almighty will appreciate him for it.
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