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Surah NOOR
(Consists of 9 Ruku; H-6)
NOOR-The First Ruku
1. (This is) a chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in which We have revealed clear AAYAAT that you may be mindful.
2. (As for) the female fornicator and the male fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
3. The fornicator shall not marry any but a female fornicator or idolatress, and (as for) the female fornicator, none shall marry her but a male fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.
4. And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not admit any evidence from them ever; and these it is that are the transgressors,
5. Except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. And (as for) those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, the evidence of one of these (should be taken) four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely of the truthful ones.
7. And the fifth (time) that the curse of Allah be on him if he is one of the liars.
8. And it shall avert the chastisement from her if she testifies four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely one of the liars;
9. And the fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be on her if he is one of the truthful.
10. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy-- and that Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise.
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Surah Noor presents such rulings that the Muslims would observe in their social life and it specially guides to living with care to the highest of moral values; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku starts by the introduction of the Surah that Allah has revealed this Surah to provide such AAYAAT that all Muslims remain highly mindful to observe the utmost good moral values that the Islamic teachings ask of them; it begins by mentioning the ruling about the persons involved in adultery that the Muslims would punish both the man and the woman by 100 lashes to each in public (men in front of men; women in front of women); note that the female fornicator is mentioned before the male fornicator as the initial proposal to shameful attitudes does come from female persons who incline to wrongs (though initial proposal to unjust attitudes does generally relate to male persons who incline to wrongs); note also that though this ruling that the Quran mentions here is most general in nature to punish on fornication and to punish on adultery, the Hadith mentions that this is the punishment of the unmarried persons only; if the accused are married, and their respective spouses were with them without any indication of any obstruction in getting sexual satisfaction from their respective spouses and the crime is proven by his/her confession four times or by four angelic eye-witnesses that give testimony against him/her clearly then their punishment is that they are stoned to death (that is named as RAJM); note here that pregnancy of the woman accused of adultery is not the primary evidence against her though her husband might not be with her for quite some period; with total respect to ruling that is related to RAJM, I, MSD, state plainly that it is exceedingly better that RAJM remains to paper only as of now and so the punishment to adultery for the married person also remains the same as for the unmarried person; but please note this well that the Prophet PBUH gave the verdict of RAJM in all such cases practically where married persons were involved who confessed four times to it so it is not feasible for the Muslim person that he rejects it as the Islamic command in this matter; however, there is some detail about RAJM because of matters that we face as of now and I would recommend the reading of my writing “The Islamic Guidelines” that presents the matter in some detail as it relates to establishing of the Islamic environment at the world as of now; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these cases were very few at that time so the persons that object to RAJM, state that the Prophet PBUH might have dealt with them as an exception; but where he dealt with something exceptionally, he did take care to convey that this is not the specific law and here at this matter, there is nothing that directs to this conclusion; certainly, the Muslim persons at authority need to see to eliminating the means to this filthy sin/crime as much as possible; note that the first incident punished by RAJM at the times of the Prophet PBUH was of the couple that were Jew when the Prophet PBUH stated words near to the effect that he is applying this RAJM as revival to the relevant command of Allah; now, with the change of situation that genuinely asks some revision to this issue for applying Islam to all matters at hand (as we Muslims do need revival to the practice of Commands of Allah), we need to keep RAJM aside from the Islamic judicial system and rule the issue in the same manner as with the unmarried couple, punishing all such persons who had been proven to commit adultery by 100 lashes; even if the accused to adultery are not proven categorically as committers of it (because the standard for the four witnesses is literally angelic in this matter and they would necessarily be eye-witnesses to the matter) but the available circumstantial evidence is much substantial to indicate them as involved in it, the Muslim judge with care to Islamic teachings, would sentence the accused persons to 39 harsh lashes each as TAZIR that is lesser category for crimes/sins and most certainly, Allah knows better; the crimes related to passion do need physical torment officially by the Islamic judicial system as that is the only manner that eradicates the most evil thinking which sets into such persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all men at Sodom & Gomorrah had become so much related to immorality that Allah sent the Messenger (that was Lot-AS) from outside of them and he had to ask them “is there not among you one right-minded man?” (Surah HOODH-78); please note also that there are five matters that are named as HADD (which relate to prescribed punishment when they are proven without any doubts); there is no such thing that might cause genuine inhibition for persons at authority among Muslims to implement them as of now, even though they include the amputation of the fingers of the thief who is proven to have committed the act categorically (please see the notes at the fifth and at the sixth Ruku of Surah MA’EDAH at this “Tafsiri-Guide”); they need to dare implementing these all in these current times even, with care that the awareness to the Islamic Teachings becomes common among all peoples of the world; however, RAJM does present much notable problem that is the punishment to the married adulterer and the married adulteress and does genuinely need reservation in practice as of now; the other three prescribed punishments besides that which relates to adultery and besides that which relates to thieves (both of which are included in the category of HADD), are for group of dacoits (and mutineers against the Islamic state) as specified in Surah MA’EDAH-33; eighty lashes to the person who makes wrongful accusation of adultery against someone as specified in this Surah that we currently study i.e. Surah NOOR-4 and forty lashes to the drinker of wine (that is basically told by IJMA which means the consensus on some Islamic issue of almost all of notable ULAMA at the time in which consensus of SAHABA-RA i.e. the companions of the Prophet PBUH, has special status by which this command has become acceptable); the person involved in adultery is to be punished by 100 lashes publicly that would be executed with the moderate whip (men in front of men and women in front of women) and that might be divided in execution and though harsh, yet it would not be so harsh that it becomes unbearable to the person who is involved in this most extreme wrong which undoubtedly is one of the highest of sins; note that Islam considers it one of the most heinous sins/crimes even if it is committed with consent of both sides; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-1 to 5 of Surah NOOR present the related issue in words, “(this is) a Surah (chapter) which We have revealed and made (rulings here as) obligatory and in which We have revealed clear AAYAAT that you may be mindful (to observe the utmost good moral values that the Islamic teachings do ask); the female fornicator and the male fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah (as that pity would cause shameful attitude to get some hold at the surrounding area), if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement (so that all persons at the surrounding area do keep away from this filth in all ways possible); the male fornicator shall not marry any but a female fornicator or idolatress (that means that the Muslims need to develop such beautiful tradition in all area that disallows the person involved in adultery to marry any of decent women from all that area), and (as for) the female fornicator, none shall marry her but a male fornicator or an idolater (due to the good impression of the beautiful tradition to keep them away to affect the decent women adversely); and it is forbidden to the believers (as EHSAAN asks to keep away from marrying such person who is involved in adultery and ADL asks to keep away from marrying such person who is involved in SHERK); and those who accuse free women (which is named as QADHF) then they do not bring four (angelic) witnesses (on their accusation), flog them, (giving) eighty stripes (so that no person at the Islamic environment dares to accuse any Muslim person of such filthy sin/crime causing extreme shame to fall upon him), and do not admit any evidence (at the Islamic judicial system) from them ever; and these it is that are the transgressors (who intend to cause shameful attitude to take some hold at the environment); except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah is Forgiving (so He eliminates the impression of wrongs from their document of deeds), Merciful (so He gives them space ahead to work for the virtuous deeds)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT at the Ruku mention the issue of LI’AN which means “to curse each other” and in the Islamic jurisprudence when a man blames his wife with adultery and he does not have four upright eye-witnesses to his claim then the Islamic judicial system would ask him to say four times keeping his own self in focus that he is truthful in his accusation and the fifth time he would say that if he has lied then the curse of Allah falls on him; then his wife who had been accused would say four times keeping her husband in focus that he only is a liar in his accusation and the fifth time she would say that if he has spoken the truth then the wrath of Allah falls on her; so this issue specifically relates to the man and wife where the man accuses his wife of adultery and does not get four compatible eye-witnesses; by these statements, the man keeps off the HADD (the prescribed punishment of lashes) of wrongly abusing her of adultery while the woman keeps off the HADD from her of adultery respectively; this matter is specifically related to the man & wife when he had accused her of adultery and she had not confessed to it; though the statements of LI’AN itself are enough for the separation between the man and the woman and they would not remain man and wife after that yet the court would announce the divorce between them officially then and there after LI’AN; she would never come into his marriage again and she would get the custody of their children that are young; if she gives birth to a child being pregnant at the time of LI’AN, it would not be referred to as the offspring of any particular man but he would be referred to as the child that came after LI’AN; it is so very sad that in the world where doings of one affects the other, children often have to bear the adversity of bitter quarrels inside the family without any fault of their own; the last AAYAT of the Ruku states that though cursing each other is nothing appreciable yet in broad sense, it is blessing of Allah (not only to both sides as they remove HADD from themselves and get the space to compensate for the wrong that any of them has committed), upon whole of environment as He cares to make all persons practice the Islamic teachings with respect among each other, for the good morality at the whole of environment; so Allah is Oft-returning to mercy because He sets the past actions that men have shown, in such manner where they do not affect the environment negatively and He is Most Wise because He takes the matters in such manner ahead in the future that all persons get the ample space to make themselves better by their positive actions remaining firm upon the teachings of Islam; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Second Ruku
11. Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among you. Do not regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you. Every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin; and (as for) him who took upon himself the main part thereof, he shall have the most grievous chastisement.
12. Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood?
13. Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.
14. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this world and the hereafter, most grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into.
15. When you received it with your tongues and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of, and you deemed it an easy matter while with Allah it was most grievous.
16. And why did you not, when you heard it, say: It does not beseem us that we should talk of it; glory be to Thee! this is a great calumny?
17. Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it ever again if you are believers.
18. And Allah makes clear to you AAYAAT; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
19. Surely (as for) those who love that shameful things should circulate respecting those who believe, they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter; and Allah knows, while you do not know.
20. And were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful.
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This Ruku at Surah Noor defends one of the wives of the Prophet PBUH whom the hypocrites accused of adultery and some of good Muslims even, though very few, fell for their filthy propaganda against her; this incident is named as “IFK” (extreme fib; slander) and it caused much anguish to the Prophet PBUH until Allah defended her at this Ruku categorically and told about the most grievous punishment to all persons involved in speaking of and in publishing of IFK; the incident is reported at Bukhari in detail and briefly, it mentions that Bibi Ayesha-RA, who was the most beloved to the Prophet PBUH in his wives, had accompanied him at one of the expeditions (that he had taken to tackle the challenge from the tribe of Bani-MUSTALIQ at the sixth year of Hijrah); going back to Madinah, the Prophet PBUH ordered to proceed at night so Bibi Ayesha left the army-camp and went far away at wilderness to answer the call of nature and after that, when she came back to the camp, she realized that she had misplaced her necklace that was made of black bead and she went again to the far-away place to search for it and that search detained her for some period; meanwhile, the persons who used to carry her howdah (i.e. the cabin made for her that was set at the back of camel where she sat inside to fulfill the demands of veil) put her at the back of it properly and as she was very much light in weight so the lightness of howdah did not cause any concern to them while raising it up and they drove away the camel with the procession and all of them proceeded-on; she then found her necklace and returned to the camp but found nobody therein as the procession has departed; though she had made the mistake of not mentioning to any person that she would search for her necklace going back inside the wilderness yet she was wise enough to understand that they would certainly miss her sooner or later and then they would come back to this same place to search for her; she made herself as comfortable as possible but instantly, she felt very sleepy; now, it happened that one of SAHABA by the name of SAFWAN bin MU’ATTIL as-SULAMI was following the procession as the Prophet PBUH had appointed him to see if the procession has mistakenly left anything behind; he reached the place where Bibi Ayesha-RA was sleeping, in the morning and as he came to her, he recognized her as he had seen her before the command of veil had descended; he called-out loudly as he recognized her, the words at BAQARAH-156 that are “to Allah We belong, and to Him is our return”; she arose and covered her face with her garment, and as he made his she-camel kneel down, she mounted it; then he set out, leading the she-camel that was carrying her till they joined the procession during the midday; at that time, the leader of the hypocrites, Abdullah bin UBAYYE, caused havoc by slander upon both of them, among all persons there; but soon the procession came to Madinah and just as they reached there, she became ill; she was not aware that some persons are spreading such wrong things about her among the masses but she did see that while she was sick, she was no longer receiving the same kindness from her respectable husband as she used to receive at such occasions of illness; he would enter at her place and say greeting and ask briefly about her and then depart; that caused some concern to Bibi Ayesha yet it was only when her ailment was receding that she came to know of that extreme fib that hypocrites there were saying about her; it was the mother of MISTAH (and this man also was involved in acceptance of this extreme fib) who stumbled over her robe when she was accompanying her and spontaneously cursed her son MISTAH (as she might have felt that it was his extreme wrong that had caused some adversity to her); there were three of such considerably mentionable Muslim persons at that time who were not taken as hypocrites, but who had also acknowledged the IFK against Bibi Ayesha and MISTAH was among them; the other two were HASSAN bin THABIT, the poet who used to defend the speech of the Prophet PBUH by his poetry, and HAMNA, who was the sister-in-law of the Prophet PBUH (as she was the sister of ZAYNAB-BINT-JAHSH-RA); note that when the Prophet PBUH had asked his wife ZAYNAB about this matter, she had replied, "O Allah's Apostle! I protect my hearing and my sight (by refraining totally from telling lies) as I know nothing but good about Ayesha”; so on query from Bibi Ayesha at this utterance, the mother of MISTAH told about things that were current in people about Bibi Ayesha and as she got this information, she was shocked and it added to her ailment; when the Prophet PBUH visited her the next time, she asked him to give her the permission to go to her parent’s home; at her parent’s home, she asked her mother about this matter and she tried to soothe her by saying that there is no charming lady who is loved by her husband, who has other wives as well, but that those wives would find fault with her; she could not believe that there were such persons who really were saying all this about her and wept-on for all the night there and for the second night too; but then, there were such persons at the times of Bibi Maryam-AS too who had not spared her even, from such fibs; the problem had amounted to such stage that the Prophet PBUH even consulted BARIRA, the slave-girl of Ayesha, about it and she defended her beautifully by saying, "by Allah Who has sent you with the truth, I have never seen anything regarding Ayesha which I would blame her for except that she is a girl of immature age who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough of her family unprotected so that the domestic goats come and eat it"; upon this comment, the Prophet PBUH went on to the pulpit of the mosque and stated plainly that slandering of his family has caused much anguish to him; however, the matter did not end at that and it was nearly after a month upon this matter when the Prophet PBUH visited Bibi Ayesha-RA and said, "thereafter, O Ayesha! I have been informed such and-such thing about you; and if you are innocent, Allah will reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then ask for Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him, for when a slave confesses his sin and then repents to Allah, He accepts his repentance"; she was still a young girl and had little knowledge of the Quran but she managed to reply in such manner that meant that this fib has been talked about so much that even the Prophet PBUH gets the impression that it may have something in it; she told him that Allah knows that she is innocent and He would bring the fact about it at fore; she quoted the words of Jacob-AS "so (for me) patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah (Alone) Whose help is sought” (Surah YOUSUF-18); she had also narrated as we find at authentic books of Ahadith that she never thought that Allah would descend AAYAAT for her defense at the Quran that would be recited on forever; she states that the Prophet PBUH had not yet left his seat and nobody had left the house when WAHI came to him and he went into the same hard condition which used to overtake him (when WAHI used to come to him) that the drops of his sweat were running down, like pearls, though it was winter and as it was over, he smiled and said, “O Ayesha! Allah has declared your innocence"; Bibi Ayesha-RA thanked Allah at that occasion that He has conformed her innocence and that by AAYAAT of the Quran; certainly, Allah raises the good status of such good virtuous persons who ask for His blessing with SABR when such immoral persons who have little respect for any person (and no respect for the good virtuous persons), challenge them stubbornly; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first five AAYAAT of the Ruku state, “surely they who concocted the lie (IFK) are a party (of hypocrites) from among you; do not regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you (as now you all would receive the ruling for such cases and you all would learn clearly how to deal with such situation; also, it has exposed the hypocrites and such persons who have little care to finding of facts so they fall for rumors and even spread them on); every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin (that would be written at his document of deeds); and (as for) him who took upon himself the main part thereof (i.e. Abdullah bin UBAYYE), he shall have the most grievous chastisement; why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you all heard it, think well of their own (virtuous) people, and say- this is an evident falsehood (as the matter asks to bring four compatible witnesses of it which they had not provided upon their accusation)?-; why did they (i.e. the hypocrites) not bring four witnesses of it?- but as they have not brought witnesses (according to ADL, the law of Islam), they are liars before Allah; and were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this world and the hereafter, most grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into (that some of you took this accusation at face without any witnesses of it and without any research about facts) when you received it with your tongues and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of (while only those who were hypocrites among you, took this evident falsehood as fact), and you deemed it an easy matter while with Allah it was most grievous (to accuse virtuous persons of such filth, particularly to accuse some virtuous woman of it)”; certainly, Allah has set His law most clearly and He only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last five AAYAAT guide that the good Muslims shall only speak positively in such matters and never spread them as these things might cause stimulation to extreme shameful attitude to spread among the masses; it is good that there are places where the Muslims refrain from disclosing the name of such women who become victims to rape and they strictly need to conceal the names of such women too who are willfully involved in adultery unless their filth is totally proven officially and they are punished accordingly by relevant lashes upon it, in front of some of the Muslim womenfolk; it is necessary that all reporting of all events at all media of communication remain in such manner officially among the Muslims at any given surroundings which does not cause any shameful attitude to spread or to take hold at the place among the masses; note that Islam strictly commits to keeping it away from the Muslims (though at any age of their lives) even if it needs to censor anything from the media; for other of issues, it inspires the Muslims to care even more than other peoples at the world, for the freedom of expression but most surely, with care to speaking of facts only with such manner of expression that do not hurt anyone and most surely, with care to appreciating the goodness in other persons especially in the good Muslims, by their own internal sense of virtues, as they all are like brothers who care to live most harmoniously among each other (see Surah HUJURAAT-10); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that there were such good Muslims who said the words that the Quran mentioned to say on such shameful rumors at AAYAT-16 when they heard it, even before these words had descended that were “glory be to Thee- this is a great calumny”; the last five AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “and why did you (Muslims) not, when you heard it, say- it does not beseem us that we should talk of it- glory be to Thee- this is a great calumny?-; Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it ever again if you are believers; and Allah makes clear to you AAYAAT (that you never take any of shameful attitudes as you live-on at EHSAAN); and Allah is Knowing, Wise; surely (as for) those who love that shameful things should circulate respecting those who believe (by any manner that spreads the information among people), they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter; and Allah knows, while you do not know (that how the unchecked mention of these things even, cause these things to affect the surroundings adversely); and were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful (then your light tackling of this matter would certainly have caused most grievous chastisement to you)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Third Ruku
21. O you who believe! do not follow the footsteps of the Satan, and whoever follows the footsteps of the Satan, then surely he bids the doing of indecency and evil; and were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have ever been pure, but Allah purifies whom He pleases; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
22. And let not those of you who possess grace and abundance swear against giving to the near of kin and the poor and those who have fled in Allah's way, and they should pardon and turn away. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
23. Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware (of the evil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have a grievous chastisement.
24. On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet shall bear witness against them as to what they did.
25. On that day Allah will pay back to them in full their just reward, and they shall know that Allah is the evident Truth.
26. Unclean things are for unclean ones and unclean ones are for unclean things, and the good things are for good ones and the good ones are for good things; these are free from what they say; they shall have forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
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The Ruku starts by asking the Muslims not to follow the footsteps of the Satan because whoever follows his footsteps, he leads all such persons to the doing of indecency (shameful attitudes) and evil (injustice); when the person takes-up Islam and avoids SHERK then there are two categories of major sins that he has to avoid necessarily (Allah forgives the minor sins of the true Muslim even by WUDHU and even by SALAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah); these two categories are the shameful attitudes (in which the biggest of sins is to commit adultery/fornication) and injustice (in which the biggest of sins is to intentionally kill someone unjustly); note here that Allah has shaped the circumstances in such manner that Islam is the only challenger today to all shameful attitudes (mostly initiated by the indecent women so they have more of liability to become better and to see that nothing of shameful attitudes takes place) and to all injustice (mostly initiated by the unjust men so they have more of liability to become better and to see that no injustice takes place); when the Muslim person sincerely asks Allah to help him/her in all adverse situations then only, he/she would be able to avoid all major sins; note also that Allah gave the respect to the Man due to the spirit he had blown inside him and the Satan intends to make him oblivious of its beauty and to plunge him into such of his base desires that lead him to care for the physical pleasures only; and note also that when the male and the female persons among the mankind disregard the command of HEJAB, it leads to extreme shameful attitudes gradually and that is why Islam asks to keep away from all such things too that have much high potential to lead to such attitudes; HEJAB is the attitude of reservation that challenges all shameful attitudes which the Muslim woman takes-up at all walks of life and our study would learn about it explicitly insha-Allah at the next Ruku; the Muslims would not eat anything impure or/and prohibited as it affects the inside adversely (and that is why Allah prohibited proximity even, to Adam and Eve to that tree that had the prohibited fruit and eating of which caused their respective private parts to come into the view of each other); the Muslim men would not talk without some necessity at the Islamic living-manner to unrelated women (and those women also would care to talk to them by necessity only and in some strict manner); the Muslim women would not leave their homes without some necessity and would return as they have attended to that and they would never wear such dresses that Islam takes as the most indecent clothing for them at any time anywhere (though at leaving their homes, they would see to it particularly) so they would not take-up any such attitude that Islam takes as shameful at any time anywhere; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT implies that Allah has shown His mercy to the Muslims and not punished them when they did not stop the spread of the rumor that was very shameful in nature and that related to total falsehood, but that shall not cause any inattention inside them about such matters ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT asks the well-off Muslims not to stop the financial assistance that they had been providing to their poor relatives who had ignorantly involved themselves in acceptance of this rumor; they should forgive them and leave any attention to their extreme idiocy now; note here that Abu Bakr-RA, who used to provide financial assistance for MISTAH because of the latter's kinship to him (as the mother of MISTAH was his first cousin) and because of his poverty, had taken an oath that he will never provide for MISTAH anything after what he has said about his daughter Ayesha-RA; so Allah revealed this AAYAT-22 and upon hearing this, Abu Bakr said that he certainly wishes that Allah should forgive him so he resumed giving MISTAH the aid he used to give him before (and even increased it) and swore that he will never deny it again from him at all; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT tells that it is not feasible to stop providing the financial assistance to some person in sudden manner, even if he has involved himself in some idiocy that hurts the person who is caring for him when he has done it ignorantly and he is most ready to repent duly on awareness of facts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the couple of AAYAAT ahead mentions explicitly that those persons who accuse the innocent believing women who do not have any attention or any leaning towards shameful attitudes, they shall have most grievous chastisement not only at AKHIRAT but also at their lives at the world; at AKHIRAT, it would happen that Allah would give the tongues and hands & feet of such most wrong persons the power to bear witness in their own specific manner against such dishonest persons of their most unjust doings; the Quran has mentioned at places about the extreme dishonest persons among the disbelievers that at AKHIRAT, their limbs or/and other parts of physique would witness against them explicitly (see Surah HA-MEEM AS-SADAH-20; Surah YA-SEEN-65); this also implies in the most clear terms that whoever had accused Bibi Ayesha-RA wrongly of such heinous wrong to disgrace her and did not repent upon it at the world, AKHIRAT would disgrace him in the most extreme manner among all peoples of the world in such manner that he would be totally unable to offer any defense for himself; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as all persons would receive their just judgment there according to their belief and deeds, these persons also would receive their judgment in the most just manner that would be the punishment by the hell-fire if they do not repent on their wrongs at the world sincerely; their own tongues would testify against them and their hands & feet would be the four witnesses that would endorse its statement explicitly; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Ruku relate about the psyche of the Man that reads, “unclean things (i.e. all wrong-doings) are for unclean ones (i.e. those unfair persons who search only for faults even in the most virtuous persons as their attention remains towards unworthy gains of the world) and unclean ones are for unclean things (i.e. those unfair persons are attracted to all wrong-doings only); and the good things (i.e. all virtuous deeds) are for good ones (i.e. those virtuous persons who appreciate the goodness in all persons and try to make all persons better by keeping AKHIRAT in view) and the good ones are for good things (i.e. those virtuous persons are attracted to all virtuous deeds only); these are free from what they (i.e. the unfair persons) say (to blame them of extreme shameful attitudes); they shall have forgiveness (at the world) and the honorable sustenance (at AKHIRAT)”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Fourth Ruku
27. O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own houses until you have asked permission and saluted their inmates; this is better for you, that you may be mindful.
28. But if you do not find any one therein, then do not enter them until permission is given to you; and if it is said to you: Go back, then go back; this is purer for you; and Allah is Cognizant of what you do.
29. It is no sin in you that you enter uninhabited houses wherein you have your necessaries; and Allah knows what you do openly and what you hide.
30. Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts; that is purer for them; surely Allah is Aware of what they do.
31. And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over to their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having any need, or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.
32. And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
33. And let those who do not find the means to marry keep chaste until Allah makes them free from want out of His grace. And (as for) those who ask for a writing from among those whom your right hands possess, give them the writing if you know any good in them, and give them of the wealth of Allah which He has given you; and do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, when they desire to keep chaste, in order to seek the frail good of this world's life; and whoever compels them, then surely after their compulsion Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
34. And certainly We have sent to you clear AAYAAT and a description of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil).
