- Home - of Knowledge
- Towards Islam
- Expressions of the Quran
- Islamic Viewpoint
- on Pentateuch
- Islamic Manifesto
- The Islamic Guidelines-1
- The Islamic Guidelines-2
- The Islamic Guidelines-3
- The Islamic Guidelines-4
- TAFSIRI GUIDE A - One
- TAFSIRI GUIDE A - Two
- TAFSIRI GUIDE A - Three
- TAFSIRI GUIDE A - Four
- TAFSIRI GUIDE A - Five
- TAFSIRI GUIDE B-0ne
- TAFSIRI GUIDE B-Two
- TAFSIRI GUIDE B-Three
- TAFSIRI GUIDE B-Four
- TAFSIRI GUIDE B-Five
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C- One
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C- Two
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C- Three
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C-Four
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C- Five
- TAFSIRI GUIDE C- Six
- TAFSIRI GUIDE D-One
- TAFSIRI GUIDE D-TWO
- TAFSIRI GUIDE D-Three
- Comments-Surah Kahaf
- USUL Al-FIQH in Islam
- Islamic Adjustments
- TIRMIDHI-1
- TIRMIDHI-2
- TIRMIDHI-3
- TIRMIDHI-4
- TIRMIDHI-5
- TIRMIDHI-6
- TIRMIDHI-7
- TIRMIDHI-8
- TIRMIDHI-9
- TIRMIDHI-10
- TIRMIDHI-11
- TIRMIDHI-12 Last
- Rules by QUDURI
- Muwatta-Ahadith-1
- Muwatta-Ahadith-2
- Muwatta-Ahadith-3
- The Islamic Attitudes
- Enlightenment-1
- Enlightenment-2
- About the term "Necessity"
- Basic Physiology
- Pre-History
visit also:
www.m-saleemdada.com/
Surah MUZZAMMIL
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-2)
1. O you who have wrapped up in your garments!
2. Arise to pray in the night except a little,
3. Half of it, or lessen it a little,
4. Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be recited.
5. Surely We will descend upon you a weighty Word.
6. Surely the rising by night is the firmest manner to take and (it is) most suitable for speech.
7. Surely you have in the day time a long occupation.
8. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with (exclusive) devotion.
9. The Lord of the East and the West-- there is no god but He-- therefore take Him Protector.
10. And bear patiently what they say and avoid them with a becoming avoidance.
11. And leave Me and the rejecters, those that have plenty, and respite them a little.
12. Surely with Us are heavy fetters and a flaming fire,
13. And food that chokes and a painful punishment,
14. On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose.
15. Surely We have sent to you an Apostle, a witness against you, as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh.
16. But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle, so We laid on him a violent hold.
17. How, then, will you guard yourselves if you disbelieve, on the day which shall make children grey-headed?
18. The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise certainly comes to fulfillment.
19. Surely this is a reminder then let him who wills, take the way to his Lord.
20. Surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, and (also) a party of those with you; and Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran. He knows that there must be among you sick, and others who travel in the land seeking of the bounty of Allah, and others who fight in Allah's way, therefore read as much of it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
---------------------
Surah MUZZAMMIL is one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and it has two Ruku that comprise of 19 AAYAAT and 1 AAYAT respectively; the first Ruku provides the same beautiful message that the Quran has presented at other places too; it tells the Prophet PBUH to read Salah at nights (as Salah in general, was not obligatory at that time when these initial AAYAAT of Surah MUZZAMMIL descended) and show the attitude of SABR i.e. have patience, to such disbelievers who troubled him in different ways; note that this Surah descended at the beginning of the second year whence Allah had asked him to spread His Message to all peoples of the world; when the person reading Salah is fully attentive to Allah reciting the Quran by TAJWID (the most beautiful manner in which the Quran is read with care to say its words correctly to adhere to it) in the silence of the night with total calmness, it certainly impresses him more by its goodness; so AAYAT-6 directs that “surely the rising by night is the firmest manner to take and it is most suitable for speech”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the first five AAYAT, Allah tells the Prophet PBUH by addressing him by the name of MUZZAMMIL (i.e. “who has wrapped up in his garments”) that he shall read Salah at the night as much as possible for him; it maybe for half of the night or less than that (i.e. one-fourth of it) or more than that (i.e. three-fourth of it); note that Allah called him MUZZAMMIL to denote His care to him and MUDDATHTHIR which has nearly the same meaning (i.e. “who has wrapped up in his cloak) at the next Surah; this address was because he habitually used to envelop himself in his cloak in his early forties, where he felt somewhat troubled, and this address by Allah to him was to soothe him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they ask him to recite the Quran by the most beautiful manner to adhere to it as Allah will put the heavy liability upon him soon to spread all the message of the Quran to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead ask to read Salah by arising by night as when the person reading Salah is fully attentive to Allah reciting the Quran by TAJWID in the silence of night with total calmness, it makes the person more intent to obey Allah at the day-time too in the ordinary business of life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they state that the Prophet PBUH does have much works at the day-time (that relate mostly to TABLIGH) so it is much better that he reads Salah at nights; he shall recite-on the name of Allah to remain most attentive to Him as his total attention needs to remain towards Allah without caring for wealth or status at the life of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah is the Lord of the East from where the sun rises and the West to where the sun sets so days and nights all come by His will and both need submission in them of the mankind (and of the Jinn) to Him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Prophet PBUH shall bear their disrespect with patience and keep away from them except where necessary to provide TABLIGH to them of the fundamental teachings of Islam and its necessary explanation; the Prophet PBUH is fully aware that Allah would punish such disbelievers who live by plenty of wealth at the world and with that, by disrespect of the Prophet PBUH, in the most severe manner at the hell-fire; they would be heavily chained there and they would be near to such flaming fire that would burn their skins; they would have such food at hunger that would make them choke and there would be other of His severe punishments too to all of them certainly; it would take place when that day has taken place where the earth and especially mountains on it shall quake as the earth becomes plain and mountains become loose heaps of sand; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “surely We have sent to you an Apostle (i.e. Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah), a witness against you (at the Day of Judgment i.e. against whoever disrespects him after getting the message of Allah), as We sent an apostle (who was very like Muhammad PBUH) to Pharaoh (that apostle was Moses-AS, who mainly had asked Pharaoh to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam - note that his brother Aaron-AS too was the Messenger of Allah); but Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle, so We laid on him a violent hold (by drowning him in waters); how, then, will you guard yourselves if you disbelieve (when even Pharaoh was unable to escape from Allah’s punishment), on the day (the last day of the world) which shall make children grey-headed (because of its severity)? the heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise (to end the world to lead to the Judgment) certainly comes to fulfillment; surely this is a reminder (to the oath everyone has taken to believe in Allah as the true Lord) then let him who wills, take the way to his Lord”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku consists of one AAYAT only which has two parts whereas the first part goes to- “so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran” (which descended at MK-3 after more than a year of the first Ruku); this part asked the Prophet PBUH and Sahaba, who used to read Salah at night sometimes even for nearly two-third of it that caused hardship to them, to read it setting the quantity of the Quran (whatever of it has descended substantially at that time) which they might recite conveniently at nights; so they do not have to consider the quantity of the night but rather the quantity of the Quran that they could read at the Salah of nights; note that there was no reliable manner to get the most practicable awareness of time at those times; Allah only understands the perfect time for all parts, the night, and even the day, may divide into; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this part of the AAYAT states, “surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, and (also) a party of those with you; and Allah measures the night and the day; He knows that you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next part of the AAYAT reads, “He knows that there must be among you sick, and others who travel in the land seeking of the bounty of Allah, and others who fight in Allah's way, therefore read as much of it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift (i.e. make other of SADAQAH too from whatever Allah has given to you), and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”; note that in those days, sickness was more troublesome than now as even those physical adversities that are taken as ordinary today, were most trying then as none of modern medicines were available to invoke the immune system of the body for early healing; however men were generally stronger than today whereas the true belief in Allah always cares for the fast healing to physique besides the spiritual healing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; also travelling to far-away (and even nearby) lands caused much distress then, whereas JEHAD also asked for hardship; note that it is detectable by the mention of JEHAD at this part (by words “and others who fight in Allah's way”) that it descended much later than the first part because Allah ruled to take-up JEHAD as obligatory at Madinah; note also that at this part of AAYAT, Allah asks ahead to “keep up prayer (Salah) and pay the poor-rate (ZAKAH)” and both of these became obligatory at Madinah; so the most notable thing is that though this part also came at Makkah yet it was the last period of it when Allah had commanded for Salah; it had happened couple of years before his migration to Madinah when in the company of Gabriel-AS, he had gone from Makkah to the place of the mosque at Jerusalem at night (i.e. ISRA) and then from there, he went to heavens with him (i.e. MIRAJ) in the same night; Ahadith have given much detail to MIRAJ and that was the time when Allah asked Muhammad PBUH to command the Muslims to read five SALAH daily (and it came to routine for Muslims at Madinah as obligatory; also ZAKAH became obligatory at Madinah); Al-Hamdu Lillah; though ISRA was physical in nature (i.e. travel to Jerusalem) and it happened with most surprising velocity in terms of those times (as then it was at the distance of about a month from Makkah to it) yet the ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) from there, seems as the most amazing spiritual issue (but it certainly is real event) that is not easy to comment upon (see also the note at the first Ruku of Surah BANI-ISRAEL); Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the last of the Surah after mentioning of many virtuous deeds, Allah tells all true Muslims that He would not make any of their good deeds go to waste but they would find best of rewards for them at AKHIRAT; but they must go on asking Allah for forgiveness to their follies as the man does them even without any awareness of such follies; it reads, “and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MUDDATHTHIR
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-2)
1. O you who are clothed!
2. Arise and warn,
3. And your Lord, do magnify,
4. And your garments, do purify,
5. And uncleanness, do shun,
6. And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
7. And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
8. For when the trumpet is sounded,
9. That, at that time, shall be difficult day,
10. For the disbelievers, anything but easy.
11. Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
12. And give him vast riches,
13. And sons dwelling in his presence,
14. And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
15. And yet he desires that I should add more!
16. By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our AAYAAT.
17. I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
18. Surely he reflected and guessed,
19. But may he be cursed how he planned;
20. Again, may he be cursed how he planned;
21. Then he looked,
22. Then he frowned and scowled,
23. Then he turned back and was big with pride,
24. Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
25. This is naught but the word of a mortal.
26. I will cast him into SAQAR (hell-fire).
27. And what will make you realize what SAQAR is?
28. It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
29. It scorches the mortal.
30. Over it are nineteen.
31. And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this example? Thus does Allah make err whom He wills, and He guides whom He wills, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.
32. Nay; I swear by the moon,
33. And the night when it departs,
34. And the daybreak when it shines;
35. Surely it (the punishment of hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
36. A warning to mortals,
37. To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
38. Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
39. Except the people of the right hand,
40. In gardens, they shall ask each other
41. About the guilty:
42. What has brought you into hell?
43. They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
44. And we used not to feed the poor;
45. And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
46. And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
47. Till death overtook us.
48. So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
49. What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
50. As if they were asses taking fright
51. That had fled from a lion?
52. Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
53. Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
54. Nay! it is surely an admonition.
55. So whoever pleases may mind it.
56. And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
---------------------
Like Surah MUZZAMMIL, this also is one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and its initial AAYAAT descended even before MUZZAMMIL; it descended on the Prophet PBUH the same year i.e. MK-2 and it has two Ruku that comprise of 31 AAYAAT and 25 AAYAT respectively; except for AAYAT-31, it comprises of brief AAYAAT that give it volume; its first seven AAYAAT descended when he was returning from the cave AL-HIRA and he saw Gabriel clearly in his beautiful angelic form who had filled the horizon at front extensively; the second time when he saw him was at the occasion of his ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) just a couple of years before HIJRAH (his migration from Makkah to Madinah); Surah BANI-ISRAEL (also named as Surah ISRA) records this incident at its beginning, which descended at 6th to 10th year of the period of his stay at Makkah (though it relates his travel from Makkah to Jerusalem only i.e. ISRA); Surah NAJM also mentions MIRAJ in most clear terms (that relates his travel ahead that is his ascension to heavens); Allah gives the same message at the seven AAYAAT that are its beginning which He has also given at MUZZAMMIL to him; they read, “O you who are clothed; arise and warn (the disbelievers); and do magnify your Lord (by Salah at nights and SABR at TABLIGH); and your garments, do purify (so remain clean physically, as always, by care to garments and to the physique); and uncleanness, do shun (so remain clean spiritually, as always, by avoidance of all wrongs); and bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase (so provide TABLIGH of Islam for Allah without asking any person for any returns except Allah); and be patient for the sake of your Lord (on the disrespectful attitude of the disbelievers, without any care to assets or/and status at the world)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah asks him to arise and warn the disbelievers at this Surah so they become attentive to Allah (and he shall have patience at their disrespectful attitude) whereas at MUZZAMMIL, Allah asks him to arise for Salah at nights so that he remains most attentive to Allah as he always is; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that Muslims who had believed in the fundamental teachings of Islam, were few at that time so Allah asked him to warn all disbelieving persons by the Quran and did not tell him to provide good tidings emphatically; so like MUZZAMMIL, this Surah also mentions emphatically the torments at the hell-fire, and even at the world, on disbelief of the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 tell about the Day of Judgment, “for when the trumpet is sounded (for the second time); that, at that time, shall be difficult day (of Judgment), for the disbelievers, anything but easy”; however, AAYAAT-39 & 40 of this Surah mention the good persons too who would be at total peace at JANNAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead from 11 to 26 relate to such persons whom Allah provides plenty of assets, status and much convenience at the world yet instead of being grateful to Allah, they reject His message and oppose it feverishly so that others too do not accept it; note that these AAYAAT particularly relate to one of chiefs at Makkah i.e. WALEED Ibn MUGHAIRA whom the Quran has mentioned as one of the most negative characters at Surah NOON (i.e. AL-QALAM) too; he had asked the Prophet PBUH to strike an agreement which curbs his TABLIGH of Islam, between him and the chiefs of Makkah, according to their liking; there, AAYAAT 10 to 14 state, “and yield not to any mean swearer; defamer, going about with slander; forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, ignoble; besides all that, base-born (i.e. born out of wedlock); because he possesses wealth and sons; when Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says- stories of those of yore; We will brand him on the nose (which means that Allah will put some defaming mark on his nose at AKHIRAT)”; three of his many sons accepted Islam and one of them by the blessing of Allah, was named the sword of Allah by the Prophet PBUH; history knows that noble warrior by the name of Khalid-RA, who proved one of the most amazing commanders of Muslims at all of battlefields; it is most interesting to note that with adverse heredity and living much at environment that was challenging to Islamic teachings, he yet was able by the blessing of Allah, to accept Islam and achieve high status of spiritual purity; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT here relate about WALEED’s assets, status and high number of sons (that also were considered among valuables at those times) at the world and about his disbelief by depiction of his manner to reject the Truth at one of gatherings of chiefs at Makkah; Allah tells here that He has given life to him as to all His creation and if he intends to challenge Allah, he has to come alone to do it; Allah provided him such huge wealth and so many sons from whom, some are always near to him to defend him; and provided such convenience to him (that led to chiefdom at Makkah) that he may put his resources to use easily but he still intends for more, and he would certainly not receive anymore because he has opposed AAYAAT of the Quran; Allah would make his affairs such trying to him that he would live at the world in distress now; note that it happened that he incurred extreme losses after these AAYAAT descended, that decreased his wealth notably; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead in these AAYAAT depict how he reacted to the Islamic teachings and what will be the outcome of this reaction; they state “surely he reflected and guessed; but may he be cursed how he planned; again, may he be cursed how he planned; then he looked; then he frowned and scowled; then he turned back and was big with pride; then he said- this is naught but enchantment (i.e. magic derived from of old) narrated (from others); this is naught but the word of a mortal-; I will cast him into SAQAR (hell-fire)”; so the end-result is that Allah will put him into SAQAR (one of places at JAHANNUM i.e. the hell-fire) at AKHIRAT where he would remain at highest of physical agony; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that he was asked how he takes the Quran at a gathering of chiefs at Makkah and the text here depicts how he reacted to this question when everybody knew that the Prophet PBUH was AMIN (most trustworthy) among them; they knew that the Prophet PBUH did not ever write poetry as he could not read or write anything and moreover, they also knew that nobody would take it right if they call him a soothsayer or a mad person (see Surah TOOR-29, 30, 31); so after making faces and taking attitude which may show that he is considering the question with all his thought, he said about the Quran that it is naught else than magic derived from of old and it is speech of his own i.e. Muhammad (PBUH) speaks it by his own; may Allah put all His curse on all such fibbers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Holy Book Quran has directed clearly the Prophet PBUH at few places to the right attitude where he was mistaken as it actually is the Word of Allah that descended on the Prophet PBUH for somewhat 22 years (from 610 AD ending at 632 AD); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the five AAYAAT ahead that are the last AAYAAT in the Ruku, tell about SAQAR and the nineteen guards upon it; they also tell that the Quran is for the guidance of the mankind yet who disrespects the Quran, it does make such persons go more into their wrongs till they fall into the hell-fire; may Allah save all good persons from disrespecting the Quran in any manner but guide them to righteousness through its beautiful teachings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; These AAYAAT read, “and what will make you realize what SAQAR is? it leaves naught nor does it spare aught; it scorches the mortal; over it (i.e. SAQAR, the place at the hell-fire) are nineteen (angels as guard); and We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number (i.e. nineteen) but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain (as those who are inclined towards scholarly pursuits among them, are certainly aware that Allah takes such works from a number of angels having extreme strength and keeps check on them) and those who believe (i.e. the true Muslims) may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (i.e. hypocrites) and the disbelievers may say - what does Allah mean by this example? thus does Allah make (those persons) err whom He wills, and He guides (those persons) whom He wills, and none knows the hosts (i.e. the total number of angels) of your Lord but He Himself; and this (mention of nineteen of them at SAQAR) is naught but a reminder to the mortals”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that some of disbelievers mocked this mention of nineteen wardens at SAQAR that they would handle them by force if they are only nineteen, to which Allah tells them that these wardens are angels who are extremely strong against whom their force, even if collective, is nothing; note also that some of commentators on the Quran, have mentioned that the appointment of nineteen angels at SAQAR is due to the fact that there would be nineteen types of punishments there to the wrong-doers, each under the supervision of one of these angels; however, some persons have taken this as code in the Quran that tells some facts about MUQATTA’AAT (that means the 14 of disjointed letters that are among the Arabic alphabet, that come at the commencement of 29 SURAH in specific combinations and the meanings of these are not evident but they are not necessary to know in understanding of the Quran); the detail for this is not feasible here but I, MSD, have written about it in some detail at one of my writings “Expressions of the Quran” that is available at the net; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next Ruku, Allah takes oath of the Moon (as it changes from crescent to full when its light manifests things even at night) and of the departing night (as stars vanish from view at that moment and light dawns to manifest things) and the daybreak as light manifests well; this tells that though the disbelievers do not see that the Day of Judgment is sure to take place yet with time, this would go on becoming clear (especially at their deaths) until it would get them; they need to see that the warning of punishment of the hell-fire tells every person most clearly to see in his own best interest if he would take righteousness or keep away from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell about the question of the residents of JANNAAT to the residents of hell-fire asking the reason due to which they had entered it; these AAYAAT state, “every soul is held (at the hell-fire) in pledge for what it earns; except the people of the right hand in gardens (i.e. the dwellers of JANNAAT); they shall ask each other about the guilty (who had lived upon wrongs at the world) what has brought you into hell?; they shall say- We were not of those who prayed (i.e. they did not remember Allah in any manner at the life at the world) and we used not to feed the poor (i.e. they did not care for the needy among their fellow-beings though they had the resources for it); and we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses (i.e. they challenged the Truth by vague arguments and kept away from it and wasted their precious time in useless pursuits at the world); and we used to call the day of judgment a lie till death overtook us (i.e. they did come to know that the Judgment would certainly take place but it came to them too late); so the intercession of intercessors (at the Day of Judgment) shall not avail them”; note that Allah has allowed even the satanic persons to work against the Truth in whatever manner they intend and has granted them the ability to mislead each other by putting evil thoughts inside each other; He intends to take the examination of all persons (His Messengers included) and so He has given the satanic persons necessary liberty to do their evil work yet it does have its limit that He certainly decides perfectly well; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these satanic persons are unable to force anything to anyone but they do try to make the wrongs look beautiful and take-up arguments that seem to have some validity yet they are based on play of words; they try to promote the wrongful concept that takes something from the rightful concept, and conceal some other from it to make their point; as the spirit of the Man does not conform to any wrongs so they try to deceive all they address by their manner of speech; may Allah save all true Muslims from all satanic concepts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last eight AAYAAT, though brief, sum up the message of the Surah wonderfully as they read, “what is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition (of the Quran after hearing of the severe punishment on disbelief); as if they were (wild) asses taking fright that had fled from a (chasing) lion? nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out (as Muhammad PBUH is receiving AAYAAT); nay; but they do not fear the hereafter (so how do they ask for such esteemed status without being rightful to it); nay; it is surely an admonition (to all though he only is receiving it who is the worthiest to it among them); so whoever pleases may mind it (to save himself from the physical agony of the hell-fire); and they will not mind unless Allah pleases; He is worthy to be feared (the word is TAQWA) and worthy to forgive (as the Man would only save himself from all major sins by remaining most attentive to Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about TAQWA that all persons need to remember the event that relates to Adam-AS that when Allah sent him to the world, He told him that those among his descendants would get the JANNAH, their actual dwelling place, who keep to righteousness in their belief and deeds; but those who disbelieve the true guidance, they would be put into the hell-fire; so the Quran asks all persons to have TAQWA to Allah that is the attitude of the heart which means that all must fear Allah that they do not get His displeasure by their sins becoming so sinful that they lose the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, they also must have such hope to Him that He would keep them safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so if he/she does not live as the righteous believer in the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam) with righteous deeds, he/she would lose the opportunity to show his/her worth for JANNAH and would be put into the hell-fire as Allah would certainly fulfill His word; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the last of Surah MUZZAMMIL also asks all Muslims to habitually ask forgiveness of Allah; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QIYAMAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-4)
1. Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
2. Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.
3. Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
4. Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
5. Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
6. He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
7. So when the sight becomes dazed,
8. And the moon becomes dark,
9. And the sun and the moon are brought together,
10. Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
11. By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
12. With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
13. Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
14. Rather! man is evidence against himself,
15. Though he puts forth his excuses.
16. Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
17. Surely on Us is the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
18. Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
19. Again on Us is the explaining of it.
20. Nay! But you love the present life,
21. And neglect the hereafter.
22. (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
23. Looking to their Lord.
24. And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
25. Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
26. Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
27. And it is said: Who will be a magician?
28. And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
29. And affliction is combined with affliction;
30. To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
31. So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
32. But called the truth a lie and turned back,
33. Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
34. Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
35. Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
36. Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
37. Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
38. Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
39. Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
40. Is not He able to give life to the dead?
---------------------
Surah QIYAMAT is also one of the earliest Surah that descended on the Prophet PBUH though it came much later than Surah MUDDATHTHIR; it has two Ruku that comprise of thirty and ten AAYAAT respectively whereas the first Ruku tells about the last day of the world (and it might be more extensive than the ordinary day by mention of happenings in it though that mention also implies that all of mankind would die in it in very short time that probably would equal the time that is of an ordinary day, yet its severity would cause the children to become like old persons; see Surah MUZZAMMIL-17) and it also tells about the Day of Judgment; it also tells from AAYAT-16 to AAYAT-19, that the Prophet PBUH does not have to worry that the Quran remains safe in text by reciting it fast with the angel Gabriel when it descends to him, as not only its text but its meanings too would remain safe as Allah would see not only to its compilation but that its reading too does not cease; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-9 of Surah HIJR is most notable for this that gives the message that Allah would totally safeguard the message that He has provided to Muhammad PBUH (i.e. the Holy Book Quran); as no more of Messengers of Allah would come at the world because the Prophet Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers, the Message of Allah exists written with us all in the form of the Holy Book Quran and Allah has taken the responsibility for its protection upon Himself so that His Word (that He gave to Adam) is not violated that he would keep the Truth always clear for all to accept or to reject so no injustice takes place when He judges all persons at the day of HASHR (the first day at AKHIRAT); everything that was related to the protection of its text and its meaning was given protection; there were such people who wrote it beautifully with utmost care at all times and places even before the printing manner for it was available, by the will of Allah and there stood people namely HUFFAZ from the very time of its descent that still stand for it by the will of Allah so these HUFFAZ remembered it amazingly word by word by heart; Ahadith, that reported the SUNNAH (i.e. practice in many issues of life of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH and explained the Holy Book Quran most clearly), remained most secure at the good books of Ahadith compiled by many of good persons at ancient times (which the students of Islam learn beautifully at different Islamic schools even at this time) by the will of Allah so that the clarification of it remains available at all times and places; its language Arabic still is very much active language of the world by the will of Allah and in fact, the Holy Book Quran receives, and has always received, the most-high value in the Arabic literature; note also that Allah protected the Muslims from the enemy when they had put the Holy Book Quran into practice individually and collectively with fervor and this tells in most clear terms that whoever and whatever relates to it, Allah would certainly provide security for all such as He has taken the provision of the security of the Quran as His responsibility; this also is undeniable fact (which also expresses its security that Allah has provided to it) that the disbelievers have always remained unable to imitate the Quran as it has amazing integrity not only in its meanings but also in its words; so this all implies that there is no need to take anything else but the Quran for the Guidance to the right path by the assistance of the SUNNAH and that tells most clearly that Muhammad PBUH was and is the last of Messengers of Allah to all peoples of the world, even to those who have come after him at any of times and at any of places in the world to live-on their lives; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku of Surah QIYAMAT tells about the disbeliever who does not believe in the Day of Judgment as he is unable to grasp how Allah would resurrect all peoples for it; Allah tells all peoples that even the manner by which He gave life to the mankind is strange but they do see all persons living at the world so it is not difficult for Allah to give life to all persons again even if they take it stranger; so the Surah ends by the same message that the initial AAYAAT of the Surah provided especially AAYAT-4 that tells that Allah has so much control on mankind that He even is able to make the respective fingertips of all persons in exact manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-1 to 6 begin by rejecting the disbelievers who thought that the Day of Judgment is never to come, by word “LA” (Nay; No) and then Allah swears by that day of resurrection because it is so very certain to come; at the second AAYAT too, He rejects their notion and swears by the soul (NAFS) that is self-accusing (has consciousness of guilt so this also tells that the Day of Judgment is certain to take place); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all of the mankind took oath at the world of spirits that Allah only is their true Lord for whom they certainly would show all obedience (see Surah AARAAF-172); living against this oath does bring guilt inside that leads to deterioration inside and lowers the image that he has of his own which in turn leads to dissatisfaction to life; so Allah takes oath by the self-accusing soul; note that there are three types of NAFS which actually is related to physique of the Man as it denotes his desires inside, whereas basically (i.e. at birth) it is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (and this AAYAT at Surah QIYAMAT mentions it); if it rises to control ROOH (Spirit) of the man with time due to remaining unchecked, it becomes AMMARA (inciting to sins; the one where the physique impresses the Spirit and commands towards wrongs and this was the one that ZELICHA indicated as of hers when she tempted Yusuf-AS; see Surah YOUSUF-53); this type leads to wrongs, with matters getting worse for living of the person except when Allah intends to make things better; this actually is the end-result of taking the mankind among animals and then expecting the righteous guidance from the same to apply to environment that actually must keep to decency in all aspects, if a person has to achieve the true inner satisfaction; if the Spirit of the man rises to make NAFS liable to work under its guidance that is it keeps NAFS attentive to Allah then it becomes MUTMA’INNAH (having total peace without any inclination to wrongs) so it gets control of the physique and of all animal instincts inside (see Surah FAJR-27); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-3, 4 & 5 state that the disbeliever does not understand how Allah would gather dead bones of so many years to resurrect so he needs to understand that not only bones, Allah is so amazingly powerful that He would even complete the texture of the very fingertips of every dead person (though they are totally lost by view of the mankind whereas they are different from all others too); in fact, such disbelievers intend that there remains no mention even, of the Day of Judgment as that worries them and they want to live their lives with such NAFS that gives desires to them and to which they comply without any check; the disbeliever mockingly asks when this event would come to take place; note that the Quran never gives the timing for it but tells clearly that it would come when Allah wills for it; rather, the Quran tells about the happenings at the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the happenings at the Day of Judgment (YAUMUL-QIYAMAT); Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-7 to AAYAT-9, the Ruku depicts the happenings at QIYAMAT and then from AAYAT-10 to AAYAT-15, it depicts the happenings at the day of HASHR (i.e. the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; these all AAYAAT state, “so when the sight becomes dazed; and the moon becomes dark (and also the sun because of solar eclipse; the word used is KHASAFA which is often used to denote the lunar eclipse yet here it is in literal meaning and means that the moon will become dark) and the sun and the moon are brought together (which happens at solar eclipse as seen from earth); --- man (who lived as wrong-doer at the world) shall say on that day- whither to fly to? by no means! there shall be no place of refuge; with your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest; man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off; rather- man is evidence against himself (as he knows well what he had been doing at his life at the world), though he puts forth his excuses”; AAYAAT ahead ask the Prophet PBUH not to recite the Quran as it descends on him but he shall hear it till the last when the angel Gabriel-AS recites it according to the command of Allah; he does not have to worry about the safety of its text or/and its meanings as Allah would secure it so he has to concentrate on its recitation to remember it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that at those times, memorizing text of some writing was the best manner to its safety and people at Arabia were not much literate then generally, but they had many such persons in them who had astounding memory and they used to memorize the Quran as it descended on the Prophet PBUH; the most notable person among them was Zaid-RA who worked by the blessing of Allah, for the compilation of the Quran at the reign of Abu-Bakr-RA and then also for pronunciation of its words & for its certified presentation at the reign of Usman-RA (see also one of my writings “Expressions of the Quran”); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-20 to AAYAT-25 tell again about the Day of Judgment while AAYAT-26 to AAYAT-30, the last AAYAT of the first Ruku, tell about the plight of a dying person; the former set of AAYAAT state, “nay- (all have to face the Judgment) but you (who do not have any concern for it), love the present life and neglect the hereafter; (some) faces on that day shall be bright, looking to their Lord (i.e. the true Muslims, though they would see Him at JANNAAT yet here looking to Him means waiting at the grounds of HASHR for His command to give them entrance to beautiful gardens at JANNAAT); and (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy, knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity (i.e. all disbelievers who will be dragged to the hell-fire)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the other set of AAYAAT state, “nay- (the departing life) when it comes up to the throat (i.e. when the dying person feels that now he is leaving the world); and it is said- who will be a magician (that may set his life again by his method of cure who blows on him after chanting some words for impression at his inside, as medicines have failed to cure him)? and he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting; and affliction is combined with affliction (the literal translation shall be “when one of calves joins to another” that means all of the lower part of leg, not only the back of it but whole of it, and it denotes reaction to extreme pain in some of dying persons); to your Lord on that day shall be the driving (as angels manifest themselves to the dying person at the time of death)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku of Surah QIYAMAT tells about the disbeliever who does not believe in the Day of Judgment as he is unable to grasp how Allah would resurrect all persons for it so Allah tells that it is not difficult for Allah to give life to all persons again and the Surah ends by the same message that the initial AAYAAT of it provided especially AAYAT-4 which tells that Allah has so much control on mankind that He even is able to make the respective fingertips of all persons in exact manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT of the second Ruku state, “so he (the disbeliever) did not accept the Truth, nor did he pray; but called the Truth a lie and turned back; then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness; nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer; again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer; does man (the disbeliever) think that he is to be left to wander without an aim? was he not a small seed in the seminal elements; then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect; then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female; is not He able to give life to the dead?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT ask to see how the laws applying at the universe are set by Allah rather than call them natural laws; and they ask to care for the Spiritual refinement rather than worry for the physical improvement; and they ask to work for AKHIRAT rather than live-on at the world with efforts to gather wealth or/and to make status at life at the world; may Allah give all good persons TOFIQ to live upon the Truth i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam, and enable them to make the world better by keeping their total attention to work most efficiently for AKHIRAT so that all such persons achieve the true success at the life there as that certainly is the true life; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah DAHR (INSAAN)
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-6)
1. There surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not worth mentioning.
2. Surely We have created man from a small mingled life-germ- We mean to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.
3. Surely We have shown him the way: he may be thankful or unthankful.
4. Surely We have prepared, for the disbelievers, chains and shackles and burning fire.
5. Surely the righteous shall drink of a cup the admixture of which is camphor
6. A fountain from which the servants of Allah shall drink; they make it to flow a (goodly) flowing forth.
7. They fulfill vows and fear the day, the evil of which shall be spreading far and wide.
8. And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive:
9. We only feed you for Allah's sake; we desire from you neither reward nor thanks:
10. Surely we fear from our Lord the stern, distressful day.
11. Therefore Allah will guard them from the evil of that day and cause them to meet with ease and happiness;
12. And He will reward them, because they were patient, with Garden and silk attire,
13. Reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither (the severe heat of) the sun nor intense cold.
14. And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them), being easy to reach.
15. And there shall be made to go round about them vessels of silver and goblets which are of glass,
16. (Transparent as) glass, made of silver; they have measured them according to measure.
17. And they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which shall be ginger,
18. (Of) a fountain therein which is named SALSABIL.
19. And round about them shall go youths never altering in age; when you see them you will think them to be scattered pearls.
20. And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom.
21. Upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick silk interwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink.
22. Surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be recompensed.
23. Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you revealing (it) in portions.
24. Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.
25. And glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.
26. And during part of the night adore Him, and give glory to Him (a) long (part of the) night.
27. Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before them.
28. We created them and made firm their make, and when We please, We will bring in their place the likes of them by change.
