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HUMANITY IN REALITY
TIPS TO KNOW GOD, UNDERSTAND
THE DIVINE MESSAGES &
PURPOSE OF OUR CREATION
BY JAVED ZAHEER, FREE EXPRESSION
AWARD WINNER
TORONTO: I have very little knowledge but still in
order to help some of my non-Muslim friends who showed interest in reading and
studying the holy Quran to understand and benefit from its divine message and
blessings of God and for those Muslims too who are spiritually weak and unable
to understand and follow Quran properly, I felt it necessary and trying to give
them some important tips to understand and grasp the messages easily.
It
will help them understand God and the purpose of our creation and
life----Worship of God, improvement and protection of self and how to serve
humanity in reality. This will help understand all the 114 chapters of the holy
book, nature, character, contributions and fate of the past people and
communities---How some were blessed and some were destroyed. I always keep trying
to grasp main points and purpose of the divine messages and commands. May God give
me the strength and understanding and help me in my efforts to search for the
right path and truth.
To
begin with, ever wondered why instead of thanking God, thinking positively and
benefiting fully from the continuous tremendous blessings He keeps showering on
us right from day one till death, most of us, particularly the highly educated,
wealthy, well settled, powerful and influential ones, are wandering aimlessly and
living carelessly and had made not only their lives but lives of millions of
others miserable and terrible. They know and understand their mistakes, sins
and the consequences but don’t bother to or want to reform.
Yes,
instead of thanking God they keep playing the blame game with Him, get
distracted, disturbed, disappointed and become an easy prey of the devil, his
friends and followers and ultimately fuel of the hell. They desire and dream of
good life and heaven but because of the wrong approach, thinking, attitude and
lifestyle remain lost and restless and land in hell. Out of the frying pan,
they fall into the fire.
They
understand the permission given to the devil and options given to the human
beings by God and hear the voice of God through the conscience and feel its
prick when doing wrong and yet they listen to and follow the whispers of the
devil.
Thus
instead of becoming servants of God, they become slaves of the devil. They get
addicted to the poison-laced lollypops given by the devil. Intoxicated by the
touch and taste of the evil lollypops, they prefer to get roasted in hell than
toasted in heaven. They become rats and keep following the piped piper.
In
His original holy books, God has answers for all: 1) Those who keep seeking
God, His guidance and blessings and 2) Those who keep senselessly,
intentionally, cunningly and deliberately questioning, blaming and challenging
God, His messengers and believers.
Is it
really so difficult to understand God, His commands and His divine messages for
the human beings and all creations? When I started studying the holy book
Quran, I started getting the proper answers and solutions. They are crystal
clear and without any confusion. I came to know and understand that only the
cunning, crooked and cruel people created confusions, misunderstandings,
differences and hatred.
The
holy Quran has 114 chapters including God’s commands and history of the past
people and messengers. A study of only few
chapters including the following few chapters opens the eyes and mind of the truth
seekers, researchers and readers. Those who still keep denying the truth and
opposing it are not only responsible for their own deeds but become accountable
for misleading mankind and harming humanity.
Let’s
see what God says about Himself:
1.
Chapter one (The Opening). Verse: (1.1)
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the
Worlds.
(1.2) The Beneficent, the Merciful. (1.3) Master of the Day of Judgment.
2.
Chapter 112 (The Unity): (112.1) Say:
He, Allah, is One. (112.2) Allah is He on
Whom
all depend.(112.3) He begets not, nor is He begotten. (112.4) And none is like
Him.
Now
see who are those who believe and do good and are favoured by God:
Chapter 103 (The Age): (103.1) I
swear by the time. ([103.2) Most surely man is in loss,
(103.3)
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and
enjoin on each other patience.
Chapter
2 (The Cow): (2.2) This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide
to those who guard (against evil).(2.3) Those who believe in the unseen and
keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them. (2.4) And who believe
in that which has been revealed to you and that which was revealed before you
and they are sure of the hereafter. (2.5) These are on a right course from
their Lord and these it is that shall be successful.
Now
let us see who are disbelievers and losers:
Chapter
2 (The Cow): (2.6) Surely those who
disbelieve, it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them,
will not believe.
(2.7) Allah has set a seal upon their hearts
and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a
great punishment for them.
(2.8)
And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the last day; and
they are not at all believers.
(2.9)
They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and they deceive only
themselves and they do not perceive.
(2.10)
There is a disease in their hearts, so Allah added to their disease and they
shall have a painful chastisement because they lied.