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This Ruku relates beautifully the manner to live by the best of morality in the Islamic environment; the first three AAYAAT of this Ruku teach manners to visit someone or/and some place at the Islamic environment; the Muslims person needs to ask permission to enter when he comes to visit some person; he would stand a little at side from the main door so that his sight does not fall inside as the door opens; he would ask the permission to enter for three times only and if there is no answer, he would postpone his visit to some period ahead; one of the authentic Ahadith at Bukhari mentions that tells that whenever the Prophet PBUH asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and whenever he spoke anything significant, he used to repeat it thrice; in the current times, the Muslim person might ask permission to visit someone beforehand by the mobile cell-phones and would also conform his presence when he comes at his place and when permission is allowed to him, he would present SALAM to the inmates there; if he does not get the permission to enter from any of responsible persons there, he would leave the place and postpone his visit to some period in future without any resentment on this refusal; Islam most clearly asks to respect the privacy of Muslims at their homes as they might be engaged in some worthy task needing their attention and there also remains trust upon each other that no Muslim person would involve himself in any of wrongs even in private; also, it is not feasible to trespass upon any private property though there might not be anyone present there unless someone among Muslims have taken specific permission for it due to some of his belongings there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; also, when the Muslim person visits such places where his entry does not need permission as mosques, warehouses (where he has stored some of his assets), community centers (where he is one of members), restaurants, public gardens etc. though if there are timing set at these places to visit them, he would respect that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at AAYAT-30, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to provide the command to all Muslim men to care about their sight that they would strictly keep the gaze down when in front of the unrelated women as much as possible for them and they would take care that their private parts remains totally concealed from all people at all times and places; note that the SATAR (such of parts that the person needs to conceal necessarily) for the Muslim man is from belly to knees all round and it needs his physical attention; the Muslim man does not need to leave the things that he requires for the ordinary living of his life so he would take lawful & pure foods and wear necessary simple decent clothes to conceal the SATAR without care to the saying that “clothes make the man” but he would show his gratitude to Allah by living virtuously in the most simple manner; his necessary clothes would also save him from the adversity of the weather and would also remain an adornment to him though he certainly would not wear such clothes that incline to showing-off; note that Islam does not take as virtuous to torture the physique in any manner but it asks to remain simple enjoying all blessings from Allah due to necessity and up-to necessity; the last of AAYAT-30 says that “surely Allah is Aware of what they do” and this implies that the men have such delicate sentiments towards women that need check and they would take care by EHSAAN for HEJAB of the Muslim women that comes at the next AAYAT, in the best manner possible for them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next AAYAT of the Ruku that is AAYAT-31, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to provide the same command to all Muslim women to care about their sight that they would strictly keep the gaze down when in front of the unrelated men as much as possible for them and they would take care that their private parts remain totally concealed from all people at all times and places; however, the AAYAT guides ahead to the issue of HEJAB that relates to the Muslim woman categorically; note that for the Muslim woman, all her body is SATAR (which includes her hair too) except for her face, hands up-to wrists and feet up-to ankles and the notable feature is that her SATAR and her HEJAB both are similar in the Islamic surroundings though there are some notable differences too that we would insha-Allah learn ahead; there are such persons at these current times who have taken up the manners of the Satan so much that though they accept the clothing as adornment to the body yet they do not give the worthy credit to the fact that it conceals the parts that are most necessary to conceal which is its primary task; due to such views that are most adverse to Islam, they care but little about concealing of SATAR most strictly and their views relate much to make space for the women-folk to manifest their physique at some occasions in the most shameful manner; note that such manifestation is totally disallowed even at picnic occasions and totally disallowed even for medical reasons; the notable thing here is that even in the situation of utmost IDHTIRAR (the grave situation of necessity where even her life is at stake), it is necessary for the Muslim woman to take-up the attitude of reservation and care for her SATAR that declines only to become equivalent to the SATAR of the Muslim man at such exceptional medical situation; however, if surgery is most necessary at some other place due to IDHTIRAR for which only a male surgeon is available, the surgeon would concentrate at that place only by covering all the physique by sheet of cloth and exposing only that specific area by tearing it to necessity (whereas only the female persons would assist him in that surgery) as ULAMA would insha-Allah elaborate upon the issue if they are asked for guidance; may Allah give all Muslim persons the awareness of the Islamic teachings, provide all of them TOFIQ to live practically upon that awareness and save all of them from all satanic views by spreading them explicitly to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the awareness of the ruling for three matters that are SATAR, the normal manner of HEJAB and the strict manner of HEJAB, would insha-Allah explain the whole of issue that relates to the code of dress and the necessary reservation in attitudes of the Muslim woman according to the Islamic teachings; for this necessary awareness, I, MSD, would insha-Allah provide the supplementary note after this note at the fourth Ruku of Surah NOOR, by the high blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-32 asks all such persons to seek an early marriage for the persons that are financially dependent on them; at those times, there were slave persons that were most dependent on their masters for their financial sustenance and different issues of life so the AAYAT mentions them too yet in the world that we have today, it implies that the responsible persons to some dependent men and women, have to see to this aspect of their lives too most necessarily; this would save their good chastity and if the responsible persons fear that they would get some additional financial burden as their liability, they need not worry about it as Allah would make their financial situation better to provide for those persons that are dependent upon them or/and make those dependent persons capable in such manner that they would be able to provide for themselves in much better way; certainly, Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-33 guides that those who are not financially dependent to any other person but they do not have much resources available at hand, they need to wait until Allah provides them enough for their ease at this matter by His blessing and so they would exercise utmost control on their sentiments towards the women so as not to fall into any of major sins; in Ahadith, one of the manners to develop that control inside is to keep SIYAAM (i.e. they need to fast as much as possible that they usually practice in the month of Ramadan); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT also rules to accept the request of slave-persons if their masters see that they certainly would not put any hardship to their selves (as they have some good skill to use to survive) or to the Islamic environment, when they ask their masters to release them of slavery by providing specific sum of amount for it (this is termed as MUKATABAT); the Islamic teachings set pace for the release of men & women from slavery by all manners that was possible at that time and until that release, asked the Muslims to treat their slaves in as humanely manner as possible at that time; we all Muslims know well about Muhammad (PBUH), the last of Messengers of Allah, that he never led Muslims to grade-consciousness as his speech tells clearly that is recorded at the books of Ahadith; he was a simple person who led all his life in the most simple manner by keeping his total attention towards Allah only whereas he never cared about accumulating any of material assets; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, the Islamic teachings do ask the common man to respect and to obey the persons at authority when they do not go against the commands of Allah but it is significant that they do not appreciate for the Muslim persons at authority to impose grades; though it is difficult to develop the most proper attitudes among the masses in accordance to the Islamic teachings yet the persons at authority would try that sincerely to the utmost possibility; they shall not impose their importance as there is no V.I.P. culture in Islam that might ask for imposed protocol; indeed the true greatness belongs to Allah only; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Islam did not initiate the practice of slavery nor did it appreciate it and on the contrary, it gave such commands for slaves (for both male and female) that led to their emancipation with time; though detail is not possible here yet please note in brief that Islam asked to treat slaves with respect, asked to release them from slavery in compensation of few commands of Allah that their masters could not fulfill, asked not to give any of female slaves except by marriage to men for sexual reasons (as this filth prevailed at that time among some of hypocrites who used to earn their filthy amounts by this) and though their sale was allowed yet it was not appreciated, asked to release female slaves if they become mothers to any of their children, asked not to stop any of their slaves from becoming MUKATAB (as we find here at this AAYAT) who asked for their release by paying-out some specific amount to their masters for their freedom and in addition to these, Islam asked in many other ways to free slaves and took it as one of the most charitable acts for the Muslims; with that, it also asked not to make people slaves to the extent possible at those times and this was the best that could have been done when the custom of slavery prevailed and when women outnumbered men highly who had among them many of such women who did need security to live-on with necessities; this was because the men fell at battle-grounds in those days in scores while the number of battles was high too; it is most highly notable that slavery was and is totally alien to the righteous practice of Islamic teachings and Islam tolerated it only because any direct action against it would have caused most unpleasant outcome to the living manner then; however, Islam did certainly deal with this issue of slavery most beautifully at those times and it did set the good pace for its total elimination by progress in time ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT also guides those persons in the most firm manner who claim to be Muslims that they shall not compel their slave-girls to prostitution as they desire to keep chaste; note that the AAYAT states the desire of the slave-girls for chastity as the fact of the matter and not as the condition to the matter; they shall avoid all such inclinations that ask to seek the frail goods of this world's life by means that Islam has totally disapproved; and whoever compels their slave-girls, then surely after such compulsion, Allah is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful to those girls though their masters would receive the severe punishment not only for the heinous filth of the sin that they asked of them but also for their compulsion that they applied upon those girls due to their authority upon them; certainly Allah only is the true authority and they would see their severe punishment not only at AKHIRAT but also at their lives at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah sums up the matter of the Ruku beautifully in the last AAYAT by the statement that “and certainly We have sent to you clear AAYAAT and a description of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil)”; may Allah give all Muslim persons the awareness of the Islamic teachings, provide all of them TOFIQ to live practically upon that awareness and save all of them from all satanic views by spreading that awareness explicitly to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Supplementary note - AAYAT-59 (AHZAAB) & AAYAT-31 (NOOR)
Islam asks the Muslim woman to care for the code of her dress by Islam and for the necessary reservation at all times in her attitudes; this needs that she learns the rulings for SATAR and HEJAB that gets highly strict when the environment presents some high challenge to the Islamic manner of living; for the Muslim woman, all her body is SATAR (which includes her hair too) except for the face, hands up-to wrists and feet up-to ankles; note that both SATAR and HEJAB are very similar at the Islamic surroundings yet this is significant that even then, HEJAB does ask her to take some additional long sheet of cloth too upon her when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity; it also denotes her attitude of utmost reservation towards the men-folk (so it asks to shape her behavior too besides the attention that she needs at SATAR); the notable thing is that her HEJAB gets highly strict at the surroundings that challenge the practice of Islam (and such of surroundings presents FITNAH which means that there are high number of persons who not only abhor the practice of the righteous Islamic teachings but also the belief in the righteous Islamic teachings); there she would cover her face too except for her eyes to fulfill its demands when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity so her HEJAB does have some changeable features by change in times at hand yet SATAR is fixed in meaning which relates to all her physique including her hair except for her face, hands and feet; the BURQA or the ABAAYA that fully covers her physique with necessary veil to cover the face except for eyes, does fulfill this need of total covering at such surroundings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the awareness of the issue of HEJAB, the most significant feature to note is that HEJAB of the Muslim womenfolk has three aspects to it which also elucidate that it relates to her behavior too; the first aspect is that the Muslim woman must not leave her home except for some necessity (the ultimate decision about necessity would be hers, when she does care in practice about the basic teachings of Islam though she would care to keep in view the advice of her father- or if married, of her husband- about it); the second aspect is that when she goes out of her home at some necessity and the surroundings are such that in general, the men care not to trouble her in any way (and the Islamic rulings mention such place as free of FITNAH so there is no challenge to the righteous Islamic teachings there and those surroundings respect them highly) then she might go out by strict care to her SATAR with her face, hands up-to wrist and feet up-to ankles uncovered though she would cover her whole body plus her hair by an additional long sheet of cloth necessarily (and so even BURQA or ABAAYA that is the long coat which conceals the whole physique plus the covering to hair, is fine); if the surroundings are otherwise, then she would take care to cover her face too except for eyes; the third aspect is connected to the first that as soon as the necessity ends, she would return to her home without any waste of time as Islam appreciates the basic place for her activity as her home for certain; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the observation of this issue tells explicitly that it is an embarrassment for the menfolk in general that the Muslim woman needs to cover her face too for HEJAB when she has to leave her home for some genuine necessity; one of the notable issues here is that Surah AHZAAB also mentions the command of HEJAB explicitly and though it is the thirty-third Surah in recitation yet it had descended a year before than Surah NOOR; so our study here would insha-Allah get some more refinement by consultation of that place too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah AHZAAB-59 reads, “O Prophet (PBUH)! tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast some of their outer garments (i.e. from the long sheet of cloth or ABAYA) over their persons (i.e. they should take veil over their faces too either with extension of some cloth from their outer garments or either in addition with some cloth, except for eyes when they leave their homes as they find the surroundings related to FITNAH); that is most convenient, that they should be known (that they are noble Muslim women) and are not molested; and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; please note some significant points here about the ruling for HEJAB which I, MSD, would present keeping AAYAT-59 at AHZAAB in view specifically but as AAYAT-31 of NOOR also relates to the ruling for HEJAB directly so I would take its assistance too for the awareness of its ruling; the first point is that AAYAT-59 at AHZAAB relates specifically to the dress-code and the attitude of the Muslim woman when she has to leave her home for some genuine necessity at surroundings of some FITNAH; the second point is that the term “Min-JALABIBEHIN” that is mentioned there, denotes according to IBNE-ABBAS-RA, such BURQA or such ABAAYA or such long sheet of cloth which conceals her whole physique and which has the veil in addition to it for the face with eyes unconcealed only, to see the way and she would remain to side of the pathway and she would remain inattentive to menfolk around (who by themselves would care in the best way for her HEJAB); the third point is that this AAYAT at AHZAAB relates to the times of some FITNAH, though it was light then yet substantial, to ask the Muslim women to take the strict manner of HEJAB that included their faces too; the explanation to this is that there were some persons among the Jews who passed remarks upon some of the Muslim women even when they had left their homes in the most decent manner for genuine necessity; when they were challenged on this most indecent attitude towards the Muslim women, those persons among the Jews argued that they mistakenly took them as slave-women; sadly, the surroundings were permissive at those times for men to give few adverse remarks to slave-women at pathways teasingly; so the Muslim women were asked here to take the strict HEJAB that is needed at FITNAH so that it distinguishes them clearly from the slave-women who only observed the normal manner of HEJAB and that also somewhat loosely; the fourth point is that after a year or so, when this threat from the indecent persons among the Jews totally faded away, AAYAT-31 at Surah NOOR descended that implied that it suffices for the Muslim women to take the normal manner of HEJAB when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity which does not include her face (except where she intends it herself and that of-course is the better option); it also tells that she is allowed to reside at her home with normal clothing that are related to her SATAR (which includes the covering to her hair and that is very near to the normal manner of HEJAB) with necessary decent reservation in attitudes; this AAYAT-31 mentions such of her relatives in detail in front of whom she relaxes her HEJAB whereas she cares for her SATAR strictly; her first cousins who visit there, might be included here if they are decent enough and she is yet unmarried though please note here that ULAMA generally take them too as outsiders; the fifth point is that it is interesting that Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to express the ruling about SATAR and HEJAB and He does not provide it directly to Muslims so it tells that the Prophet PBUH was most liable to address such issues of morality that are intimately attached to the Muslim person; now, with these points, note that AAYAT-31 at Surah NOOR presents the list of the MEHRUM (very closely related men to her to whom her marriage is totally disallowed) explicitly in front of whom, the Muslim woman is allowed to present herself without any of her outer garments except for her normal clothes that conceals whole of her physique without telling any of its features being light or tight (and she would care to wear her head-covering even at such times as that also is included in her SATAR though if she is inattentive to it for some brief period among her very close relatives at home, that negligence is omissible); note that her husband is also mentioned in the list yet he is an exception to her as for him, even the ruling for her SATAR is relaxed but as she is liable to leave HEJAB of any manner in front of him too so he also is mentioned here; note that even if among her very close relatives at home, she would care for the strict concealment of her SATAR at all times which is her whole physique except for her hands & feet and face; that probably would suffice even in front of her decent first cousins as they visit there at these current times though they surely are not among the MEHRUM; at AAYAT-31 of NOOR, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to advise to Muslim women for the normal manner of HEJAB, “and do not display their ornaments (their normal dress and decorative things attached to it that relate to it including its designs) except what appears thereof (that is their outer garment, their height, their decent manner in walk and in necessary speech, their hands which may even have designs upon palms i.e. MEHNDI, their shoes and their faces but without dressing to lips or applying of face-powders), and let them wear their head-coverings over to their bosoms (and that sheet of cloth also shall not be light or/and short as that actually relates to SATAR and it counts among the necessary aspects of HEJAB too) and not display their ornaments (as noted above) except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women (i.e. the Muslim women as even with the normal manner of HEJAB, the Muslim woman is disallowed to interact freely with women that are other than Muslims), or those whom their right hands possess (i.e. their slave-women though this does not apply at these current times as by the blessing of Allah, slavery has gone away, insha-Allah never to come again), or the male servants not having any need (and any of manly attention towards women at the household due to their extreme old age as servants or due to their residing from childhood at that place as servants to the family), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women (so except in front of these, the Muslim woman would take the strict manner of HEJAB in front of all menfolk); and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known (as attitudes also count in rulings about HEJAB even if it is in the normal manner); and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! (as there might remain some of negligence in rulings about HEJAB from the Muslim women at times unintentionally or even from the Muslim men where they need to assist women about it, so asking-on for mercy from Allah at all times is most necessary) so that you may be successful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the explanation about both of these AAYAAT, that are AAYAT-31 of NOOR and AAYAT-59 of AHZAAB, notes explicitly that these both AAYAAT relate respectively to the normal manner of HEJAB at inside of homes (which also applies outside where the environment is Islamic as the Muslim woman adds the outer worthy garment over all her physique when outside her home at necessity and the worthy high reservation in all her attitudes towards the menfolk) and about the strict manner of HEJAB at outside of homes (where the environment presents trouble to the Islamic living manner of the decent Muslim woman even if she leaves her home briefly at genuine necessity); note that when the surroundings relate to the Islamic environment, AAYAT-60 of Surah NOOR gives some convenience in HEJAB to the old women among Muslims that they might relax some of their outer covering even in front of the unrelated men in such manner in which they reside at home, when they find some necessity to go outside homes; but they would take utmost care for decent clothing even at such occasions (as they take at all occasions) that suffices totally well to conceal the whole physique plus the hair; the AAYAT also mentions that though this is allowed for them yet it is better for them that they do not avail this convenience and resort to all asking of HEJAB of the normal manner; all of Muslims have to note that the best manner to get the explanation of HEJAB totally is to practice it as better as possible by converting all surroundings to the Islamic environment and by keeping all attention towards Allah, the only Creator of all the creation Who always has all His attributes and certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
(This note ended at 06:30 am - Oct. 29, 2020; Al-Hamdu Lillah)
NOOR-The Fifth Ruku
35. Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as it were a brightly shining heavenly body, lit from the blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
36. In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them; they glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings,
37. Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of poor-rate; they fear the day in which the hearts and eyes shall turnabout;
38. So that Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and give them more out of His grace; and Allah gives sustenance to whom He pleases without measure.
39. And (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning;
40. Or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud, (layers of) utter darkness one above another; when he holds out his hand, he is almost unable to see it; and to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light.
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The first AAYAT of the Ruku starts by the statement that “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth”; this means that He has provided the light of the true guidance to the heavens and the earth as without His will, there would have been no light anywhere at any time in the spiritual sense and so nothing would have known the task that it has to fulfill; the AAYAT presents a simile ahead to express how this light gets brighter for the mankind when he remembers Allah by his heart, by his words and by his practice at all matters of his life; the AAYAT notes, “the likeness of His light is as a niche (i.e. the chest of the man that denotes his inside) in which is a lamp (i.e. the light of guidance inside his heart by birth), the lamp is in a glass (i.e. his heart), the glass is as it were a brightly shining heavenly body (as his heart denotes the spirit inside him that has come to him from heavens), lit from the blessed olive-tree (i.e. the heart glows spiritually in the most beautiful manner in such good person who accepts Islam sincerely), neither eastern nor western (i.e. Islam, the word of Allah that is like the blessed olive-tree, and every person needs its fundamental teachings for his life wherever and whenever he lives), the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not (so the impression of Islam beautifies the spirit of the good person who accepts it and it glows like some beautiful heavenly body as it already had the potential inside for its acceptance) -- light upon light -- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things”; note that Surah ZUMAR states, “is he whose bosom Allah has expanded for Islam, so that he follows a light from his Lord, (is he as he who disbelieves)? - then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah; such are in plain error” (ZUMAR-22); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three of AAYAT ahead state that this parable especially relates to those persons who care to visit the Masjid for the remembrance of Allah, and their business transactions even do not stop them from such beautiful visits; they care to spend their good resources in the way of Allah too as they fear the Day of Judgment so Allah would provide them the best of returns and even more; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “(they find attraction) in houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted (that are MASAJID) and that His name may be remembered in them; they glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings; (they are) such men whom neither (buying of) merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of SALAH (that brings the attention to AKHIRAT) and (of ZAKAH that is) the giving of poor-rate (that takes the attention away from unnecessary benefits of the world); they fear the day in which the hearts and eyes shall turnabout; so that Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and give them more out of His grace (i.e. grant them nearness to Him); and Allah gives sustenance (even in the world) to whom He pleases without measure”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT at the Ruku tell about the disbelievers (which incline to hypocrisy and which totally have forgotten AKHIRAT respectively) that they take some of their deeds as most virtuous but it is just as the thirsty person has the illusion about glittering sand at some desert to which they come and find that there is no water there; such would be their position at AKHIRAT where Allah would give them the result to their doings that would only put disgrace to them and Allah would give that very soon as AKHIRAT is not that far away; Al-Hamdu Lillah; or their deeds (that are of other of disbelievers who have become totally oblivious of AKHIRAT and challenge it when they are asked to give attention to it), are as if they are at the depth of the ocean where waves are above waves and then over all of them is a dark black cloud which lingers there at night so it is darkness over darkness where if any person among them extends out his hand, he would be unable to see it; this means that remaining in such environment, if he does try at some period of life to ask facts about life, he would be unable to find those facts due to his position at total darkness that presents around due to the abhorrence to the righteous spiritual fundamental teachings of Islam; these last AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “and (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning; or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud, (layers of) utter darkness one above another; when he holds out his hand, he is almost unable to see it; and to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Sixth Ruku
41. Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the (very) birds with expanded wings? He knows the prayer of each one and its glorification, and Allah is Cognizant of what they do.
42. And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the eventual coming.
43. Do you not see that Allah drives along the clouds, then gathers them together, then piles them up, so that you see the rain coming forth from their midst? And He sends down of the clouds that are (like) mountains where-in is hail, afflicting there-with whom He pleases and turning it away from whom He pleases; the flash of His lightning almost takes away the sight.
44. Allah turns over the night and the day; most surely there is a lesson in this for those who have sight.
45. And Allah has created from water every living creature: so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which walks upon four; Allah creates what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.
46. Certainly We have revealed clear AAYAAT, and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right way.
47. And they say: We believe in Allah and in the apostle and we obey; then one of parties of them turn back after this, and these are not believers.
48. And when they are called to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, one of parties of them turn aside.
49. And if the truth be on their side, they come to him quickly, obedient.
50. Is there in their hearts a disease, or are they in doubt, or do they fear that Allah and His Apostle will act wrongfully towards them? - in fact, they themselves are the unjust.
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The first AAYAT of the previous Ruku had mentioned that “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth”; this is because He has provided the light of the true guidance to the heavens and the earth as without His will, there would have been no light anywhere at any time, neither in the physical sense nor in the spiritual sense, and so nothing of His creation would have known the task that it has to fulfill; here the first AAYAT mentions that Allah has given all of things the awareness of how to praise Allah, the only true Lord of all and all such persons who have got some good observation might detect some of this awareness; He has provided free-will only to two of His creation that are the JINN and the Human-being and they have to put the commands of Allah with all sincerity to their lives by that free-will which they have; so Allah tells at AAYAT-56 of Surah ZAARIYAAT that “I created the jinn and the humankind only that they worship Me” as all other of His creation already praise Him sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all of His creation (even plants and all lifeless things like rocks and waters and others), praise Him in their own way as they attest to the purity of Allah from all defects, by their TASBIH (remembrance of Allah) yet the AAYAT mentions birds specifically as they recite TASBIH for Him even at their flight and they certainly are beautiful; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so each of the creation of Allah has got its manner of SALAH and the good awareness about how to praise Him in the best way possible and He certainly knows about their doings that they manifest at this matter; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah BANI-ISRAEL states at AAYAT-44, “the seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymns His praise; but you understand not their praise; He is ever Clement, Forgiving”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT mentions that Allah certainly has the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and those among the jinn and the mankind who do not take the advice at the world to surrender to Allah totally, they would certainly have to answer for their doings to Allah, the true Lord of all His creation, at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-43 & 44 & 45 tell how Allah has cared for the safety of all His creation and how He has all authority to set issues relating to His creation as He wills; note that AAYAT-43 implies that Allah drives the cloud to where He intends and the clouds have total ability to store waters in them at the heaven (like the mountains that store waters at earth) and He attaches those clouds together and provide layers to them (as is evident even when some onlooker views them from an airplane) so as they get heavier, they pour waters to the earth; He also sends the hail from these mountainous stores at heaven to earth afflicting whom He wills and turning it away from whom He wills; the flash of lightening in it is so awesome at places where it seems that it would even take away the sight; so it is by His will that they provide for the safety of the mankind and by the same, He has all authority to provide for the destruction of the mankind if He wills; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAT-44 implies that He turns over the night and the day for the safety of the mankind yet He has all authority to keep only one of them perpetually upon some place where then it would be known fairly how punishing that situation is; Surah QASAS states, “say- have you thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? - will ye not then hear?– say- have ye thought, if Allah made day everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you night wherein you rest? - will you not then see?- of His mercy has He appointed for you night and day, that therein you may rest, and that you may seek His bounty, and that haply you may be thankful” (QASAS-71 & 72 & 73); the man needs to count the blessings Allah has provided to him yet everything around which works in favor to his safety, he takes it for granted; note that Surah AALE-IMRAN has mentioned in this respect, “and Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has power over all things; most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are signs for men who understand” (AALE-IMRAN-189 & 190); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAT-45 implies that Allah has provided life to all the living beings starting their creation from waters as He intended for them; some of them crawl on the belly (i.e. serpents etc.), some of them walk on the two feet (i.e. gorillas, chimpanzees etc. in animals and also the mankind) and some of them trot upon four (i.e. cattle and wild animals etc.); Allah creates what He pleases and in the manner He wills; this also is notable that Allah has provided insects numerous of feet so most certainly, He has all control over all of His creation at all times; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the most fundamental teachings of Islam are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT indicates that He has revealed clear AAYAAT (which means the necessary directions here) for all His creation to guide them to their respective tasks that they would fulfill but as for the jinn and the mankind (which also are among His creation whom He has provided the freewill), He guides whom He pleases to the right path when any of those ask for His safety to them at AKHIRAT and they do accept the righteous teachings of Islam by heart sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku present the attitude of hypocrites who were present among the Muslims at Madinah; these AAYAAT read, “and they (the Muslims) say- we believe in Allah and in the Apostle and we obey; then one of parties of them (i.e. hypocrites) turn back after this (as they find some of the Islamic commands difficult to practice especially to provide TABLIGH to the disbelievers and leave for QITAL against them if they opt to challenge Islam), and these are not believers (truly); and when they are called to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, one of parties of them turn aside (as they know that the Prophet PBUH would judge by justice which they find against them); and if the justice (in the issue apparently) be on their side, they come to him quickly, obedient; is there in their hearts a disease (of disbelief in the word of Allah), or are they in doubt (if the Prophet is providing them the righteous guidance), or do they fear that Allah and His Apostle will act wrongfully towards them (though they see clearly that he is the most righteous person and that he brings it to them in the most righteous manner and that the word of Allah manifests the righteous guidance)?- in fact, they themselves are the unjust (so that is the reason that they are unable to appreciate justice)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Seventh Ruku
51. The response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, is only to say that we hear and we obey; and these it is that are the successful.