29. Surely this is reminder so whoever pleases, he may take way to his Lord.
30. And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;
31. He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.
---------------------
Surah DAHR (that is also named as Surah INSAAN) also came at Makkah and it has two Ruku that comprise of 22 AAYAAT and 9 AAYAAT respectively; it tells mostly about living of the true Muslims at JANNAH where they would be dressed beautifully in the most pleasant surroundings and would have different of wonderful drinks in different of amazing glasses, goblets & cups; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT denotes the time when the person was not worth of any mention and that is the time when he was alive at the mother’s womb; note that pregnancy takes place by the combination of an ovum from the female and one of spermatozoa from the male and AAYAT-2 refers to this combination as “mingled life-germ” (i.e. zygote); ova are present in the female from her birth (and thus she is cool inside naturally, waiting for betterment of conditions around) while in contrast, millions of spermatozoa are present at just one average ejaculation that are motile, produced timely at scrotum of the male (and thus he has forceful nature that needs to make its way even in adverse situations he has to face); there remain only four hundred thousand ova inside her at puberty and as about one thousand ripen each month inside her (whereas only one is released towards the womb), a time comes around late forties where the female does not remain capable of reproductive activity any more naturally; note that though only one of spermatozoa fertilizes an ovum (others of ova end off) yet the enormous quantity of them is necessary to affect the ovum with an awe which assists the one that penetrates inside it; the female cell closes entrance to all other male cells once it is fertilized changing into zygote and goes on to attach itself to the wall of the womb; from the third month onwards, the developing pregnancy is called fetus and by this time it is totally recognizable as a human being whereas by Ahadith, we know that by the end of the fourth month, Allah provides its spirit to it and it becomes INSAAN (human being); this is where he/she is not worth mentioning so the first AAYAT denotes the later stage than what the second AAYAT presents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT also tells that Allah made him able to hear (by providing him ears) and able to see (by providing him eyes) as He intends to examine him at the world whether he accepts Islamic teachings or rejects them when he comes to know of them; the third AAYAT tells that He also gave him the awareness of the right path so even if he does not get invitation to the Islamic teachings, he is yet able to submit to them by his reflection at inside (that also is termed as QALB i.e. heart, at the Holy Book Quran); AARAAF-179 states, “and certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men; they have hearts (the term used is QULUB which is plural for QALB) with which they do not understand (as they have ignored the Truth), and they have eyes with which they do not see (as they do not see the Truth), and they have ears with which they do not hear (as they do not hear the Truth); they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors (as cattle even, care to see the surroundings occasionally while grazing); these are the heedless ones”; this AAYAT tells that if these blessings of Allah are not used rightfully then they remain as if never used; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-4, 5 & 6 state the results of being unthankful and of being thankful, at AKHIRAT, “surely We have prepared, for the disbelievers (who are unthankful to Allah by not taking His commands into their lives), chains and shackles and burning fire (at hell-fire); surely the righteous (who are thankful to Allah by taking His commands into their lives) shall drink of a cup (of delightful liquid) the admixture of which is camphor (i.e. white and scented very like it so the similarity is in color and aroma yet it is not the organic compound of the world); a fountain (at JANNAH) from which the servants of Allah shall drink; they make it to flow a (goodly) flowing forth (as they would be able to direct a canal from it towards any place if they intend as Allah allows this to them as one of His blessings to them); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT- 7 to 11 state the reason why they receive this blessing, ”they fulfill vows (their liabilities especially their commitment to Allah that they would always remember that He only is their true Lord) and fear the day (of Judgment), the evil of which shall be spreading (upon the disbelievers) far and wide; and they give food when they have love for it to (all needy persons that are) the poor and the orphan and the captive (saying that) we only feed you for Allah's sake (and that statement is to emphasize that though they do find it difficult to part with edibles yet they give it to the needy for Allah’s sake sincerely); we desire from you neither reward nor thanks (their words mean that Allah only will provide us our sustenance at the world with ease and He only will provide us clean pure foods at AKHIRAT with which we would be happy); surely we fear from our Lord the stern, distressful day; therefore Allah will guard them from the evil of that day and cause them to meet with ease (at the world) and happiness (at AKHIRAT)”; note that the translation of AAYAT-8 by Respectable M.H. SHAKIR is, “and they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive”; so he has taken the pronoun to denote Allah that they give food out of love for Him, but I find better to translate the pronoun to denote the love persons have for their edibles so it says, “and they give food when they have love for it to the poor and the orphan and the captive”; at AAYAT-177 of Surah BAQARAH too, his translation reads, “and (the righteousness is) to give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate”; there also, I, MSD, have preferred the translation at my note that “and (the righteousness is) to give away wealth when there is love for it” but my difference to his translation is with the acceptance that his translation might be better; note that AAYAT-177 of Surah BAQARAH implies that the good person must spend amounts to all needy in sequence that are his needy near-relatives, the needy orphans, such needy that are unable to earn to their genuine necessities, the needy way-farers when they become penniless during the travel, the needy persons who ask for some relief for their sustenance and the needy persons who have been taken into captivity while they desperately ask freedom to live-on virtuously, so it clarifies AAYAT of DAHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of Ruku narrate about the residents of JANNAH and they tell about the happiness that they would have at the gardens there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah TOOR also has depicted the life of residents at JANNAH and here, AAYAAT are explicit on the depiction there; the first Ruku of TOOR tells us that Allah would provide them the wonderful fruits there and the meat, that is most refined; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would get their beautiful cups of wine (and here, there is some elaboration to these beautiful cups too that though they are of silver yet as transparent as glass so their silver is unique) and they would playfully challenge each other by grabbing those cups of wine of each other, but there would never be any foul talks in that nor any cause of sin; we also studied there (as we find here) that there would be such boys at that most pleasant scenario who would be assigned to serve the residents of JANNAH and who would glow handsomely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; keeping these comments in view, we will see AAYAAT ahead that read, “and He will reward them, because they were patient, with Garden and silk attire, reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither (the severe heat of) the sun nor intense cold; and close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them), being easy to reach (at will); and there shall be made to go round about them vessels of silver and goblets which are of glass, (because they are transparent though that is) glass made of silver; they (the serving persons) have measured them according to measure (neither more nor less); and they shall be made to drink therein a cup (of delightful liquid) the admixture of which shall be ginger; (of) a fountain therein (i.e. at JANNAH) which is named SALSABIL; and round about them shall go youths never altering in age; when you see them you will think them to be scattered pearls; and when you see there (O listening person), you shall see blessings and a great kingdom; upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick silk interwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall make them drink pure drink (i.e. most delightful and clean of any intoxicant); surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be recompensed”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so there are two beautiful fountains that have delightful liquids from which Allah would provide drinks to all residents of JANNAH by such boys who would remain at the same age ever; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH at the next Ruku to go on spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam without any alteration, by the Quran as those who get the true guidance, would get it only by this; Allah has descended the Quran upon him in parts so that he remains steadfast on it without any care to offers of disbelievers for compromise and he has to recite-on the name of Allah in the mornings and in the evenings; he has to stand at Salah at nights and recite the Quran at much of nights which means that he would remain attentive to Allah at all times; the disbelievers are totally unable to harm the Prophet PBUH as they are most attentive to gains of the world and most oblivious of the day which would prove most trying for them; may Allah save all good Muslim persons from becoming oblivious of that significant day i.e. the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah has created all persons and He certainly is able to change these disbelievers by other of persons if He wills, who are most obedient to Allah; but He has created all persons so that He examines them who deserves JANNAH and who does not; note that the opening AAYAAT of this Surah have also given this message; so this Quran is the gift of Allah to the mankind to guide to the right path, whoever does intend to find proximity to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-30 tells that no person is able to will even, for something unless Allah wills that he does will for it (see also TAKWIR-29); He is ALLEEM so He certainly knows how to take issues ahead that are shaping by the works of the peoples at the world and He is HAKEEM so He certainly molds all things towards the way He intends even by works of the man; when some nation challenges His authority by working against His commands which displeases Him, then some destruction strikes that nation by His command and its adverse impression ends from the world then & there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT notes emphatically that whoever is thankful to Allah at the life at the world with care to the Day of Judgment, he would receive the best of rewards there and whoever is unthankful to Allah, he would be punished most severely; it states, “He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MURSALAAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-4)
1. I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
2. By the raging hurricanes,
3. Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
4. Then separate them one from another,
5. Then I swear by angels who bring down the revelation,
6. To excuse or to warn.
7. Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
8. So when the stars are made to lose their light,
9. And when the heaven is rent asunder,
10. And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
11. And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
12. To what day is the doom fixed?
13. To the day of decision.
14. And what will make you realize what the day of decision is?
15. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
16. Did We not destroy the former generations?
17. So shall We make later generations follow them.
18. Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
19. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
20. Did We not create you from contemptible water?
21. Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,
22. Till an appointed term,
23. So We proportion it- how well are We at deciding the proportion (of things).
24. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
25. Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
26. The living and the dead,
27. And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
28. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
29. Walk on to that which you called a lie.
30. Walk on to the covering having three branches,
31. Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
32. Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
33. As if they were tawny camels.
34. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
35. This is the day on which they shall not speak,
36. And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
37. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
38. This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
39. So if you have some plan, plan against Me (now).
40. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
41. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
42. And fruits such as they desire.
43. Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
44. Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
45. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
46. Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
47. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
48. And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
49. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
50. In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
---------------------
Surah MURSALAAT consists of two Ruku that comprise of forty and ten AAYAAT respectively; at the first four AAYAAT, Allah has taken oath of different winds (though their mention is not by their names) which denote the advent of rain and in this matter, it is much similar to the opening AAYAAT of Surah ZAARIYAAT; at those AAYAAT too, Allah tells about the water that He provides to the earth as He has mentioned here; He has taken the oath of winds there and tells about them that they scatter the water droplets within clouds; then these clouds carry all the water; and then the winds make these clouds glide-on with ease; then finally these clouds provide this water as rainfall at different places and this all happens by the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will to express His statement explicitly though the authentic Ahadith has commanded all Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; AAYAAT ahead there tell that the promise that Allah has made to all of mankind about raising them up from the dead is most true just as the rain brings out crops from the earth from inside of it so the true Judgment for all persons would certainly take place; and here, at Surah MURSALAAT too, AAYAT-7 provides the same reason to oaths that is “most surely what you are threatened with (i.e. the Day of Judgment) must come to pass”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Holy Book Quran has mentioned the rainfall in relation to raising-up of the dead at the Day of Judgment, at different places; for instance, note that AARAAF-57 states, “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” (see also ROUM-50 and HA-MEEM AS-SAJDAH-39); Al-Hamdu Lillah; for AAYAAT-5 & 6 here that read, “then I swear by angels who bring down the revelation to excuse (such persons who repent on their wrongs) or to warn (such persons who do not repent on their wrongs)”; note that Surah ZAARIYAAT mentions the numerous paths at the sky above the earth (by which the angels ascend and descend to keep check on the mankind by the command of Allah) and so it elucidates these AAYAAT at MURSALAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 8 to 15 tell about QIYAMAT and about the Day of HASHR, “so when (at the last day of the world) the stars are made to lose their light; and when the heaven is rent asunder; and when the mountains are carried away as dust; and when (at the first day of AKHIRAT i.e. the Day of HASHR), the apostles are gathered at their appointed time; to what day is the doom fixed? to the day of decision (i.e. the Day of HASHR); and what will make you realize what the day of decision is? --- woe on that day to the rejecters”; note that the last statement here i.e. “woe on that day to the rejecters” comes repeatedly at this Surah as this Surah tells how unthankful they are to Allah and what troubles they would see at the day of Judgment (i.e. the Day of HASHR); note also that the answer to ‘what will make the disbelievers realize what the day of decision is’, has been answered by troubles they would face at that day which would be extremely severe to them; this Surah has also told about the righteous persons how happy they would be at JANNAAT and how pleasant their foods and their drinks would be there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-16 to 24 tell that Allah destroyed such peoples who had challenged Him and He would destroy even those who follow their manner in life as that is His set principle to deal with such peoples; Al-Hamdu Lillah; He tells all peoples that every person is born by contemptible water (semen) and Allah kept him/her at a secured place to develop (i.e. the womb of the mother) till an appointed time and He arranged everything for him/her (which is related to physique and even that, which is related to spirit); one of Ahadith tells that when a person is alive inside the womb of his/her mother, “Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things; he is ordered to write down his deeds, his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be blessed or wretched” (SAHIH Bukhari; at the book of Beginning of Creation); Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT also end by the statement that “woe on that day to the rejecters”; AAYAAT-25 to 34 tell some of His blessings to all peoples of the world so that all persons may live at ease here and they also tell how unpleasant the hell-fire would be which the disbelievers would enter into so the disbelievers would lose that ease which all persons take for granted at life at the world; these blessings of Allah at the world to all persons are that the earth manages all the living and the dead persons within its space and there are high mountains on it which keeps it stable (during its revolution at its orbit); He also gave sweet water to drink to all persons for their sustenance and did not show any discrimination among them; but in contrast, when Allah commands the disbelievers at the grounds of HASHR to stand under the covering of smoke (having three branches) rising from the hell-fire, it would not provide any protection to them against the extreme heat; there would be sparks from the hell-fire which would rise as if they are huge palaces and when they fall and disperse, they still would have volume as of camels that are tawny; these AAYAAT also end by the statement that “woe on that day to the rejecters”; AAYAT-35 to AAYAT-40 (i.e. the last AAYAT of the Ruku) state, “this is the day on which they shall not speak (as no person would speak there except to whom Allah permits), and permission shall not be given to them at the beginning of the day so that they should offer excuses (that Allah gives them another chance as the term of examination is gone away); woe on that day to the rejecters; this is the day of decision (where) We have gathered you and those of yore; so if you have some plan, plan against Me (now); woe on that day to the rejecters”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the wonderful foods and drinks at the pleasant environment for all those righteous persons who cared highly at the world that they do not commit any such deeds that bring the displeasure of Allah; in contrast, the environment of the disbelievers would be the hell-fire and their foods there would be extreme filth as the Holy Book Quran has told explicitly at places as for instance AAYAAT-24, 25, 26 of the next Surah i.e. NABA and AAYAAT-36 & 37 of Surah HAAQQAH; the disbelievers did not show any care to Allah even when the Holy Book Quran asked them most clearly to surrender to Him in all issues of life at the world; the Quran is so very explicit to present all issues in principle as Allah has commanded, that if they do not believe in it when they receive its teachings (because they take the guidance of their whims to understand anything) then they would never ever believe in the Truth; this Ruku that comprises of ten AAYAAT read, “surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains, and fruits such as they desire; eat and drink pleasantly because of what (righteous deeds) you did; surely thus do We reward the doers of good; woe on that day to the rejecters; eat and enjoy yourselves (at the world) for a little; surely you are guilty (and all guilty persons would have filth to eat & drink at the most unpleasant environment); woe on that day to the rejecters; and where it is said to them, ‘bow down’, they do not bow down; woe on that day to the rejecters; in what announcement, then, after it (i.e. the invitation to accept the Truth at the Quran), will they believe?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NABA
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. Of what do they ask one another?
2. About the great event,
3. About which they differ?
4. Nay! they shall soon come to know
5. Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
6. Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
7. And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
8. And We created you in pairs,
9. And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
10. And We made the night to be a covering,
11. And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
12. And We made above you seven strong ones,
13. And We made a shining lamp,
14. And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
15. That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
16. And gardens dense and luxuriant.
17. Surely the day of decision is appointed (day):
18. The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
19. And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
20. And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
21. Surely the hell-fire lies in wait,
22. A place of resort for the inordinate,
23. Living therein for ages.
24. They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
25. But boiling water and most filthy liquid,
26. Requital corresponding.
27. Surely they feared not the account,
28. And called Our AAYAAT a lie, taking (such clear fact) as lie.
29. And We have recorded everything in a book,
30. So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
31. Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
32. Gardens and vineyards,
33. And voluptuous women of equal age;
34. And a pure cup.
35. They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
36. A reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning:
37. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
38. The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.
39. That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
40. Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the disbeliever shall say: O! if only I were dust!
---------------------
Surah NABA has two Ruku that have 30 and 10 AAYAAT respectively that also guides attention to the Day of Judgment; it tells that though Allah has provided all set-up for all persons to live-on their lives at the world with convenience yet at AKHIRAT, those only would receive all convenience who prove themselves rightful to it; the disbelievers in the authority of Allah would only receive intense heat, total filth as foods and extreme boiling water; the last AAYAT of the Surah tells explicitly that every disbeliever would be in such agony at AKHIRAT that he would wish to become dust; it states, “surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand (at the Day of Judgment)- the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before (i.e. whatever good or bad he has done)- and the disbeliever shall say- O! if only I were dust (who had never faced this extreme agony)”; the Surah starts by telling remarks of disbelievers that they ask each other about the Day of Judgment; it tells that they would soon be aware (at their deaths when they see the angels that the Judgment is sure to come); one of Ahadith has noted that “the grave is a garden of the gardens of Paradise (JANNAH) or a pit of the pits of hell-fire” (Tirmidhi); Allah knows better this period of pleasure or agony for every dead person and it might vary for each in quality & quantity; certainly Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-3 states that they differ about the Day of Judgment; note that the disbelievers had different views about it as there were persons among them who did not believe in it and there were others who believed it with such concept that when it comes, they are sure to get all pleasures as Allah cares to provide that to them even if they do not care to live by commands of Allah; still others among them believed it with such concept that they have such intercessors who would get their freedom from the hell-fire from Allah, no matter how they live-on at the world and there were others who lived oblivious to it with hypocrisy that it is nothing to be attentive of, and they did not listen to any guidance towards it; in these current times too, there are such persons who have deluded their own selves by taking much wrong concepts about the Day of Judgment; note that Allah has created the jinn and the mankind so that they all worship Him only at all their issues by the free-will He has provided to them; He tells at Surah ZAARIYAAT-56, “And I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next eleven AAYAAT tell about the blessing of Allah upon all of the mankind at the world as they read, “have We not made the earth an even expanse (so that it is easy to live upon)? -and the mountains as projections (thereon; so that it assists the gravitational force and the earth does not convulse to shake all persons)? -and We created you in pairs (male & female to live in companionship that leads to peace); and We made your sleep to be rest (so that you may work at ease at the daytime); and We made the night to be a covering (of willful activity to provide total rest to the physique); and We made the day (in general) for seeking (virtuous) livelihood; and We made above you seven (skies that are) strong ones; and We made a shining lamp (i.e. the sun at the nearby sky to provide necessary heat, energy and light to work-on); and We send down from the (nearby) clouds, water pouring forth abundantly; that We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, and gardens dense and luxuriant (for convenience of all persons in living-on at the world)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next fourteen AAYAAT till the last of Ruku tell about the Day of HASHR (i.e. the Day of Judgment) and how it would be for the disbelievers; they imply that all person must take the heed while the going is good as when the time of life at the world ends, it would cause utmost terrible agony to the disbelievers; these AAYAAT state, “surely the day of decision (the Day of Judgment) is appointed (day which would certainly take place, but only on the time that Allah has set for it); the day on which the (second) trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts (according to strength or weakness in belief); and the (nearby) heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings (FURQAN-25 says- and on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending-); and the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance (HAAQQAH-14 says- and the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing); surely the hell-fire lies in wait, a place of resort for the inordinate, living therein for ages (and ages); they shall not taste therein cool nor drink (anything soothing) but boiling water and most filthy liquid (that is) requital corresponding; surely they feared not the account (which denotes their deeds that they would see); and called Our AAYAAT a lie, taking (such clear fact that Judgment would take place) as lie; and We have recorded everything in a book (KAHF-49 says- and the book is placed, and you see the guilty fearful of that which is therein as they say ‘what kind of book is this that leaves not a small thing nor a great thing but has counted it’); so taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the successful persons at AKHIRAT and the whole Ruku except for the last AAYAT, reads, “surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement, gardens and vineyards; and voluptuous women of equal age (whom they would marry by permission of Allah); and a pure cup (of wine that does not affect the mind adversely); they shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying (as no person would quarrel there and all persons would refrain totally from abusing any of them at that place); a reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning; (He is) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him (as no person would speak there except by the permission of Allah); the day on which the spirit (Gabriel-AS) and (also other of) the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing (so Allah would permit only those who vow for the righteousness of good persons); that is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord (now at the life here to save himself on that day)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NAZI’AAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
2. And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
3. And by those who float in space,
4. Then those who are foremost going ahead,
5. Then those who regulate the affair.
6. The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
7. What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
8. Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
9. Their eyes cast down.
10. They say: Shall we indeed be restored to first state?
11. What! when we are rotten bones?
12. They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
13. But it shall be only a single cry,
14. When lo! they shall be wakeful.
15. Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
16. When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, TUWA
17. Go to Pharaoh, surely he has become inordinate.
18. Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
19. And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
20. So he showed him the mighty sign.
21. But he rejected (the Truth) and disobeyed.
22. Then he went back hastily.
23. Then he gathered (men) and called out.
24. Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
25. So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
26. Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
27. Are you harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
28. He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
29. And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
30. And the earth, He expanded it after that.
31. He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
32. And the mountains, He made them firm,
33. A provision for you and for your cattle.
34. But when the great predominating calamity comes;
35. The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
36. And the hell-fire shall be made manifest to him who sees
37. Then as for him who is inordinate,
38. And prefers the life of this world,
39. Then surely the hell-fire, that is the abode.
40. And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
41. Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.