(2.11)
And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they say: We are
but peace-makers.
(2.12)
Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not perceive.
(2.13)
And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say: Shall we
believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are the fools, but
they do not know.
(2.14)
And when they meet those who believe, they say: We believe; and when they are
alone with their Shaitans, they say: Surely we are with you, we were only
mocking.
(2.15)
Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and He leaves them alone in their
inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
(2.16)
These are they who buy error for the right direction, so their bargain shall
bring no gain, nor are they the followers of the right direction.
(2.17)
Their parable is like the parable of one who kindled a fire but when it had
illumined all around him, Allah took away their light, and left them in utter
darkness-- they do not see.
(2.18)
Deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they will not turn back.
(2.19)
Or like abundant rain from the cloud in which is utter darkness and thunder and
lightning; they put their fingers into their ears because of the thunder peal,
for fear of death, and Allah encompasses the unbelievers.
(2.20)
The lightning almost takes away their sight; whenever it shines on them they
walk in it, and when it becomes dark to them they stand still; and if Allah had
pleased He would certainly have taken away their hearing and their sight;
surely Allah has power over all things.
(2.21)
O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may
guard (against evil).
Read
the divine message in Chapter 55 Ar-Rahman (Verse1-78):
The Beneficent (1) Hath made known the Qur'an.
(2) He hath created man. (3) He hath taught him utterance. (4) The sun and the
moon are made punctual. (5) The stars and the trees adore. (6) And the sky He
hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure, (7) That ye exceed not the measure,
(8) But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof. (9) And the earth
hath He appointed for (His) creatures, (10) Wherein are fruit and sheathed
palm-trees, (11) Husked grain and scented herb. (12) Which is it, of the
favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (13) He created man of clay like the
potter's, (14) And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire. (15) Which is it,
of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (16) Lord of the two Easts, and Lord
of the two Wests! (17) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
(18) He hath loosed the two seas. They meet. (19) There is a barrier between
them. They encroach not (one upon the other). (20) Which is it, of the favours
of your Lord, that ye deny? (21) There cometh forth from both of them the pearl
and coral-stone. (22) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
(23) His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners. (24) Which is it,
of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (25) Everyone that is thereon will
pass away; (26) There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and
Glory. (27) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (28) All
that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth
(universal) power. (29) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
(30) We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn). (31) Which is
it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (32) O company of jinn and men,
if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then
penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction. (33)
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (34) There will be sent,
against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape. (35)
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (36) And when the
heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide - (37) Which is it, of
the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? - (38) On that day neither man nor
jinni will be questioned of his sin. (39) Which is it, of the favours of your
Lord, that ye deny? (40) The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be
taken by the forelocks and the feet. (41) Which is it, of the favours of your
Lord, that ye deny? (42) This is Hell which the guilty deny. (43) They go
circling round between it and fierce, boiling water. (44) Which is it, of the
favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (45) But for him who feareth the standing
before his Lord there are two gardens. (46) Which is it, of the favours of your
Lord, that ye deny? (47) Of spreading branches. (48) Which is it, of the
favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (49) Wherein are two fountains flowing.
(50) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (51) Wherein is
every kind of fruit in pairs. (52) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord,
that ye deny? (53) Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of
both the gardens near to hand. (54) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord,
that ye deny? (55) Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni
will have touched before them. (56) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord,
that ye deny? (57) (In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone. (58) Which
is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (59) Is the reward of
goodness aught save goodness? (60) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord,
that ye deny? (61) And beside them are two other gardens, (62) Which is it, of
the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (63) Dark green with foliage. (64)
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (65) Wherein are two
abundant springs. (66) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
(67) Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate. (68) Which is it, of the
favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (69) Wherein (are found) the good and
beautiful - (70) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? - (71)
Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions - (72) Which is it, of the favours of
your Lord, that ye deny? - (73) Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched
before them - (74) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? (75)
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets. (76) Which is it, of the favours
of your Lord, that ye deny? (77) Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and
glorious! (78).