52. And he who obeys Allah and His Apostle, and fears Allah, and is careful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are the achievers.
53. And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths that if you command them they would certainly go forth. Say: Swear not; reasonable obedience (is desired); surely Allah is aware of what you do.
54. Say: Obey Allah and obey the Apostle; but if you turn back, then on him rests that which is imposed on him and on you rests that which is imposed on you; and if you obey him, you are on the right way; and nothing rests on the Apostle but clear delivering (of the message).
55. Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their path of life which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are the transgressors.
56. And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you.
57. Think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the earth; and their abode is the fire; and certainly evil is the resort!
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The Ruku starts by couple of AAYAT that state the true standard of the true success at AKHIRAT and the best manner to live righteously at the world; they read, “the response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them (in their disputes), is only to say that we hear and we obey (whether the decision favors us or falls against us); and these it is that are the successful (at AKHIRAT); and he who obeys Allah and His Apostle (in practice), and fears Allah (with sincerity inside), and is careful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are the (true) achievers (of the most peaceful life ultimately at the world too)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-53 tells that there are such persons in Muslims who commit most energetically that if the Prophet PBUH commands them, they would certainly go forth at TABLIGH or/and QITAL against the disbelievers; the Prophet PBUH would plainly tell them to this statement that they do not have to swear as whatever issue having significance that he asks of them, they shall take it as command only to them as that is totally understood among SAHABA and so they would show the reasonable obedience from their side without presenting any of arguments from their side; surely Allah is aware of what they intend by their doings; the Prophet PBUH would plainly tell them to obey Allah and to obey the Prophet PBUH as that surely is their liability whereas he has the liability to provide all peoples of the world, the true guidance by the Quran in clear terms without any addition or omission and he has always done it beautifully; they would either obey Allah and the Prophet PBUH or either pay for their extreme disobedience, not only at AKHIRAT but surely even at their life at the world; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last three AAYAAT of the Ruku foretell the rule of KHILAFAT for the true Muslims ahead where the Islamic teachings would get firm hold and it is most interesting to note that after the coming of these AAYAAT to the Prophet PBUH, that was after AHZAAB (the battle of trench that had taken place at 5 AH beginning in the lunar month of SHAWWAL at the last of December then), the Muslims went on to gain power around; note that the Prophet PBUH has told in the most explicit manner just after AHZAAB that now, we Muslims only would challenge the disbelievers as they would be most unable to challenge us; Al-Hamdu Lillah; by the time of the death of the Prophet PBUH at 11 AH (that was at one of the initial 10 days of June 632 AD), they had got their hold at all the lands of Arabia and were prepared to go beyond; note that TABUK had taken place at the life of the Prophet PBUH where he had led his SAHABA to challenge the Roman troupes that were taken as the most disciplined warriors of the time and the world saw with surprise that the Roman emperor Heraclius avoided confrontation to Muslims at TABUK with all tactics possible; his manifest avoidance sent the impression all over the known world that the Muslims have firmly risen to the status of one of the impressive powers of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-55 reads, “Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good (so they are the true Muslims) that He will most certainly make them rulers (i.e. provide them KHILAFAT) in the earth as He made rulers those before them (by His will); and that He will most certainly establish for them their path of life (i.e. Islam) which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear (that enemy might attack Madinah anytime), give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me (as then all the environment would come to Islam and at that time, the Muslims would know it totally in practice); and whoever is ungrateful after this (that he does not appreciate the teachings of Islam but asks to live with any other manner even by seeing the Islamic teachings clearly in practice), these it is who are the transgressors”; so this AAYAT develops the hope inside the Muslims and it happened just as the AAYAT had foretold, and so it ends their fears that the enemy might attack them at Madinah and then try to eliminate the Islamic teachings; also, this AAYAT clearly tells that from now on, the Islamic teachings would remain firm at the world insha-Allah for all to learn by the Quran (with SUNNAH remaining available for its clarity in practice) and nothing would eliminate them so the people would always remain able to get them for their guidance; also, it implies that Muhammad PBUH is the last of Messengers of Allah as from now-on with the Quran present at the world, there certainly remains no need for any of them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell that the actual reason to getting the administration among the people is that some group of persons establish themselves firmly on the fundamental teachings of Islam collectively so they do get it by the will of Allah; and if there is no such significant group (though several of significant pockets of righteous individuals would always remain at places that might even be in thousands), then even those who seemingly have some goodness in them, they rise to administration by the will of Allah; this is how Allah has set the psyche of the masses in the mankind and certainly He knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “and (O you true Muslims) keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle (by which Allah would provide you the authority to live upon Islam with total ease and by which He would give you TOFIQ to guide people to Islam), so that mercy may be shown to you (when you receive authority by the will of Allah and then try the best with ADL & EHSAAN that the word of Allah comes into practice collectively); think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the earth (at the world by whatever status they get here at the world as they would ultimately receive the severe punishment even here as they live on by challenge to Allah, the true Lord, collectively), and their abode is the fire (at AKHIRAT); and certainly evil is the resort”; most certainly, Allah decides all things for the heavens, for the earth and for whatever that is between them because most certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Eighth Ruku
58. O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the AAYAAT, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
59. And when the children among you have attained to puberty, let them seek permission as those before them sought permission; thus does Allah make clear to you His AAYAAT, and Allah is knowing, Wise.
60. And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their (outer additional) clothes without displaying their ornaments; and if they restrain themselves it is better for them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
61. There is no blame on the blind man, nor is there blame on the lame, nor is there blame on the sick, nor on yourselves that you eat from your houses, or your fathers' houses or your mothers' houses, or your brothers' houses, or your sisters' houses, or your paternal uncles' houses, or your paternal aunts' houses, or your maternal uncles' houses, or your maternal aunts' houses, or what you possess the keys of, or your friends' (houses). It is no sin in you that you eat together or separately. So when you enter houses, greet your people with the salutation as directed by Allah, blessed (and) goodly; thus does Allah make clear to you the AAYAAT that you may understand.
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Surah NOOR guides to the best of morality that the good Muslims would practice at their social issues; it guides all Muslim men & women to keep away from all shameful doings (specially to keep strictly away from adultery), to keep away from accusing any person of adultery (specially from accusing anyone among the noble Muslim ladies who are most reserved in attitudes and are unaware to attract men); to keep away from spreading information that urges curiosity to shameful attitudes; to protect eyes from gazing persons of other gender and to protect their respective private parts to come in view of persons of other gender; to care for some specific necessary additional commands for the best of morality that relate to Muslim women for HEJAB that develops their attitude of reservation towards men; to care for chastity in general fervently at surroundings by making ease for all persons to getting married; to avoid forcing women to become extremely shameful and to avoid gains of worldly benefits by urging women to become bold towards unrelated men at surroundings; to avoid asking for earnings without care to the fulfillment of the Islamic commands of SALAH and ZAKAH and without care to asking all peoples of the world towards the teachings of Islam; this Surah also notes like many other places at the Quran, that the Muslims would remain grateful to blessings that Allah has provided to all of mankind for the safety of life, physically and spiritually, in total abundance; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku starts by the direction for the Muslims that their subordinates among their slave persons and among children at home who have not yet attained puberty need to ask permission three times when they need to enter their private quarters; note that AAYAT-27 asked the outsiders to seek permission to enter homes whenever they visit someone and this AAYAT asks for the slave persons at home and the children there that have not yet come to adulthood, to seek that but at particular occasions; these occasions are before the morning prayer, and when they put off some of their clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy in general in which the Muslim persons, male or female, remain at ease so it is possible that the clothing at such situation is improper to right manner by the Islamic teachings; it is also possible that the posture at such situation is improper to right manner by the Islamic teachings; note that it is much better at current times that the person cares to lock his residential quarter at his rest at these occasions so the children would necessarily need to seek permission there; note also that the command is general which is applicable to all Muslims to practice where they have children at home though slavery has become obsolete; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as the children at home come of age to adulthood, they even would seek permission to enter the private quarters at all occasions as other of adult persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-60 gives some convenience in HEJAB to the old women among Muslims that they might relax some of their outer covering even in front of the unrelated men when they find some necessity to go outside homes; but they would take utmost care for decent clothing even at such occasions that suffices totally well to conceal the whole physique plus the hair; however, the AAYAT also mentions that though this is allowed for them yet it is better for them that they do not avail this convenience; the AAYAT states, “and (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for marriage (at that age), it is no sin for them if they put off their (outer additional) clothes (i.e. those that the Muslim woman needs to take at the Islamic environment for her HEJAB in the normal manner when she needs to leave her home temporarily) without displaying their ornaments; and if they restrain themselves, it is better for them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the last AAYAT of the Ruku, note that Islam allows the Muslim person who is crippled or handicapped, not to attend SALAH in congregation; they do not need to go for HAJJ or at war against disbelievers; due to these commands, they took themselves as inferior to others even in few of social matters and often refrained from eating foods in gatherings of relatives or their friends with this notion that they are not welcome there; also, if blind, they thought that they might eat more than normal there without intention (and foods was highly precious thing at those times) and if paralyzed, they thought that they might take more space in seating than normal there; such of their fears were sometimes increased too by some of Muslims who, in their sympathy, attended to them more than needed at their social gatherings; so Allah allowed them by this AAYAT to keep away such fears and allowed them to attend meals without any reservations at the residence of their near ones as mentioned here like those persons that were physically fit by the blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; with this direction, it allowed all Muslim persons that they might eat together or separately by their own intention, where there is no issue of any reservations or any problem for anyone to feel hurt about it but they all need to greet other of Muslims at gatherings as they enter there with the salutation in the manner that they have learned from Allah; the direction here is “so when you enter houses, greet your people with the salutation as directed by Allah, blessed (and) goodly” whereas the AAYAT uses the term ANFUSEKUM (yourselves) for the expression “your people”; this denotes the closeness of Muslims to each other and to greet all Muslims by the specific salutation asks His blessing for all Muslims and shows their care to each other; Allah certainly has taught all good social manners too to Muslims and they need commitment to it in the best of manners that is possible for them; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Last Ruku
62. Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Apostle, and when they are with him on a momentous affair they go not away until they have asked his permission; surely they who ask your permission are they who believe in Allah and His Apostle; so when they ask your permission for some affair of theirs, give permission to whom you please of them and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
63. Do not hold the Apostle's calling (you) among you to be like your calling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those who steal away from among you, concealing themselves; therefore, let those beware who go against his order lest a trial afflict them, or there befall them a painful chastisement.
64. Be mindful that Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him, He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
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The last Ruku of Surah NOOR guides attention to TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); it starts by providing the ruling about the gathering where the Prophet PBUH discusses some significant issue related to the Muslims with SAHABA (his companions); at such social gathering, Allah disallowed any of SAHABA to leave except where he found it necessary due to some urgent issue to him where he needed to ask permission to leave, from the Prophet PBUH; Allah appreciates all those who give their time to such important gatherings yet He also appreciates those persons who sought permission from the Prophet PBUH to leave when they needed to for some genuine necessity; however, He has clearly denounced those at this AAYAT who departed from such important gatherings without asking permission for it, from the Prophet PBUH as that clearly showed their hypocrisy; this situation was most notable when the battle of trench had taken place that the virtuous Muslims did remain steadfast at the occasion while the hypocrites were not happy with the situation complaining about their troubles in different ways; note that Allah grants the choice to the Prophet PBUH to accept or to reject any request from any person there to leave, as the Prophet PBUH deemed fit; he would ask Allah to forgive them on such request as they had to leave such an important gathering which related to make things better for AKHIRAT, because of some of their necessities that related to the world’s life; this AAYAT also marks the most respectful status of the Prophet PBUH and the next AAYAT is explicit on the issue that all Muslims need to respond positively to the call of the Prophet PBUH as it reads, “do not hold the Apostle's calling (you) among you to be like your calling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those who steal away from among you (without his permission), concealing themselves (as much as possible from view); therefore, let those beware who go against his order lest a trial (i.e. FITNAH from Allah at the world) afflict them (as it counts as rejection of the message of the Prophet PBUH), or there befall them a painful chastisement (at AKHIRAT)”; note that when the term FINAH relates to issues among persons, it means that the wrong persons at the surroundings have led the situation to such manner by their wrong-doings where it has become most difficult to practice the righteous Islamic teachings and where also, it has become most difficult to keep the belief firm in the righteous Islamic teachings; but when the AAYAT tells that Allah puts FITNAH to some person, it means that He puts such trial upon him due to his wrongs that would cause highest of troubles to him at his world’s life unless he sincerely turns his attention to Him, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of this Ruku (and of this Surah) expresses the total authority of Allah at whole of the universe and it guides attention to the Day of Judgment which tells all Muslims clearly to remain most sincere to Him in all of their good deeds as that only would save them from all troubles at the world and from the extreme chastisement at Day of Judgment; the AAYAT states, “be mindful that Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him, He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Here our study of NOOR ends; Al-Hamdu Lillah
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Surah FURQAN
(Consists of 6 Ruku; MK-5)
FURQAN-The First Ruku
1. Blessed is He Who sent down the FURQAN upon His servant that he may be a warner to the nations;
2. He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.
3. And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.
4. And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) falsehood.
5. And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.
6. Say: He has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth; surely He is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
7. And they say: What is the matter with this Apostle that he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has not an angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a warner with him?
8. Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the unjust say: You do not follow any but a man who is affected by some magical spell.
9. See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find way.
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Surah FURQAN guides all persons to understand that the life at the world is an examination where they would learn about Islam and where they would have the true belief in the fundamental teachings of Islam and where they would do all deeds according to that true belief; when the Muslim person lives with sincere commitment to Islam, it leads to TAQWA inside him which is the attitude of the heart as it denotes the fear of Allah that he does not get His displeasure by his sins becoming so sinful that he loses the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, it also denotes such hope towards Him that He would keep him safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah has provided the Quran to Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers, so that every person understands the teachings of Islam and with that awareness, keeps away from all wrongs; the SUNNAH of Muhammad PBUH (i.e. his practical guidance to the Quran by his speech, by his deeds and even by his silence on issues) assists all those who sincerely believe in Islam to practice the teachings of the Quran; so the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH (as reported in the authentic books of Ahadith) are the basic things that respectively provide the teachings of Islam totally and the practice of Islam totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah answers the objections of the disbelievers that they raised against the Quran and the Sunnah most explicitly and defends the beautiful status of the Prophet PBUH firmly to emphasize that he is the last of Messengers of Allah to all among the mankind and to all among the Jinn; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by telling that Allah has cared for the mankind and the jinn as He has provided FURQAN to His virtuous slave (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) so that all persons understand the right path explicitly; this AAYAT implies that when a person is true slave to Allah, it certainly is the highest status for him as a man; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it tells explicitly that the Prophet PBUH would always remain warner to all worlds by spreading the teachings of the Quran, which means that he is the last Messenger of Allah to all persons that are present now or would come ahead anywhere among the mankind and he also is the last Messenger of Allah even to JINN; note that FURQAN means “the standard to differentiate between the Right and wrongs” and it is one of the most significant names of the Quran; other of these significant name include AL-KITAB (the Book), ADH-DHIKR (the Reminder), AL-HUDA (the Guidance), KALAM-ALLAH (the Word of Allah), WAHI (Revelation), AT-TANZIL (the Final Revelation Provided by Allah) and AN-NUR (the Light); these all names provide an insight into the righteous invitation that the Holy Book Quran presents to the mankind just by their respective meanings; the only explanation might be needed for ADH-DHIKR and the notable point here is that this name tells us that everyone has the sense of recognition for the Truth (named FITHRAT) due to the covenant taken from each and every person before the life at the world, in the world of Spirits and that sense is addressed by the Holy Book Quran so in this meaning it is the Reminder towards that voice inside; also note that being KALAM-ALLAH, it is the attribute of Allah and as such, it is even allowed to take oath by the Holy Book Quran as the JAEZ oath (i.e. the right oath) can only be taken by the name of Allah or by any of His attributes; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about the word “Al-Quran” that it is the root-word which means “To-Read”; its form of verb for the past is QARA’A and for the present and also the future (called the MUDHARE-verb), it is YAQRA’U; the valid root-words by which these verbs occur include QURANAN and as the Arabic Grammar allows to bring the root-word as an object at places so in this sense, “Al-Quran” means the book that is read continuously; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the subject-matter of the Holy Book Quran is to guide the individual towards righteousness i.e. the Islamic teachings so that he lives his life on the right path by his free-will that gets him the pleasure of Allah; note that everyone has to answer for his belief and deeds individually at AKHIRAT though the Muslim person would care fervently to bring the collective living to Islam at the world by his efforts as he remains most attentive towards Allah; He tells us in the Holy Book Quran, “certainly We have revealed to you the Book in which there is your own mention; do you not then understand?” (ANBIYA-10); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT states the glory of Allah that “He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure”; this AAYAT tells about TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the last AAYAT of Surah BANI-ISRAEL asks the Prophet PBUH, “and say- (all) praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken anyone as son and Who has no partner in the kingdom, and Who needs no helper to save Him from any disgrace; and proclaim His greatness magnifying (Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that AAYAT-54 of AARAAF tells, “surely Allah’s is the creation and the command (so He only has created everything and certainly everything is working in perfect order according to the command that He has provided to it); blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that AAYAAT-47, 48 & 49 of this Surah FURQAN tell about some of blessings that Allah has given to the mankind for its physical safety and in this respect, AAYAT-56 tells explicitly that Allah has sent the last of His Messengers to the world as He had sent other of His Messengers so that the mankind sees to its spiritual safety; so the virtuous persons would certainly show all their gratitude to Allah sincerely for all His blessings upon them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third AAYAT at this first Ruku tells about the idiocy of the disbelievers that, “and they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life”; so just in the following of their wrong ancestors who took the creation of Allah as gods besides Him and lived at the world without any care to work for AKHIRAT, they also have ruined themselves; AAYAAT ahead at this Ruku present answers to objections of the disbelievers that they raised against the Quran and against the Prophet PBUH; and these answers extend ahead whereas the next Ruku also tells about the severe punishment that such extreme disbelievers would receive at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first of their objections was that they said that the Prophet (PBUH) was teaching lies only which he has received by the assistance of some persons; note that the Prophet PBUH had lived at Makkah since many of years and all persons there held him as the most truthful of all persons who had no inclination to conspiracies so this was such blatant fib from the disbelievers which the Quran answers in plain words that “indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) falsehood”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; their second objection was that they said that he has written some stories of the ancient people and these are read to him at all times; the Quran answers this that “Allah has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth (that is why the narrations that He has provided of His Messengers in the Quran in detail are most true); surely He is ever Forgiving (so He provides for the physical safety of all persons at the world and also provides the true guidance to all persons at the world in spite of their wrong-doings), Merciful (so He gives TOFIQ to persons who repent on wrongs at the world to make themselves better)”; their third objection was that they said that if he is the Messenger of Allah, why he eats food and attends markets; and their fourth objection was that they said that they do not see any angel with him who also should have warned them as an assistant to him; there were such disbelievers too in them who thought that the Messenger of Allah needs to be a rich person who would have some treasure with him or such garden of ample fruits that shows that he is one of the most prosperous persons so these of disbelievers raised their fifth objection against him that he is such person who has a spell of magic on him; the next Ruku and AAYAAT ahead answer these but the last AAYAT at this Ruku has told the Prophet PBUH about the extreme height of the idiocy of disbelievers; note that AAYAT-57 of this Surah FURQAN asks the Prophet PBUH, “say- I do not ask you anything in return (for the true guidance that I provide you) except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord”; due to this highest of status that the Prophet PBUH has, the last AAYAT of this first Ruku states, “see what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find way”; this is the punishment of all such disbelievers at the world who disrespect the Prophet PBUH though he provides them the true guidance sincerely for which he certainly has not asked any of benefits from them; also, all such disbelievers would receive most extreme punishment at AKHIRAT; most certainly, Allah only has created all the creation and most certainly, He only has all true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Second Ruku
10. Blessed is He Who, if He pleased, will have given you what is better than this (at the world even), gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He will have given you palaces.
11. But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning fire for him who rejects the hour.
12. When it shall have them into its sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring.
13. And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction.
14. Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many.
15. Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those who guard (against evil) are promised? That shall be the reward and the resort for them.
16. They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is a promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord.
17. And on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served besides Allah, He shall say: Was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?
18. They shall say: Glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were a people in perdition,
19. So they shall indeed deny you in what you say, then you shall not be able to ward off or help, and whoever among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great chastisement.
20. And We have not sent before you any apostles but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others; will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing.
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The Ruku starts by the statement that if Allah willed to provide the Prophet PBUH the blessed things similar to that which He would give him at AKHIRAT, he could have given that to him even at the world; but He would give that to him at AKHIRAT as that is better than such status which denotes abundance of wealth at his world’s life; this thought that the Messenger of Allah needs to be a rich person is most incorrect and in fact, it denotes that they take the world as their true abode where the status by abundance of wealth would denote the worth of the person to ask towards the righteousness and they certainly do not have the true belief upon AKHIRAT; the consequence of such disbelief is that they would be punished by the most punishing hell-fire; AAYAAT 12, 13 & 14 state, “when it (the hell-fire) shall have them into its sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring; and when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction (i.e. end of their lives); call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many”; this tells that the hell-fire has the sense that it has to punish the disbelievers most severely according to the command of Allah; note that AAYAT-30 of QAAF tells, “on the day that We will say to the hell-fire ‘are you filled up?’- and it will say- ‘are there any more’?”; there, they would not die though they would ask for that and their punishment would be most severe; this is how Allah punishes those disbelievers who disrespect Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers, as he certainly has the highest of status among the mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT 15 & 16 state the peace that the true believers would find at JANNAH at AKHIRAT as they read, “say- is this (severe punishment) better or the abiding garden which those who guard (against evil due to their TAQWA) are promised?- that shall be the reward and the resort for them; they shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is such promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord”; note that the last Ruku of AALE-IMRAN states the manner of the true Muslims to ask for all peace at AKHIRAT and in that, AAYAT-194 tells, “(they say) Our Lord! and grant us what Thou hast promised us by Thy Messengers; and disgrace us not on the day of resurrection; surely Thou dost not fail to perform the promise”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-17, 18 & 19 depict the scene at AKHIRAT where those whom the disbelievers took equal to Allah in authority, would plainly refute their claim; these AAYAAT read, “and on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served besides Allah, He shall say- was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?- they shall say- glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were people in perdition; so they shall indeed deny you in what you say, then you shall not be able to ward off (the punishment) or help (any other), and whoever among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great chastisement”; AAYAT-20 answers the third and the fifth objections of the disbelievers briefly but explicitly; note that in this AAYAT, Allah presents His authority that He has set the manner by His will by which He rules among the people; certainly He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they had said that if he is the Messenger of Allah, why he eats food and attends markets and they had said that the Prophet PBUH is such person who has a spell of magic on him as he is not a rich person and still he claims to be the Messenger of Allah; so the AAYAT states, “And We have not sent before you any apostles but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others (so this trial does ask that people live at different financial positions which implies that there is no problem if the Prophet PBUH does not have abundance of wealth); will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah had never labeled abundance of wealth as condition to make someone His Messenger when He sent them at the world and as such the objection of the disbelievers was totally baseless; they even took him under some magical spell because of their baseless objection that he needs to have abundance of wealth; note that as the Prophet Muhammad PBUH is the last of Messengers of Allah, the righteous Muslims have the liability to provide the message of the Quran after him collectively to all peoples of the world as best as they are able to and this certainly is most high blessing of Allah to all righteous Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Third Ruku
21. And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.
22. On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
23. And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust.
24. The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in better abiding-place and better resting-place.
25. And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks).
26. The kingdom on that day shall rightly belong to the Beneficent Allah, and a hard day shall it be for the disbelievers.