42. They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
43. Why (ask they)? what hast thou to tell thereof?
44. unto thy Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof;
45. You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
46. On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
---------------------
Like Surah ZAARIYAAT and Surah MURSALAAT at the last part of the Holy Book Quran, Allah takes oath of angels at the start of Surah NAZI’AAT too that the last day of the world is certain to come and then the Day of the Judgment is also most certain to come; note that at ZAARIYAAT and MURSALAAT, Allah has taken oaths of winds too yet at these initial AAYAAT of NAZI’AAT, His oath relates to angels specifically; these first seven AAYAAT of the Surah state, “I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked (at death which is most painful to them); and by those (angels) who gently draw out the souls of the blessed (which does not give them any pain at death and these both group of angels do their respective tasks according to the command of Allah); and by those (i.e. both groups of these respective angels) who float in space (by the command of Allah, after taking out the soul of the person); then those (i.e. both groups of these respective angels) who are foremost going ahead (by the command of Allah, to the respective places where the soul would go); then those who regulate the affair (by the command of Allah, to settle all of souls to their respective places that are SIJJIN for the wicked and ELIYYEN for the blessed); the day (i.e. of QIYAMAT, the last day of the world, when the angel blows the first trumpet by the command of Allah) on which the quaking one shall quake (that means that the earth would shake most violently and all living creatures on it would die); what must happen afterwards (that means the Day of Judgment as the angel blows the second trumpet by the command of Allah) shall follow it”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that after taking out the soul of some person, the angels who have the soul of the wicked person, transfer it to SIJJIN and the angels who have the soul of the blessed, transfer it to ELIYYEN; these are respective places for the soul of the wicked and for the soul of the blessed and these also are the names of respective books that keep the documents of deeds (at SIJJIN) for the wicked and that keep the documents of deeds (at ELIYYEN) for the blessed; both groups of angels do all tasks swiftly and they do all tasks according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that there is extreme period of time between QIYAMAT and YAMUL-QIYAMAT (i.e. the Day of Judgment), which only Allah knows though for the mankind, it would be as the first and then the second day as they all would be dead during this extreme period; AAYAAT-8 to 12 relate the position of disbelievers at the Day of Judgment; they state, “hearts on that day shall palpitate; their eyes cast down; they say- shall we indeed be restored to first state? what! when we are rotten bones? they said- that then would be a return occasioning loss”; these AAYAAT tell about them that as they used to deny the coming of the Day of Judgment as they saw only the manifest issues and did not care about the facts inside issues, they would face extreme humiliation at that day; note that these disbelievers who denied the occurrence of Judgment, did understand that if it comes, they would be at extreme loss but even with such understanding, they did not believe in it and these AAYAAT clearly tell the outcome of such disbelief; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT tell that when the Judgment comes, it would be a single cry of such high pitch that would wake and bring all persons to the ground of HASHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-15 to AAYAT-26, the last AAYAT of the Ruku, it tells how Allah asked Moses-AS to go to Pharaoh and how Pharaoh reacted to his TABLIGH; these AAYAAT read, “Has not there come to you the story of Musa? when his Lord called upon him in the holy valley TUWA; go to Pharaoh, surely he has become inordinate; then say- have you (a desire) to purify yourself (becoming believer in Allah, the true Lord); and I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear; so he showed him the mighty sign (that his staff changed into serpent); but he (the Pharaoh) rejected (the Truth) and disobeyed; then he went back hastily; then he gathered (men) and called out; then he said- I am your lord, the most high (he used the word RABB for himself); so Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life (i.e. of the world); most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears (that if Pharaoh could not remove the punishment from himself at the world and he is unable to do so even at AKHIRAT, how would others remove it from themselves if they disbelief in the Truth)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Pharaoh said to the people that he is their RABB but he did not claim that he has anything to do with the creation of the universe as that would have been blatant untruth; this is why Abraham-AS left Nimrod (who also took himself as RABB of his people) dumbfounded by asking him to bring the sun out from the west (see also the note at the thirty-fifth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH); note that RABB of a person means whom he obeys unconditionally taking him the standard for the right manner to lead the life at the world for its improvement ahead; note also that Allah (the only Creator of all creation Who always has all His authority) is the only true RABB (the only true Lord) of all His creation and all do obey Him totally but the jinn and the man have to obey Him by their own freewill for all aspects of life as they also are His slaves, unconditionally; if someone obeys any of men, it would only be so when he commands in accordance with the commands of Allah or his command does not challenge the commands of Allah in any manner, as there is no other RABB (in the meaning that has been noted) truly; note that its use literally is for the owner of something (as the person who is the owner of some specific amounts is named as RABBUL-MAAL) and it also literally used to denote the owner of some person as his slave and Surah YOUSUF-50 records the statement of Joseph-AS that he said to the person who came to tell him that the king intends to see him; it reads, “he (Joseph) said - return unto your RABB (i.e. the king in the literal sense) and ask him what was the case of the women who cut their hands - my RABB (i.e. Allah, the true Lord) knows their guile”; so this single AAYAT has the term in both the literal sense and in the specific meaning; see also Surah AARAAF-172 which tells that all persons took the oath at the world of spirits to serve Allah as RABB and the first AAYAT of the Holy Book Quran that notes that He only is the true RABB of all worlds that He has created; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this recognition that Allah only is the true RABB, would lead all persons to have TAQWA (that means the attitude of the heart that comes by the true Belief upon Allah with both fear and hope towards Him when the person has totally thrown away all the worldly base desires completely); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next seven AAYAAT tell about the mighty authority of Allah and how He has cared for the sustenance of the mankind at the world; these AAYAAT state, “are you harder to create or the heaven? He made it; He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state (by such laws that it remains beneficial to all men at the earth and even to jinn and angels); and He made dark its night and brought out its light (as the light at the earth depends on the sun that is at the sky); and the earth, He expanded it after that; He brought forth from it (at its creation) its water and its pasturage; and the mountains, He made them firm (to strengthen the earth); a provision for you and for your cattle”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this detail relates to the time when Allah created the heaven and the earth so from then, the heaven (the nearby sky) contains numerous stars, planets, planetoids, comets, heavenly stones and many other objects, that include extremely huge & extremely small bodies, which are bound to the law of gravitation according to the command of Allah; the extremely huge bodies keep to their orbits without any feasible chance of collision as that would be deadly to the earth even if that occurs far-away to it; and even this heaven nearby to earth is so very vast that the distances are counted by the speed that light travels which is 186000 miles per second (approx. 300000 km/s); and there are stars, the light of which takes several years to come to earth (so we see them at heaven at their position years ago); this detail is for the heaven nearby the earth whereas there are total seven of heavens that are above us; we do have learnt much about the universe but we have learnt nothing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of Surah tell about the Day of Judgment and extreme agony inside that the disbelievers would have as they see the hell-fire; they also tell about the peace inside that the true believers in the Truth would have as they find that JANNAH would be their abode; and they also tell about the task that the Prophet PBUH had towards the disbelievers that he had to warn them so that such persons who do fear the torments of that day, come to accepting the Truth; note that the disbelievers used to ask the Prophet PBUH about the Day of Judgment when it would occur to which Allah answered at these AAYAAT that why do they ask the Prophet PBUH about the time it would occur; he has no concern to it and he only has to warn them that it would come; Allah only would judge all peoples of the world at that time while it would seem to disbelievers that the life they had led at the world, is only fraction of this day; note that the Day of Judgment is of 1000 years by count at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku of ZAARIYAAT also mentions the blessings of Allah how He has provided shelter to all of mankind as He intends total obedience of His commands from all of mankind; there at AAYAT-56, He has told the only true aim of life explicitly, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; the mention of only the jinn and the mankind is because Allah has provided freewill to these both only and He asks them to surrender themselves to Him only, by that freewill; they must fulfill the commands of Allah, the true Lord, with total vigor; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, from AAYAT-34 to AAYAT-45 at NAZI’AAT, the Ruku states, “but when the great predominating calamity (i.e. the Day of Judgment) comes; the day on which man shall recollect what he strove after (at the life at the world); and the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees; then as for him who is inordinate (and has lived by challenge to the commands of Allah) and prefers the life of this world (upon the life at AKHIRAT) then surely the hell-fire, that is the abode; and as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires (that is lustful desires as it is easier to avoid wealth of the world and status therein for virtuous persons yet women may affect them even, adversely), then surely the garden-- that is the abode; they ask you about the hour, when it will come; why (ask they)? what have you to tell thereof? unto your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof; you are only a warner to him who would fear it”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ABAS;
MK-3
(each Surah has one Ruku from here)
1. He frowned and turned (his) back,
2. Because there came to him the blind man.
3. And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
4. Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
5. As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
6. To him do you address yourself.
7. And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
8. And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
9. And he fears,
10. From him will you divert yourself.
11. Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
12. So let him who pleases mind it.
13. In honored books,
14. Exalted, purified,
15. In the hands of scribes
16. Noble, virtuous.
17. Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
18. Of what thing did He create him?
19. Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
20. Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)
21. Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
22. Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
23. Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
24. Then let man look to his food,
25. That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
26. Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
27. Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
28. And grapes and clover,
29. And the olive and the palm,
30. And thick gardens,
31. And fruits and herbage
32. A provision for you and for your cattle.
33. But when the deafening cry comes,
34. The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
35. And his mother and his father,
36. And his spouse and his son--
37. Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
38. (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
39. Laughing, joyous.
40. And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
41. Darkness shall cover them.
42. These are they who are disbelievers, the wicked.
---------------------
Surah ABAS tells most clearly that the task of the Prophet PBUH is to present the Islamic teachings to all persons but he has no liability to see that anyone of them does come to Islam but in his TABLIGH, he needs to see whom to prefer among his addressee; it consists of one Ruku and each Surah ahead has one Ruku from here till the last of the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there is an event related to the first few AAYAAT of the Surah that insha Allah we would learn to understand these AAYAAT in better way; it happened that once Muhammad PBUH, the last of Messengers of Allah, was engaged in conveying the message of Islam to some chief of Makkah who was one of the disbelievers; at that very time, the blind Sahabi Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM-RA, arrived and asked the Prophet PBUH to give him some guidance by Islam at issues; note that Sahabi means one of companions of the Prophet PBUH and note also that Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM was among the staunch believers in Islam; now, as he insisted upon his query whereas the Prophet PBUH was much keen to get the chief towards Islam, he was much disturbed by the blind Sahabi and his face did show his displeasure; he ignored him and went on to provide the message of Islam to the chief there; Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM sensed that his interruption has disturbed the Prophet PBUH and left the place; at this, these initial AAYAAT of Surah ABAS descended to the Prophet PBUH which asked him not to ignore any such person who intends to improve himself by Islam in preference to some person who is clearly not interested in accepting Islam, especially if the former is among the poor ones and the latter has immense wealth and also some status among some peoples around; when the Prophet PBUH provides the message of Islam explicitly, his task is done and he would not insist on it to bring any person to Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; keeping to this, the understanding to these AAYAAT is most feasible insha Allah; AAYAT-1 to AAYAT-12 state, “he (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) frowned and turned (his) back, because there came to him the blind man; and what would make you know that he would purify himself (by learning more about Islam by the Quran); or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him (in his good deeds)? as for him (the disbeliever) who considers himself free from need (of you), to him do you address yourself; and no blame is on you if he would not purify himself (as when the Prophet PBUH has provided the message of Islam, his job is done); and as to him who comes to you striving hard, and he fears, from him will you divert yourself; nay! surely it (i.e. the Quran) is an admonishment; so let him who pleases, mind it”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead tell about the Holy Book Quran that even if a person among disbelievers, does not accept it, that brings harm to him only and not to the Holy Book Quran; it is so very respectful that it remains as the most authentic of Books of Allah in the significant LAUHE-MAHFUZ, the Book where all of significant matters are written; it has been provided to the mankind through Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, and most noble and totally virtuous angels are assigned to care for it; note that all angels are noble, virtuous and most obedient to Allah and the mention here of angels at care for the Quran, is only to mark their good traits too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-17 to 23 tell about the disbelieving person where he is termed as cursed; note that wherever curse is mentioned upon a person in the Quran, it denotes the disbeliever; these AAYAAT state, “cursed be man (the disbeliever)! how ungrateful is he (as he disobeys Allah at his life at the world- does he not know) of what thing did He create him? of a small seed, He created him, then He made him according to a measure (making all his parts in harmony to each other for him to work efficiently), then (as for) the way (for his arrival to the world), He has made it easy (for him); then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave (that is again his stay to go ahead though much longer than his stay at the uterus), then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again (to face the Judgment); nay; but he has not done what He bade him”; to understand this last sentence, note that all men have only one aim of life that is to worship Allah only, to keep their attention to Him only and obey Him truly in all issues of life unconditionally; Al-Hamdu Lillah; but the disbeliever keeps to his own whims and does not care for commands of Allah so he would be extreme loser at the Day of Judgment as all persons among the mankind have taken the oath to obey Allah only, at the world of spirits; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the nine AAYAAT ahead tell how Allah has cared for the mankind (all of them) for foods so that no person worries about his basic sustenance in any way; there is huge variety of vegetables and of fruits for all persons in plenty because they never cease to grow and only by blunders of men or/and by their insensitive attitude towards fellow-beings, they face scarcity of anything; we read at ZAARIYAAT-58, “surely Allah is He Who Bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong”, so most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-33 to the last of the Surah, the Ruku narrates about the Day of Judgment that there would be an ignoring attitude among such persons who had not yet received freedom from the hell-fire; they would be oblivious to their close relatives, rather they would avoid them willfully; these last AAYAAT state, “but when the deafening cry comes; the day on which a man shall fly from his brother, and his mother and his father, and his spouse and his son; every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him; (many) faces on that day shall be bright, laughing, joyous; and (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust; darkness shall cover them; these are they who are disbelievers, the wicked”; note that it is most feasible to live remaining most charitable to the needy at the world to get closer to Allah whereas the related persons to the man, may even say that he is certainly foolish in the expenditure of his resources; however for AKHIRAT, he needs to remain caring to his own self with all his attention to Allah so much whereas the related persons to him, may even say that he does seem to be much selfish in these matters; this is how he would save himself from the commotion that the wrongdoers would face at that day; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TAKWIR;
