Lesson # 1152 from
Holy Qur-’aan
Preferring own life to the Messenger’s is not proper
Surah ‘TAWBAH or BARAAA-‘AH (REPENTANCE) –
Chapter – 9)
Stage – 2, Verses – 119 & 120a of 129,
Section – 15 of 16 (Part – 11)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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119. O ye who believe! Be careful of your duty
to Allah, and be with the Truthful.
120a. It is not (proper) for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them
of the wandering Arabs to stay behind the Messenger of Allah and prefer their
lives to his life.
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119. Yaaa-ayyu-hallaziina ‘aama-nutta-qUllaaha wa
kuunuu ma-‘as-Saadiqiin.
120a. Maa
kaana li-‘ahlil-Madiinati wa
man
haw-lahum-minal-‘A’-raabi
‘any-yata-khallafuu
‘ar-RasuuLillaahi wa laa
yargabuu bi-‘anfusihim ‘an-nafsih.
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Lesson
That lesson has been manifested in this verse which Muslims should learn
from previous incidents,. When Messenger of God Almighty (SallAllaahu
alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) instructed the Muslims to be prepared for the
Battle of Tabuuk, then a commotion was to arise.
True Muslims, who were ready every time to sacrifice their lives on the
Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam),
got ready immediately according to
custom without wrangling and they presented their wealth according to their
means. But some of them were those who began to think.
On this side
was commandment of the Messenger of Allah Almighty (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii
Wasallam), and on the
other side, there was extreme suffering and pain. Ultimately, their Belief
compelled them that, while the Messenger (SallAllaahu
alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam)
has been bearing entire hardships, then we have no right to remain behind. And they
joined being ashamed on weakness of their hearts. None was remained behind at
home save those three persons; story of whom was mentioned in the previous
lesson, and they punished themselves. Now there was a group of weak and
insolent people who remained behind.
Besides them,
there was another group of Hypocrites, which remained behind. First group was
excusable, but the second – deserved severe punishment in the world as well as
on the Day of Judgment. It has been described in this verse about those people
who are imitation-able and who can be a pattern for others.
It is commanded
that the Believers should be careful for their duty to God Almighty and fear
God’s anger and wrath, and join the party of those people who chose sincerity
and truth. These are the people who deserved honors and awards due to their
good attributes. And those people who erred; were forgiven on the ground of
their good-will and truth.
In the second
verse, it is commanded that it does never set off to the people of Madinah and those who live in its
surroundings that they should sit at home comfortable while the Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii
Wasallam) would have been
suffering from heat, hunger and thirst in the Way of Allah Almighty. It is
incumbent that they should sacrifice their lives on the Life of the Messenger (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon him).
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