27. And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O woe is me! would that I had taken way with the Apostle.
28. O woe is me! would that I had not taken such person for a friend!
29. Certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me; and the Satan fails to aid man.
30. And the Apostle cried out: O my Lord! surely my people have treated this Quran as a forsaken thing.
31. And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as Guide and Helper.
32. And those who disbelieve say: Why has not the Quran been revealed to him all at once? Thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging.
33. And they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to you the truth and the best of significance.
34. (As for) those who shall be gathered upon their faces to hell, they are in a worse plight and straying farther away from the path.
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This third Ruku of Surah FURQAN answers the fourth objection that was raised by the disbelievers; they had said that they do not see any angel with the Prophet PBUH who also should have warned them as an assistant to him; some of these disbelievers had even asked to see Allah so that they believe in the Truth; to answer them, the three AAYAAT here at the beginning read, “and those who do not hope for Our meeting, say- why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?- now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt; on the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say- it is forbidden thing totally prohibited; and We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this tells that these people thought haughtily that they are at such status where the angels should come to them to ask them towards Islam and they should be allowed to see Allah with naked eyes; these AAYAAT explicitly tell them that it would be the Day of Judgment when they would see angels and there, they would find nothing to rejoice; angels would provide utmost punishment to them by the command of Allah and He would make such of their deeds that seemingly were virtues to them, useless to affect them positively; this is because the true commitment to Allah is necessary for such deeds that are seemingly virtuous to become acceptable at the court of Allah and they totally lacked such commitment; they would not see Allah even at that day and He would not give any care to them at that day, the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in contrast, those virtuous persons who would receive JANNAH would be much better placed there at AKHIRAT with all blessings from Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it would happen on that day that the heaven (the sky near to the earth) shall burst apart and that huge cavity shall have clouds from whence numerous angels shall be sent down descending to earth and the Quran has depicted this scene at BAQARAH-210 too which tells, “wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels?”; note that the earth shall be stretched to become plain on that day as we find at the beginning AAYAAT of Surah INSHIQAQ which also tells that the sky near to earth shall burst apart on that day, “when the heaven bursts asunder, and obeys its Lord and it must; and when the earth is stretched, and casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, and obeys its Lord and it must”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though the will of Allah reigns over the earth and the heavens and all of His other creation at all times yet His kingdom on that day shall become totally manifest; it would be the most pleasant day for all the true believers and the most unpleasant day for all the disbelievers; certainly Allah only is the true authority; He is RAHMAN so He has provided the safety of life to the mankind by His creation around at the world and has provided the true guidance explicitly that all persons take that and live their lives according to Islam at the world; the Quran tells in most clear terms that at AKHIRAT, only the true believers in the fundamental Islamic teachings who had done their deeds according to that belief, would find total safety from all adversities; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-27, 28 & 29 tell about the extreme desperation of the disbeliever there where he would remember how he got the message of Islam at the world and how he rejected it under the impression of wrong persons around him; these AAYAAT read, “and the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands (i.e. he would regret most extremely) saying- O woe is me- would that I had taken way with the Apostle; O woe is me- would that I had not taken such person for a friend; certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me; and the Satan fails to aid man”; but on that day, his remorse would be totally useless as the world is the place of examination and AKHIRAT is the place where all results to that examination would come at fore; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-30 tells that the Prophet PBUH did worry that though he is providing the teachings of the Quran well to all persons yet the disbelievers do not care for them in the least which certainly would cause the most extreme punishment to them at AKHIRAT; so the AAYAT ahead soothes him by the statement that there always had been some extreme enemies of all Messengers of Allah among the disbelievers but Allah guided all His Messengers to the right path by His good commands and helped them out in all difficult situations with all care; it reads, “and thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy from among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as Guide and Helper”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-32 tells another of objections of the disbelievers that they said why the Quran has not descended to him all at once; Allah answers to this, “thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging”; this implies that this is how Allah has willed in this matter and He soothes the Prophet PBUH by this manner of providing him the Quran; Allah helps him who is the last of His Messengers, in all situations that come his way so he remains totally steadfast upon the teachings of Islam and the Quran has all His good commands which the Prophet PBUH provides to all persons that guide all of them to the right path; it certainly has the most beautiful arrangement in text, recitation and expression of the message of Allah to all of mankind and to all of Jinn that asks them to ponder upon it with total belief in Allah and with total patience; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at Surah Bani-Israel “and this is the Quran which We have divided (into parts) so that you (O Muhammad PBUH) might recite it to the people at intervals and We certainly have revealed it by stages” (Bani-Israel-106); AAYAT-33 states, “and they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to you the truth and the best of significance (TAFSIR)”; this means that the teachings of the Quran answer all doubts whatsoever as it certainly guides the man totally towards the right path so that he takes all true attitudes that are righteous, in all issues of life; the word “TAFSIR” that comes at this AAYAT means elucidation of the teachings in the Quran so Allah has provided the detail too for the Guidance to the right path that He has certainly provided at the Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the disbelievers who do not take this true guidance to their life, they shall be dragged upon their faces to the hell-fire so they are the most wrong persons by placement at AKHIRAT and they are such persons who had strayed away most highly from the right path at their lives at the world; they surely would see all consequence of all their doings; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Fourth Ruku
35. And certainly We gave Musa the Book and We appointed with him his brother Haroun an aider.
36. Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our AAYAAT; so We destroyed them with utter destruction.
37. And the people of Noah, when they rejected the apostles, We drowned them, and made them a sign for men, and We have prepared a painful punishment for the unjust;
38. And AAD and THAMUD and the dwellers by the RASS (i.e. the well) and many generations between them.
39. And to everyone We gave examples; and everyone did We destroy with utter destruction.
40. And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope to be raised again.
41. And when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery: Is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle?
42. He had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered patiently to them! And they will know, when they see the punishment, who is straying farther off from the path.
43. Have you seen him who takes his low passion for his god? Will you then be a protector over him?
44. Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path.
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Surah FURQAN relates highly to telling about the world that it is the place for examination for all of mankind and for all of jinn as they both have the free-will which they need to apply to live upon the Islamic teachings to gain the pleasure of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for this, it presents the events that relate to the Messengers of Allah which tell explicitly that He wiped off many of disbelieving nations who challenged the Messengers, from the face of earth by different calamities; they rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam that the Messengers of Allah presented to them and so they were unable to shape their deeds towards the high virtues; the most basic teachings of the Holy Book Quran are three that are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that the people that were before Muhammad PBUH, if they believed the Messenger sent to them as their true guide whom Allah had sent for their righteous direction, they did fulfill their liability about RISALAT insha-Allah and note also that to believe in one of the Messengers of Allah is to believe in all of them and to reject one of them is to reject all of them as all provided the same guidance in essence; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we all have read about these events at places in the Quran as it has the manner of expression that it brings them to tell where needed that Allah cared for all safety of all the true believers in Him even at the world; He ended all the impression of the disbelievers at the world that was causing FITNAH here so that the true believers do find much convenience to gain the pleasure of Allah, the true Lord, which is the only aim of life; that only provides the true peace in life at the world by the blessing of Allah and that only would give them the true success at AKHIRAT by the blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 35 to 39 mention the extreme punishment to Pharaoh and his forces when they rejected the guidance of Moses-AS and Haroun-AS; note that AAYAT-36 tells that Allah asked Moses and Haroun to go to people who have rejected His signs (AAYAAT) to accept the Truth so this implies that the Egyptians under Pharaoh at that time did have some knowledge about it due to their interaction with the Bani-Israel yet they had rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam; these AAYAAT mention the calamities that put destruction to all those people who had rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam; these included the disbelievers in the people of Noah-AS, in AAD (i.e. the people of HOODH-AS), in THAMUD (i.e. the people of SALEH-AS), in the dwellers by the RASS (that means the well and these people lived by some notably huge well near to the area where THAMUD used to reside before their destruction, at those ancient times); Allah had provided all of them the true guidance by different manners of expression yet as they did not accept it, He destroyed them totally; see also the supplementary note at AAYAAT-25 & 26 of Surah HOODH after the note at its third Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-40 mentions that they have often passed by the area of Sodom where the people of Lot-AS resided who were punished by the most extreme punishment as Allah punished them by the rain of stones upon them; it tells that the manner of living of the disbelievers at Makkah tells that they do not have any concern that they would be raised again to life where they would have to account-for their doings at the world; it reads, “And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope to be raised again”; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the manner in which the disbelievers treated the Prophet PBUH and tell about the extreme punishment that they would receive for it; they tell about the evil in them to which they have given themselves and which has caused them to live by manners of cattle and even worse; note that the cattle sometimes raise their heads while grazing so they see the surroundings and they do praise Allah in their own manner; these AAYAAT tell about the disbelievers at Makkah that they are so much engaged in the pursuance of comforts of the life at the world that they do not have any concern that Allah would punish them most severely even at the world if they do not care to respect the Prophet PBUH totally and come to the right path; they are such people that have totally strayed away from the right path; these AAYAAT read, “and when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery- (as they say mockingly) is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle (when he is not among the wealthy persons)? - he had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered patiently to them (the word implied is SABR for the meaning “to adhere patiently” which denotes that they intended to mention their firmness upon all of their evil practice); and they will know, when they see the (most severe) punishment (even at the world) who is straying farther off from the (right) path; have you seen him who takes his low passion (i.e. the firmness upon his own evil notions while he is most haughty at his status at the world) for his god? - will you then be a protector over him? – or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? - they are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path (as cattle are better because they do pause during their grazing which does give them some view of the surroundings in which they graze and they do worship Allah in their own manner but these disbelievers are heedless towards any call to the right path)”; this implies that by their most evil manner of living, the disbelievers would live their lives in highly tense manner at the world and at AKHIRAT, they surely would see the most severe punishment to them; certainly, Allah only has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Fifth Ruku
45. Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? And if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it
46. Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.
47. And He it is Who made the night covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again.
48. And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy; and We send down pure water from the cloud,
49. That We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it for drink, out of what We have created, to cattle and many people.
50. And certainly We have repeated this to them that they may be mindful, but the greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying.
51. And if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a warner in every town.
52. So do not follow the disbelievers, and strive against them a mighty striving with it.
53. And He it is Who has made two rivers to flow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltiness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction.
54. And He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is powerful.
55. And they serve besides Allah that which neither profits them nor causes them harm; and the disbeliever is a partisan against his Lord.
56. And We have not sent you but as giver of good news and as warner.
57. Say: I do not ask you anything on this in return except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord.
58. And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of faults of His servants,
59. Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the Beneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.
60. And when it is said to them: Prostrate to the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), they say: And what is AR-RAHMAN? Shall we prostrate to what you bid us? And it adds to their aversion.
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The previous Ruku mentioned how Allah destroyed those peoples who rejected the message He provided to them by His Messengers; He cared for them by providing them the message of Islam so that they save themselves from the severe punishment at AKHIRAT by its acceptance and He does not put any destruction on those who live by the virtuous manner; this Ruku tells how He has provided for safety of all persons at the world physically so that they live their lives according to Islamic teachings most committedly though there are such people at the world who do not show any gratitude for such convenience that they have in their examination; it tells that Allah has created everything in harmony to each other and it also tells that the commitment to Islamic teachings would lead all virtuous persons to regain their true residence i.e. JANNAH and whoever rejects them, Allah would destroy all of such people by His will by any of His creation at the world and they would be extreme losers at AKHIRAT; He would certainly not let any people to destroy the harmony that He has given to His creation and He certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Ruku starts by the mention of shadows that they obey Him by their expansion and contraction and as the position of the sun tells their placement so the sun even is following the command of Allah to it as all of His creation is doing so; Al-Hamdu Lillah; He has made the night as covering for all persons that they feel weariness at that time and need to get sleep to end it at that time to prepare themselves well to work on the next day as they rise from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? - and if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it; then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little; and He it is Who made the night covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT mention about how the environment tells about the coming of rain which glows-up the dead earth as it reads, “and He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy (i.e. the beneficial rainfall to the earth); and We send down pure water (i.e. the rainwater) from the cloud (i.e. from the sky near to earth); that We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it for drink, out of what We have created, to cattle and many people (so both get the same water to drink yet the cattle develop better than those who ignore the teachings of Islam); and certainly We have repeated this (i.e. the statement about the rainfall upon the dead land at different places at the Quran) to them that they may be mindful (that they would be raised-up on the Day of Judgment where they would have to account for all their doings), but the greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying (the resurrection of the dead at the Day of Judgment)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Quran has related the rain upon the land as an indication to raising all men from the dead as the angel blows the trumpet for that by the command of Allah; Surah AARAAF-57 relates, “and He it is Who sends forth the winds bearing good news before His mercy, until, when they bring up a laden cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then We send down water on it, then bring forth with it of fruits of all kinds; thus shall We bring forth the dead that you may be mindful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah HAJJ-5, 6 & 7 relate, “and you see the earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage; this is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things; and because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and because Allah shall raise up those who are in the graves”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah ROUM-48, 49 & 50 tell, “Allah is He Who sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He spreads it forth in the sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth from inside it; then when He causes it to fall upon whom He pleases of His servants, lo! they are joyful; though they were before this, before it was sent down upon them, confounded in sure despair; look then at the signs of Allah's mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death, most surely He will raise the dead to life; and He has power over all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT tell the Prophet PBUH not to worry about the disbelievers who want him to care to accumulate assets at the world and to give less attention to the spread of the message of Islam; Allah wants him to provide the Islamic teachings to them explicitly by the Quran as that is his liability; He certainly wants them to learn about Islam though He does not care whether they accept Islam or not; He could have sent His Messengers to each of towns to provide His message to disbelievers to put pressure upon them if He had willed for that; but He has sent the Prophet PBUH as his last Messenger to all peoples of the world and has provided the Holy Book Quran to him to fulfill his task beautifully that in itself is JEHAD against the disbelievers; after his departure from the world, the virtuous Muslims would provide all Islamic teachings to all peoples of the world by the Quran as most certainly, it has come to stay for the true guidance to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “and if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a warner in every town; so do not follow the disbelievers, and strive against them a mighty striving with it (i.e. with the Quran)”; note that the AAYAT has the word JEHAD that denotes “striving” here and as Allah revealed Surah FURQAN at Makkah, it asks the Prophet PBUH here to provide the disbelievers all the teachings of the Quran most explicitly as this also is among the most significant aspects of JEHAD; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-53 & 54 ask attention to this amazing phenomenon that there are such places at the face of earth where two of waters flow parallel to each other and one of them is sweet in taste while the other is salty; and even the life of the man shows that he has to take different attitudes as he fulfills his different obligations to blood relations and to relations that he makes due to marriage; these AAYAAT state, “and He it is Who has made two rivers to flow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltiness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction; and He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is powerful”; note that the water at seas is salty and due to their composition, they do not stink or/and go bad for any use; the water cycle takes their waters to clouds from whence it falls as the most pure water for the cattle and the mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku is asks to observe how the contrast around in the creation is making it beautiful and how it provides the change in surroundings; Allah has set everything in harmony to each other and He asks the man to live his life by giving harmony to all his matters as much as possible for him according to the teachings of Islam; note that the Surah stated at its very beginning at the second AAYAT, “He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-55 mentions that the disbelievers take others besides Him that only are among His creation, as equal in authority to Him without any care to the fact that they are most unable to provide any profits or any losses to them so only because of their most limited capacity to observe the issues around them and in their own selves in accurate context, they deny the true authority of Allah; it reads, “and they serve besides Allah that which neither profits them nor causes them harm; and the disbeliever is a partisan against his Lord”; the next three AAYAAT at the Ruku tell about the care that Allah has provided to the Prophet PBUH; they emphasize that Allah guided all His Messengers to the right path by His good commands and helped them out in all difficult situations with all care and He certainly would provide His care to the Prophet PBUH too; he would provide-on the teachings of Islam to all so that they care to come to Islam, and he would not ask for any of benefits at the life at the world so he would live on with necessities here for which Allah cares for him; these AAYAAT read, “and We have not sent you but as giver of good news (to believers) and as warner (to disbelievers); say- I do not ask you on this anything in return except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord; and rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of faults of His servants; (He is) Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; (He is) the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), so ask respecting it one aware”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; to get the meaning of the last AAYAT of this Ruku, note that though AR-RAHMAN was one of the names of Allah yet the disbelievers at Arabia then, did not call Him by it; they raised objection even to this name of Allah as an excuse to keep to their disbelief to which they had mentioned their adherence (see AAYAT-42); the AAYAT reads, “and when it is said to them- prostrate to the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), they say- and what is AR-RAHMAN? - shall we prostrate to what you bid us? and it adds to their aversion”; such was their argumentative nature that when they had decided to keep to their disbelief, they argued against everything without any grounds that challenged their wrongs though that challenge to their disbelief was totally valid with all just reasoning; this ignorance to the Truth because of their extreme argumentative nature, led them further away from it as the AAYAT has indicated that “it adds to their aversion”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Last Ruku
61. Blessed is He Who made mansions of heavenly bodies in the heaven and made therein the lamp and the shining moon.
62. And He it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for him who desires to be mindful or desires to be thankful.
63. And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace.
64. And they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing.
65. And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is lasting
66. Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay.
67. And they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor parsimonious, and (keep) between these the just mean.
68. And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall pay the penalty;
69. The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and therein he shall abide in extreme abasement forever;
70. Except him who repents and believes and does a good deed; so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
71. And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah by the (goodly) turning.
72. And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.
73. And they who, when reminded of the AAYAAT of their Lord, do not fall down therein deaf and blind.
74. And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil).
75. These shall be rewarded with high places because they were patient, and shall be met therein with greetings and salutations.
76. Abiding therein forever; goodly the abode and the resting-place.
77. Say: My Lord does not care for you were it not due to call you; but you have indeed rejected (the Truth), so that which shall cleave shall come.
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This Ruku tells about those persons who are the true servants to Allah as they do show gratitude to Him, the true Lord, sincerely for all His blessings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the previous Ruku guided attention at its start to how the night and the day provide physical benefits to the man by providing space for him to rest and to work for his necessary sustenance respectively as Allah wills for that; this last Ruku of FURQAN starts by relating how the night and the day provide spiritual benefits by the will of Allah, to those who remember Allah, the true Lord, by efforts at nights and remain grateful to Him for all that He has blessed them with, by efforts at days; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we all have studied the good qualities of the true Muslims at the beginning of Surah MOMINOON where the Quran presents the beauty of their SABR (which denotes that they keep away from the attractions of the world) and their SALAH (which denotes that they are most attentive to Allah to get His pleasure) most explicitly and this last Ruku of Surah FURQAN complements it beautifully; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT at the beginning of this Ruku state, “Blessed is He Who made mansions of heavenly bodies in the heaven and made therein the lamp and the shining moon; and He it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for him who desires to be mindful (towards Him) or desires to be thankful”; note that the term BURUJ (i.e. mansions of heavenly bodies) seems an indication here to places in the specific band keeping to which planets revolve around the sun and Allah knows better; the lamp means the sun that burns to provide the light from it while the moon is shining due to its reflection of that light; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT state the twelve things that denote the commitment of the true servants of AR-RAHMAN to all His commands; these include five things that they do, three things that they avoid and four things that are related to their good attitudes in situations that come their way; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-63 to AAYAT-67, the Ruku tells the five virtuous things that they do so the first thing about them is that they walk most humbly upon the earth as they are calm by nature and have no haughtiness in them; the second thing about them is that they excuse themselves with courtesy from the useless discussions of such ignorant persons who are argumentative by nature; the third thing is that they read SALAH at nights with all attention to Allah, the true Lord, when they have much of silence around to remember His blessings upon them; the fourth thing is that as they worry about AKHIRAT highly which would bring the results for all persons that came to the world anytime anywhere, so they ask Allah continuously to save them totally from the hell-fire as it would keep punishing those severely who had done extreme wrongs at the world; the fifth thing is that whenever they spend their rightful amounts upon their needs or/and to help the needy persons around, they spend them by such harmony that there is no inclination towards extravagance and no inclination towards parsimony; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT from 63 to 67 tell about them, “and the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say- peace; and they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing; and they who say- O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is lasting; surely it is an evil abode (to reside) and evil place to stay (even for some of time); and they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor parsimonious, and (they keep) between these the just mean”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next four AAYAAT tell about the three things that the true Muslims, the true servants of AR-RAHMAN, avoid with all care to virtuous justice; these AAYAAT read, “and they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice (when the matter asks for QISAS i.e. life against life), and (who) do not commit fornication (or adultery) and he who does (any of) this shall pay the penalty (even at the world); the punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and therein he shall abide in extreme abasement forever; except him who repents (in the life at the world) and believes (sincerely in the Truth) and does good deeds (according to his belief); so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones (as after coming to Islam, Allah washes away the sins of the person that he/she had done previously from his/her document of deeds and with the true belief, his/her virtuous deeds ahead find place at the document that had no count previously); and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful; and (even that person from among the Muslims who had killed some person most unjustly or who had involved himself in fornication/adultery), whoever repents (sincerely) and does good (deeds), he surely turns to Allah by the (goodly) turning”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAAT-68 has mentioned the three most heinous major sins that all Muslims need to avoid most committedly; these major sins that the AAYAT mentions include SHERK which is the biggest among the major sins that means to challenge the true authority of Allah by taking any of His creation as having part in creating any of His creation with Him or by taking any of His creation as equal in authority to Him or by taking any of His creation as authorized to change any of His commands that He has explicitly issued by His authority to firmly obey; the two other of major sins is to kill some person unjustly that is the greatest of injustice and fornication/adultery that is the most shameful behavior; Allah asks all persons by the Quran to believe in TAUHID that means that Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord so all must fulfill His commands that He has explicitly issued by His authority without taking any of His creation as equal in authority to Him in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah RABBEL-AALAMIN; note that AAYAT-48 and AAYAT-116 at Surah NISAA present the heinous evil of SHERK in the most strict terms as we studied there; among the AAYAAT that ask to avoid both injustice and shameful attitudes, we find AAYAAT 168 & 169 of Surah BAQARAH that read, “O people- eat the lawful and the good things out of what is in the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Satan; surely he is your open enemy; he only enjoins you SOOU (injustice) and FAHSHAA (shameful behavior), and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know (that lead to assigning partners to Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-45 of ANKABUT reads, “recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up SALAH; surely SALAH keeps away from all shameful behavior and injustice, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do” (Surah ANKABUT-45); see also the note at the third Ruku of Surah YOUSUF; there are many other AAYAAT too which mention these two of major sins together and Surah FURQAN-68 is also one of them; note that EHSAAN (the natural tendency towards virtues inside) eliminates all the shameful behavior (mostly initiated by sinful women) and ADL (the force of the Islamic law to provide the virtuous justice) eliminates all of injustice (mostly initiated by sinful men); certainly Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-72, 73, 74 mention their good attitudes at situations that come their way; these AAYAAT read, “and they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly; and they who, when reminded of the AAYAAT of their Lord, do not fall down therein deaf and blind; and they who say- O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil)”; these AAYAAT mention that IBADUR-RAHMAN (the true servants of the Beneficent Allah) live in such manner that they never become part of any wrongs as they never conspire against their Muslim brothers and care to live in gathering of Muslims with dignity; they live in such manner that if they pass by superfluous activities of persons who care but little for the value of time to put it to better use by Islam, they pass-by with sobriety; they live in such manner that when they recite the Quran and read AAYAAT that provide guidance to them, they do not ignore them but ponder upon them and as they get to know about their own selves and about all things around, they appreciate the principles by which Allah has created all things; they live in such manner that they make DUA to Allah time and again that all persons of their household remain committed to the Islamic teachings and so they lead highly good persons around them as guides to them and they ask Allah for other of Muslims too who live at the their surroundings that they also become most virtuous and Allah gives them TOFIQ to become IMAM (the virtuous guides to the right path) to them too so that they all strengthen each other beautifully as brothers upon all the teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-75 & 76 tell that these persons, who truly are the servants of Beneficent Allah, would be provided high living places at JANNAH because of their SABR which means that they always remained steadfast on the teachings of Islam and never gave-in to any wrongs; there angels would greet them and respect them with salutations; it is most beautiful even as resting place for some of time yet that place would be their residence forever ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “these shall be rewarded with high places because they were patient, and shall be met therein with greetings and salutations; abiding therein forever; goodly the abode and the resting-place”; the last AAYAT of the Ruku and of Surah FURQAN asks the Prophet PBUH to tell them explicitly that Allah does not care whether the disbelievers accept Islam or not; but Allah provides them the teachings of Islam by the Quran (which the Prophet PBUH has to give them as his liability), so that they do not claim at AKHIRAT that they did not ever become aware of those teachings at their lives at the world; they would surely get the due result to their rejection of the Islamic teachings and any of their claims to innocence then would remain useless; the AAYAT reads, “say- my Lord does not care for you were it not due to call you; but you have indeed rejected (the Truth), so that which shall cleave shall come”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
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Here our study of FURQAN and “Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” (Second Part) ends; Al-Hamdu Lillah - may Allah provide His mercy and His blessing to me on this effort to get His pleasure and to all those who study it attentively; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
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RABI-THANI-02, 1442
November-18, 2020
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Surah NOOR
(Consists of 9 Ruku; H-6)
NOOR-The First Ruku
1. (This is) a chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in which We have revealed clear AAYAAT that you may be mindful.