MK-2
1. When the sun is covered,
2. And when the stars darken,
3. And when the mountains are made to pass away,
4. And when the camels are left untended,
5. And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
6. And when the seas are set on fire,
7. And when souls are sorted out (like with like),
8. And when the female infant buried alive is asked
9. For what sin she was killed,
10. And when the books are spread,
11. And when the heaven has its covering removed,
12. And when the hell is kindled up,
13. And when the garden is brought nigh,
14. Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
15. But nay! I swear by the planets,
16. That run their course (and) hide themselves,
17. And the night when it departs,
18. And the morning when it brightens,
19. Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
20. Endued with strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Throne,
21. Who is obeyed, and faithful in trust.
22. And your companion is not gone mad.
23. And he had seen the angel on the clear horizon.
24. Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
25. Nor is it the word of the cursed Satan,
26. Whither then will you go?
27. It is naught but a reminder for nations,
28. For him among you who pleases to go straight.
29. And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
---------------------
Surah TAKWIR is also one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and it also guides attention that Allah is the only true Lord Who has provided the Quran to the Prophet PBUH through the revered angel Gabriel-AS with total security to it as He has set the world in such order that the true guidance remains evident to all peoples; it also presents six of events of the last day of the world as the angel blows the first trumpet by the command of Allah and also six of events of the Day of Judgment as the angel blows the second trumpet; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first six AAYAAT present the six events of the last day as they read, “when the sun is covered (i.e. the sunlight ends); and when the stars darken (i.e. they all lose their lights); and when the mountains are made to pass away (as the Quran has narrated at AAYAT-5 of WAQI’AH; AAYAT-14 of HAAQQAH, AAYAT-9 of MA’ARIJ and at many other places including NAML-88 & TA-HA-105, 106, 107; Al-Hamdu Lillah); and when the camels (that are at their best value) are left untended; and when the wild animals are made to go forth (at cities among men without any trouble to them or to their own-selves); and when the seas are set on fire (that is Allah would set all of them ablaze)”; just as they end, the next seven AAYAAT present the six events at the Day of Judgment and the additional AAYAT is because they relate the second event in two AAYAAT; then AAYAT-14 tell explicitly that every person would see his due result most clearly; all these eight AAYAAT read, “and when souls are sorted out (at Judgment, like with like; so the good persons getting JANNAH would be at one side and the disbelievers getting hell-fire would be at other); and when the female infant buried alive is asked (her witness to punish those severely who had buried her alive), for what sin she was killed (or was it just their pride which took her life); and when the books (i.e. the documents of deeds of all persons) are spread; and when the heaven has its covering removed (this has been told at different places and among them are NABA-19 which says –‘and the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings’-, HAAQQAH-16 & 17 which says –‘and the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail; and the angels shall be on the sides thereof‘-, FURQAN-25 which says -‘and on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending’- see also the first few AAYAAT of the next Surah); and when the hell-fire is kindled up (even more and brought nigh to the disbelievers); and when the garden is brought nigh (to the good persons); (on that day) every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared (for itself to get, whether it is the hell-fire or whether it is JANNAH)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the female child at those times of JAHILIYYAT (extreme ignorance) in Arabia before the advent of Islamic teachings therein, was taken such liability that there were such hard-hearted persons who buried her at infancy; however, there were such good-hearted persons at that period too who used to save them from such extreme injustice; one of such persons who had saved many such female children, had asked the Prophet PBUH if he would get good returns for this which he had done at JAHILIYYAT, to which he had replied that due to this, Allah had given him TOFIQ to accept Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that when there is the mention of opening of heaven at the Day of Judgment, the term “heaven” remains in singular which denotes that the sky nearby above the earth, would only be affected whereas the mention of rain also has the term in singular only; this is the heaven that we see and with all its amazing vastness, it is but only the first heaven among the seven of them and certainly, Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead explicitly tell that Allah has given ample protection to the Quran as He has appointed the most revered angel Gabriel to take this most beautiful message to the most appreciated person among the mankind, i.e. His last Messenger Muhammad PBUH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that when Allah takes oath of something, it is most related to the issue that He presents by that oath and though the Quran is direct in its address to mankind, yet such oaths may provide symbols that are related to the addressed issues; Allah swears by the planets and these are five that are visible to the naked eye which are Mercury and Venus (nearer to the sun than earth) and outer planets that are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn that run their respective courses in their own orbits (at the given area of zodiac at the sky) and sometimes are so very near to the sun that they hide themselves in its rays as seen from earth; they also seem to go backwards sometimes as seen from earth but this retrograde motion is relative to earth as they go ahead only, keeping to their respective courses in their orbits; this mention of planets expresses the course that angels take going to & fro from the earth putting commands of Allah upon it according to His direction (hiding themselves from the mankind) and when His Messengers were coming to the world, they used to provide the message of Allah to them explicitly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah also swears by the night as it departs and the morning at its arrival which expresses constant change in situation at issues in the world as sometimes it seems that darkness of ignorance to the Truth has taken hold of issues yet then change does come and it manifests for all to see clearly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that at Surah NAJM too, Allah took the oath of NAJM (the star) at the very first AAYAT there which reads, “I swear by the star (the last one of them as the light dawns) when it goes down (i.e. fades away)”; it tells that the Quran has come to the world through Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, and all other of guidance that He sent before, have faded away as stars vanish from the sight as the sun rises; like Surah TAKWIR here, it also tells that Muhammad PBUH got the Quran from angel Gabriel by the command of Allah whom he had seen couple of times in his angelic form too; also, it tells that the Prophet PBUH did not err in seeing him or in his recognition so when even the disbelievers take him the most truthful person among them, how do they reject his teachings (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) which he provides to them; they undoubtedly need to revise their attitude towards the Prophet PBUH and believe in him most committedly; AAYAAT here too, from 19 ahead to the last of the Surah (except for its very last AAYAT), tell most clearly that Allah, Who has all the true authority, has sent the Holy Book Quran through the most revered angel Gabriel-AS to Muhammad PBUH, the most truthful of all persons and totally committed to provide the message of Allah sincerely without asking any returns from them, to save all persons from torments at AKHIRAT; he tells the matters that are hidden but well-established to take place relating to the future as Allah has told all about them to him, and he is not like soothsayers who ask for material benefits for whatever they tell in which they add many fibs; in addition, the beautiful gift to mankind that he has received from Allah i.e. the Quran, is most explicit in all its teachings without any contradiction therein whereas Allah has protected it so beautifully that the Satan is totally unable to add anything in it or to erase anything from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so what idiocy it is of disbelievers to disbelieve in it and take other courses than what it guides to, as it only is the Guidance to the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT state, “most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger (i.e. Gabriel-AS who recites it to Muhammad PBUH so he gets it totally as Allah has told Gabriel- he is) endued with strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Throne- who (i.e. Gabriel) is obeyed, and faithful in trust; and your companion (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) is not gone mad; and he had seen the angel (i.e. Gabriel) on the clear horizon; nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer (but he provides the message of Allah most explicitly without asking for anything from any person, so that every person takes care to save himself at AKHIRAT); nor is it the word of the cursed Satan (as the cursed Satan is unable to penetrate into its contents in any manner); whither then will you go?- it (the Quran) is naught but a reminder for (all of) nations- for him among you who pleases to go straight (at the right path)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT in this sequence tells that only because of TOFIQ that Allah gives to some person, he/she accepts the Truth as no person is able to take-up the Guidance to the right path for his/her whole life unless Allah wills for it; note that TOFIQ means that Allah provides something good as the reward to some good deeds that the recipient has done before; however, if taken in general, this last AAYAT tells that no person is able to intend even, for anything unless Allah wills that he intends for it; so it denotes the complete control of Allah over all ongoing matters of the world too which He is taking to righteousness even by whatever the persons at the world are doing as they are unable to intend even, against the will of Allah Who certainly is AZIZ (Mighty) and HAKEEM (Truly Wise); this last AAYAT states, “and you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah INFITAAR
MK-11
1. When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
2. And when the stars become dispersed,
3. And when the seas are made to flow forth,
4. And when the graves are laid open,
5. Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
6. O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
7. Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
8. Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
9. Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
10. And most surely there are keepers over you
11. Honorable recorders,
12. They know what you do.
13. Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
14. And most surely the wicked are in burning hell-fire,
15. They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
16. And they shall by no means be absent from it.
17. And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
18. Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
19. The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
---------------------
Surah INFITAAR came at Makkah and it is very near to its previous Surah and Surah MURSALAAT, as it also depicts QIYAMAT and the Day of Judgment (i.e. YAUMUL-QIYAMAT) explicitly; the first three AAYAAT present the events after the angel blows the first trumpet, and the fourth that says- “and when the graves are laid open”- tells about the event that would happen as the angel blows the second trumpet; note that Surah TAKWIR has narrated at AAYAT-6 -“and when the seas are set on fire”- after the first trumpet and here, they are mentioned to flow forth after the first trumpet so the sequence seems that they all would flow forth and all waters, salty or sweet, would merge; then Allah would set many of them ablaze by His will at the last day of the world that seems much lengthier than any of ordinary days and certainly Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-5 tells, “every soul shall know what it has sent before and (what it) held back”; this means that every person lives his life by preferences of attitudes so the righteous believers preferred AKHIRAT and sent much of good deeds for it and never leaned towards the worldly benefit when its effect was to diminish the virtues at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and the disbelievers cared for the world, its wealth and status, even if that affected their respective documents of deeds much adversely; certainly, every soul shall know how he has done at AKHIRAT by preferences he took at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 to 8 tell about the blessing of Allah upon each person that He has not only created every person but He also has made every organ in him/her to function according to need and made all of them complementary to each other in his/her physique whereas He made his/her facial features in such manner that he/she remains unique from others for due recognition; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT give the message that all persons need to show gratitude to Allah on this huge blessing, for which they have to practice His commands in their lives at the world and in addition, they have to believe totally that Allah, who has shaped their respective bodies so beautifully with organs to complement each other for different significant works, has total authority to bring them back to life too for the judgment of their doings, after their deaths at the specific Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-9 tells that even with such observation that clearly leads to believing in Allah, the true Lord, and to believing in the true unending life at AKHIRAT (the first day of which is the Day of Judgment), there are many such persons who deny the coming of that specific day; the next three AAYAAT convey that Allah has appointed most respectable angels to monitor all persons and those angels are well-aware of doings of persons whom they monitor by the command of Allah; this tells that every person ought to know well that he shall never get away with any of wrongs he commits though if he surrenders sincerely to Allah living by His commands, Allah hopefully would pardon him and give him space ahead to show his sincerity; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of the Surah tell the respective results of the good persons and of the wrong-doers that they would receive at the Day of Judgment; the word used for the Day of Judgment is “YAMUD-DIN” which means the day of results and these AAYAAT read, “most surely the righteous are in bliss (in JANNAH); and most surely the wicked are in burning hell-fire; they shall enter it on the day of judgment and they shall by no means be absent from it (i.e. even if they intend for it and they would remain in the hell-fire forever); and what will make you realize what the day of judgment is? again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is (when all observation shows that everything in His creation manifests balance in their respective works and there are still such persons who yet disbelieve)? the day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's”; note that Allah has command over all His creation at all times yet at that time, His command would manifest for all to see so the AAYAT refers to that whereas it denotes the most meek position of the man at the grounds of HASHR; certainly, Allah only has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
-------------------------------------------------------
Surah MUTAFFIFIN (TATFIF)
MK-12
1. Woe to the defrauders,
2. Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,
3. But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.
4. Do not these think that they shall be raised again
5. For a mighty day,
6. The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?
7. Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the SIJJIN.
8. And what will make you know what the SIJJIN is?
9. It is a written book.
10. Woe on that day to the rejecters,
11. Who give the lie to the day of judgment.
12. And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one
13. When Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
14. Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts.
15. Nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.
16. Then most surely they shall enter the burning hell-fire.
17. Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.
18. Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the ELIYYEN.
19. And what will make you know what the highest ELIYYEN is?
20. It is a written book,
21. Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.
22. Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,
23. On thrones, they shall gaze;
24. You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.
25. They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others).
26. The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers aspire.
27. And the admixture of it is a water of TASNIM,
28. A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).
29. Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.
30. And when they passed by them, they winked at one another.
31. And when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting.
32. And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error;
33. And they were not sent to be keepers over them.
34. So today those who believe shall laugh at the disbelievers;
35. On thrones, they will look.
36. Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.
---------------------
Surah TATFIF descended of the Prophet PBUH at his last times in Makkah before HIJRAT and it guides to care about the fellow beings in the ordinary business of life; the Surah begins with the direction that all persons must care not to inflict any losses to any of persons at the business transactions; note that Islam is DEEN which provides principles for all in all issues of life to put into their practice with total attention towards Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; its initial AAYAAT state, “woe to the defrauders (who cheat in business transactions); who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully but when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient (to profit by cheating); do not these think that they shall be raised again for a mighty day (i.e. the Day of Judgment), the day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?”; we have studied that Allah destroyed the nation of SHOAIB-AS by a deadly earthquake who had one of ills that they used to cheat in measure and weight at their business transactions; AARAAF-85 states, “and to MADIAN (We sent) their brother SHOAIB; he said- O my people - serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear proof indeed has come to you from your Lord, therefore give full measure and weight and do not diminish to men their things, and do not make mischief in the land after its reform; this is better for you if you are believers”; note that the mention of business transactions include even the service that a person is employed at, so he shall provide his efficiency to his work with honest attitude; likewise, the employer shall not put additional works on his employee or ask his additional time for work than he has required initially except by mutual consent; also, besides business transactions, the full measure denote to care about the rights of others that they have on the person including especially his relatives, neighbors and all people in touch in the best possible way (but they also need to care for their liabilities towards him and this actually would lead all surroundings to virtuous living); so, note here that these AAYAAT ask righteous attitudes in all issues of life and they are not limited to business transactions only; these AAYAAT tell the psyche of the wrongdoers who do not care for others, that they have lost the sense of balance in their attitudes so it denotes that they do not truly believe in the Day of Judgment where Allah would weigh all deeds of all persons at the amazing scales there, which would be most efficient and highly worthy in its work; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead reject the base that they have taken for living their lives at the world as they prefer the assets & the status at the world upon the true success at AKHIRAT; from AAYAT-7 to AAYAT-17, the Ruku reads, “nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the SIJJIN; and what will make you know what the SIJJIN is?; it is written book (and the place where the spirits of the disbelievers reside after their deaths, with awareness until the period Allah wills); woe on that day to the rejecters, who give the lie to the day of judgment (i.e. they deny it) and none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one; when Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says- stories of those of yore; nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts; nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from (showing their gratitude to) their Lord; then most surely they shall enter the burning hell-fire; then shall it be said- this is what you gave the lie to”; some of things that are mentioned here, ask for some explanatory comments and these are “SIJJIN” and the mention of “rust upon their hearts” and “they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord”; note that after taking out the soul of some person, the angels who have the soul of the wicked person, transfer it to SIJJIN and the angels who have the soul of the blessed, transfer it to ELIYYEN; these are respective places for the soul of the wicked and for the soul of the blessed and these also are the names of respective books that keep the documents of deeds (at SIJJIN) for the wicked and that keep the documents of deeds (at ELIYYEN) for the blessed; both groups of angels do all tasks swiftly and they do all tasks according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that at the death of a person, his/her document of deeds is sealed as then nothing enters into it so when he/she rises from the grave, he/she would get his/her own respective document of deeds at the grounds of HASHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, there is an authentic Hadith that needs attention here as it is related to this subject; the Prophet PBUH said, “when a person dies, his deeds are cut off from him except three, perpetual SADAQAH, knowledge from which benefit is derived and righteous children who pray for him” (Tirmidhi); this Hadith relates to the issue of “EETHALE-THAWAB” (to transfer goodness to the deceased or/and even to the living persons) and it is much misunderstood even at scholarly discussions; it does not mean that the space for the deceased person to gain virtuous deeds continues, rather it means that three things continue to benefit him even after his death and those are the wealth he spent as SADAQAH which had benefitted the needy so he asks Allah for his safety, and the knowledge that he spread by his good words which had benefitted the seekers of the Truth (i.e. fundamental teachings of Islam) so they ask Allah for his safety, and the well-mannered virtuous children which he left behind so they ask Allah for his safety and to give him JANNAH (Paradise); note that this does not mean that even now he has any more space to collect any of righteous deeds but it means that those who have benefitted from him, may ask Allah for his safety and Allah, if He wills, may provide His mercy to him if he, though sinful by some of his deeds, is one of the good believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam; note also that even at AKHIRAT, Allah may give permission to some most virtuous persons to ask Allah for safety of some sinful persons though obviously, the space for those sinful persons to collect any of good deeds has totally ended but they must necessarily be among the true believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; about the rust upon the hearts of extreme sinners mentioned at AAYAAT here, note that there is an authentic Hadith which tells that the Prophet PBUH said, “when someone commits a sin, a black dot is marked on his heart; when he abandons it and seeks forgiveness and repents, his heart is cleaned (and spotless), but if he persists and returns (to the sin), then the dots are added till blackness covers his heart” (Tirmidhi); note that the Hadith has also clarified that the best manner to cleanse the heart is to remember death at all times and to read on the Holy Book Quran with high awareness to its most basic contents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAT also mention about the disbelievers that “they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord”; this actually tells that Allah would show some sign about Him at the grounds of HASHR to which the believers would show their gratitude to Him with total obeisance to Him but the disbelievers would be unable to show any gratitude to Him at that crucial time; Surah NOON (AL-QALAM)-42 states about the day of HASHR, “the Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they (the disbelievers) shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able”; note that “the shin shall be laid bare” refers to an attribute of Allah about which no comment is possible; this is just as the Quran has told about the hand of Allah (see MA’EDAH-64) and this is called MUTASHABIH (the meaning of which are not evident to anyone and it is not necessary for him to know that in the understanding of the Quran); no one shall give any final interpretation to such AAYAAT whereas the only right thing for him to say on this is that Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT of NOON conveys that those who did not care to remember Allah in their issues at the world, they would be unable to make obeisance there at AKHIRAT whereas the believers would show their total gratitude to Allah; note that the believers would see Allah when they have entered JANNAH as the highest of His blessings to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-18 to AAYAT-28, the Ruku reads, “nay (Allah would not put the believers to any troubles)! most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the ELIYYEN; and what will make you know what the highest ELIYYEN is? it is written book (and the place for the virtuous spirits to reside); those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it; most surely the righteous shall be in bliss (when they enter JANNAH), on thrones, they shall gaze; you will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss (as faces do represent the situation inside); they are made to quaff of a pure drink (of wine) that is sealed (to others); the sealing of it is musk (and it would be provided to them at JANNAH in beautiful vessels); and for that let the aspirers aspire (as competition shall remain for issues of AKHIRAT rather than for issues of the world); and the admixture of it is water of TASNIM, a fountain (the most clean water of which is specific for most virtuous believers to drink and from it, water would be added to all vessels of the pure drink) from which drink they, who are drawn near (to Allah)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-29 to the last AAYAT of the Surah, the Ruku tells about the disbelievers how they used to mock the virtuous believers at the world and how they ended-up in the most disgraceful situation that made their own selves into stuff to mock; they would have no one to blame at their most extreme disrespect (with the most extreme torment to them) but their own selves when they get the result that they truly deserved; these AAYAAT read, “surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe; and when they passed by them, they winked at one another (because they considered the believers to follow the way of losers); and when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting; and when they saw them, they said- most surely these (the believers) are in error (because they considered that the believers prefer unseen profits of AKHIRAT upon seen profits of the world)-; and they were not sent to be keepers over them (so why do they mock the believers while they need to care about their own selves and mind their own business); so today those who believe shall laugh at the disbelievers (by the permission of Allah, until they balance the mocking attitude which the disbelievers had shown against them at the world); on thrones, they will look (at the situation of disbelievers); surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah INSHIQAQ