Now
let’s see how God showers His mercy, forgives and guides those who do wrong, commit
sins and mistakes:
Chapter
9 Al-Tawba (Verses 1-129):
Freedom
from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of
the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty. (1) Travel freely in the land four
months, and know that ye cannot escape Allah and that Allah will confound the
disbelievers (in His guidance). (2) And a proclamation from Allah and His
messenger to all men on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free
from obligation to the idolaters, and (so is) His messenger. So, if ye repent,
it will be better for you; but if ye are averse, then know that ye cannot
escape Allah. Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to those who
disbelieve, (3) Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a
treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported
anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their
term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto Him). (4) Then, when the
sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take
them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they
repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (5) And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh
thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the Word of
Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they
are a folk who know not. (6) How can there be a treaty with Allah and with His
messenger for the idolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the
Inviolable Place of Worship? So long as they are true to you, be true to them.
Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty. (7) How (can there be any treaty for
the others) when, if they have the upper hand of you, they regard not pact nor
honour in respect of you? They satisfy you with their mouths the while their
hearts refuse. And most of them are wrongdoers. (8) They have purchased with
the revelations of Allah a little gain, so they debar (men) from His way. Lo!
evil is that which they are wont to do. (9) And they observe toward a believer
neither pact nor honour. These are they who are transgressors. (10) But if they
repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren
in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have knowledge. (11)
And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you)
and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no
binding oaths - in order that they may desist. (12) Will ye not fight a folk
who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed to drive out the messenger and did
attack you first? What! Fear ye them? Now Allah hath more right that ye should
fear Him, if ye are believers (13) Fight them! Allah will chastise them at your
hands, and He will lay them low and give you victory over them, and He will
heal the breasts of folk who are believers. (14) And He will remove the anger
of their hearts. Allah relenteth toward whom He will. Allah is Knower, Wise.
(15) Or deemed ye that ye would be left (in peace) when Allah yet knoweth not
those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none save Allah and His
messenger and the believers? Allah is Informed of what ye do. (16) It is not
for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against
themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain and in the Fire they
will abide. (17) He only shall tend Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah
and the Last Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and
feareth none save Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they can be of the
rightly guided. (18) Count ye the slaking of a pilgrim's thirst and tendance of
the Inviolable Place of Worship as (equal to the worth of) him who believeth in
Allah and the Last Day, and striveth in the way of Allah? They are not equal in
the sight of Allah. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. (19) Those who believe,
and have left their homes and striven with their wealth and their lives in
Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are they who are
triumphant. (20) Their Lord giveth them good tidings of mercy from Him, and
acceptance, and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs; (21) There they
will abide for ever. Lo! with Allah there is immense reward. (22) O ye who
believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take
pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends,
such are wrong-doers. (23) Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your
brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and
merchandise for which ye fear that there will be no sale, and dwellings ye
desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way:
then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing
folk. (24) Allah hath given you victory on many fields and on the day of
Huneyn, when ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you naught, and the
earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then ye turned back in flight;
(25) Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and upon
the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished those who
disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers. (26) Then afterward Allah will
relent toward whom He will; for Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (27) O ye who
believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the
Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the
loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will.
Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise. (28) Fight against such of those who have been given
the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that
which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of
Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low. (29) And the Jews
say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son
of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of
those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How
perverse are they! (30) They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and
their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only
One God. There is no god save Him. Be He glorified from all that they ascribe
as partner (unto Him)! (31) Fain would they put out the light of Allah with
their mouths, but Allah disdaineth (aught) save that He shall perfect His
light, however much the disbelievers are averse. (32) He it is Who hath sent
His messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it
to prevail over all religion, however much the idolaters may be averse. (33) O
ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks
devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men) from the way of Allah.
They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah, unto
them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom, (34) On the day when it will
(all) be heated in the fire of hell, and their foreheads and their flanks and
their backs will be branded therewith (and it will be said unto them): Here is
that which ye hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what ye used to hoard. (35)
Lo! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's ordinance
in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred:
that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them. And wage war on
all of the idolaters as they are waging war on all of you. And know that Allah
is with those who keep their duty (unto Him). (36) Postponement (of a sacred
month) is only an excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled;
they allow it one year and forbid it (another) year, that they may make up the
number of the months which Allah hath hallowed, so that they allow that which
Allah hath forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fair-seeming unto them.
Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk. (37) O ye who believe! What aileth you
that when it is said unto you: Go forth in the way of Allah, ye are bowed down
to the ground with heaviness. Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather
than in the Hereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in
the Hereafter. (38) If ye go not forth He will afflict you with a painful doom,
and will choose instead of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot harm Him at
all. Allah is Able to do all things. (39) If ye help him not, still Allah helped
him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two
were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with
us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and
supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who
disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the
uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise. (40) Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed,
and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best
for you if ye but knew. (41) Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey
they had followed thee, but the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they
swear by Allah (saying): If we had been able we would surely have set out with
you. They destroy their souls, and Allah knoweth that they verily are liars.