2. (As for) the female fornicator and the male fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
3. The fornicator shall not marry any but a female fornicator or idolatress, and (as for) the female fornicator, none shall marry her but a male fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.
4. And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not admit any evidence from them ever; and these it is that are the transgressors,
5. Except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. And (as for) those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, the evidence of one of these (should be taken) four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely of the truthful ones.
7. And the fifth (time) that the curse of Allah be on him if he is one of the liars.
8. And it shall avert the chastisement from her if she testifies four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely one of the liars;
9. And the fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be on her if he is one of the truthful.
10. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy-- and that Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise.
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Surah Noor presents such rulings that the Muslims would observe in their social life and it specially guides to living with care to the highest of moral values; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first Ruku starts by the introduction of the Surah that Allah has revealed this Surah to provide such AAYAAT that all Muslims remain highly mindful to observe the utmost good moral values that the Islamic teachings ask of them; it begins by mentioning the ruling about the persons involved in adultery that the Muslims would punish both the man and the woman by 100 lashes to each in public (men in front of men; women in front of women); note that the female fornicator is mentioned before the male fornicator as the initial proposal to shameful attitudes does come from female persons who incline to wrongs (though initial proposal to unjust attitudes does generally relate to male persons who incline to wrongs); note also that though this ruling that the Quran mentions here is most general in nature to punish on fornication and to punish on adultery, the Hadith mentions that this is the punishment of the unmarried persons only; if the accused are married, and their respective spouses were with them without any indication of any obstruction in getting sexual satisfaction from their respective spouses and the crime is proven by his/her confession four times or by four angelic eye-witnesses that give testimony against him/her clearly then their punishment is that they are stoned to death (that is named as RAJM); note here that pregnancy of the woman accused of adultery is not the primary evidence against her though her husband might not be with her for quite some period; with total respect to ruling that is related to RAJM, I, MSD, state plainly that it is exceedingly better that RAJM remains to paper only as of now and so the punishment to adultery for the married person also remains the same as for the unmarried person; but please note this well that the Prophet PBUH gave the verdict of RAJM in all such cases practically where married persons were involved who confessed four times to it so it is not feasible for the Muslim person that he rejects it as the Islamic command in this matter; however, there is some detail about RAJM because of matters that we face as of now and I would recommend the reading of my writing “The Islamic Guidelines” that presents the matter in some detail as it relates to establishing of the Islamic environment at the world as of now; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these cases were very few at that time so the persons that object to RAJM, state that the Prophet PBUH might have dealt with them as an exception; but where he dealt with something exceptionally, he did take care to convey that this is not the specific law and here at this matter, there is nothing that directs to this conclusion; certainly, the Muslim persons at authority need to see to eliminating the means to this filthy sin/crime as much as possible; note that the first incident punished by RAJM at the times of the Prophet PBUH was of the couple that were Jew when the Prophet PBUH stated words near to the effect that he is applying this RAJM as revival to the relevant command of Allah; now, with the change of situation that genuinely asks some revision to this issue for applying Islam to all matters at hand (as we Muslims do need revival to the practice of Commands of Allah), we need to keep RAJM aside from the Islamic judicial system and rule the issue in the same manner as with the unmarried couple, punishing all such persons who had been proven to commit adultery by 100 lashes; even if the accused to adultery are not proven categorically as committers of it (because the standard for the four witnesses is literally angelic in this matter and they would necessarily be eye-witnesses to the matter) but the available circumstantial evidence is much substantial to indicate them as involved in it, the Muslim judge with care to Islamic teachings, would sentence the accused persons to 39 harsh lashes each as TAZIR that is lesser category for crimes/sins and most certainly, Allah knows better; the crimes related to passion do need physical torment officially by the Islamic judicial system as that is the only manner that eradicates the most evil thinking which sets into such persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all men at Sodom & Gomorrah had become so much related to immorality that Allah sent the Messenger (that was Lot-AS) from outside of them and he had to ask them “is there not among you one right-minded man?” (Surah HOODH-78); please note also that there are five matters that are named as HADD (which relate to prescribed punishment when they are proven without any doubts); there is no such thing that might cause genuine inhibition for persons at authority among Muslims to implement them as of now, even though they include the amputation of the fingers of the thief who is proven to have committed the act categorically (please see the notes at the fifth and at the sixth Ruku of Surah MA’EDAH at this “Tafsiri-Guide”); they need to dare implementing these all in these current times even, with care that the awareness to the Islamic Teachings becomes common among all peoples of the world; however, RAJM does present much notable problem that is the punishment to the married adulterer and the married adulteress and does genuinely need reservation in practice as of now; the other three prescribed punishments besides that which relates to adultery and besides that which relates to thieves (both of which are included in the category of HADD), are for group of dacoits (and mutineers against the Islamic state) as specified in Surah MA’EDAH-33; eighty lashes to the person who makes wrongful accusation of adultery against someone as specified in this Surah that we currently study i.e. Surah NOOR-4 and forty lashes to the drinker of wine (that is basically told by IJMA which means the consensus on some Islamic issue of almost all of notable ULAMA at the time in which consensus of SAHABA-RA i.e. the companions of the Prophet PBUH, has special status by which this command has become acceptable); the person involved in adultery is to be punished by 100 lashes publicly that would be executed with the moderate whip (men in front of men and women in front of women) and that might be divided in execution and though harsh, yet it would not be so harsh that it becomes unbearable to the person who is involved in this most extreme wrong which undoubtedly is one of the highest of sins; note that Islam considers it one of the most heinous sins/crimes even if it is committed with consent of both sides; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-1 to 5 of Surah NOOR present the related issue in words, “(this is) a Surah (chapter) which We have revealed and made (rulings here as) obligatory and in which We have revealed clear AAYAAT that you may be mindful (to observe the utmost good moral values that the Islamic teachings do ask); the female fornicator and the male fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah (as that pity would cause shameful attitude to get some hold at the surrounding area), if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement (so that all persons at the surrounding area do keep away from this filth in all ways possible); the male fornicator shall not marry any but a female fornicator or idolatress (that means that the Muslims need to develop such beautiful tradition in all area that disallows the person involved in adultery to marry any of decent women from all that area), and (as for) the female fornicator, none shall marry her but a male fornicator or an idolater (due to the good impression of the beautiful tradition to keep them away to affect the decent women adversely); and it is forbidden to the believers (as EHSAAN asks to keep away from marrying such person who is involved in adultery and ADL asks to keep away from marrying such person who is involved in SHERK); and those who accuse free women (which is named as QADHF) then they do not bring four (angelic) witnesses (on their accusation), flog them, (giving) eighty stripes (so that no person at the Islamic environment dares to accuse any Muslim person of such filthy sin/crime causing extreme shame to fall upon him), and do not admit any evidence (at the Islamic judicial system) from them ever; and these it is that are the transgressors (who intend to cause shameful attitude to take some hold at the environment); except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah is Forgiving (so He eliminates the impression of wrongs from their document of deeds), Merciful (so He gives them space ahead to work for the virtuous deeds)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT at the Ruku mention the issue of LI’AN which means “to curse each other” and in the Islamic jurisprudence when a man blames his wife with adultery and he does not have four upright eye-witnesses to his claim then the Islamic judicial system would ask him to say four times keeping his own self in focus that he is truthful in his accusation and the fifth time he would say that if he has lied then the curse of Allah falls on him; then his wife who had been accused would say four times keeping her husband in focus that he only is a liar in his accusation and the fifth time she would say that if he has spoken the truth then the wrath of Allah falls on her; so this issue specifically relates to the man and wife where the man accuses his wife of adultery and does not get four compatible eye-witnesses; by these statements, the man keeps off the HADD (the prescribed punishment of lashes) of wrongly abusing her of adultery while the woman keeps off the HADD from her of adultery respectively; this matter is specifically related to the man & wife when he had accused her of adultery and she had not confessed to it; though the statements of LI’AN itself are enough for the separation between the man and the woman and they would not remain man and wife after that yet the court would announce the divorce between them officially then and there after LI’AN; she would never come into his marriage again and she would get the custody of their children that are young; if she gives birth to a child being pregnant at the time of LI’AN, it would not be referred to as the offspring of any particular man but he would be referred to as the child that came after LI’AN; it is so very sad that in the world where doings of one affects the other, children often have to bear the adversity of bitter quarrels inside the family without any fault of their own; the last AAYAT of the Ruku states that though cursing each other is nothing appreciable yet in broad sense, it is blessing of Allah (not only to both sides as they remove HADD from themselves and get the space to compensate for the wrong that any of them has committed), upon whole of environment as He cares to make all persons practice the Islamic teachings with respect among each other, for the good morality at the whole of environment; so Allah is Oft-returning to mercy because He sets the past actions that men have shown, in such manner where they do not affect the environment negatively and He is Most Wise because He takes the matters in such manner ahead in the future that all persons get the ample space to make themselves better by their positive actions remaining firm upon the teachings of Islam; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Second Ruku
11. Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among you. Do not regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you. Every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin; and (as for) him who took upon himself the main part thereof, he shall have the most grievous chastisement.
12. Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood?
13. Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.
14. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this world and the hereafter, most grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into.
15. When you received it with your tongues and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of, and you deemed it an easy matter while with Allah it was most grievous.
16. And why did you not, when you heard it, say: It does not beseem us that we should talk of it; glory be to Thee! this is a great calumny?
17. Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it ever again if you are believers.
18. And Allah makes clear to you AAYAAT; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
19. Surely (as for) those who love that shameful things should circulate respecting those who believe, they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter; and Allah knows, while you do not know.
20. And were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful.
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This Ruku at Surah Noor defends one of the wives of the Prophet PBUH whom the hypocrites accused of adultery and some of good Muslims even, though very few, fell for their filthy propaganda against her; this incident is named as “IFK” (extreme fib; slander) and it caused much anguish to the Prophet PBUH until Allah defended her at this Ruku categorically and told about the most grievous punishment to all persons involved in speaking of and in publishing of IFK; the incident is reported at Bukhari in detail and briefly, it mentions that Bibi Ayesha-RA, who was the most beloved to the Prophet PBUH in his wives, had accompanied him at one of the expeditions (that he had taken to tackle the challenge from the tribe of Bani-MUSTALIQ at the sixth year of Hijrah); going back to Madinah, the Prophet PBUH ordered to proceed at night so Bibi Ayesha left the army-camp and went far away at wilderness to answer the call of nature and after that, when she came back to the camp, she realized that she had misplaced her necklace that was made of black bead and she went again to the far-away place to search for it and that search detained her for some period; meanwhile, the persons who used to carry her howdah (i.e. the cabin made for her that was set at the back of camel where she sat inside to fulfill the demands of veil) put her at the back of it properly and as she was very much light in weight so the lightness of howdah did not cause any concern to them while raising it up and they drove away the camel with the procession and all of them proceeded-on; she then found her necklace and returned to the camp but found nobody therein as the procession has departed; though she had made the mistake of not mentioning to any person that she would search for her necklace going back inside the wilderness yet she was wise enough to understand that they would certainly miss her sooner or later and then they would come back to this same place to search for her; she made herself as comfortable as possible but instantly, she felt very sleepy; now, it happened that one of SAHABA by the name of SAFWAN bin MU’ATTIL as-SULAMI was following the procession as the Prophet PBUH had appointed him to see if the procession has mistakenly left anything behind; he reached the place where Bibi Ayesha-RA was sleeping, in the morning and as he came to her, he recognized her as he had seen her before the command of veil had descended; he called-out loudly as he recognized her, the words at BAQARAH-156 that are “to Allah We belong, and to Him is our return”; she arose and covered her face with her garment, and as he made his she-camel kneel down, she mounted it; then he set out, leading the she-camel that was carrying her till they joined the procession during the midday; at that time, the leader of the hypocrites, Abdullah bin UBAYYE, caused havoc by slander upon both of them, among all persons there; but soon the procession came to Madinah and just as they reached there, she became ill; she was not aware that some persons are spreading such wrong things about her among the masses but she did see that while she was sick, she was no longer receiving the same kindness from her respectable husband as she used to receive at such occasions of illness; he would enter at her place and say greeting and ask briefly about her and then depart; that caused some concern to Bibi Ayesha yet it was only when her ailment was receding that she came to know of that extreme fib that hypocrites there were saying about her; it was the mother of MISTAH (and this man also was involved in acceptance of this extreme fib) who stumbled over her robe when she was accompanying her and spontaneously cursed her son MISTAH (as she might have felt that it was his extreme wrong that had caused some adversity to her); there were three of such considerably mentionable Muslim persons at that time who were not taken as hypocrites, but who had also acknowledged the IFK against Bibi Ayesha and MISTAH was among them; the other two were HASSAN bin THABIT, the poet who used to defend the speech of the Prophet PBUH by his poetry, and HAMNA, who was the sister-in-law of the Prophet PBUH (as she was the sister of ZAYNAB-BINT-JAHSH-RA); note that when the Prophet PBUH had asked his wife ZAYNAB about this matter, she had replied, "O Allah's Apostle! I protect my hearing and my sight (by refraining totally from telling lies) as I know nothing but good about Ayesha”; so on query from Bibi Ayesha at this utterance, the mother of MISTAH told about things that were current in people about Bibi Ayesha and as she got this information, she was shocked and it added to her ailment; when the Prophet PBUH visited her the next time, she asked him to give her the permission to go to her parent’s home; at her parent’s home, she asked her mother about this matter and she tried to soothe her by saying that there is no charming lady who is loved by her husband, who has other wives as well, but that those wives would find fault with her; she could not believe that there were such persons who really were saying all this about her and wept-on for all the night there and for the second night too; but then, there were such persons at the times of Bibi Maryam-AS too who had not spared her even, from such fibs; the problem had amounted to such stage that the Prophet PBUH even consulted BARIRA, the slave-girl of Ayesha, about it and she defended her beautifully by saying, "by Allah Who has sent you with the truth, I have never seen anything regarding Ayesha which I would blame her for except that she is a girl of immature age who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough of her family unprotected so that the domestic goats come and eat it"; upon this comment, the Prophet PBUH went on to the pulpit of the mosque and stated plainly that slandering of his family has caused much anguish to him; however, the matter did not end at that and it was nearly after a month upon this matter when the Prophet PBUH visited Bibi Ayesha-RA and said, "thereafter, O Ayesha! I have been informed such and-such thing about you; and if you are innocent, Allah will reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then ask for Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him, for when a slave confesses his sin and then repents to Allah, He accepts his repentance"; she was still a young girl and had little knowledge of the Quran but she managed to reply in such manner that meant that this fib has been talked about so much that even the Prophet PBUH gets the impression that it may have something in it; she told him that Allah knows that she is innocent and He would bring the fact about it at fore; she quoted the words of Jacob-AS "so (for me) patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah (Alone) Whose help is sought” (Surah YOUSUF-18); she had also narrated as we find at authentic books of Ahadith that she never thought that Allah would descend AAYAAT for her defense at the Quran that would be recited on forever; she states that the Prophet PBUH had not yet left his seat and nobody had left the house when WAHI came to him and he went into the same hard condition which used to overtake him (when WAHI used to come to him) that the drops of his sweat were running down, like pearls, though it was winter and as it was over, he smiled and said, “O Ayesha! Allah has declared your innocence"; Bibi Ayesha-RA thanked Allah at that occasion that He has conformed her innocence and that by AAYAAT of the Quran; certainly, Allah raises the good status of such good virtuous persons who ask for His blessing with SABR when such immoral persons who have little respect for any person (and no respect for the good virtuous persons), challenge them stubbornly; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first five AAYAAT of the Ruku state, “surely they who concocted the lie (IFK) are a party (of hypocrites) from among you; do not regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you (as now you all would receive the ruling for such cases and you all would learn clearly how to deal with such situation; also, it has exposed the hypocrites and such persons who have little care to finding of facts so they fall for rumors and even spread them on); every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin (that would be written at his document of deeds); and (as for) him who took upon himself the main part thereof (i.e. Abdullah bin UBAYYE), he shall have the most grievous chastisement; why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you all heard it, think well of their own (virtuous) people, and say- this is an evident falsehood (as the matter asks to bring four compatible witnesses of it which they had not provided upon their accusation)?-; why did they (i.e. the hypocrites) not bring four witnesses of it?- but as they have not brought witnesses (according to ADL, the law of Islam), they are liars before Allah; and were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this world and the hereafter, most grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into (that some of you took this accusation at face without any witnesses of it and without any research about facts) when you received it with your tongues and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of (while only those who were hypocrites among you, took this evident falsehood as fact), and you deemed it an easy matter while with Allah it was most grievous (to accuse virtuous persons of such filth, particularly to accuse some virtuous woman of it)”; certainly, Allah has set His law most clearly and He only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last five AAYAAT guide that the good Muslims shall only speak positively in such matters and never spread them as these things might cause stimulation to extreme shameful attitude to spread among the masses; it is good that there are places where the Muslims refrain from disclosing the name of such women who become victims to rape and they strictly need to conceal the names of such women too who are willfully involved in adultery unless their filth is totally proven officially and they are punished accordingly by relevant lashes upon it, in front of some of the Muslim womenfolk; it is necessary that all reporting of all events at all media of communication remain in such manner officially among the Muslims at any given surroundings which does not cause any shameful attitude to spread or to take hold at the place among the masses; note that Islam strictly commits to keeping it away from the Muslims (though at any age of their lives) even if it needs to censor anything from the media; for other of issues, it inspires the Muslims to care even more than other peoples at the world, for the freedom of expression but most surely, with care to speaking of facts only with such manner of expression that do not hurt anyone and most surely, with care to appreciating the goodness in other persons especially in the good Muslims, by their own internal sense of virtues, as they all are like brothers who care to live most harmoniously among each other (see Surah HUJURAAT-10); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that there were such good Muslims who said the words that the Quran mentioned to say on such shameful rumors at AAYAT-16 when they heard it, even before these words had descended that were “glory be to Thee- this is a great calumny”; the last five AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “and why did you (Muslims) not, when you heard it, say- it does not beseem us that we should talk of it- glory be to Thee- this is a great calumny?-; Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it ever again if you are believers; and Allah makes clear to you AAYAAT (that you never take any of shameful attitudes as you live-on at EHSAAN); and Allah is Knowing, Wise; surely (as for) those who love that shameful things should circulate respecting those who believe (by any manner that spreads the information among people), they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter; and Allah knows, while you do not know (that how the unchecked mention of these things even, cause these things to affect the surroundings adversely); and were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful (then your light tackling of this matter would certainly have caused most grievous chastisement to you)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Third Ruku
21. O you who believe! do not follow the footsteps of the Satan, and whoever follows the footsteps of the Satan, then surely he bids the doing of indecency and evil; and were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have ever been pure, but Allah purifies whom He pleases; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
22. And let not those of you who possess grace and abundance swear against giving to the near of kin and the poor and those who have fled in Allah's way, and they should pardon and turn away. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
23. Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware (of the evil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have a grievous chastisement.
24. On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet shall bear witness against them as to what they did.
25. On that day Allah will pay back to them in full their just reward, and they shall know that Allah is the evident Truth.
26. Unclean things are for unclean ones and unclean ones are for unclean things, and the good things are for good ones and the good ones are for good things; these are free from what they say; they shall have forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
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The Ruku starts by asking the Muslims not to follow the footsteps of the Satan because whoever follows his footsteps, he leads all such persons to the doing of indecency (shameful attitudes) and evil (injustice); when the person takes-up Islam and avoids SHERK then there are two categories of major sins that he has to avoid necessarily (Allah forgives the minor sins of the true Muslim even by WUDHU and even by SALAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah); these two categories are the shameful attitudes (in which the biggest of sins is to commit adultery/fornication) and injustice (in which the biggest of sins is to intentionally kill someone unjustly); note here that Allah has shaped the circumstances in such manner that Islam is the only challenger today to all shameful attitudes (mostly initiated by the indecent women so they have more of liability to become better and to see that nothing of shameful attitudes takes place) and to all injustice (mostly initiated by the unjust men so they have more of liability to become better and to see that no injustice takes place); when the Muslim person sincerely asks Allah to help him/her in all adverse situations then only, he/she would be able to avoid all major sins; note also that Allah gave the respect to the Man due to the spirit he had blown inside him and the Satan intends to make him oblivious of its beauty and to plunge him into such of his base desires that lead him to care for the physical pleasures only; and note also that when the male and the female persons among the mankind disregard the command of HEJAB, it leads to extreme shameful attitudes gradually and that is why Islam asks to keep away from all such things too that have much high potential to lead to such attitudes; HEJAB is the attitude of reservation that challenges all shameful attitudes which the Muslim woman takes-up at all walks of life and our study would learn about it explicitly insha-Allah at the next Ruku; the Muslims would not eat anything impure or/and prohibited as it affects the inside adversely (and that is why Allah prohibited proximity even, to Adam and Eve to that tree that had the prohibited fruit and eating of which caused their respective private parts to come into the view of each other); the Muslim men would not talk without some necessity at the Islamic living-manner to unrelated women (and those women also would care to talk to them by necessity only and in some strict manner); the Muslim women would not leave their homes without some necessity and would return as they have attended to that and they would never wear such dresses that Islam takes as the most indecent clothing for them at any time anywhere (though at leaving their homes, they would see to it particularly) so they would not take-up any such attitude that Islam takes as shameful at any time anywhere; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT implies that Allah has shown His mercy to the Muslims and not punished them when they did not stop the spread of the rumor that was very shameful in nature and that related to total falsehood, but that shall not cause any inattention inside them about such matters ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT asks the well-off Muslims not to stop the financial assistance that they had been providing to their poor relatives who had ignorantly involved themselves in acceptance of this rumor; they should forgive them and leave any attention to their extreme idiocy now; note here that Abu Bakr-RA, who used to provide financial assistance for MISTAH because of the latter's kinship to him (as the mother of MISTAH was his first cousin) and because of his poverty, had taken an oath that he will never provide for MISTAH anything after what he has said about his daughter Ayesha-RA; so Allah revealed this AAYAT-22 and upon hearing this, Abu Bakr said that he certainly wishes that Allah should forgive him so he resumed giving MISTAH the aid he used to give him before (and even increased it) and swore that he will never deny it again from him at all; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT tells that it is not feasible to stop providing the financial assistance to some person in sudden manner, even if he has involved himself in some idiocy that hurts the person who is caring for him when he has done it ignorantly and he is most ready to repent duly on awareness of facts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the couple of AAYAAT ahead mentions explicitly that those persons who accuse the innocent believing women who do not have any attention or any leaning towards shameful attitudes, they shall have most grievous chastisement not only at AKHIRAT but also at their lives at the world; at AKHIRAT, it would happen that Allah would give the tongues and hands & feet of such most wrong persons the power to bear witness in their own specific manner against such dishonest persons of their most unjust doings; the Quran has mentioned at places about the extreme dishonest persons among the disbelievers that at AKHIRAT, their limbs or/and other parts of physique would witness against them explicitly (see Surah HA-MEEM AS-SADAH-20; Surah YA-SEEN-65); this also implies in the most clear terms that whoever had accused Bibi Ayesha-RA wrongly of such heinous wrong to disgrace her and did not repent upon it at the world, AKHIRAT would disgrace him in the most extreme manner among all peoples of the world in such manner that he would be totally unable to offer any defense for himself; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as all persons would receive their just judgment there according to their belief and deeds, these persons also would receive their judgment in the most just manner that would be the punishment by the hell-fire if they do not repent on their wrongs at the world sincerely; their own tongues would testify against them and their hands & feet would be the four witnesses that would endorse its statement explicitly; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Ruku relate about the psyche of the Man that reads, “unclean things (i.e. all wrong-doings) are for unclean ones (i.e. those unfair persons who search only for faults even in the most virtuous persons as their attention remains towards unworthy gains of the world) and unclean ones are for unclean things (i.e. those unfair persons are attracted to all wrong-doings only); and the good things (i.e. all virtuous deeds) are for good ones (i.e. those virtuous persons who appreciate the goodness in all persons and try to make all persons better by keeping AKHIRAT in view) and the good ones are for good things (i.e. those virtuous persons are attracted to all virtuous deeds only); these are free from what they (i.e. the unfair persons) say (to blame them of extreme shameful attitudes); they shall have forgiveness (at the world) and the honorable sustenance (at AKHIRAT)”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Fourth Ruku
27. O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own houses until you have asked permission and saluted their inmates; this is better for you, that you may be mindful.
28. But if you do not find any one therein, then do not enter them until permission is given to you; and if it is said to you: Go back, then go back; this is purer for you; and Allah is Cognizant of what you do.
29. It is no sin in you that you enter uninhabited houses wherein you have your necessaries; and Allah knows what you do openly and what you hide.
30. Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts; that is purer for them; surely Allah is Aware of what they do.
31. And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over to their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having any need, or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.
32. And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
33. And let those who do not find the means to marry keep chaste until Allah makes them free from want out of His grace. And (as for) those who ask for a writing from among those whom your right hands possess, give them the writing if you know any good in them, and give them of the wealth of Allah which He has given you; and do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, when they desire to keep chaste, in order to seek the frail good of this world's life; and whoever compels them, then surely after their compulsion Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
34. And certainly We have sent to you clear AAYAAT and a description of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil).