MK-11
1. When the heaven bursts asunder,
2. And obeys its Lord and it must.
3. And when the earth is stretched,
4. And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
5. And obeys its Lord and it must.
6. O man! surely you must strive-on to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
7. Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
8. He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
9. And he shall go back to his people joyful.
10. And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
11. He shall invoke destruction,
12. And enter into the burning hell-fire.
13. Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
14. Surely he thought that he would never return.
15. Yea! surely his Lord does ever watch him.
16. But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
17. And the night and that which it enshrouds,
18. And the moon when it grows full,
19. That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
20. But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
21. And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
22. Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
23. And Allah knows best what they hide,
24. So announce to them a painful punishment;
25. Except those who believe and do good; for them is the reward that shall never be cut off.
---------------------
Like many other MAKKI Surah at the last of the Holy Book Quran, Surah INSHIQAQ also guides towards AKHIRAT; note that AYAT-48 at the last Ruku of Surah Ibrahim, tells explicitly that the looks of the earth and even the looks of heavens would be changed; the first five AAYAAT of Surah INSHIQAQ tell about this by words that “when the heaven is split asunder; and obeys its Lord and it must; and when the earth is stretched (so it may become stationary at that time); and casts forth what is in it (i.e. the dead and its mineral deposits etc.) and becomes empty; and obeys its Lord and it must”; so there would be some major change at the earth and at heavens for the set-up of that specific day; but the difference in these both AAYAAT is that here, the AAYAT relates heaven in singular whereas IBRAHIM-48 mentions it in plural; note about the AAYAT at Surah IBRAHIM that it reads, “on the day, when the earth shall be changed into a different earth, and the heavens; and they shall come forth before Allah, the One, the Supreme”; but this AAYAT at Surah IBRAHIM has not mentioned categorically for heavens that ‘it shall be changed into different heavens’ so this tells that the change at heavens would remain as viewed from the earth at that specific day whereas the earth and the heaven near to it would undergo some specific physical changes according to the will of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah IBRAHIM had come to the Prophet PBUH about 18 months before Surah INSHIQAQ and its last Ruku too, is much related to mentioning of the Day of Judgment; the ten AAYAT ahead from 6 to 15 here, tell that all persons are going on towards meeting Allah, the true Lord, no matter in what pursuit they involve themselves at the world; those who care to live by commands of Allah, they would certainly achieve the true success at AKHIRAT while those who ignore the commands of Allah, they would certainly enter the hell-fire and they would then, remain at extreme agony; this all is certain to happen; Al-Hamdu Lillah, these AAYAAT read, “O man! (it is your destiny that you remain in some works at the world but whatever the pursuit) surely you must strive-on (i.e. go-on steadily) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him; then as to him who is given his book (his document of deeds) in his right hand, he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning (as there would be no scrutiny to his document of deeds) and he shall go back to his people joyful (on his success); and as to him who is given his book behind his back (as many of disbelievers would have their hands tied behind and others of them would put their hands at back in attempt to avoid taking their respective documents), he shall invoke destruction (that he is put to death but his plea would be rejected) and (he would rather) enter into the burning hell-fire; surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers (at the world); surely he thought that he would never return (and went on with his life at the world with ignorance of commands of Allah, the true Lord); yea- surely his Lord does ever watch him (so he has no chance to get safety by speaking lies at AKHIRAT)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the four AAYAAT ahead from 16 to 19, Allah takes oath on the fact that all persons are going from one state after another and they express that even at the collective level, change is the set phenomenon to life of the man yet the Islamic teachings live-on; these AAYAAT read, “but nay! I swear by the sunset redness (which denotes the verge of ignorance of the teachings of Islam in collective practice after its good involvement at it) and the night (which denotes the period of ignorance to Islam) and that which it enshrouds (i.e. there takes place such ignorance with time which enshrouds the teachings of Islam and there remains no thought to practice Islam collectively), and the moon when it grows full (so even at ignorance to practice Islam in issues, there still remains the true guidance available for men to save themselves; and these oaths are on the statement) that you shall most certainly enter one state after another (as the moon does when it goes on to its peak steadily to show its full moonlight so even at the darkness of ignorance, there would remain the beautiful light to guide to the Truth)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these four AAYAAT tell that the darkness of ignorance to Islam maybe extreme at the collective level yet the option to take the Guidance to the right path is always available for the persistent seekers of the Truth (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) and with time, each of them himself may become the soothing full moonlight of the true guidance to all peoples of the world, by the will of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAAT of the Surah tell about the extreme lack of foresight of the disbelievers that in the virtuous presence of the Quran even, they are unable to get to the Truth; these last AAYAAT read, “but what is the matter with them that they do not believe (that Islam only is the true guidance to mankind); and when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth (i.e. they not only show disbelief in their living manner but also deny the teachings of the Quran when its AAYAAT come into their knowledge); and Allah knows best what (hatred for the Truth) they hide (at their insides) so announce to them a painful punishment (at the world and at AKHIRAT), except those who believe and do good; for them is the (most beautiful) reward that shall never be cut off”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BURUJ
MK-3
1. I swear by the heaven that has mansions of stars,
2. And the promised day,
3. And by witness and by that which is witnessed.
4. Cursed be the makers of the pit,
5. Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
6. When they sat by it,
7. And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
8. And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
9. Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
10. Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell-fire, and they shall have the chastisement of burning.
11. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
12. Surely the might of your Lord is great.
13. Surely He it is Who originates and restores,
14. And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
15. Lord of the ARSH, the Glorious,
16. The great Doer of what He will.
17. Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
18. Of Pharaoh and THAMUD?
19. Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
20. And Allah encompasses them on every side.
21. Nay! it is the glorious Quran,
22. In the guarded tablet.
---------------------
Surah BURUJ implies by the oath that Allah has taken in its first AAYAT, that as the people observe the planets changing their positions with progress of time, going to & fro from constellations formed by stars at the heaven, changes also do occur at the earth around them; change is the set phenomenon to life of the man but Islam does live-on and the ultimate result to wrongs would be extreme punishment to all unjust persons; at the second AAYAT, Allah has taken the oath of the Day of Judgment and this again tells that the ultimate result to wrongs would be extreme punishment to all unjust persons; the third AAYAT tells about the witness (i.e. Friday which witnesses the huge gatherings of Muslims at mosques who gather to show that they are totally humble in front of the authority of Allah, the true Lord) and about that which is witnessed (i.e. the day of ARAFAH, the 9th day of the last lunar month ZIL-HAJJAH which is the most blessed day of the year, at which the Muslims gather at the ground of ARAFAH while performing HAJJ and witness that area which Allah, the true Lord, has blessed much); this denotes that even with all efforts of all wrong persons of the world, the fundamental teachings of Islam would never end rather those wrong persons would ultimately get the most extreme punishment at the world and when the Day of Judgment takes place, they would enter the hell-fire; Allah takes these oaths on the statement that Allah would certainly put His extreme curse on all those who had made or had witnessed willfully the making of the pit (that was an extremely wide ditch) where the true Christians, who were the true believers in Allah, the true Lord, had been burnt by the most unjust disbelievers; this refers to an incident that took place near to the times of the Prophet PBUH and from AAYAT-4 to AAYAT-7, this Surah refers to it; it took place at Yemen about 50 years back from the birth of the Prophet PBUH and its complete awareness was present at Arabia; there had been a Jewish king who had persecuted the true Christians there just because they believed truly in Allah, the true Lord; he had put them into a most wide ditch in which he had ignited a blazing fire and thereby burnt many thousands of them to death; he had called all people at the territory that he governed to witness this heinous event to give the impression that the fundamental teachings of Islam have ended with the death of these true believers; AYAAT from 8 to 11 read, “and they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Witness of all things; surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of the hell-fire, and they shall have (there) the chastisement of (extreme) burning; surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so all such unjust disbelievers would face extreme disgrace at the world and they would see the most tormenting punishment at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-12 to 16 tell about the authority of Allah, “surely the might of your Lord is great; surely He it is Who originates and restores (so He would raise all dead to life at the Day of Judgment); and He is the Forgiving, the Loving; Lord of the ARSH (Throne), the Glorious; the great Doer of what He will”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAAT of the Surah guide attention to historical facts and to the message of Allah that all must see what they indicate and all must believe in the true authority of Allah, the true Lord; these AAYAAT state, “has not there come to you the story of the hosts, of Pharaoh and THAMUD (the mention of these two specifically is because they both seemed to have much strength at their respective abodes and because Allah provided miracles for these both that were respectively the amazing staff which changed to serpent and the amazing she-camel that manifested due to the asking of THAMUD)? nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth (even when it becomes most evident to them); and Allah encompasses them on every side (so they are unable to save themselves if He intends to punish them even at the world as He drowned Pharaoh with many of his men and as He destroyed THAMUD by a deadly earthquake); nay! it is the glorious Quran (that provides them the true guidance explicitly), in the guarded tablet (so it is most authentic without any change to it certainly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TARIQ
MK-4
1. I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
2. And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
3. The star of piercing brightness;
4. There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
5. So let man consider of what he is created:
6. He is created of fluid that gushes forth,
7. Coming from between the back and the ribs.
8. Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
9. On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
10. He shall have neither strength nor helper.
11. I swear by the rain-giving heaven,
12. And the earth splitting (with plants);
13. Most surely it is a decisive word,
14. And it is no joke.
15. Surely they will make a scheme,
16. And I (too) will make a scheme.
17. So grant the disbelievers respite: let them alone for a while.
---------------------
Like Surah BURUJ, at the first AAYAT of Surah TARIQ too, Allah takes oath of the heaven; its AAYAAT relate about the physique of the man while AAYAAT ahead of that again relate about the Day of Judgment; the first three AAYAAT read, “I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; and what will make you know what the comer by night is? the star of piercing brightness”; the star mentioned here might be any of the brightest stars in magnitude though it would manifest at specific period then, during the year after the sunset; however, if NAJM does not particularly refer to some star (but to some planet), then it most probably is Venus, the brightest planet in the solar system; being nearer to the sun than earth, it manifests beautifully after the sunset at times or before the sunrise at times and it is termed commonly as the evening star or the morning star respectively; the statement on which Allah has taken oath is mentioned at the fourth AAYAT that “there is not a soul but over it is a keeper”; so as Allah has protected the nearby heaven to earth (by flaming meteoroids), He also has provided protection to men by angels, who also have the task to keep records of the doings of men; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 5 to 10 mention how Allah has created the physique of the man and they also tell about the Day of Judgment; they read, “so let man consider of what he is created (so that he does understand that he is worthless if he does not remain attentive to Allah): he is created of fluid (i.e. seminal fluid) that gushes forth, coming from between the back and the ribs; most surely He is able to return him (to life), on the day (when Judgment would take place) when hidden things shall be made manifest (as everyone will have view of results of others); he (the disbeliever) shall have neither strength (to change his result adverse to him) nor helper (who may do it for him as Allah truly has all authority and no one is able to challenge Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about the statement at AAYAT-6 & 7 that “he is created of fluid that gushes forth, coming from between the back and the ribs” that this tells that the formation of seminal fluid relates to all the middle area of the physique (besides scrotum); these AAYAAT point out that physically the man has no worth and his worth only would come by the development of his spiritual faculty when he is truly attentive to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last seven AAYAAT of the Surah tell the sobriety of the Holy Book Quran whereas at its first AAYAT, Allah takes the oath of the nearby heaven again from which the rainfall takes place time and again; this expresses explicitly that Allah has not only cared for the physical necessities of mankind but also the spiritual necessity of mankind totally (which is the guidance to the Truth) and it also tells that as the rainfall brings vegetation from inside of earth so it would bring forth the dead from inside of it at the day of HASHR as they come to life again and face the Judgment; these AAYAAT read, “I swear by the rain-giving heaven; and the earth splitting (with plants and vegetables because of rain); most surely it (the Holy Book Quran) is a decisive word and it is no joke; surely they will make a scheme (for denial of the Quran), and I (too) will make a scheme (to destroy all their evil plans); so grant the disbelievers respite; let them alone for a while (then they certainly would face the most extreme disgrace at the world and the most extreme torment at the true life at AKHIRAT); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah AA’LA
MK-2
1. Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
2. Who creates, then makes complete,
3. And Who makes according to a measure, then guides,
4. And Who brings forth herbage,
5. Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
6. We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
7. Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
8. And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
9. Therefore, do remind, surely reminding does profit.
10. He who fears will mind,
11. And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
12. Who shall enter the great fire;
13. Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
14. He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
15. And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
16. Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
17. While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
18. Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
19. The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
---------------------
Surah AA’LA is among those Surah which came to the Prophet PBUH at his earlier period at Makkah; IMAM at Salah read it and Surah GHASIYA (the next Surah) mostly on Friday and on EID in the following of the Prophet PBUH who used to read them much at these Salah; the first AAYAT asks to glorify the name of Allah which actually implies that the true Muslims shall live their lives by the commands of Allah yet it also means that they shall fervently recite His name time and again to glorify Him; due to this, the Muslims recite words at RUKU & SAJDAH in Salah which fulfill this guidance while they glorify Him by the specific words mentioned here particularly at SAJDAH in Salah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead tell how Allah has provided refinement to His creation and has provided each of them the guidance to do its respective task; they read, “Who creates, then makes complete (so physically His creation becomes highly competent for its task); and Who makes according to a measure, then guides (so that they fulfill their respective liabilities to do their tasks which Allah has set for them); and Who brings forth herbage then makes it dried up, dust-colored (so that the cattle may benefit from it utmost)”; so Allah created everything, refined it in tangible terms, gave it space to work as He willed and then also provided each of them the awareness of the task that it shall fulfill by His command; AARAAF-54 reads, “surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He rose firm at ARSH; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; note also that He has provided two of His creatures that are the jinn and the mankind, the freewill to do their task which is that they fulfill His commands by it to the best of ability; Allah tells at ZAARIYAAT-56, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; note that all other of His creation is serving His commands without any option to any other approach yet these two have to do the task by their freewill so the AAYAT mentions them only, and Allah would judge their doings at the Day of Judgment; this is the only aim of life of all His creation, which the jinn and the mankind have to fulfill too yet they shall do it by the freewill that He has provided to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 & 7 tell explicitly that Allah has provided the Quran to the Prophet PBUH and He would surely see that it remains totally secured so he does not have to worry that any change may occur at its text or its meaning may become obscure anywhere; whatever he forgets from the Quran (that means if any command of Allah in it changes in some manner), that only would be due to the direction of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at BAQARAH-106, “whatever AAYAT We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it; do you not know that Allah has power over all things?”; note that “cause to be forgotten” means that Allah ceases some specific aspect of the command previously given in the Holy Book Quran in coming to practice though the other aspect of it does still come to practice (and its recitation still goes on); also, whatever change in practice Allah causes at some AAYAT at the Holy Book Quran, it relates to some command to practice and not in any matter of the true belief or at narrations or at other matters; see also the note at the thirteenth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells the Prophet PBUH at AAYAT-8 that He will make his task of providing the teachings of Islam easy upon him and he must go on providing those teachings to all such persons whom he sees to have the potential to accept them as they do seem to care for the sense of the Truth inside them; these teachings are such which would decide who actually is fortunate (for he is the one who accepts it) and who is not (for he is the one who ignores it without any remorse); the disbeliever to the fundamental Islamic teachings would be at such situation that at the hell-fire, he shall neither live (as there would be nothing worthy to denote the zeal for life) nor die (as death would never ever come there); from AAYAT-14 to the last, the Surah reads, “he indeed shall be successful who purifies himself and (for that he lives by the commands of Allah, the true Lord, and thus) magnifies the name of his Lord and reads Salah (in which too he glorifies the name of the Lord by his recitation and which brings him near to Allah and detaches him from the world); nay (O disbelievers)! you prefer the life of this world while the hereafter is better and more lasting; most surely this (statement which asks to prefer the life at AKHIRAT over the life at the world) is in the earlier scriptures (too), the scriptures of Ibrahim and (of) Musa (Salam on both)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah GHASHIYA
MK-9
1. Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
2. (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
3. Laboring, toiling,
4. Entering into burning fire,
5. Made to drink from a boiling spring.
6. They shall have no food but of thorns,
7. Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
8. (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
9. Well-pleased because of their striving,
10. In a lofty garden,
11. Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
12. Therein is a fountain flowing,
13. Therein are thrones raised high,
14. And drinking-cups ready placed,
15. And cushions set in a row,
16. And carpets spread out.
17. Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
18. And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
19. And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
20. And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
21. Therefore, do remind, for you are only reminder.
22. You are not a watcher over them;
23. But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
24. Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
25. Surely to Us is their turning back,
26. Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
---------------------
Like many of MAKKI Surah, Surah GHASHIYA also relates about the situation of both disbelievers and of true believers at AKHIRAT; it tells that the disbelievers to the Truth would be put into the hell-fire whereas the true believers would receive JANNAH (the beautiful garden); it tells clearly that the disbelievers would drink the boiled water and eat only from a thorny tree (ZAQQUM) while the believers would enter JANNAH where they would be totally happy and would drink purest of water from a beautiful flowing fountain; so they would receive the purest of edibles and of liquids in the most beautiful environment of the most beautiful garden, adorned with the most beautiful carpets; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it also asks for observation to ordinary things around to realize the authority of Allah, the true Lord, as everything that Allah has created, He has created it with set principles; at the last, it tells the Prophet PBUH that he only has to provide the teachings of Islam to all persons and it is not his liability to see that they do accept Islam; if they reject the teachings of Islam, Allah would see that they get what they deserve; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first seven AAYAAT of the Surah state, “has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity (i.e. the Day of Judgment)? (some) faces on that day shall be downcast (as they would be aware that they are to be put to the hell-fire due to their disbelief); laboring, toiling, entering into burning fire, made to drink from a boiling spring; they shall have no food but of (tree with) thorns, which will (not benefit them as it will) neither fatten nor avail against hunger”; the nine AAYAAT ahead tell the pleasant status of the true believers as they read, “(other) faces on that day shall be happy (as they would be the true believers), well-pleased because of their striving, in a lofty garden, wherein you shall not hear vain talk; therein is a (beautiful) fountain flowing (that has the purest of liquid); therein are thrones raised high and drinking-cups ready placed, and cushions set in a row, and carpets spread out”; compare these AAYAAT with Surah TOOR-24 which reads, “they shall pass therein from one to another a cup, wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin”, and with Surah DAHR (INSAAN)-17 & 18 which read, “and they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which shall be ginger (of) a fountain therein which is named SALSABIL”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead ask for some observation to surroundings to appreciate how beautifully Allah has created everything; note that these AAYAAT especially have a significant appeal to the common Arab person who traveled on the camel, that could travel for many days going without water, in Arabian deserts where there were mountains around and the vast clear sky above; these AAYAAT read, “will they not then consider the camels, how they are created? and the heaven, how it is reared aloft; and the mountains, how they are firmly fixed; and the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last six AAYAAT tell the Prophet PBUH not to worry to improve such disbelievers who do not intend to come to Islam; he would do his work to call them towards its teachings and Allah would punish all such persons who disbelieve in them; these AAYAAT read, “therefore, do remind (by the teachings of the Quran), for you are only reminder (to the recognition inside of every person that Allah only is the true Lord); you are not a watcher over them (especially over those who disbelieve in the teachings of Islam; so leave them after the provision of Islamic teachings to them); but whoever turns back and disbelieves (after he has received the message of the Quran), Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement (even at the world); surely to Us is their turning back; then surely upon Us is the taking of their account (at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FAJR
MK-2
1. I swear by the daybreak,
2. And the ten nights,
3. And the even and the odd,
4. And the night when it departs.
5. Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with AAD,
7. (People of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
8. The like of which were not created in (other) cities;
9. And with THAMUD, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
10. And with Pharaoh, the lord of hosts,
11. Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
12. So they made great mischief therein?
13. Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of chastisement.