(42) Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefor didst thou grant them leave ere
those who told the truth were manifest to thee and thou didst know the liars?
(43) Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest they
should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who
keep their duty (unto Him). (44) They alone ask leave of thee who believe not
in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they
waver. (45) And if they had wished to go forth they would assuredly have made
ready some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth and held
them back and it was said (unto them): Sit ye with the sedentary! (46) Had they
gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble and had hurried
to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there
are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil-doers. (47)
Aforetime they sought to cause sedition and raised difficulties for thee till
the Truth came and the decree of Allah was made manifest, though they were
loth. (48) Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt
me not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo! hell
verily is all around the disbelievers. (49) If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad)
it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took
precaution, and they turn away well pleased. (50) Say: Naught befalleth us save
that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let
believers put their trust! (51) Say: Can ye await for us aught save one of two
good things (death or victory in Allah's way)? while we await for you that Allah
will afflict you with a doom from Him or at our hands. Await then! Lo! We are
awaiting with you. (52) Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly,
it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk. (53) And
naught preventeth that their contributions should be accepted from them save
that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His messenger, and they come not to
worship save as idlers, and pay not (their contribution) save reluctantly. (54)
So let not their riches nor their children astonish thee (O Muhammad). Allah
thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and that their
souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers. (55) And they swear by Allah
that they are in truth of you, when they are not of you, but they are folk who
are afraid. (56) Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter,
they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways. (57) And of them is he who
defameth thee in the matter of the alms. If they are given thereof they are
content, and if they are not given thereof, behold! they are enraged. (58) (How
much more seemly) had they been content with that which Allah and His messenger
had given them and had said: Allah sufficeth us. Allah will give us of His
bounty, and (also) His messenger. Unto Allah we are suppliants. (59) The alms
are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those
whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors,
and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah.
Allah is Knower, Wise. (60) And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say:
He is only a hearer. Say: A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and
is true to the believers, and a mercy for such of you as believe. Those who vex
the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom. (61) They swear by
Allah to you (Muslims) to please you, but Allah, with His messenger, hath more
right that they should please Him if they are believers. (62) Know they not
that whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, his portion verily is hell, to
abide therein? That is the extreme abasement. (63) The hypocrites fear lest a
surah should be revealed concerning them, proclaiming what is in their hearts.
Say: Scoff (your fill)! Lo! Allah is disclosing what ye fear. (64) And if thou
ask them (O Muhammad) they will say: We did but talk and jest. Say: Was it at
Allah and His revelations and His messenger that ye did scoff? (65) Make no
excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your (confession of) belief. If We forgive a
party of you, a party of you We shall punish because they have been guilty.
(66) The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one from another. They enjoin
the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they withhold their hands (from
spending for the cause of Allah). They forget Allah, so He hath forgotten them.
Lo! the hypocrites, they are the transgressors. (67) Allah promiseth the
hypocrites, both men and women, and the disbelievers fire of hell for their
abode. It will suffice them. Allah curseth them, and theirs is lasting torment.
(68) Even as those before you who were mightier than you in strength, and more
affluent than you in wealth and children. They enjoyed their lot awhile, so ye
enjoy your lot awhile even as those before you did enjoy their lot awhile. And
ye prate even as they prated. Such are they whose works have perished in the
world and the Hereafter. Such are they who are the losers. (69) Hath not the
fame of those before them reached them - the folk of Noah, 'Aad, Thamud, the
folk of Abraham, the dwellers of Midian and the disasters (which befell them)?
Their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with proofs (of Allah's
Sovereignty). So Allah surely wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.