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This Ruku relates beautifully the manner to live by the best of morality in the Islamic environment; the first three AAYAAT of this Ruku teach manners to visit someone or/and some place at the Islamic environment; the Muslims person needs to ask permission to enter when he comes to visit some person; he would stand a little at side from the main door so that his sight does not fall inside as the door opens; he would ask the permission to enter for three times only and if there is no answer, he would postpone his visit to some period ahead; one of the authentic Ahadith at Bukhari mentions that tells that whenever the Prophet PBUH asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and whenever he spoke anything significant, he used to repeat it thrice; in the current times, the Muslim person might ask permission to visit someone beforehand by the mobile cell-phones and would also conform his presence when he comes at his place and when permission is allowed to him, he would present SALAM to the inmates there; if he does not get the permission to enter from any of responsible persons there, he would leave the place and postpone his visit to some period in future without any resentment on this refusal; Islam most clearly asks to respect the privacy of Muslims at their homes as they might be engaged in some worthy task needing their attention and there also remains trust upon each other that no Muslim person would involve himself in any of wrongs even in private; also, it is not feasible to trespass upon any private property though there might not be anyone present there unless someone among Muslims have taken specific permission for it due to some of his belongings there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; also, when the Muslim person visits such places where his entry does not need permission as mosques, warehouses (where he has stored some of his assets), community centers (where he is one of members), restaurants, public gardens etc. though if there are timing set at these places to visit them, he would respect that; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at AAYAT-30, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to provide the command to all Muslim men to care about their sight that they would strictly keep the gaze down when in front of the unrelated women as much as possible for them and they would take care that their private parts remains totally concealed from all people at all times and places; note that the SATAR (such of parts that the person needs to conceal necessarily) for the Muslim man is from belly to knees all round and it needs his physical attention; the Muslim man does not need to leave the things that he requires for the ordinary living of his life so he would take lawful & pure foods and wear necessary simple decent clothes to conceal the SATAR without care to the saying that “clothes make the man” but he would show his gratitude to Allah by living virtuously in the most simple manner; his necessary clothes would also save him from the adversity of the weather and would also remain an adornment to him though he certainly would not wear such clothes that incline to showing-off; note that Islam does not take as virtuous to torture the physique in any manner but it asks to remain simple enjoying all blessings from Allah due to necessity and up-to necessity; the last of AAYAT-30 says that “surely Allah is Aware of what they do” and this implies that the men have such delicate sentiments towards women that need check and they would take care by EHSAAN for HEJAB of the Muslim women that comes at the next AAYAT, in the best manner possible for them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next AAYAT of the Ruku that is AAYAT-31, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to provide the same command to all Muslim women to care about their sight that they would strictly keep the gaze down when in front of the unrelated men as much as possible for them and they would take care that their private parts remain totally concealed from all people at all times and places; however, the AAYAT guides ahead to the issue of HEJAB that relates to the Muslim woman categorically; note that for the Muslim woman, all her body is SATAR (which includes her hair too) except for her face, hands up-to wrists and feet up-to ankles and the notable feature is that her SATAR and her HEJAB both are similar in the Islamic surroundings though there are some notable differences too that we would insha-Allah learn ahead; there are such persons at these current times who have taken up the manners of the Satan so much that though they accept the clothing as adornment to the body yet they do not give the worthy credit to the fact that it conceals the parts that are most necessary to conceal which is its primary task; due to such views that are most adverse to Islam, they care but little about concealing of SATAR most strictly and their views relate much to make space for the women-folk to manifest their physique at some occasions in the most shameful manner; note that such manifestation is totally disallowed even at picnic occasions and totally disallowed even for medical reasons; the notable thing here is that even in the situation of utmost IDHTIRAR (the grave situation of necessity where even her life is at stake), it is necessary for the Muslim woman to take-up the attitude of reservation and care for her SATAR that declines only to become equivalent to the SATAR of the Muslim man at such exceptional medical situation; however, if surgery is most necessary at some other place due to IDHTIRAR for which only a male surgeon is available, the surgeon would concentrate at that place only by covering all the physique by sheet of cloth and exposing only that specific area by tearing it to necessity (whereas only the female persons would assist him in that surgery) as ULAMA would insha-Allah elaborate upon the issue if they are asked for guidance; may Allah give all Muslim persons the awareness of the Islamic teachings, provide all of them TOFIQ to live practically upon that awareness and save all of them from all satanic views by spreading them explicitly to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the awareness of the ruling for three matters that are SATAR, the normal manner of HEJAB and the strict manner of HEJAB, would insha-Allah explain the whole of issue that relates to the code of dress and the necessary reservation in attitudes of the Muslim woman according to the Islamic teachings; for this necessary awareness, I, MSD, would insha-Allah provide the supplementary note after this note at the fourth Ruku of Surah NOOR, by the high blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-32 asks all such persons to seek an early marriage for the persons that are financially dependent on them; at those times, there were slave persons that were most dependent on their masters for their financial sustenance and different issues of life so the AAYAT mentions them too yet in the world that we have today, it implies that the responsible persons to some dependent men and women, have to see to this aspect of their lives too most necessarily; this would save their good chastity and if the responsible persons fear that they would get some additional financial burden as their liability, they need not worry about it as Allah would make their financial situation better to provide for those persons that are dependent upon them or/and make those dependent persons capable in such manner that they would be able to provide for themselves in much better way; certainly, Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-33 guides that those who are not financially dependent to any other person but they do not have much resources available at hand, they need to wait until Allah provides them enough for their ease at this matter by His blessing and so they would exercise utmost control on their sentiments towards the women so as not to fall into any of major sins; in Ahadith, one of the manners to develop that control inside is to keep SIYAAM (i.e. they need to fast as much as possible that they usually practice in the month of Ramadan); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT also rules to accept the request of slave-persons if their masters see that they certainly would not put any hardship to their selves (as they have some good skill to use to survive) or to the Islamic environment, when they ask their masters to release them of slavery by providing specific sum of amount for it (this is termed as MUKATABAT); the Islamic teachings set pace for the release of men & women from slavery by all manners that was possible at that time and until that release, asked the Muslims to treat their slaves in as humanely manner as possible at that time; we all Muslims know well about Muhammad (PBUH), the last of Messengers of Allah, that he never led Muslims to grade-consciousness as his speech tells clearly that is recorded at the books of Ahadith; he was a simple person who led all his life in the most simple manner by keeping his total attention towards Allah only whereas he never cared about accumulating any of material assets; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, the Islamic teachings do ask the common man to respect and to obey the persons at authority when they do not go against the commands of Allah but it is significant that they do not appreciate for the Muslim persons at authority to impose grades; though it is difficult to develop the most proper attitudes among the masses in accordance to the Islamic teachings yet the persons at authority would try that sincerely to the utmost possibility; they shall not impose their importance as there is no V.I.P. culture in Islam that might ask for imposed protocol; indeed the true greatness belongs to Allah only; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Islam did not initiate the practice of slavery nor did it appreciate it and on the contrary, it gave such commands for slaves (for both male and female) that led to their emancipation with time; though detail is not possible here yet please note in brief that Islam asked to treat slaves with respect, asked to release them from slavery in compensation of few commands of Allah that their masters could not fulfill, asked not to give any of female slaves except by marriage to men for sexual reasons (as this filth prevailed at that time among some of hypocrites who used to earn their filthy amounts by this) and though their sale was allowed yet it was not appreciated, asked to release female slaves if they become mothers to any of their children, asked not to stop any of their slaves from becoming MUKATAB (as we find here at this AAYAT) who asked for their release by paying-out some specific amount to their masters for their freedom and in addition to these, Islam asked in many other ways to free slaves and took it as one of the most charitable acts for the Muslims; with that, it also asked not to make people slaves to the extent possible at those times and this was the best that could have been done when the custom of slavery prevailed and when women outnumbered men highly who had among them many of such women who did need security to live-on with necessities; this was because the men fell at battle-grounds in those days in scores while the number of battles was high too; it is most highly notable that slavery was and is totally alien to the righteous practice of Islamic teachings and Islam tolerated it only because any direct action against it would have caused most unpleasant outcome to the living manner then; however, Islam did certainly deal with this issue of slavery most beautifully at those times and it did set the good pace for its total elimination by progress in time ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the AAYAT also guides those persons in the most firm manner who claim to be Muslims that they shall not compel their slave-girls to prostitution as they desire to keep chaste; note that the AAYAT states the desire of the slave-girls for chastity as the fact of the matter and not as the condition to the matter; they shall avoid all such inclinations that ask to seek the frail goods of this world's life by means that Islam has totally disapproved; and whoever compels their slave-girls, then surely after such compulsion, Allah is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful to those girls though their masters would receive the severe punishment not only for the heinous filth of the sin that they asked of them but also for their compulsion that they applied upon those girls due to their authority upon them; certainly Allah only is the true authority and they would see their severe punishment not only at AKHIRAT but also at their lives at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah sums up the matter of the Ruku beautifully in the last AAYAT by the statement that “and certainly We have sent to you clear AAYAAT and a description of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil)”; may Allah give all Muslim persons the awareness of the Islamic teachings, provide all of them TOFIQ to live practically upon that awareness and save all of them from all satanic views by spreading that awareness explicitly to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Supplementary note - AAYAT-59 (AHZAAB) & AAYAT-31 (NOOR)
Islam asks the Muslim woman to care for the code of her dress by Islam and for the necessary reservation at all times in her attitudes; this needs that she learns the rulings for SATAR and HEJAB that gets highly strict when the environment presents some high challenge to the Islamic manner of living; for the Muslim woman, all her body is SATAR (which includes her hair too) except for the face, hands up-to wrists and feet up-to ankles; note that both SATAR and HEJAB are very similar at the Islamic surroundings yet this is significant that even then, HEJAB does ask her to take some additional long sheet of cloth too upon her when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity; it also denotes her attitude of utmost reservation towards the men-folk (so it asks to shape her behavior too besides the attention that she needs at SATAR); the notable thing is that her HEJAB gets highly strict at the surroundings that challenge the practice of Islam (and such of surroundings presents FITNAH which means that there are high number of persons who not only abhor the practice of the righteous Islamic teachings but also the belief in the righteous Islamic teachings); there she would cover her face too except for her eyes to fulfill its demands when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity so her HEJAB does have some changeable features by change in times at hand yet SATAR is fixed in meaning which relates to all her physique including her hair except for her face, hands and feet; the BURQA or the ABAAYA that fully covers her physique with necessary veil to cover the face except for eyes, does fulfill this need of total covering at such surroundings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the awareness of the issue of HEJAB, the most significant feature to note is that HEJAB of the Muslim womenfolk has three aspects to it which also elucidate that it relates to her behavior too; the first aspect is that the Muslim woman must not leave her home except for some necessity (the ultimate decision about necessity would be hers, when she does care in practice about the basic teachings of Islam though she would care to keep in view the advice of her father- or if married, of her husband- about it); the second aspect is that when she goes out of her home at some necessity and the surroundings are such that in general, the men care not to trouble her in any way (and the Islamic rulings mention such place as free of FITNAH so there is no challenge to the righteous Islamic teachings there and those surroundings respect them highly) then she might go out by strict care to her SATAR with her face, hands up-to wrist and feet up-to ankles uncovered though she would cover her whole body plus her hair by an additional long sheet of cloth necessarily (and so even BURQA or ABAAYA that is the long coat which conceals the whole physique plus the covering to hair, is fine); if the surroundings are otherwise, then she would take care to cover her face too except for eyes; the third aspect is connected to the first that as soon as the necessity ends, she would return to her home without any waste of time as Islam appreciates the basic place for her activity as her home for certain; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the observation of this issue tells explicitly that it is an embarrassment for the menfolk in general that the Muslim woman needs to cover her face too for HEJAB when she has to leave her home for some genuine necessity; one of the notable issues here is that Surah AHZAAB also mentions the command of HEJAB explicitly and though it is the thirty-third Surah in recitation yet it had descended a year before than Surah NOOR; so our study here would insha-Allah get some more refinement by consultation of that place too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah AHZAAB-59 reads, “O Prophet (PBUH)! tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast some of their outer garments (i.e. from the long sheet of cloth or ABAYA) over their persons (i.e. they should take veil over their faces too either with extension of some cloth from their outer garments or either in addition with some cloth, except for eyes when they leave their homes as they find the surroundings related to FITNAH); that is most convenient, that they should be known (that they are noble Muslim women) and are not molested; and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; please note some significant points here about the ruling for HEJAB which I, MSD, would present keeping AAYAT-59 at AHZAAB in view specifically but as AAYAT-31 of NOOR also relates to the ruling for HEJAB directly so I would take its assistance too for the awareness of its ruling; the first point is that AAYAT-59 at AHZAAB relates specifically to the dress-code and the attitude of the Muslim woman when she has to leave her home for some genuine necessity at surroundings of some FITNAH; the second point is that the term “Min-JALABIBEHIN” that is mentioned there, denotes according to IBNE-ABBAS-RA, such BURQA or such ABAAYA or such long sheet of cloth which conceals her whole physique and which has the veil in addition to it for the face with eyes unconcealed only, to see the way and she would remain to side of the pathway and she would remain inattentive to menfolk around (who by themselves would care in the best way for her HEJAB); the third point is that this AAYAT at AHZAAB relates to the times of some FITNAH, though it was light then yet substantial, to ask the Muslim women to take the strict manner of HEJAB that included their faces too; the explanation to this is that there were some persons among the Jews who passed remarks upon some of the Muslim women even when they had left their homes in the most decent manner for genuine necessity; when they were challenged on this most indecent attitude towards the Muslim women, those persons among the Jews argued that they mistakenly took them as slave-women; sadly, the surroundings were permissive at those times for men to give few adverse remarks to slave-women at pathways teasingly; so the Muslim women were asked here to take the strict HEJAB that is needed at FITNAH so that it distinguishes them clearly from the slave-women who only observed the normal manner of HEJAB and that also somewhat loosely; the fourth point is that after a year or so, when this threat from the indecent persons among the Jews totally faded away, AAYAT-31 at Surah NOOR descended that implied that it suffices for the Muslim women to take the normal manner of HEJAB when she leaves her home for some genuine necessity which does not include her face (except where she intends it herself and that of-course is the better option); it also tells that she is allowed to reside at her home with normal clothing that are related to her SATAR (which includes the covering to her hair and that is very near to the normal manner of HEJAB) with necessary decent reservation in attitudes; this AAYAT-31 mentions such of her relatives in detail in front of whom she relaxes her HEJAB whereas she cares for her SATAR strictly; her first cousins who visit there, might be included here if they are decent enough and she is yet unmarried though please note here that ULAMA generally take them too as outsiders; the fifth point is that it is interesting that Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to express the ruling about SATAR and HEJAB and He does not provide it directly to Muslims so it tells that the Prophet PBUH was most liable to address such issues of morality that are intimately attached to the Muslim person; now, with these points, note that AAYAT-31 at Surah NOOR presents the list of the MEHRUM (very closely related men to her to whom her marriage is totally disallowed) explicitly in front of whom, the Muslim woman is allowed to present herself without any of her outer garments except for her normal clothes that conceals whole of her physique without telling any of its features being light or tight (and she would care to wear her head-covering even at such times as that also is included in her SATAR though if she is inattentive to it for some brief period among her very close relatives at home, that negligence is omissible); note that her husband is also mentioned in the list yet he is an exception to her as for him, even the ruling for her SATAR is relaxed but as she is liable to leave HEJAB of any manner in front of him too so he also is mentioned here; note that even if among her very close relatives at home, she would care for the strict concealment of her SATAR at all times which is her whole physique except for her hands & feet and face; that probably would suffice even in front of her decent first cousins as they visit there at these current times though they surely are not among the MEHRUM; at AAYAT-31 of NOOR, Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to advise to Muslim women for the normal manner of HEJAB, “and do not display their ornaments (their normal dress and decorative things attached to it that relate to it including its designs) except what appears thereof (that is their outer garment, their height, their decent manner in walk and in necessary speech, their hands which may even have designs upon palms i.e. MEHNDI, their shoes and their faces but without dressing to lips or applying of face-powders), and let them wear their head-coverings over to their bosoms (and that sheet of cloth also shall not be light or/and short as that actually relates to SATAR and it counts among the necessary aspects of HEJAB too) and not display their ornaments (as noted above) except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women (i.e. the Muslim women as even with the normal manner of HEJAB, the Muslim woman is disallowed to interact freely with women that are other than Muslims), or those whom their right hands possess (i.e. their slave-women though this does not apply at these current times as by the blessing of Allah, slavery has gone away, insha-Allah never to come again), or the male servants not having any need (and any of manly attention towards women at the household due to their extreme old age as servants or due to their residing from childhood at that place as servants to the family), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women (so except in front of these, the Muslim woman would take the strict manner of HEJAB in front of all menfolk); and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known (as attitudes also count in rulings about HEJAB even if it is in the normal manner); and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! (as there might remain some of negligence in rulings about HEJAB from the Muslim women at times unintentionally or even from the Muslim men where they need to assist women about it, so asking-on for mercy from Allah at all times is most necessary) so that you may be successful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the explanation about both of these AAYAAT, that are AAYAT-31 of NOOR and AAYAT-59 of AHZAAB, notes explicitly that these both AAYAAT relate respectively to the normal manner of HEJAB at inside of homes (which also applies outside where the environment is Islamic as the Muslim woman adds the outer worthy garment over all her physique when outside her home at necessity and the worthy high reservation in all her attitudes towards the menfolk) and about the strict manner of HEJAB at outside of homes (where the environment presents trouble to the Islamic living manner of the decent Muslim woman even if she leaves her home briefly at genuine necessity); note that when the surroundings relate to the Islamic environment, AAYAT-60 of Surah NOOR gives some convenience in HEJAB to the old women among Muslims that they might relax some of their outer covering even in front of the unrelated men in such manner in which they reside at home, when they find some necessity to go outside homes; but they would take utmost care for decent clothing even at such occasions (as they take at all occasions) that suffices totally well to conceal the whole physique plus the hair; the AAYAT also mentions that though this is allowed for them yet it is better for them that they do not avail this convenience and resort to all asking of HEJAB of the normal manner; all of Muslims have to note that the best manner to get the explanation of HEJAB totally is to practice it as better as possible by converting all surroundings to the Islamic environment and by keeping all attention towards Allah, the only Creator of all the creation Who always has all His attributes and certainly, He only is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
(This note ended at 06:30 am - Oct. 29, 2020; Al-Hamdu Lillah)
NOOR-The Fifth Ruku
35. Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as it were a brightly shining heavenly body, lit from the blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
36. In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them; they glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings,
37. Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of poor-rate; they fear the day in which the hearts and eyes shall turnabout;
38. So that Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and give them more out of His grace; and Allah gives sustenance to whom He pleases without measure.
39. And (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning;
40. Or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud, (layers of) utter darkness one above another; when he holds out his hand, he is almost unable to see it; and to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light.
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The first AAYAT of the Ruku starts by the statement that “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth”; this means that He has provided the light of the true guidance to the heavens and the earth as without His will, there would have been no light anywhere at any time in the spiritual sense and so nothing would have known the task that it has to fulfill; the AAYAT presents a simile ahead to express how this light gets brighter for the mankind when he remembers Allah by his heart, by his words and by his practice at all matters of his life; the AAYAT notes, “the likeness of His light is as a niche (i.e. the chest of the man that denotes his inside) in which is a lamp (i.e. the light of guidance inside his heart by birth), the lamp is in a glass (i.e. his heart), the glass is as it were a brightly shining heavenly body (as his heart denotes the spirit inside him that has come to him from heavens), lit from the blessed olive-tree (i.e. the heart glows spiritually in the most beautiful manner in such good person who accepts Islam sincerely), neither eastern nor western (i.e. Islam, the word of Allah that is like the blessed olive-tree, and every person needs its fundamental teachings for his life wherever and whenever he lives), the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not (so the impression of Islam beautifies the spirit of the good person who accepts it and it glows like some beautiful heavenly body as it already had the potential inside for its acceptance) -- light upon light -- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things”; note that Surah ZUMAR states, “is he whose bosom Allah has expanded for Islam, so that he follows a light from his Lord, (is he as he who disbelieves)? - then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah; such are in plain error” (ZUMAR-22); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three of AAYAT ahead state that this parable especially relates to those persons who care to visit the Masjid for the remembrance of Allah, and their business transactions even do not stop them from such beautiful visits; they care to spend their good resources in the way of Allah too as they fear the Day of Judgment so Allah would provide them the best of returns and even more; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “(they find attraction) in houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted (that are MASAJID) and that His name may be remembered in them; they glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings; (they are) such men whom neither (buying of) merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of SALAH (that brings the attention to AKHIRAT) and (of ZAKAH that is) the giving of poor-rate (that takes the attention away from unnecessary benefits of the world); they fear the day in which the hearts and eyes shall turnabout; so that Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and give them more out of His grace (i.e. grant them nearness to Him); and Allah gives sustenance (even in the world) to whom He pleases without measure”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT at the Ruku tell about the disbelievers (which incline to hypocrisy and which totally have forgotten AKHIRAT respectively) that they take some of their deeds as most virtuous but it is just as the thirsty person has the illusion about glittering sand at some desert to which they come and find that there is no water there; such would be their position at AKHIRAT where Allah would give them the result to their doings that would only put disgrace to them and Allah would give that very soon as AKHIRAT is not that far away; Al-Hamdu Lillah; or their deeds (that are of other of disbelievers who have become totally oblivious of AKHIRAT and challenge it when they are asked to give attention to it), are as if they are at the depth of the ocean where waves are above waves and then over all of them is a dark black cloud which lingers there at night so it is darkness over darkness where if any person among them extends out his hand, he would be unable to see it; this means that remaining in such environment, if he does try at some period of life to ask facts about life, he would be unable to find those facts due to his position at total darkness that presents around due to the abhorrence to the righteous spiritual fundamental teachings of Islam; these last AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “and (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning; or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud, (layers of) utter darkness one above another; when he holds out his hand, he is almost unable to see it; and to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Sixth Ruku
41. Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the (very) birds with expanded wings? He knows the prayer of each one and its glorification, and Allah is Cognizant of what they do.
42. And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the eventual coming.
43. Do you not see that Allah drives along the clouds, then gathers them together, then piles them up, so that you see the rain coming forth from their midst? And He sends down of the clouds that are (like) mountains where-in is hail, afflicting there-with whom He pleases and turning it away from whom He pleases; the flash of His lightning almost takes away the sight.
44. Allah turns over the night and the day; most surely there is a lesson in this for those who have sight.
45. And Allah has created from water every living creature: so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which walks upon four; Allah creates what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.
46. Certainly We have revealed clear AAYAAT, and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right way.
47. And they say: We believe in Allah and in the apostle and we obey; then one of parties of them turn back after this, and these are not believers.
48. And when they are called to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, one of parties of them turn aside.
49. And if the truth be on their side, they come to him quickly, obedient.
50. Is there in their hearts a disease, or are they in doubt, or do they fear that Allah and His Apostle will act wrongfully towards them? - in fact, they themselves are the unjust.
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The first AAYAT of the previous Ruku had mentioned that “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth”; this is because He has provided the light of the true guidance to the heavens and the earth as without His will, there would have been no light anywhere at any time, neither in the physical sense nor in the spiritual sense, and so nothing of His creation would have known the task that it has to fulfill; here the first AAYAT mentions that Allah has given all of things the awareness of how to praise Allah, the only true Lord of all and all such persons who have got some good observation might detect some of this awareness; He has provided free-will only to two of His creation that are the JINN and the Human-being and they have to put the commands of Allah with all sincerity to their lives by that free-will which they have; so Allah tells at AAYAT-56 of Surah ZAARIYAAT that “I created the jinn and the humankind only that they worship Me” as all other of His creation already praise Him sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all of His creation (even plants and all lifeless things like rocks and waters and others), praise Him in their own way as they attest to the purity of Allah from all defects, by their TASBIH (remembrance of Allah) yet the AAYAT mentions birds specifically as they recite TASBIH for Him even at their flight and they certainly are beautiful; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so each of the creation of Allah has got its manner of SALAH and the good awareness about how to praise Him in the best way possible and He certainly knows about their doings that they manifest at this matter; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah BANI-ISRAEL states at AAYAT-44, “the seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymns His praise; but you understand not their praise; He is ever Clement, Forgiving”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT mentions that Allah certainly has the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and those among the jinn and the mankind who do not take the advice at the world to surrender to Allah totally, they would certainly have to answer for their doings to Allah, the true Lord of all His creation, at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-43 & 44 & 45 tell how Allah has cared for the safety of all His creation and how He has all authority to set issues relating to His creation as He wills; note that AAYAT-43 implies that Allah drives the cloud to where He intends and the clouds have total ability to store waters in them at the heaven (like the mountains that store waters at earth) and He attaches those clouds together and provide layers to them (as is evident even when some onlooker views them from an airplane) so as they get heavier, they pour waters to the earth; He also sends the hail from these mountainous stores at heaven to earth afflicting whom He wills and turning it away from whom He wills; the flash of lightening in it is so awesome at places where it seems that it would even take away the sight; so it is by His will that they provide for the safety of the mankind and by the same, He has all authority to provide for the destruction of the mankind if He wills; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAT-44 implies that He turns over the night and the day for the safety of the mankind yet He has all authority to keep only one of them perpetually upon some place where then it would be known fairly how punishing that situation is; Surah QASAS states, “say- have you thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? - will ye not then hear?– say- have ye thought, if Allah made day everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you night wherein you rest? - will you not then see?- of His mercy has He appointed for you night and day, that therein you may rest, and that you may seek His bounty, and that haply you may be thankful” (QASAS-71 & 72 & 73); the man needs to count the blessings Allah has provided to him yet everything around which works in favor to his safety, he takes it for granted; note that Surah AALE-IMRAN has mentioned in this respect, “and Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has power over all things; most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are signs for men who understand” (AALE-IMRAN-189 & 190); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAT-45 implies that Allah has provided life to all the living beings starting their creation from waters as He intended for them; some of them crawl on the belly (i.e. serpents etc.), some of them walk on the two feet (i.e. gorillas, chimpanzees etc. in animals and also the mankind) and some of them trot upon four (i.e. cattle and wild animals etc.); Allah creates what He pleases and in the manner He wills; this also is notable that Allah has provided insects numerous of feet so most certainly, He has all control over all of His creation at all times; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the most fundamental teachings of Islam are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAT indicates that He has revealed clear AAYAAT (which means the necessary directions here) for all His creation to guide them to their respective tasks that they would fulfill but as for the jinn and the mankind (which also are among His creation whom He has provided the freewill), He guides whom He pleases to the right path when any of those ask for His safety to them at AKHIRAT and they do accept the righteous teachings of Islam by heart sincerely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku present the attitude of hypocrites who were present among the Muslims at Madinah; these AAYAAT read, “and they (the Muslims) say- we believe in Allah and in the Apostle and we obey; then one of parties of them (i.e. hypocrites) turn back after this (as they find some of the Islamic commands difficult to practice especially to provide TABLIGH to the disbelievers and leave for QITAL against them if they opt to challenge Islam), and these are not believers (truly); and when they are called to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, one of parties of them turn aside (as they know that the Prophet PBUH would judge by justice which they find against them); and if the justice (in the issue apparently) be on their side, they come to him quickly, obedient; is there in their hearts a disease (of disbelief in the word of Allah), or are they in doubt (if the Prophet is providing them the righteous guidance), or do they fear that Allah and His Apostle will act wrongfully towards them (though they see clearly that he is the most righteous person and that he brings it to them in the most righteous manner and that the word of Allah manifests the righteous guidance)?- in fact, they themselves are the unjust (so that is the reason that they are unable to appreciate justice)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Seventh Ruku
51. The response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, is only to say that we hear and we obey; and these it is that are the successful.