14. Most surely your Lord is watching.
15. And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
16. But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
17. Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
18. Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
19. And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
20. And you love wealth with exceeding love.
21. Nay! when the earth is pounded by heavily pounding,
22. And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
23. And hell-fire is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall, being mindful, avail him?
24. He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for my life!
25. But on that day shall no one chastise with (as much severity as) His chastisement,
26. And no one shall bind with (as much severity as) His binding.
27. O soul that art at peace!
28. Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
29. So enter among My servants,
30. And enter into My garden.
---------------------
Like Surah BURUJ and Surah TARIQ and few other Surah, Allah takes oath at the beginning of Surah FAJR; He also tells at AAYAT-5 that “truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding”; these oaths have been interpreted in different ways but many of commentators at the Quran have related it to specific timing (within ZIL-HAJJAH, the last lunar month), and have taken it to denote the elimination of evil from the world; they all focus on the fact that the word of Allah has always prevailed ultimately even if the evil seemingly had strength at the world; these four initial AAYAAT of the Surah read, “I swear by the daybreak (of the 10th of the last lunar month, when the rituals of Hajj are at peak); and the ten nights (that are the initial 10 nights of the last lunar month); and the even and the odd (i.e. its 10th night and its 9th day which is named as ARAFAH); and the night (after these 10 days) when it departs (eliminating all evil from the surroundings)”; by this interpretation, the last lunar month does have some substantial affinity to remove the evil from the world and note here, that the Quran has provided high significance to two months that are Ramadan (the ninth lunar month when SAUM takes place and which relates to the manifestation of the Holy Book Quran; see also the note at the twenty-third Ruku of BAQARAH) and ZIL-HAJJAH (the last lunar month when HAJJ takes place at Makkah and its adjacent area whereas its most important days are the ninth and the tenth; see also the notes at the twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth Ruku of BAQARAH); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead guides attention to those who gathered much strength at their places and thought that they have become invincible; Allah sent His Messengers to them but they did not take heed and denied the fundamental teachings of Islam; so when they challenged Allah, He destroyed them totally; these AAYAAT read, “have you not considered how your Lord dealt with AAD, (people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings (Aram was the name of one of their ancestors and they are also named as the first AAD while THAMUD are also termed as the second AAD), the like of which were not created in (other) cities (because they were most highly skilled in making huge buildings though it not appreciable to make such huge buildings; see Surah SHUA’RAAH-123 to 135); and with THAMUD, who hewed out the rocks in the valley (which still stand and provide witness to their skill) and with Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, who committed inordinacy in the cities; so they made great mischief therein (without any fear as they thought at their respective times and places, that no one is able to answer to their injustice)? therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of chastisement; most surely your Lord is watching (and He truly is Mighty)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell about the psyche of such man who has given all attention to the life at the world so when Allah gives him convenience in it by providing him amounts of wealth for his trial, he thinks that Allah has honored him; and when Allah puts him to trial by putting difficulty to him to get even his subsistence, he considers it to be his disgrace; this attitude is because he takes the life at the world as the standard for taking nearness or distance from Allah, the true Lord; but actually caring about the weak persons at the surroundings by spending wealth when available, on them for the pleasure of Allah, tells whether he deserves honor or not; also, he shall not get wealth by usurping it from the rights of others; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that having plenty of assets of the world does not show that Allah is pleased with him but actually his care to AKHIRAT in his deeds with his attention only towards Allah, the true Lord, raises his status; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Ruku tells ahead from AAYAT-21 about the Day of HASHR (gathering for the Judgment) so that all persons understand that the life at the world is nothing to care for, but the true life ahead for which this life has been given, is totally important; these AAYAAT state, “nay! when the earth is pounded by heavily pounding (so that it eliminates all protruding structures and the earth becomes totally plain); and your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks (BAQARAH-210 states that -they do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in the shadows of the clouds along with the angels, and the matter has been decided; and matters are returned to Allah-); and hell-fire is made to appear on that day (NAZI’AAT-36 states that -and the hell-fire shall be made manifest to him who sees-); on that day shall man (who had spent his life at the world by ignorance of the fundamental teachings of Islam) be mindful and what shall, being mindful, avail him (when the time for examination has passed away)? He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for my life (this true life)! but on that day shall no one chastise with (as much severity as) His chastisement (and repentance then would be to no avail), and no one shall bind with (as much severity as) His binding”; the last AAYAAT tell about the NAFS (soul) at AKHIRAT that is totally at peace; note that there are three types of NAFS which actually is related to physique of the Man as it denotes his desires inside, whereas basically (i.e. at birth) it is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (and Surah QIYAMAT mentions it); if it rises to control ROOH (Spirit) of the man with time due to remaining unchecked, it becomes AMMARA (inciting to sins; the one where the physique impresses the Spirit and commands towards wrongs and this was the one that ZELICHA indicated as of hers when she tempted Yusuf-AS; see Surah YOUSUF-53); this type leads to wrongs, with matters getting worse for living of the person except when Allah intends to make things better; if the Spirit of the man rises to make NAFS liable to work under its guidance, that is it keeps NAFS attentive to Allah, then it becomes MUTMA’INNAH (having total peace without any inclination to wrongs) so it gets control of the physique and of all animal instincts inside (and this is the type which Allah would address at the Day of Judgment as is mentioned here at AAYAT-27); Al-Hamdu Lillah; such virtuous persons who achieve MUTMA’INNAH, feel peace even at the world and even if they face troubles at the world, their attitude tells that they have no anxiety as they have TAWAKKUL (complete trust on Allah) that makes things better for them; often, these troubles are short-lived and if any person having conceit, is responsible for such troubles, he gets into extreme troubles himself that evidently shows that these conceited persons have troubled some most virtuous persons; these last AAYAAT read, “O soul that art at peace! return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him); so enter among My (true) servants, and enter into My (beautiful) garden”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BALAD
MK-4
1. Nay! I swear by this city.
2. And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-
3. And by the begetter and whom he begot.
4. Certainly We have created man to be into struggle.
5. Does he think that no one has power over him?
6. He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
7. Does he think that no one sees him?
8. Have We not given him two eyes,
9. And a tongue and two lips,
10. And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
11. But he would not attempt the uphill road,
12. And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
13. (It is) the setting free of a slave,
14. Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
15. To an orphan, having relationship,
16. Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
17. Then he is of those who believe and ask one another to show patience, and ask one another to show compassion.
18. These are the people of the right hand.
19. And (as for) those who disbelieve in our AAYAAT, they are the people of the left hand.
20. On them is fire closed over.
---------------------
Surah BALAD came to the Prophet PBUH when he, with his companions, was facing most difficult times due to extreme hostility against him by the chiefs of Makkah; even at these times, Allah provided him the command to live by the good Islamic morality as at the period at Makkah, the Prophet PBUH had the liability to provide to all persons the fundamental teachings of Islam explicitly and ask all persons to live in the best social manner by the good Islamic morality; note that JEHAD (in the meaning of QITAL i.e. war against the disbelievers) came at Madinah and note also that Islam is DEEN which means that it guides to all issues of life and it is not only a religion; this whole Surah relates to spending amounts of wealth for the pleasure of Allah and it explicitly tells that caring for the needy, whatever possible in whatever situation, is utmost necessary for the good believer who truly intends to save himself from the torments of the hell-fire; the Surah starts by the word “Nay” which denies the thoughts of disbelievers and here it seems to deny their thought that Muhammad (PBUH) is wasting efforts in spreading the teachings of Islam as it only is futile; the four AAYAAT at the beginning state, “nay! I swear by this city (of Makkah); and you shall be made free from obligation in this city (as your efforts in TABLIGH and JEHAD would mainly remain based at Madinah and this city too would comply to the teachings of Islam)- and by the begetter (i.e. Adam-AS) and whom he begot (i.e. all his progeny); certainly We have created man to be into struggle (so all his life he has to toil in this task or that, whereas Muhammad PBUH has taken the best of tasks to provide the true guidance to all of mankind, by the command of Allah, the true Lord)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the fourth AAYAT implies that as Allah has created the man into struggle in which he shall remain all his life so he needs to fulfill his true aim of life that is to comply to the commands of Allah in all issues of life as His true servant; the fifth AAYAT tells that every person must remain aware that Allah has all authority and He would put necessary trial to every person at the world whereas He would certainly see the account of deeds of every person at AKHIRAT; the next two AAYAAT tell about the statement of such person who does not follow the commands of Allah in issues of his life and the answer to it respectively; they state, “He shall say- I have wasted much wealth- does he think that no one sees him?”; the answer to his statement means that whatever he has spent, he spent it by his intention for his own pleasure and he did not spent that to get the pleasure of Allah; why is he talking big when all persons spent whatever they have but the thing which leads someone near to Allah is that he spends his wealth for His pleasure; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT tell about the blessings of Allah upon all persons that when they were weak, Allah cared for their survival in all manner which asks them that they care for all weak persons when they do have some resources for that; these AAYAAT state, “have We not given him two eyes and a tongue and two lips and pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways (i.e. the breasts of the mother so that he sucks milk with total ease for his survival)?; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, AAYAAT from 11 to 18 elaborate that to spend amounts on the weak for the pleasure of Allah, is praiseworthy and not every expenditure; they read, “but he would not attempt the uphill road (i.e. the difficult thing to do for the pleasure of Allah); and what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? (it is) the setting free of a slave (or to provide freedom to such confined person who has been put into trial unjustly), or the giving of food in a day of hunger (with scarcity of edibles) to an orphan having relationship (i.e. he is relative to him), or to the poor man lying in the dust (having nothing for his sustenance); then he is of those who believe and ask one another (especially the needy when he is not much able to provide him edibles) to show patience, and ask one another (especially to well-off persons around to help out the needy when he himself provides them whatever possible for him) to show compassion; these are the people of the right hand (as they would receive their respective documents of deeds in their right hands)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last two AAYAAT of the Surah provide the fact about the other type of persons who do not have any inclination to care for the weak in the surroundings; these AAYAAT read, “and (as for) those who disbelieve in our AAYAAT, they are the people of the left hand (as they would receive their respective documents of deeds at their left hands); on them is fire closed over (so that the heat remains inside the surrounding and the temperature rises to its utmost)”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
-------------------------------------------------------
Surah SHAMS
MK-3
1. I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
2. And the moon when it follows the sun,
3. And the day when it shows it,
4. And the night when it draws a veil over it,
5. And the heaven and its structure,
6. And the earth and its expanse,
7. And the soul and the proportion given to it,
8. Then He inspired it to be aware of right and wrong for it;
9. He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
10. And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
11. THAMUD gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
12. When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
13. So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
14. But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled them (with ground).
15. And He fears not its consequence.
---------------------
Surah SHAMS is also one of those Surah where Allah takes oaths in the beginning as He has taken in the previous couple of Surah and the couple of Surah ahead; the first ten AAYAAT of the Surah state, “I swear by the sun and its brilliance (when it shines fully at the day-time) and the moon when it follows the sun (that happens at its fourteenth night when it rises just after sunset and is at its full brilliance) and the day when it shows it (i.e. shows the sun at its full brilliance) and the night when it draws a veil over it (i.e. draws a veil over the sun so there is darkness all around, of high nature, so that all persons may rest in it); and the heaven and its (wonderful) structure, and the earth and its (wide) expanse, and the soul (NAFS) and the (balanced) proportion given to it; then He inspired it to be aware of right and wrong for it; he will indeed be successful who purifies it (as living right by the commands of Allah, would lead him to JANNAH); and he will indeed fail who corrupts it (as living wrong with ignorance of the commands of Allah, would lead him to hell-fire)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the NAFS (soul) mentioned here relates to at birth which is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (see the note at Surah QIYAMAT) and it actually is part of the physique; it must not be confused with ROOH (spirit) which belongs to AALAME-AMR (the world of Command) and recognizes Allah as the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that the oaths that are taken on some statement have specific connection to that statement and here the statement for these oaths is “he will indeed be successful who purifies it and he will indeed fail who corrupts it”; so when Allah has taken oaths of His creation that He has provided wonderful excellence then He intends that the soul which he has made for the man, he keeps it to that excellence by accepting Allah as the true Lord, even if he needs to ask Allah for His mercy time & again on mistakes that he commits time and again; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead provide the example from history, of THAMUD that was the nation of SALEH-AS; they disregarded the fundamental teachings of Islam that SALEH provided to them and one of their evil persons stood to kill the respectable she-camel that Allah has provided to them miraculously on their request; SALEH had categorically told them not to stop it from drinking any amounts of water on its day for it, but they ignored his direction and killed it brutally; upon this, Allah punished them all severely except for SALEH and the believers with him; AARAAF-77, 78 & 79 state, “so they slew the she-camel and revolted against their Lord's commandment, and they said- O SALEH - bring us what you threatened us with, if you are one of the apostles; then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode; then he turned away from them and said- O my people! I did certainly deliver to you the message of my Lord, and I gave you good advice, but you do not love those who give good advice”; the last AAYAT of Surah SHAMS tells explicitly that Allah did not fear any adverse consequence of putting them to such extreme punishment because He decides in total just way and no person, whatever strength he has as that even is given to him by Allah, is able to challenge Him; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah LAYL
MK-2
1. I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
2. And the day when it shines in brightness,
3. And the creating of the male and the female,
4. Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
5. Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
6. And accepts the virtuous thing,
7. We will facilitate for him the easy end.
8. And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (to remain attentive to Allah),
9. And rejects the virtuous thing,
10. We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
11. And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
12. Surely Ours is it to show the way,
13. And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
14. Therefore I warn you of the hell-fire that flames:
15. None shall enter it but extremely unhappy,
16. Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
17. And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),
18. Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
19. And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,
20. Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
21. And he shall soon be well-pleased.
---------------------
Surah LAYL provides the message that as there is difference in the darkness of night and the brightness of day, and as there is difference in the mankind, male and female, so there is difference in the living manner of all persons too; however, the main difference among them is that some do such tasks with righteous belief which lead them to JANNAH and the other of them do such tasks that lead them to the hell-fire; AAYAAT-5, 6 & 7 tell about the three worthy tasks of righteous persons, “then as for him who gives away (to the needy from his wealth and guides all persons in issues by the Islamic teachings if he is capable) and guards (against evil in his belief, with all attention to fulfill the commands of Allah); and accepts the virtuous thing (in some issue which is related to Islam to practice as someone puts it in front of him), We will facilitate for him the easy end (i.e. Allah would lead him to convenience at the world and to JANNAH at AKHIRAT)”; so the true believer shall develop these three qualities as best as he can by all his efforts; in contrast, AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 tell about the three unworthy tasks of wrong persons, that are opposite to the three worthy tasks of righteous persons, “and as for him who is niggardly (and does not help the needy even with resources available to him) and considers himself free from the need (to remain attentive to Allah with complete ignorance to fulfill His commands), and rejects the virtuous thing (in some issue which is related to Islam to practice as someone puts it in front of him), We will facilitate for him the difficult end (i.e. Allah would lead him to troubles at the world and to the hell-fire at AKHIRAT)”; so both categories would get their respective results according to their doings at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-11 tells that when troubles get the wrong person at the world, and when he is put at the hell-fire at AKHIRAT, his wealth would be completely useless; AAYAAT ahead tell about the ultimate status of both categories at the true life of AKHIRAT; “surely (the liability of) Ours is it to show the way (so Allah has provided the true guidance to the mankind at different times, after Adam-AS came to earth, by sending His sacred scriptures and His holy Messengers to the world); and most surely Ours is the hereafter (i.e. AKHIRAT) and the former (i.e. the world, so Allah would judge all persons according to their doings most justly as their liability is to fulfill the commands of Allah, the true Lord); therefore, I warn you of the hell-fire that flames: none shall enter it but extremely unhappy, who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back (to the virtuous teachings); and away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil, living in compliance to the commands of Allah), who gives away his wealth, purifying himself, and no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded (so this provision to needy is not by any motive) except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High; and he shall soon be well-pleased”; so at these AAYAAT, Allah states the worthy qualities of the virtuous person again whereas here there is elaboration to AAYAT-6 which reads, “and (he) accepts the virtuous thing” at AAYAT-19 as it tells that whenever opportunity asks to provide assistance to the needy, he provides that only for the sake of getting the pleasure of Allah; the last AAYAT of the Surah implies that Allah would provide the virtuous person, total convenience at the world and highest of good returns at AKHIRAT so he shall certainly be well-pleased; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah DHUHA
MK-2
1. I swear by the early hours of the day,
2. And the night when it covers with darkness.
3. Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased,
4. And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.
5. And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be well pleased.
6. Did He not find you an orphan and did give you shelter?
7. And find you lost and did guide?
8. And find you in want and did make you to be free from want?
9. Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress.