(70) And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another;
they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they
pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger. As for these, Allah
will have mercy on them. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise. (71) Allah promiseth to the
believers, men and women, Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they
will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden. And - greater (far)! -
acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph. (72) O Prophet! Strive against
the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode
is hell, a hapless journey's end. (73) They swear by Allah that they said
nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve
after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not
attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich
them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn
away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the
Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth. (74) And
of them is he who made a covenant with Allah (saying): If He give us of His
bounty we will give alms and become of the righteous. (75) Yet when He gave
them of His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away, averse; (76) So He hath
made the consequence (to be) hypocrisy in their hearts until the day when they
shall meet Him, because they broke their word to Allah that they promised Him,
and because they lied. (77) Know they not that Allah knoweth both their secret
and the thought that they confide, and that Allah is the Knower of Things
Hidden? (78) Those who point at such of the believers as give the alms
willingly and such as can find naught to give but their endeavours, and deride
them - Allah (Himself) derideth them. Theirs will be a painful doom. (79) Ask
forgiveness for them (O Muhammad), or ask not forgiveness for them; though thou
ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not forgive them. That is
because they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and Allah guideth not
wrongdoing folk. (80) Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still
behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth
and their lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Say:
The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood. (81) Then let
them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to
earn. (82) If Allah bring thee back (from the campaign) unto a party of them
and they ask of thee leave to go out (to fight), then say unto them: Ye shall
never more go out with me nor fight with me against a foe. Ye were content with
sitting still the first time. So sit still, with the useless. (83) And never (O
Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they
disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they were
evil-doers. (84) Let not their wealth nor their children astonish thee! Allah
purposeth only to punish them thereby in the world, and that their souls shall
pass away while they are disbelievers. (85) And when a surah is revealed (which
saith): Believe in Allah and strive along with His messenger, the men of wealth
among them still ask leave of thee and say: Suffer us to be with those who sit
(at home). (86) They are content that they should be with those who remain
behind and their hearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not. (87) But the
messenger and those who believe with him strive with their wealth and their
lives. Such are they for whom are the good things. Such are they who are the
successful. (88) Allah hath made ready for them Gardens underneath which rivers
flow, wherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph. (89) And those
among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order that permission might
be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and His messenger sat at home. A
painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve. (90) Not unto the weak
nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find naught to spend is any fault (to
be imputed though they stay at home) if they are true to Allah and His
messenger. Not unto the good is there any road (of blame). Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful. (91) Nor unto those whom, when they came to thee (asking) that thou
shouldst mount them, thou didst tell: I cannot find whereon to mount you. They
turned back with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that they could not find
the means to spend. (92) The road (of blame) is only against those who ask for
leave of thee (to stay at home) when they are rich. They are content to be with
the those who remind behind. Allah hath sealed their hearts so that they know
not. (93) They will make excuse to you (Muslims) when ye return unto them. Say:
Make no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah hath told us tidings of
you. Allah and His messenger will see your conduct, and then ye will be brought
back unto Him Who knoweth the Invisible as well as the Visible, and He will
tell you what ye used to do. (94) They will swear by Allah unto you, when ye
return unto them, that ye may let them be. Let them be, for lo! they are
unclean, and their abode is hell as the reward for what they used to earn. (95)
They swear unto you, that ye may accept them. Though ye accept them. Allah
verily accepteth not wrongdoing folk. (96) The wandering Arabs are more hard in
disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be ignorant of the limits which
Allah hath revealed unto His messenger. And Allah is Knower, Wise. (97) And of
the wandering Arabs there is he who taketh that which he expendeth (for the
cause of Allah) as a loss, and awaiteth (evil) turns of fortune for you (that
he may be rid of it). The evil turn of fortune will be theirs. Allah is Hearer,
Knower. (98) And of the wandering Arabs there is he who believeth in Allah and
the Last Day, and taketh that which he expendeth and also the prayers of the
messenger as acceptable offerings in the sight of Allah. Lo! verily it is an
acceptable offering for them. Allah will bring them into His mercy. Lo! Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful. (99) And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin
and the Ansar, and those who followed them in goodness - Allah is well pleased
with them and they are well pleased with Him, and He hath made ready for them
Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is
the supreme triumph. (100) And among those around you of the wandering Arabs
there are hypocrites, and among the townspeople of Al-Madinah (there are some
who) persist in hypocrisy whom thou (O Muhammad) knowest not. We, We know them,
and We shall chastise them twice; then they will be relegated to a painful
doom. (101) And (there are) others who have acknowledged their faults. They
mixed a righteous action with another that was bad. It may be that Allah will
relent toward them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (102) Take alms of their
wealth, wherewith thou mayst purify them and mayst make them grow, and pray for
them. Lo! thy prayer is an assuagement for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower. (103)
Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen and
taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the Merciful. (104)
And say (unto them): Act! Allah will behold your actions, and (so will) His
messenger and the believers, and ye will be brought back to the Knower of the
Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do. (105) And
(there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish them or
will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise. (106) And as for those who chose a
place of worship out of opposition and disbelief, and in order to cause dissent
among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and
His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear: We purposed naught save good.
Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars. (107) Never stand (to pray)
there. A place of worship which was founded on piety from the first day is more
worthy that thou shouldst stand (to pray) therein, wherein are men who love to
purify themselves. Allah loveth the purifiers. (108) Is he who founded his
building upon duty to Allah and His good pleasure better; or he who founded his
building on the brink of a crumbling, overhanging precipice so that it toppled
with him into the fire of hell? Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. (109) The
building which they built will never cease to be a misgiving in their hearts
unless their hearts be torn to pieces. Allah is Knower, Wise. (110) Lo! Allah
hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden
will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be
slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and
the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your
bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph. (111) (Triumphant)
are those who turn repentant (to Allah), those who serve (Him), those who
praise (Him), those who fast, those who bow down, those who fall prostrate (in
worship), those who enjoin the right and who forbid the wrong and those who
keep the limits (ordained) of Allah - And give glad tidings to believers! (112)
It is not for the Prophet, and those who believe, to pray for the forgiveness
of idolaters even though they may be near of kin (to them) after it hath become
clear that they are people of hell-fire. (113) The prayer of Abraham for the
forgiveness of his father was only because of a promise he had promised him,
but when it had become clear unto him that he (his father) was an enemy to
Allah he (Abraham) disowned him. Lo! Abraham was soft of heart, long-suffering.
(114) It was never Allah's (part) that He should send a folk astray after He
had guided them until He had made clear unto them what they should avoid. Lo!
Allah is Aware of all things. (115) Lo! Allah! Unto Him belongeth the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He quickeneth and He giveth death.
And ye have, instead of Allah, no protecting friend nor helper. (116) Allah
hath turned in mercy to the Prophet, and to the Muhajirin and the Ansar who
followed him in the hour of hardship. After the hearts of a party of them had
almost swerved aside, then turned He unto them in mercy. Lo! He is Full of
Pity, Merciful for them. (117) And to the three also (did He turn in mercy) who
were left behind, when the earth, vast as it is, become straitened for them,
and their own souls were straitened for them till they bethought them that
there is no refuge from Allah save toward Him. Then turned He unto them in mercy
that they (too) might turn (repentant unto Him). Lo! Allah! He is the
Relenting, the Merciful. (118) O ye who believe! Be careful of your duty to
Allah, and be with the truthful. (119) It is not 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. That is because neither
thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they
any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain,
but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the wages
of the good. (120) Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they
cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best
of what they used to do. (121) And the believers should not all go out to
fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are
left behind) may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their
folk when they return to them, so that they may beware. (122) O ye who believe!
Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find
harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto
Him). (123) And whenever a surah is revealed there are some of them who say:
The faith ofwhich one of you hath this increased in faith? As for those who
believe, it hath increased them in faith and they rejoice (therefor). (124) But
as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only addeth wickedness to their
wickedness, and they die while they are disbelievers. (125) See they not that
they are tested once or twice in every year? Still they turn not in repentance,
neither pay they heed. (126) And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at
another (as who should say): Doth anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah
turneth away their hearts because they are a folk who understand not. (127)
There hath come unto you a messenger, (one) of yourselves, unto whom aught that
ye are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers
full of pity, merciful. (128) Now, if they turn away (O Muhammad) say: Allah
sufficeth me. There is no God save Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is
Lord of the Tremendous Throne. (129)
For those who follow and remain on the
right path and show tolerance and patience, God gives them the good news of
success and victory. See the following chapter:
Chatper
110 An-Nasr (Verses 1-3): When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh (1) And
thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops, (2) Then hymn the
praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show
mercy. (3).
The
more we read the book with understanding the more we will get attracted to the
truth and the more our mind and heart will feel the brightness and end of
darkness. The light and the brightness will help us remain on the right path
and with great patience and tolerance.
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Humanity In Reality---SHIR), declared by Judges as one of 75 Finalist Best
Canadian Immigrants, an Honour for the Pakistani Community. Joined Journalism
Profession in 1974 (Daily `SUN’, Karachi) and still serving as a professional
journalist (2014). Javed Zaheer, Free Expression Award Winner (Awarded by National
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(Presented by North American Desi Idol), Member/Honorary Director of NEPMCC,
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Club and The Ontario Club, Honorary Editor of English Weekly `Pakistan Abroad’,
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Sub-Editor of English Daily DAWN, Pakistan (From 1986-1999), Chairman, CANOPI,
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