52. And he who obeys Allah and His Apostle, and fears Allah, and is careful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are the achievers.
53. And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths that if you command them they would certainly go forth. Say: Swear not; reasonable obedience (is desired); surely Allah is aware of what you do.
54. Say: Obey Allah and obey the Apostle; but if you turn back, then on him rests that which is imposed on him and on you rests that which is imposed on you; and if you obey him, you are on the right way; and nothing rests on the Apostle but clear delivering (of the message).
55. Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their path of life which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are the transgressors.
56. And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you.
57. Think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the earth; and their abode is the fire; and certainly evil is the resort!
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The Ruku starts by couple of AAYAT that state the true standard of the true success at AKHIRAT and the best manner to live righteously at the world; they read, “the response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them (in their disputes), is only to say that we hear and we obey (whether the decision favors us or falls against us); and these it is that are the successful (at AKHIRAT); and he who obeys Allah and His Apostle (in practice), and fears Allah (with sincerity inside), and is careful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are the (true) achievers (of the most peaceful life ultimately at the world too)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-53 tells that there are such persons in Muslims who commit most energetically that if the Prophet PBUH commands them, they would certainly go forth at TABLIGH or/and QITAL against the disbelievers; the Prophet PBUH would plainly tell them to this statement that they do not have to swear as whatever issue having significance that he asks of them, they shall take it as command only to them as that is totally understood among SAHABA and so they would show the reasonable obedience from their side without presenting any of arguments from their side; surely Allah is aware of what they intend by their doings; the Prophet PBUH would plainly tell them to obey Allah and to obey the Prophet PBUH as that surely is their liability whereas he has the liability to provide all peoples of the world, the true guidance by the Quran in clear terms without any addition or omission and he has always done it beautifully; they would either obey Allah and the Prophet PBUH or either pay for their extreme disobedience, not only at AKHIRAT but surely even at their life at the world; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last three AAYAAT of the Ruku foretell the rule of KHILAFAT for the true Muslims ahead where the Islamic teachings would get firm hold and it is most interesting to note that after the coming of these AAYAAT to the Prophet PBUH, that was after AHZAAB (the battle of trench that had taken place at 5 AH beginning in the lunar month of SHAWWAL at the last of December then), the Muslims went on to gain power around; note that the Prophet PBUH has told in the most explicit manner just after AHZAAB that now, we Muslims only would challenge the disbelievers as they would be most unable to challenge us; Al-Hamdu Lillah; by the time of the death of the Prophet PBUH at 11 AH (that was at one of the initial 10 days of June 632 AD), they had got their hold at all the lands of Arabia and were prepared to go beyond; note that TABUK had taken place at the life of the Prophet PBUH where he had led his SAHABA to challenge the Roman troupes that were taken as the most disciplined warriors of the time and the world saw with surprise that the Roman emperor Heraclius avoided confrontation to Muslims at TABUK with all tactics possible; his manifest avoidance sent the impression all over the known world that the Muslims have firmly risen to the status of one of the impressive powers of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-55 reads, “Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good (so they are the true Muslims) that He will most certainly make them rulers (i.e. provide them KHILAFAT) in the earth as He made rulers those before them (by His will); and that He will most certainly establish for them their path of life (i.e. Islam) which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear (that enemy might attack Madinah anytime), give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me (as then all the environment would come to Islam and at that time, the Muslims would know it totally in practice); and whoever is ungrateful after this (that he does not appreciate the teachings of Islam but asks to live with any other manner even by seeing the Islamic teachings clearly in practice), these it is who are the transgressors”; so this AAYAT develops the hope inside the Muslims and it happened just as the AAYAT had foretold, and so it ends their fears that the enemy might attack them at Madinah and then try to eliminate the Islamic teachings; also, this AAYAT clearly tells that from now on, the Islamic teachings would remain firm at the world insha-Allah for all to learn by the Quran (with SUNNAH remaining available for its clarity in practice) and nothing would eliminate them so the people would always remain able to get them for their guidance; also, it implies that Muhammad PBUH is the last of Messengers of Allah as from now-on with the Quran present at the world, there certainly remains no need for any of them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last couple of AAYAAT tell that the actual reason to getting the administration among the people is that some group of persons establish themselves firmly on the fundamental teachings of Islam collectively so they do get it by the will of Allah; and if there is no such significant group (though several of significant pockets of righteous individuals would always remain at places that might even be in thousands), then even those who seemingly have some goodness in them, they rise to administration by the will of Allah; this is how Allah has set the psyche of the masses in the mankind and certainly He knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “and (O you true Muslims) keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle (by which Allah would provide you the authority to live upon Islam with total ease and by which He would give you TOFIQ to guide people to Islam), so that mercy may be shown to you (when you receive authority by the will of Allah and then try the best with ADL & EHSAAN that the word of Allah comes into practice collectively); think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the earth (at the world by whatever status they get here at the world as they would ultimately receive the severe punishment even here as they live on by challenge to Allah, the true Lord, collectively), and their abode is the fire (at AKHIRAT); and certainly evil is the resort”; most certainly, Allah decides all things for the heavens, for the earth and for whatever that is between them because most certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Eighth Ruku
58. O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the AAYAAT, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
59. And when the children among you have attained to puberty, let them seek permission as those before them sought permission; thus does Allah make clear to you His AAYAAT, and Allah is knowing, Wise.
60. And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their (outer additional) clothes without displaying their ornaments; and if they restrain themselves it is better for them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
61. There is no blame on the blind man, nor is there blame on the lame, nor is there blame on the sick, nor on yourselves that you eat from your houses, or your fathers' houses or your mothers' houses, or your brothers' houses, or your sisters' houses, or your paternal uncles' houses, or your paternal aunts' houses, or your maternal uncles' houses, or your maternal aunts' houses, or what you possess the keys of, or your friends' (houses). It is no sin in you that you eat together or separately. So when you enter houses, greet your people with the salutation as directed by Allah, blessed (and) goodly; thus does Allah make clear to you the AAYAAT that you may understand.
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Surah NOOR guides to the best of morality that the good Muslims would practice at their social issues; it guides all Muslim men & women to keep away from all shameful doings (specially to keep strictly away from adultery), to keep away from accusing any person of adultery (specially from accusing anyone among the noble Muslim ladies who are most reserved in attitudes and are unaware to attract men); to keep away from spreading information that urges curiosity to shameful attitudes; to protect eyes from gazing persons of other gender and to protect their respective private parts to come in view of persons of other gender; to care for some specific necessary additional commands for the best of morality that relate to Muslim women for HEJAB that develops their attitude of reservation towards men; to care for chastity in general fervently at surroundings by making ease for all persons to getting married; to avoid forcing women to become extremely shameful and to avoid gains of worldly benefits by urging women to become bold towards unrelated men at surroundings; to avoid asking for earnings without care to the fulfillment of the Islamic commands of SALAH and ZAKAH and without care to asking all peoples of the world towards the teachings of Islam; this Surah also notes like many other places at the Quran, that the Muslims would remain grateful to blessings that Allah has provided to all of mankind for the safety of life, physically and spiritually, in total abundance; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku starts by the direction for the Muslims that their subordinates among their slave persons and among children at home who have not yet attained puberty need to ask permission three times when they need to enter their private quarters; note that AAYAT-27 asked the outsiders to seek permission to enter homes whenever they visit someone and this AAYAT asks for the slave persons at home and the children there that have not yet come to adulthood, to seek that but at particular occasions; these occasions are before the morning prayer, and when they put off some of their clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy in general in which the Muslim persons, male or female, remain at ease so it is possible that the clothing at such situation is improper to right manner by the Islamic teachings; it is also possible that the posture at such situation is improper to right manner by the Islamic teachings; note that it is much better at current times that the person cares to lock his residential quarter at his rest at these occasions so the children would necessarily need to seek permission there; note also that the command is general which is applicable to all Muslims to practice where they have children at home though slavery has become obsolete; Al-Hamdu Lillah; as the children at home come of age to adulthood, they even would seek permission to enter the private quarters at all occasions as other of adult persons; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-60 gives some convenience in HEJAB to the old women among Muslims that they might relax some of their outer covering even in front of the unrelated men when they find some necessity to go outside homes; but they would take utmost care for decent clothing even at such occasions that suffices totally well to conceal the whole physique plus the hair; however, the AAYAT also mentions that though this is allowed for them yet it is better for them that they do not avail this convenience; the AAYAT states, “and (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for marriage (at that age), it is no sin for them if they put off their (outer additional) clothes (i.e. those that the Muslim woman needs to take at the Islamic environment for her HEJAB in the normal manner when she needs to leave her home temporarily) without displaying their ornaments; and if they restrain themselves, it is better for them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the last AAYAT of the Ruku, note that Islam allows the Muslim person who is crippled or handicapped, not to attend SALAH in congregation; they do not need to go for HAJJ or at war against disbelievers; due to these commands, they took themselves as inferior to others even in few of social matters and often refrained from eating foods in gatherings of relatives or their friends with this notion that they are not welcome there; also, if blind, they thought that they might eat more than normal there without intention (and foods was highly precious thing at those times) and if paralyzed, they thought that they might take more space in seating than normal there; such of their fears were sometimes increased too by some of Muslims who, in their sympathy, attended to them more than needed at their social gatherings; so Allah allowed them by this AAYAT to keep away such fears and allowed them to attend meals without any reservations at the residence of their near ones as mentioned here like those persons that were physically fit by the blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; with this direction, it allowed all Muslim persons that they might eat together or separately by their own intention, where there is no issue of any reservations or any problem for anyone to feel hurt about it but they all need to greet other of Muslims at gatherings as they enter there with the salutation in the manner that they have learned from Allah; the direction here is “so when you enter houses, greet your people with the salutation as directed by Allah, blessed (and) goodly” whereas the AAYAT uses the term ANFUSEKUM (yourselves) for the expression “your people”; this denotes the closeness of Muslims to each other and to greet all Muslims by the specific salutation asks His blessing for all Muslims and shows their care to each other; Allah certainly has taught all good social manners too to Muslims and they need commitment to it in the best of manners that is possible for them; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
NOOR-The Last Ruku
62. Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Apostle, and when they are with him on a momentous affair they go not away until they have asked his permission; surely they who ask your permission are they who believe in Allah and His Apostle; so when they ask your permission for some affair of theirs, give permission to whom you please of them and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
63. Do not hold the Apostle's calling (you) among you to be like your calling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those who steal away from among you, concealing themselves; therefore, let those beware who go against his order lest a trial afflict them, or there befall them a painful chastisement.
64. Be mindful that Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him, He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
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The last Ruku of Surah NOOR guides attention to TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); it starts by providing the ruling about the gathering where the Prophet PBUH discusses some significant issue related to the Muslims with SAHABA (his companions); at such social gathering, Allah disallowed any of SAHABA to leave except where he found it necessary due to some urgent issue to him where he needed to ask permission to leave, from the Prophet PBUH; Allah appreciates all those who give their time to such important gatherings yet He also appreciates those persons who sought permission from the Prophet PBUH to leave when they needed to for some genuine necessity; however, He has clearly denounced those at this AAYAT who departed from such important gatherings without asking permission for it, from the Prophet PBUH as that clearly showed their hypocrisy; this situation was most notable when the battle of trench had taken place that the virtuous Muslims did remain steadfast at the occasion while the hypocrites were not happy with the situation complaining about their troubles in different ways; note that Allah grants the choice to the Prophet PBUH to accept or to reject any request from any person there to leave, as the Prophet PBUH deemed fit; he would ask Allah to forgive them on such request as they had to leave such an important gathering which related to make things better for AKHIRAT, because of some of their necessities that related to the world’s life; this AAYAT also marks the most respectful status of the Prophet PBUH and the next AAYAT is explicit on the issue that all Muslims need to respond positively to the call of the Prophet PBUH as it reads, “do not hold the Apostle's calling (you) among you to be like your calling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those who steal away from among you (without his permission), concealing themselves (as much as possible from view); therefore, let those beware who go against his order lest a trial (i.e. FITNAH from Allah at the world) afflict them (as it counts as rejection of the message of the Prophet PBUH), or there befall them a painful chastisement (at AKHIRAT)”; note that when the term FINAH relates to issues among persons, it means that the wrong persons at the surroundings have led the situation to such manner by their wrong-doings where it has become most difficult to practice the righteous Islamic teachings and where also, it has become most difficult to keep the belief firm in the righteous Islamic teachings; but when the AAYAT tells that Allah puts FITNAH to some person, it means that He puts such trial upon him due to his wrongs that would cause highest of troubles to him at his world’s life unless he sincerely turns his attention to Him, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of this Ruku (and of this Surah) expresses the total authority of Allah at whole of the universe and it guides attention to the Day of Judgment which tells all Muslims clearly to remain most sincere to Him in all of their good deeds as that only would save them from all troubles at the world and from the extreme chastisement at Day of Judgment; the AAYAT states, “be mindful that Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him, He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Here our study of NOOR ends; Al-Hamdu Lillah
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Surah FURQAN
(Consists of 6 Ruku; MK-5)
FURQAN-The First Ruku
1. Blessed is He Who sent down the FURQAN upon His servant that he may be a warner to the nations;
2. He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.
3. And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.
4. And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) falsehood.
5. And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.
6. Say: He has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth; surely He is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
7. And they say: What is the matter with this Apostle that he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has not an angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a warner with him?
8. Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the unjust say: You do not follow any but a man who is affected by some magical spell.
9. See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find way.
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Surah FURQAN guides all persons to understand that the life at the world is an examination where they would learn about Islam and where they would have the true belief in the fundamental teachings of Islam and where they would do all deeds according to that true belief; when the Muslim person lives with sincere commitment to Islam, it leads to TAQWA inside him which is the attitude of the heart as it denotes the fear of Allah that he does not get His displeasure by his sins becoming so sinful that he loses the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, it also denotes such hope towards Him that He would keep him safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah has provided the Quran to Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers, so that every person understands the teachings of Islam and with that awareness, keeps away from all wrongs; the SUNNAH of Muhammad PBUH (i.e. his practical guidance to the Quran by his speech, by his deeds and even by his silence on issues) assists all those who sincerely believe in Islam to practice the teachings of the Quran; so the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH (as reported in the authentic books of Ahadith) are the basic things that respectively provide the teachings of Islam totally and the practice of Islam totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah answers the objections of the disbelievers that they raised against the Quran and the Sunnah most explicitly and defends the beautiful status of the Prophet PBUH firmly to emphasize that he is the last of Messengers of Allah to all among the mankind and to all among the Jinn; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Surah starts by telling that Allah has cared for the mankind and the jinn as He has provided FURQAN to His virtuous slave (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) so that all persons understand the right path explicitly; this AAYAT implies that when a person is true slave to Allah, it certainly is the highest status for him as a man; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it tells explicitly that the Prophet PBUH would always remain warner to all worlds by spreading the teachings of the Quran, which means that he is the last Messenger of Allah to all persons that are present now or would come ahead anywhere among the mankind and he also is the last Messenger of Allah even to JINN; note that FURQAN means “the standard to differentiate between the Right and wrongs” and it is one of the most significant names of the Quran; other of these significant name include AL-KITAB (the Book), ADH-DHIKR (the Reminder), AL-HUDA (the Guidance), KALAM-ALLAH (the Word of Allah), WAHI (Revelation), AT-TANZIL (the Final Revelation Provided by Allah) and AN-NUR (the Light); these all names provide an insight into the righteous invitation that the Holy Book Quran presents to the mankind just by their respective meanings; the only explanation might be needed for ADH-DHIKR and the notable point here is that this name tells us that everyone has the sense of recognition for the Truth (named FITHRAT) due to the covenant taken from each and every person before the life at the world, in the world of Spirits and that sense is addressed by the Holy Book Quran so in this meaning it is the Reminder towards that voice inside; also note that being KALAM-ALLAH, it is the attribute of Allah and as such, it is even allowed to take oath by the Holy Book Quran as the JAEZ oath (i.e. the right oath) can only be taken by the name of Allah or by any of His attributes; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about the word “Al-Quran” that it is the root-word which means “To-Read”; its form of verb for the past is QARA’A and for the present and also the future (called the MUDHARE-verb), it is YAQRA’U; the valid root-words by which these verbs occur include QURANAN and as the Arabic Grammar allows to bring the root-word as an object at places so in this sense, “Al-Quran” means the book that is read continuously; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the subject-matter of the Holy Book Quran is to guide the individual towards righteousness i.e. the Islamic teachings so that he lives his life on the right path by his free-will that gets him the pleasure of Allah; note that everyone has to answer for his belief and deeds individually at AKHIRAT though the Muslim person would care fervently to bring the collective living to Islam at the world by his efforts as he remains most attentive towards Allah; He tells us in the Holy Book Quran, “certainly We have revealed to you the Book in which there is your own mention; do you not then understand?” (ANBIYA-10); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT states the glory of Allah that “He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure”; this AAYAT tells about TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the last AAYAT of Surah BANI-ISRAEL asks the Prophet PBUH, “and say- (all) praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken anyone as son and Who has no partner in the kingdom, and Who needs no helper to save Him from any disgrace; and proclaim His greatness magnifying (Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that AAYAT-54 of AARAAF tells, “surely Allah’s is the creation and the command (so He only has created everything and certainly everything is working in perfect order according to the command that He has provided to it); blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that AAYAAT-47, 48 & 49 of this Surah FURQAN tell about some of blessings that Allah has given to the mankind for its physical safety and in this respect, AAYAT-56 tells explicitly that Allah has sent the last of His Messengers to the world as He had sent other of His Messengers so that the mankind sees to its spiritual safety; so the virtuous persons would certainly show all their gratitude to Allah sincerely for all His blessings upon them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the third AAYAT at this first Ruku tells about the idiocy of the disbelievers that, “and they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life”; so just in the following of their wrong ancestors who took the creation of Allah as gods besides Him and lived at the world without any care to work for AKHIRAT, they also have ruined themselves; AAYAAT ahead at this Ruku present answers to objections of the disbelievers that they raised against the Quran and against the Prophet PBUH; and these answers extend ahead whereas the next Ruku also tells about the severe punishment that such extreme disbelievers would receive at the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first of their objections was that they said that the Prophet (PBUH) was teaching lies only which he has received by the assistance of some persons; note that the Prophet PBUH had lived at Makkah since many of years and all persons there held him as the most truthful of all persons who had no inclination to conspiracies so this was such blatant fib from the disbelievers which the Quran answers in plain words that “indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) falsehood”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; their second objection was that they said that he has written some stories of the ancient people and these are read to him at all times; the Quran answers this that “Allah has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth (that is why the narrations that He has provided of His Messengers in the Quran in detail are most true); surely He is ever Forgiving (so He provides for the physical safety of all persons at the world and also provides the true guidance to all persons at the world in spite of their wrong-doings), Merciful (so He gives TOFIQ to persons who repent on wrongs at the world to make themselves better)”; their third objection was that they said that if he is the Messenger of Allah, why he eats food and attends markets; and their fourth objection was that they said that they do not see any angel with him who also should have warned them as an assistant to him; there were such disbelievers too in them who thought that the Messenger of Allah needs to be a rich person who would have some treasure with him or such garden of ample fruits that shows that he is one of the most prosperous persons so these of disbelievers raised their fifth objection against him that he is such person who has a spell of magic on him; the next Ruku and AAYAAT ahead answer these but the last AAYAT at this Ruku has told the Prophet PBUH about the extreme height of the idiocy of disbelievers; note that AAYAT-57 of this Surah FURQAN asks the Prophet PBUH, “say- I do not ask you anything in return (for the true guidance that I provide you) except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord”; due to this highest of status that the Prophet PBUH has, the last AAYAT of this first Ruku states, “see what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find way”; this is the punishment of all such disbelievers at the world who disrespect the Prophet PBUH though he provides them the true guidance sincerely for which he certainly has not asked any of benefits from them; also, all such disbelievers would receive most extreme punishment at AKHIRAT; most certainly, Allah only has created all the creation and most certainly, He only has all true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Second Ruku
10. Blessed is He Who, if He pleased, will have given you what is better than this (at the world even), gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He will have given you palaces.
11. But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning fire for him who rejects the hour.
12. When it shall have them into its sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring.
13. And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction.
14. Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many.
15. Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those who guard (against evil) are promised? That shall be the reward and the resort for them.
16. They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is a promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord.
17. And on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served besides Allah, He shall say: Was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?
18. They shall say: Glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were a people in perdition,
19. So they shall indeed deny you in what you say, then you shall not be able to ward off or help, and whoever among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great chastisement.
20. And We have not sent before you any apostles but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others; will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing.
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The Ruku starts by the statement that if Allah willed to provide the Prophet PBUH the blessed things similar to that which He would give him at AKHIRAT, he could have given that to him even at the world; but He would give that to him at AKHIRAT as that is better than such status which denotes abundance of wealth at his world’s life; this thought that the Messenger of Allah needs to be a rich person is most incorrect and in fact, it denotes that they take the world as their true abode where the status by abundance of wealth would denote the worth of the person to ask towards the righteousness and they certainly do not have the true belief upon AKHIRAT; the consequence of such disbelief is that they would be punished by the most punishing hell-fire; AAYAAT 12, 13 & 14 state, “when it (the hell-fire) shall have them into its sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring; and when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction (i.e. end of their lives); call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many”; this tells that the hell-fire has the sense that it has to punish the disbelievers most severely according to the command of Allah; note that AAYAT-30 of QAAF tells, “on the day that We will say to the hell-fire ‘are you filled up?’- and it will say- ‘are there any more’?”; there, they would not die though they would ask for that and their punishment would be most severe; this is how Allah punishes those disbelievers who disrespect Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers, as he certainly has the highest of status among the mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT 15 & 16 state the peace that the true believers would find at JANNAH at AKHIRAT as they read, “say- is this (severe punishment) better or the abiding garden which those who guard (against evil due to their TAQWA) are promised?- that shall be the reward and the resort for them; they shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is such promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord”; note that the last Ruku of AALE-IMRAN states the manner of the true Muslims to ask for all peace at AKHIRAT and in that, AAYAT-194 tells, “(they say) Our Lord! and grant us what Thou hast promised us by Thy Messengers; and disgrace us not on the day of resurrection; surely Thou dost not fail to perform the promise”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-17, 18 & 19 depict the scene at AKHIRAT where those whom the disbelievers took equal to Allah in authority, would plainly refute their claim; these AAYAAT read, “and on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served besides Allah, He shall say- was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?- they shall say- glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were people in perdition; so they shall indeed deny you in what you say, then you shall not be able to ward off (the punishment) or help (any other), and whoever among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great chastisement”; AAYAT-20 answers the third and the fifth objections of the disbelievers briefly but explicitly; note that in this AAYAT, Allah presents His authority that He has set the manner by His will by which He rules among the people; certainly He only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they had said that if he is the Messenger of Allah, why he eats food and attends markets and they had said that the Prophet PBUH is such person who has a spell of magic on him as he is not a rich person and still he claims to be the Messenger of Allah; so the AAYAT states, “And We have not sent before you any apostles but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others (so this trial does ask that people live at different financial positions which implies that there is no problem if the Prophet PBUH does not have abundance of wealth); will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah had never labeled abundance of wealth as condition to make someone His Messenger when He sent them at the world and as such the objection of the disbelievers was totally baseless; they even took him under some magical spell because of their baseless objection that he needs to have abundance of wealth; note that as the Prophet Muhammad PBUH is the last of Messengers of Allah, the righteous Muslims have the liability to provide the message of the Quran after him collectively to all peoples of the world as best as they are able to and this certainly is most high blessing of Allah to all righteous Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Third Ruku
21. And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.
22. On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
23. And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust.
24. The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in better abiding-place and better resting-place.
25. And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks).
26. The kingdom on that day shall rightly belong to the Beneficent Allah, and a hard day shall it be for the disbelievers.
27. And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O woe is me! would that I had taken way with the Apostle.
28. O woe is me! would that I had not taken such person for a friend!
29. Certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me; and the Satan fails to aid man.
30. And the Apostle cried out: O my Lord! surely my people have treated this Quran as a forsaken thing.
31. And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as Guide and Helper.
32. And those who disbelieve say: Why has not the Quran been revealed to him all at once? Thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging.
33. And they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to you the truth and the best of significance.
34. (As for) those who shall be gathered upon their faces to hell, they are in a worse plight and straying farther away from the path.
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This third Ruku of Surah FURQAN answers the fourth objection that was raised by the disbelievers; they had said that they do not see any angel with the Prophet PBUH who also should have warned them as an assistant to him; some of these disbelievers had even asked to see Allah so that they believe in the Truth; to answer them, the three AAYAAT here at the beginning read, “and those who do not hope for Our meeting, say- why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?- now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt; on the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say- it is forbidden thing totally prohibited; and We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this tells that these people thought haughtily that they are at such status where the angels should come to them to ask them towards Islam and they should be allowed to see Allah with naked eyes; these AAYAAT explicitly tell them that it would be the Day of Judgment when they would see angels and there, they would find nothing to rejoice; angels would provide utmost punishment to them by the command of Allah and He would make such of their deeds that seemingly were virtues to them, useless to affect them positively; this is because the true commitment to Allah is necessary for such deeds that are seemingly virtuous to become acceptable at the court of Allah and they totally lacked such commitment; they would not see Allah even at that day and He would not give any care to them at that day, the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in contrast, those virtuous persons who would receive JANNAH would be much better placed there at AKHIRAT with all blessings from Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it would happen on that day that the heaven (the sky near to the earth) shall burst apart and that huge cavity shall have clouds from whence numerous angels shall be sent down descending to earth and the Quran has depicted this scene at BAQARAH-210 too which tells, “wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels?”; note that the earth shall be stretched to become plain on that day as we find at the beginning AAYAAT of Surah INSHIQAQ which also tells that the sky near to earth shall burst apart on that day, “when the heaven bursts asunder, and obeys its Lord and it must; and when the earth is stretched, and casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, and obeys its Lord and it must”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though the will of Allah reigns over the earth and the heavens and all of His other creation at all times yet His kingdom on that day shall become totally manifest; it would be the most pleasant day for all the true believers and the most unpleasant day for all the disbelievers; certainly Allah only is the true authority; He is RAHMAN so He has provided the safety of life to the mankind by His creation around at the world and has provided the true guidance explicitly that all persons take that and live their lives according to Islam at the world; the Quran tells in most clear terms that at AKHIRAT, only the true believers in the fundamental Islamic teachings who had done their deeds according to that belief, would find total safety from all adversities; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-27, 28 & 29 tell about the extreme desperation of the disbeliever there where he would remember how he got the message of Islam at the world and how he rejected it under the impression of wrong persons around him; these AAYAAT read, “and the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands (i.e. he would regret most extremely) saying- O woe is me- would that I had taken way with the Apostle; O woe is me- would that I had not taken such person for a friend; certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me; and the Satan fails to aid man”; but on that day, his remorse would be totally useless as the world is the place of examination and AKHIRAT is the place where all results to that examination would come at fore; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-30 tells that the Prophet PBUH did worry that though he is providing the teachings of the Quran well to all persons yet the disbelievers do not care for them in the least which certainly would cause the most extreme punishment to them at AKHIRAT; so the AAYAT ahead soothes him by the statement that there always had been some extreme enemies of all Messengers of Allah among the disbelievers but Allah guided all His Messengers to the right path by His good commands and helped them out in all difficult situations with all care; it reads, “and thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy from among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as Guide and Helper”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-32 tells another of objections of the disbelievers that they said why the Quran has not descended to him all at once; Allah answers to this, “thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging”; this implies that this is how Allah has willed in this matter and He soothes the Prophet PBUH by this manner of providing him the Quran; Allah helps him who is the last of His Messengers, in all situations that come his way so he remains totally steadfast upon the teachings of Islam and the Quran has all His good commands which the Prophet PBUH provides to all persons that guide all of them to the right path; it certainly has the most beautiful arrangement in text, recitation and expression of the message of Allah to all of mankind and to all of Jinn that asks them to ponder upon it with total belief in Allah and with total patience; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at Surah Bani-Israel “and this is the Quran which We have divided (into parts) so that you (O Muhammad PBUH) might recite it to the people at intervals and We certainly have revealed it by stages” (Bani-Israel-106); AAYAT-33 states, “and they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to you the truth and the best of significance (TAFSIR)”; this means that the teachings of the Quran answer all doubts whatsoever as it certainly guides the man totally towards the right path so that he takes all true attitudes that are righteous, in all issues of life; the word “TAFSIR” that comes at this AAYAT means elucidation of the teachings in the Quran so Allah has provided the detail too for the Guidance to the right path that He has certainly provided at the Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the disbelievers who do not take this true guidance to their life, they shall be dragged upon their faces to the hell-fire so they are the most wrong persons by placement at AKHIRAT and they are such persons who had strayed away most highly from the right path at their lives at the world; they surely would see all consequence of all their doings; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Fourth Ruku
35. And certainly We gave Musa the Book and We appointed with him his brother Haroun an aider.
36. Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our AAYAAT; so We destroyed them with utter destruction.
37. And the people of Noah, when they rejected the apostles, We drowned them, and made them a sign for men, and We have prepared a painful punishment for the unjust;
38. And AAD and THAMUD and the dwellers by the RASS (i.e. the well) and many generations between them.
39. And to everyone We gave examples; and everyone did We destroy with utter destruction.
40. And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope to be raised again.
41. And when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery: Is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle?
42. He had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered patiently to them! And they will know, when they see the punishment, who is straying farther off from the path.
43. Have you seen him who takes his low passion for his god? Will you then be a protector over him?
44. Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path.
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Surah FURQAN relates highly to telling about the world that it is the place for examination for all of mankind and for all of jinn as they both have the free-will which they need to apply to live upon the Islamic teachings to gain the pleasure of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for this, it presents the events that relate to the Messengers of Allah which tell explicitly that He wiped off many of disbelieving nations who challenged the Messengers, from the face of earth by different calamities; they rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam that the Messengers of Allah presented to them and so they were unable to shape their deeds towards the high virtues; the most basic teachings of the Holy Book Quran are three that are TAUHID (Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord), RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path and Muhammad PBUH is the last of His Messengers) and AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that the people that were before Muhammad PBUH, if they believed the Messenger sent to them as their true guide whom Allah had sent for their righteous direction, they did fulfill their liability about RISALAT insha-Allah and note also that to believe in one of the Messengers of Allah is to believe in all of them and to reject one of them is to reject all of them as all provided the same guidance in essence; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we all have read about these events at places in the Quran as it has the manner of expression that it brings them to tell where needed that Allah cared for all safety of all the true believers in Him even at the world; He ended all the impression of the disbelievers at the world that was causing FITNAH here so that the true believers do find much convenience to gain the pleasure of Allah, the true Lord, which is the only aim of life; that only provides the true peace in life at the world by the blessing of Allah and that only would give them the true success at AKHIRAT by the blessing of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 35 to 39 mention the extreme punishment to Pharaoh and his forces when they rejected the guidance of Moses-AS and Haroun-AS; note that AAYAT-36 tells that Allah asked Moses and Haroun to go to people who have rejected His signs (AAYAAT) to accept the Truth so this implies that the Egyptians under Pharaoh at that time did have some knowledge about it due to their interaction with the Bani-Israel yet they had rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam; these AAYAAT mention the calamities that put destruction to all those people who had rejected the fundamental teachings of Islam; these included the disbelievers in the people of Noah-AS, in AAD (i.e. the people of HOODH-AS), in THAMUD (i.e. the people of SALEH-AS), in the dwellers by the RASS (that means the well and these people lived by some notably huge well near to the area where THAMUD used to reside before their destruction, at those ancient times); Allah had provided all of them the true guidance by different manners of expression yet as they did not accept it, He destroyed them totally; see also the supplementary note at AAYAAT-25 & 26 of Surah HOODH after the note at its third Ruku; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-40 mentions that they have often passed by the area of Sodom where the people of Lot-AS resided who were punished by the most extreme punishment as Allah punished them by the rain of stones upon them; it tells that the manner of living of the disbelievers at Makkah tells that they do not have any concern that they would be raised again to life where they would have to account-for their doings at the world; it reads, “And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope to be raised again”; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku tell about the manner in which the disbelievers treated the Prophet PBUH and tell about the extreme punishment that they would receive for it; they tell about the evil in them to which they have given themselves and which has caused them to live by manners of cattle and even worse; note that the cattle sometimes raise their heads while grazing so they see the surroundings and they do praise Allah in their own manner; these AAYAAT tell about the disbelievers at Makkah that they are so much engaged in the pursuance of comforts of the life at the world that they do not have any concern that Allah would punish them most severely even at the world if they do not care to respect the Prophet PBUH totally and come to the right path; they are such people that have totally strayed away from the right path; these AAYAAT read, “and when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery- (as they say mockingly) is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle (when he is not among the wealthy persons)? - he had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered patiently to them (the word implied is SABR for the meaning “to adhere patiently” which denotes that they intended to mention their firmness upon all of their evil practice); and they will know, when they see the (most severe) punishment (even at the world) who is straying farther off from the (right) path; have you seen him who takes his low passion (i.e. the firmness upon his own evil notions while he is most haughty at his status at the world) for his god? - will you then be a protector over him? – or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? - they are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path (as cattle are better because they do pause during their grazing which does give them some view of the surroundings in which they graze and they do worship Allah in their own manner but these disbelievers are heedless towards any call to the right path)”; this implies that by their most evil manner of living, the disbelievers would live their lives in highly tense manner at the world and at AKHIRAT, they surely would see the most severe punishment to them; certainly, Allah only has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Fifth Ruku
45. Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? And if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it
46. Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.
47. And He it is Who made the night covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again.
48. And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy; and We send down pure water from the cloud,
49. That We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it for drink, out of what We have created, to cattle and many people.
50. And certainly We have repeated this to them that they may be mindful, but the greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying.
51. And if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a warner in every town.
52. So do not follow the disbelievers, and strive against them a mighty striving with it.
53. And He it is Who has made two rivers to flow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltiness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction.
54. And He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is powerful.
55. And they serve besides Allah that which neither profits them nor causes them harm; and the disbeliever is a partisan against his Lord.
56. And We have not sent you but as giver of good news and as warner.
57. Say: I do not ask you anything on this in return except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord.
58. And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of faults of His servants,
59. Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the Beneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.
60. And when it is said to them: Prostrate to the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), they say: And what is AR-RAHMAN? Shall we prostrate to what you bid us? And it adds to their aversion.
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The previous Ruku mentioned how Allah destroyed those peoples who rejected the message He provided to them by His Messengers; He cared for them by providing them the message of Islam so that they save themselves from the severe punishment at AKHIRAT by its acceptance and He does not put any destruction on those who live by the virtuous manner; this Ruku tells how He has provided for safety of all persons at the world physically so that they live their lives according to Islamic teachings most committedly though there are such people at the world who do not show any gratitude for such convenience that they have in their examination; it tells that Allah has created everything in harmony to each other and it also tells that the commitment to Islamic teachings would lead all virtuous persons to regain their true residence i.e. JANNAH and whoever rejects them, Allah would destroy all of such people by His will by any of His creation at the world and they would be extreme losers at AKHIRAT; He would certainly not let any people to destroy the harmony that He has given to His creation and He certainly has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Ruku starts by the mention of shadows that they obey Him by their expansion and contraction and as the position of the sun tells their placement so the sun even is following the command of Allah to it as all of His creation is doing so; Al-Hamdu Lillah; He has made the night as covering for all persons that they feel weariness at that time and need to get sleep to end it at that time to prepare themselves well to work on the next day as they rise from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? - and if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it; then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little; and He it is Who made the night covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT mention about how the environment tells about the coming of rain which glows-up the dead earth as it reads, “and He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy (i.e. the beneficial rainfall to the earth); and We send down pure water (i.e. the rainwater) from the cloud (i.e. from the sky near to earth); that We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it for drink, out of what We have created, to cattle and many people (so both get the same water to drink yet the cattle develop better than those who ignore the teachings of Islam); and certainly We have repeated this (i.e. the statement about the rainfall upon the dead land at different places at the Quran) to them that they may be mindful (that they would be raised-up on the Day of Judgment where they would have to account for all their doings), but the greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying (the resurrection of the dead at the Day of Judgment)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Quran has related the rain upon the land as an indication to raising all men from the dead as the angel blows the trumpet for that by the command of Allah; Surah AARAAF-57 relates, “and He it is Who sends forth the winds bearing good news before His mercy, until, when they bring up a laden cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then We send down water on it, then bring forth with it of fruits of all kinds; thus shall We bring forth the dead that you may be mindful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah HAJJ-5, 6 & 7 relate, “and you see the earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage; this is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things; and because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and because Allah shall raise up those who are in the graves”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah ROUM-48, 49 & 50 tell, “Allah is He Who sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He spreads it forth in the sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth from inside it; then when He causes it to fall upon whom He pleases of His servants, lo! they are joyful; though they were before this, before it was sent down upon them, confounded in sure despair; look then at the signs of Allah's mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death, most surely He will raise the dead to life; and He has power over all things”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next couple of AAYAAT tell the Prophet PBUH not to worry about the disbelievers who want him to care to accumulate assets at the world and to give less attention to the spread of the message of Islam; Allah wants him to provide the Islamic teachings to them explicitly by the Quran as that is his liability; He certainly wants them to learn about Islam though He does not care whether they accept Islam or not; He could have sent His Messengers to each of towns to provide His message to disbelievers to put pressure upon them if He had willed for that; but He has sent the Prophet PBUH as his last Messenger to all peoples of the world and has provided the Holy Book Quran to him to fulfill his task beautifully that in itself is JEHAD against the disbelievers; after his departure from the world, the virtuous Muslims would provide all Islamic teachings to all peoples of the world by the Quran as most certainly, it has come to stay for the true guidance to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “and if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a warner in every town; so do not follow the disbelievers, and strive against them a mighty striving with it (i.e. with the Quran)”; note that the AAYAT has the word JEHAD that denotes “striving” here and as Allah revealed Surah FURQAN at Makkah, it asks the Prophet PBUH here to provide the disbelievers all the teachings of the Quran most explicitly as this also is among the most significant aspects of JEHAD; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-53 & 54 ask attention to this amazing phenomenon that there are such places at the face of earth where two of waters flow parallel to each other and one of them is sweet in taste while the other is salty; and even the life of the man shows that he has to take different attitudes as he fulfills his different obligations to blood relations and to relations that he makes due to marriage; these AAYAAT state, “and He it is Who has made two rivers to flow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltiness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction; and He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is powerful”; note that the water at seas is salty and due to their composition, they do not stink or/and go bad for any use; the water cycle takes their waters to clouds from whence it falls as the most pure water for the cattle and the mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Ruku is asks to observe how the contrast around in the creation is making it beautiful and how it provides the change in surroundings; Allah has set everything in harmony to each other and He asks the man to live his life by giving harmony to all his matters as much as possible for him according to the teachings of Islam; note that the Surah stated at its very beginning at the second AAYAT, “He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-55 mentions that the disbelievers take others besides Him that only are among His creation, as equal in authority to Him without any care to the fact that they are most unable to provide any profits or any losses to them so only because of their most limited capacity to observe the issues around them and in their own selves in accurate context, they deny the true authority of Allah; it reads, “and they serve besides Allah that which neither profits them nor causes them harm; and the disbeliever is a partisan against his Lord”; the next three AAYAAT at the Ruku tell about the care that Allah has provided to the Prophet PBUH; they emphasize that Allah guided all His Messengers to the right path by His good commands and helped them out in all difficult situations with all care and He certainly would provide His care to the Prophet PBUH too; he would provide-on the teachings of Islam to all so that they care to come to Islam, and he would not ask for any of benefits at the life at the world so he would live on with necessities here for which Allah cares for him; these AAYAAT read, “and We have not sent you but as giver of good news (to believers) and as warner (to disbelievers); say- I do not ask you on this anything in return except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord; and rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of faults of His servants; (He is) Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; (He is) the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), so ask respecting it one aware”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; to get the meaning of the last AAYAT of this Ruku, note that though AR-RAHMAN was one of the names of Allah yet the disbelievers at Arabia then, did not call Him by it; they raised objection even to this name of Allah as an excuse to keep to their disbelief to which they had mentioned their adherence (see AAYAT-42); the AAYAT reads, “and when it is said to them- prostrate to the Beneficent Allah (AR-RAHMAN), they say- and what is AR-RAHMAN? - shall we prostrate to what you bid us? and it adds to their aversion”; such was their argumentative nature that when they had decided to keep to their disbelief, they argued against everything without any grounds that challenged their wrongs though that challenge to their disbelief was totally valid with all just reasoning; this ignorance to the Truth because of their extreme argumentative nature, led them further away from it as the AAYAT has indicated that “it adds to their aversion”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
FURQAN-The Last Ruku
61. Blessed is He Who made mansions of heavenly bodies in the heaven and made therein the lamp and the shining moon.
62. And He it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for him who desires to be mindful or desires to be thankful.
63. And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace.
64. And they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing.
65. And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is lasting
66. Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay.
67. And they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor parsimonious, and (keep) between these the just mean.
68. And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall pay the penalty;
69. The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and therein he shall abide in extreme abasement forever;
70. Except him who repents and believes and does a good deed; so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
71. And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah by the (goodly) turning.
72. And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.
73. And they who, when reminded of the AAYAAT of their Lord, do not fall down therein deaf and blind.
74. And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil).
75. These shall be rewarded with high places because they were patient, and shall be met therein with greetings and salutations.
76. Abiding therein forever; goodly the abode and the resting-place.
77. Say: My Lord does not care for you were it not due to call you; but you have indeed rejected (the Truth), so that which shall cleave shall come.
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This Ruku tells about those persons who are the true servants to Allah as they do show gratitude to Him, the true Lord, sincerely for all His blessings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the previous Ruku guided attention at its start to how the night and the day provide physical benefits to the man by providing space for him to rest and to work for his necessary sustenance respectively as Allah wills for that; this last Ruku of FURQAN starts by relating how the night and the day provide spiritual benefits by the will of Allah, to those who remember Allah, the true Lord, by efforts at nights and remain grateful to Him for all that He has blessed them with, by efforts at days; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we all have studied the good qualities of the true Muslims at the beginning of Surah MOMINOON where the Quran presents the beauty of their SABR (which denotes that they keep away from the attractions of the world) and their SALAH (which denotes that they are most attentive to Allah to get His pleasure) most explicitly and this last Ruku of Surah FURQAN complements it beautifully; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT at the beginning of this Ruku state, “Blessed is He Who made mansions of heavenly bodies in the heaven and made therein the lamp and the shining moon; and He it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for him who desires to be mindful (towards Him) or desires to be thankful”; note that the term BURUJ (i.e. mansions of heavenly bodies) seems an indication here to places in the specific band keeping to which planets revolve around the sun and Allah knows better; the lamp means the sun that burns to provide the light from it while the moon is shining due to its reflection of that light; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT state the twelve things that denote the commitment of the true servants of AR-RAHMAN to all His commands; these include five things that they do, three things that they avoid and four things that are related to their good attitudes in situations that come their way; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-63 to AAYAT-67, the Ruku tells the five virtuous things that they do so the first thing about them is that they walk most humbly upon the earth as they are calm by nature and have no haughtiness in them; the second thing about them is that they excuse themselves with courtesy from the useless discussions of such ignorant persons who are argumentative by nature; the third thing is that they read SALAH at nights with all attention to Allah, the true Lord, when they have much of silence around to remember His blessings upon them; the fourth thing is that as they worry about AKHIRAT highly which would bring the results for all persons that came to the world anytime anywhere, so they ask Allah continuously to save them totally from the hell-fire as it would keep punishing those severely who had done extreme wrongs at the world; the fifth thing is that whenever they spend their rightful amounts upon their needs or/and to help the needy persons around, they spend them by such harmony that there is no inclination towards extravagance and no inclination towards parsimony; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT from 63 to 67 tell about them, “and the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say- peace; and they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing; and they who say- O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is lasting; surely it is an evil abode (to reside) and evil place to stay (even for some of time); and they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor parsimonious, and (they keep) between these the just mean”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next four AAYAAT tell about the three things that the true Muslims, the true servants of AR-RAHMAN, avoid with all care to virtuous justice; these AAYAAT read, “and they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice (when the matter asks for QISAS i.e. life against life), and (who) do not commit fornication (or adultery) and he who does (any of) this shall pay the penalty (even at the world); the punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and therein he shall abide in extreme abasement forever; except him who repents (in the life at the world) and believes (sincerely in the Truth) and does good deeds (according to his belief); so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones (as after coming to Islam, Allah washes away the sins of the person that he/she had done previously from his/her document of deeds and with the true belief, his/her virtuous deeds ahead find place at the document that had no count previously); and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful; and (even that person from among the Muslims who had killed some person most unjustly or who had involved himself in fornication/adultery), whoever repents (sincerely) and does good (deeds), he surely turns to Allah by the (goodly) turning”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that AAYAAT-68 has mentioned the three most heinous major sins that all Muslims need to avoid most committedly; these major sins that the AAYAT mentions include SHERK which is the biggest among the major sins that means to challenge the true authority of Allah by taking any of His creation as having part in creating any of His creation with Him or by taking any of His creation as equal in authority to Him or by taking any of His creation as authorized to change any of His commands that He has explicitly issued by His authority to firmly obey; the two other of major sins is to kill some person unjustly that is the greatest of injustice and fornication/adultery that is the most shameful behavior; Allah asks all persons by the Quran to believe in TAUHID that means that Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord so all must fulfill His commands that He has explicitly issued by His authority without taking any of His creation as equal in authority to Him in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah RABBEL-AALAMIN; note that AAYAT-48 and AAYAT-116 at Surah NISAA present the heinous evil of SHERK in the most strict terms as we studied there; among the AAYAAT that ask to avoid both injustice and shameful attitudes, we find AAYAAT 168 & 169 of Surah BAQARAH that read, “O people- eat the lawful and the good things out of what is in the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Satan; surely he is your open enemy; he only enjoins you SOOU (injustice) and FAHSHAA (shameful behavior), and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know (that lead to assigning partners to Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-45 of ANKABUT reads, “recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up SALAH; surely SALAH keeps away from all shameful behavior and injustice, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do” (Surah ANKABUT-45); see also the note at the third Ruku of Surah YOUSUF; there are many other AAYAAT too which mention these two of major sins together and Surah FURQAN-68 is also one of them; note that EHSAAN (the natural tendency towards virtues inside) eliminates all the shameful behavior (mostly initiated by sinful women) and ADL (the force of the Islamic law to provide the virtuous justice) eliminates all of injustice (mostly initiated by sinful men); certainly Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-72, 73, 74 mention their good attitudes at situations that come their way; these AAYAAT read, “and they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly; and they who, when reminded of the AAYAAT of their Lord, do not fall down therein deaf and blind; and they who say- O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil)”; these AAYAAT mention that IBADUR-RAHMAN (the true servants of the Beneficent Allah) live in such manner that they never become part of any wrongs as they never conspire against their Muslim brothers and care to live in gathering of Muslims with dignity; they live in such manner that if they pass by superfluous activities of persons who care but little for the value of time to put it to better use by Islam, they pass-by with sobriety; they live in such manner that when they recite the Quran and read AAYAAT that provide guidance to them, they do not ignore them but ponder upon them and as they get to know about their own selves and about all things around, they appreciate the principles by which Allah has created all things; they live in such manner that they make DUA to Allah time and again that all persons of their household remain committed to the Islamic teachings and so they lead highly good persons around them as guides to them and they ask Allah for other of Muslims too who live at the their surroundings that they also become most virtuous and Allah gives them TOFIQ to become IMAM (the virtuous guides to the right path) to them too so that they all strengthen each other beautifully as brothers upon all the teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-75 & 76 tell that these persons, who truly are the servants of Beneficent Allah, would be provided high living places at JANNAH because of their SABR which means that they always remained steadfast on the teachings of Islam and never gave-in to any wrongs; there angels would greet them and respect them with salutations; it is most beautiful even as resting place for some of time yet that place would be their residence forever ahead; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT read, “these shall be rewarded with high places because they were patient, and shall be met therein with greetings and salutations; abiding therein forever; goodly the abode and the resting-place”; the last AAYAT of the Ruku and of Surah FURQAN asks the Prophet PBUH to tell them explicitly that Allah does not care whether the disbelievers accept Islam or not; but Allah provides them the teachings of Islam by the Quran (which the Prophet PBUH has to give them as his liability), so that they do not claim at AKHIRAT that they did not ever become aware of those teachings at their lives at the world; they would surely get the due result to their rejection of the Islamic teachings and any of their claims to innocence then would remain useless; the AAYAT reads, “say- my Lord does not care for you were it not due to call you; but you have indeed rejected (the Truth), so that which shall cleave shall come”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
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Here our study of FURQAN and “Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” (Second Part) ends; Al-Hamdu Lillah - may Allah provide His mercy and His blessing to me on this effort to get His pleasure and to all those who study it attentively; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
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