10. And as for him who asks, do not chide,
11. And as for the favor of your Lord, do announce.
---------------------
Surah DHUHA descended to the Prophet PBUH at his early period at Makkah to provide much comfort to him; there was such time at the beginning of WAHI (revelation of the Quran) that it ceased to come for a while and that caused the Prophet PBUH some worry; it had ceased at that time for about 8 months or so (after the first revelation of the first five AAYAAT of Surah ALAQ and some AAYAAT of Surah QALAM), when seven initial AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR descended; then came the first Ruku of Surah MUZZAMMIL and with these, Allah asked him to take up the task of spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam and so He appointed him as His last Messenger to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, as he worried if Allah is displeased with him on something that he is not aware of, Allah revealed Surah DHUHA where He explicitly told him (by taking oaths of the daylight and the dark night that “your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased” (AAYAT-3); the oaths denote that as Allah has decided for the coming of the day and the night alternately, the cessation of WAHI for some while does not mean that He has abandoned the Prophet PBUH or is displeased with him; on the contrary, O Prophet PBUH! He would provide you with the highest of honor at the world whereas AKHIRAT certainly is even better for you; do not worry ever that Allah will abandon you or will be displeased with you as He always took care for you at adverse times; at AAYAAT 6, 7 & 8, Allah tells how He took care for him, “did He not find you an orphan (at birth) and give you shelter (by providing care from near relatives)? and find you lost (that is, unaware of the Islamic teachings) and guide? and find you in want and make you to be free from want (as to live by sustenance is enough for the good person, and that even he takes as having wealth, who intends to fulfill his obligations that Allah has put upon him)?”; note that the father of the Prophet PBUH had died before he was born and as his mother also died when he was six, his near relatives took care to his well-being including his grandfather and his paternal uncle; the phrase “find you lost” refers to the time when the Prophet PBUH was totally weary of the disbelief of his people and was intensely searching for the Truth; Surah SHURA-52 & 53 (that are its last couple of AAYAAT) state, “and thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command; you did not know what the Book was, nor (what) the belief (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants; and most surely you show the way to the right path, the path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all affairs eventually come”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and “find you in want” refers to that time at the very beginning of his preaching at Makkah, where he left all works for the task to spread the teachings of Islam as Allah had commanded him, and with time, he did get much convenience in getting his necessary sustenance; generally, commentators on TAFSIR for this AAYAT state that it refers to the wealth that Khadija-RA, the first wife of the Prophet PBUH, put at his charge; however, the better comment is that he did get his sustenance at the time when he put himself totally to the task of spreading the teachings of Islam as Allah had commanded him; so Allah granted him both spiritual and physical benefits and He only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT ask him to remember the situation he has gone through and provide improvement to the situation of those who are passing through the same; these AAYAAT read, “therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (but provide him the support and even the love that he has not found yet); and as for him who asks (for the true guidance), do not chide (but do guide him to that); and as for the favor of your Lord (that he has given enough amounts to you O Prophet PBUH for your sustenance), do announce (i.e. spend on the needy whatever is possible, openly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ALAM-NASHRAH (INSHIRAH)
MK-2
1. Have We not expanded for you your breast,
2. And taken off from you your burden,
3. Which pressed heavily upon your back,
4. And exalted for you your esteem?
5. Surely with difficulty is ease.
6. With difficulty is surely ease.
7. So when you are free, still toil.
8. And to your Lord, turn all your attention.
---------------------
Surah INSHIRAH provides soothing effect to the Prophet PBUH like the previous Surah to it and they both came at Makkah, the same year; Allah provided him the awareness of the righteous path when he used to worry so much about the moral deterioration of his people at Arabia, which used to become unbearable to him at times; not only this but Allah chose him as His last Messenger too and gave all peoples of the world the Holy Book Quran through him so he did get the utmost recognition in all peoples, as the foremost teacher of it to all of them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah tells him that even if he feels sad on the adverse remarks of the people to whom he provides the true guidance by the teachings of Islam without any selfish motive, there would ultimately occur much convenience by the will of Allah, after he bears the hardship to improve all peoples in the way of Allah; this did happen as about whole of Arabia had come to Islam when he departed from the world and the message of Islam was spreading even beyond it; the last couple of AAYAAT of this Surah ask him to strive even more to remember Allah whenever he gets the spare time (especially by Salah at nights) and remain like all times, totally attentive to Him; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TEEN
MK-3
1. I swear by the fig and the olive,
2. And mount Sinai,
3. And this city made secure,
4. Certainly We created man in the best make.
5. Then We render him the lowest of the low.
6. Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off.
7. Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?
8. Is not Allah the best of judges?
---------------------
Surah TEEN tells that the best among the mankind were the Messengers of Allah and they are mentioned by reference to their locations which is denoted by the fruits, by the mountain and by the security of the location respectively; at the first AAYAT, Allah takes the oath of fig and olive which denotes the location of Noah-AS as that had the trees of fig there and where his ark landed, it had trees of olive nearby; at the second AAYAT, mount Sinai refers to Moses-AS who received Torah there; and the secured city mentioned is Makkah where the Prophet PBUH was born and where KA’BAH is located; note that Surah TEEN descended on him at the early period of Makkah and note also that there is gap of 2000 years between the arrival of Adam-AS to the earth and the time when Noah-AS became the Messenger of Allah; similarly, there is gap of 2000 years between the time when Noah became the Messenger of Allah up-to Moses-AS, whereas there is gap of 2000 years between Moses and Muhammad PBUH; all Messengers of Allah had worked hard to bring the people to accepting the fundamental teachings of Islam and these three are most prominent among them who put the highest of efforts to their task for many years; these 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); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells from AAYAT-4 to AAYAT-6 that Allah has created man in the best make which means that He has provided him ROOH (spirit) that has the recognition of Allah, the true Lord, whereas AAYAT-5 tells that Allah has also provided him the physique which needs foods, water and other things; if he does not keep check on it by the teachings of Islam, he becomes unworthy person by falling into wrongs; but those who care about the beauty of spirit by compliance to the commands of Allah, they shall have the most beautiful reward that would never be cut off; so there are such person who care for the physique and relate themselves to its pleasures at the world, whereas there are such persons too who care for the spirit and relate themselves to its purity at AKHIRAT; this needs the judgment to provide the best of rewards to those who put their efforts to get the pleasure of Allah by keeping purity to the spirit by the true belief and the righteous deeds according to it; the last couple of AAYAAT of this Surah read, “then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?; is not Allah the best of judges?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ALAQ
MK-1
1. Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
2. He created man from a clot.
3. Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
4. Who taught (to write) with the pen
5. Taught man what he knew not.
6. Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
7. That he sees himself free from want.
8. Surely to your Lord is the return.
9. Have you seen him who forbids?
10. The servant (of Allah) when he prays?
11. Have you considered, if he were on the right way
12. Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
13. Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
14. Does he not know that Allah does see?
15. Nay! if he desists not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
16. A lying, sinful forehead.
17. Then let him summon his council,
18. We too would summon the braves of the army.
19. Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
---------------------
Surah ALAQ has the first of WAHI (revelation from Allah) to the Prophet PBUH as the angel Gabriel-AS brought to him its first five AAYAAT at the cave of Hira where he used to retire for solitude from all wrongs of his people; the angel embraced him for three times and asked him after each of them to read; he replied that he is unable to read (as he was unlettered) but then the angel recited these five AAYAAT and he learnt them; the term “IQRA” (Read) does tell that to teach needs to learn beforehand and as Muhammad PBUH was to become the greatest of teachers of the Holy Book Quran, he learnt it from Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; he was near to 40 years then and this incident affected him so much that he returned immediately to home; he told his wife Khadija-RA about this incident and showed some fear; she assured him that Allah will never disgrace him as he keeps good relations with near ones, helps the poor and the destitute, serves his guests generously and assists the deserving persons that are afflicted by troubles; Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin WARAQA Ibn NAUFAL; during the period of JAHILLIYAT (period of ignorance of the fundamental teachings of Islam before the Prophet PBUH commenced his TABLIGH for Islam), he had become a Christian and used to write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write; he was an old man and had lost his eyesight; Khadija said to him, "Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" WARAQA asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen so he said that this is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had sent to Moses; he wished then that he could live up to the time when his people would turn him out, to support him; Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they drive me out?" WARAQA replied in the affirmative but he died after a few days and WAHI also paused for a while; this first WAHI has the beautiful message that relates to knowledge of the Truth, “read in the name of your Lord Who created (all of creation); He created man from a clot (i.e. ALAQ that attaches to the uterus where it gets all its sustenance; and He provided him with faculties to learn functions to live-on); read and your Lord is Most Honorable, Who taught (to write) with the pen (and this is applicable even to the indicator of the keyboard at the monitor while using the computer); He taught man (i.e. the mankind) what he knew not”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the phrase ‘what he knew not’ denotes “the virtuous living manner by the good Islamic morality” and with that, it also denotes the laws at the universe that are most complementary to that virtuous living manner, only if the man cares to live with that virtuous living manner with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three AAYAAT ahead in the Surah state about such person who inclines to the world, that even with all he needs, he still is ready to take more to himself; these AAYAAT read; “nay! man is most surely inordinate that he sees himself free from want; surely to your Lord is the return”; so he needs to care for the fellow-beings and remember that if he has some authority at the world, he still has to give the account of all he has done at the world and no one is totally independent; certainly Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-9, the Surah tells about such character who himself is against the teachings of Islam and asks others too to avoid even listening to them; those who accept it, he tries his best to stop such persons to practice it but Allah explicitly states here that such evil character would see extreme troubles at the world and face utmost torments at AKHIRAT; note that these AAYAAT tell about ABU-JAHL who had extreme enmity to Islam and he tried by highest of efforts to stop the Prophet PBUH from practicing and spreading the teachings of Islam at Makkah; once he even tried to put his foot on the neck of the Prophet PBUH when he was in prostration to Allah at Salah at KA’BAH but Allah stopped him as he advanced towards him, from the fulfillment of his evil intention; all such bad characters, who do not accept Islamic teachings and stop others too to accept it and put it into practice, they all ask for such wrath of Allah that is mentioned here at these AAYAAT; they read, “have you seen him who forbids the servant (of Allah) when he prays? have you considered, if he (the righteous servant of Allah) were on the right way or enjoined guarding (against evil)? have you considered if he (the wrong person who has the evil character) gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back? does he not know that Allah does see (all which he does in enmity to Islam)? nay! if he desists not, We would certainly smite his forehead (i.e. his whole physique), a lying, sinful forehead; then let him summon his council; We too would summon the braves of the army (of angels)”; note that ABU-JAHL was killed at the battle of BADR that took place in the second year of HIJRAH and his head was chopped off then from his body; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Surah tells the Prophet PBUH not to worry about the negative efforts of evil persons against him but go on showing complete submission to Allah and by that, get all His pleasure at the world and at AKHIRAT that is the true life of all of mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QADR
MK-3
1. Surely We revealed it on the grand night.
2. And what will make you comprehend what is the grand night
3. The grand night is better than a thousand months.
4. The angels and ROOH (i.e. the most esteemed angel Gabriel-AS) descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair,
5. Peace! it is till the break of the morning.
---------------------
Surah QADR relates about the night that is named as AL-QADR (which M.H. SHAKIR has translated as the grand night) because Allah provides His rulings for times ahead to angels; note that the term QADR denotes issues of destiny and this splendid night occurs in the holy month of RAMADHAN; though it is taken as any of odd nights at the last ten nights of RAMADHAN yet it maybe any of them as the twenty-fourth night of it is also mentioned as probable; AAYAAT at the beginning of Surah DUKHAN read, “HA-MIM! I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the Truth); surely We revealed it on a blessed night; surely We are ever warning; therein every wise affair is made distinct which is command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles and this is) mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah QADR reads, “surely We revealed it on the grand night; and what will make you comprehend what is the grand night; the grand night is better than a thousand months (as Allah provides His mercy in this single night that is even more than in a thousand months to all persons who repent on their wrongs); the angels and ROOH (i.e. the most esteemed angel Gabriel-AS with all of them) descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair; peace! it is till the break of the morning”; note that the Surah has mentioned that Allah has sent it down at LAYLATUL-QADR (the grand night that relates to predestination); so the matter seems that Allah began to record the revelation of the Quran on that significant night at LAUHE-MAHFUZ i.e. the Secured Written Tablet, the book of Allah which is especially related to predestination; He sent it in stages to Muhammad PBUH (the last of His Messengers) by the most respectable angel JIBRAEL (i.e. Gabriel) as the true guidance to mankind (and to Jinn) as He willed so it is the relevant guidance according to events and the relevant guidance in general to what the people needed to live their lives upon the Islamic teachings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all good works need good times for them to manifest their utmost BARAKAH and so Allah chose the best of times that was that significant night of RAMADHAN when He began to provide the Holy Book Quran to LAUHE-MAHFUZ; note that when some good thing brings the most good results by it then it is mentioned as having “BARAKAH” for that so when the good rain falls upon the good land, it brings its crops well upon the surface therefore it has “BARAKAH” for that good land; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah provided the Quran to Muhammad PBUH for nearly 23 lunar years and LAUHE-MAHFUZ saved that text of the Quran as he got it; so with the completion of its text at the world, it was saved there too in total by text; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BAYYINAH
H-6
1. Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists could not have left (their disbelief) until there had come to them the clear evidence:
2. An apostle from Allah, reciting pure scriptures,
3. Wherein are all the right ordinances.
4. And those who were given the Book did not become divided except after clear evidence had come to them.
5. And they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion.
6. Surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are the worst of men.
7. (As for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the -best of men.
8. Their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him; that is for him who fears his Lord.
---------------------
Surah BAYYINAH states at the beginning that the darkness of disbelief in Allah had spread to such extreme that all disbelievers were living most oblivious to the right path so Allah sent the clear evidence i.e. He sent Muhammad PBUH, His last Messenger, who recited to all persons the righteous teachings of the pure scriptures that Allah had previously given (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam that were present at the previous holy scriptures too, which the Holy Book Quran tells most explicitly), in which are all of His right ordinances (and which the Holy Book Quran tells most explicitly); Al-Hamdu Lillah; BAYYINAH denotes the distinct reasoning (the clear evidence as translated here) to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT, by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to all peoples by His Messengers especially those who had received the scriptures from Allah; so this single term asks all peoples to believe in all the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that this Surah and the next one came at Madinah and their placement is between many of the Surah that came at Makkah as they also mostly relate to asking of attention towards AKHIRAT; the fourth & fifth AAYAAT here tell, “and those who were given the Book (i.e. the Jews and the Christians who were guided by Torah) did not become divided except after clear evidence (that Allah gave them in Torah) had come to them; and they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion”; this tells that they involved themselves in useless discussions inclining towards the detail of everything that Allah commanded them; they were only ordered to worship Allah, the true Lord, with total belief in AKHIRAT accepting all of BAYYINAH & with total compliance to Him; this compliance included to remain committed to performing of SALAH (that would keep them attentive to Allah with care to work for AKHIRAT) and to remain committed to paying of ZAKAH (that would keep them away from any attention to achievement of wealth & of status at the world); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that we have read at BAQARAH-153, “O you who believe- seek assistance through patience (SABR that includes all attitudes which denote disinterest to the world) and prayer (SALAH); surely Allah is with the patient”; read also the note at the fifth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH which also tells as is mentioned here that Allah had asked the Bani-Israel too, “and seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it is a hard thing except for the humble ones” (AAYAT-45); Al-Hamdu Lillah; so Allah sent BAYYINAH so that they get the true guidance for their belief and for their practice by it but they took the attitude of ignorance to it by falling into most useless discussions about it; this also warns the Muslims not to fall into such discussions about the righteous belief, and about all the virtuous practice, in Islam that causes them to drift away from the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 and 7 of this Surah tell about the ultimate outcome, of the doings of the disbelievers and of the doings of the true believers, respectively; they read, “surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are the worst of men; (as for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the best of men”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Surah, further provides the good tidings about the pleasure of the true believers that “their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; (and the highest of rewards for them is that) Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him; that is for him who fears his Lord”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ZILZAAL
H-4
1. When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,
2. And the earth brings forth her burdens,
3. And man says: What has befallen her?
4. On that day she shall tell her news,
5. Because your Lord had inspired her.
6. On that day men shall come forth in scattered groups that they may be shown their works.
7. So, he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it
8. And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.
---------------------
Surah ZILZAAL narrates that the earth would bring out all dead persons inside it (and they all would come to life) and whatever that it has inside of it due to the tremendous earthquake, at the Day of Judgment; all persons that lived at the world at any time & place, would come to life, even if their bodies were drowned or burnt, as the earth would produce all of them at the Day of Judgment; note that this narration relates to the Day of Judgment when Allah would give it such ability even, that if asked, it would tell the news of every such thing which has happened on it at any time and at any place so that would surprise such persons who remained disbelievers in Allah at the world or had utmost weakness in the belief in Allah, that they had; this ability might not necessarily manifest by speech but it might come at fore by some other manner as Allah wills; note that Surah HAJJ begins by relating about the earthquake at the last day of the world i.e. QAYAMAT (and which often is mentioned as the Hour in the Quran) so Surah HAJJ tell about the earthquake that occurs at the last day of the world whereas here the earthquake mentioned is at the Day of Judgment when all persons would be raised from the dead as is clear by the text; Al-Hamdu Lillah; every person would come at the ground of HASHR in groups according to doings so each group would especially relate to some specific doing as there would be those in a group who were committed to reading of SALAH much and those in a group who cared for the needy most highly; also, there would be a group for thieves & looters and a group for those who used to commit adultery; on that day, at the ground of HASHR, every person would see all of his/her doings, major or minor, at the world most obvious in front of him/her; KAHF-49 states, “and the Book shall be placed, then you will see the guilty fearing from what is in it, and they will say- Ah- woe to us- what a book is this- it does not omit a small one nor a great one, but numbers them (all); and what they had done they shall find present (there); and your Lord does not deal unjustly with anyone”; so that would be the day of results and all of righteous persons would receive this honor too that they would see Allah when they enter JANNAAT, the most beautiful gardens that would be eternal as wonderful reward to the true believers; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah AA’DIYAAT
MK-2
1. I swear by the runners breathing, panting,
2. Then those that produce fire striking,
3. Then those that make raids at morn,
4. Then thereby raise dust,
5. Then thereby penetrate upon assembly:
6. Most surely, the man is most ungrateful to his Lord.
7. And most surely he is a witness of that.
8. And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
9. Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
10. And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
11. Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.
---------------------
Like few of previous Surah, AA’DIYAAT also starts by continuous oaths that Allah takes and these Surah include SAAFFAAT, ZAARIYAAT, MURSALAAT and NAZI’AAT; we all have studied the last three of these Surah at this last part and have noted that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will though the authentic Ahadith has commanded the Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; note also that He does not need to take oaths to present His statements yet He takes them according to the statement that He presents so in this manner, He provides strength to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the five beginning AAYAAT of this Surah, Allah has taken oaths of different attributes of horses, “I swear by the runners (i.e. horses that run extremely fast) breathing, panting, then (they become) those that produce fire (sparks by) striking (upon the earth as they run extremely fast), then (they become) those that make raids at morn (as was the custom in Arabia at that time), then thereby raise dust (charging ahead towards the enemy), then thereby penetrate upon (their) assembly”; AAYAAT do not mention horses yet the mentioned attributes suggest them clearly as they had these where the war took place among the people at those times; AAYAT-6 presents the statement on which Allah takes these oaths that reads, “most surely, the man (who does not thank Allah on His blessings) is most ungrateful to his Lord”; note that there is comparison of the ungrateful person to horses that, when are given their foods & water with affection, expose themselves to utmost danger at the gesture of their master against his foe; but many of men are not even prepared to thank Allah for whatever He has done for them; He certainly is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-7 & 8 state the psyche of such person, “and most surely he is a witness of that; and most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth”; this tells his attitude to remain so obsessed with the pleasures of the world that even when he sees how much Allah has cared for all persons at the world by providing them ease at getting their necessities, he does not show any gratitude towards Him; the last three AAYAAT state about the Day of Judgment, where he would be an extreme loser, “does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised (i.e. all the dead would be raised to life) and what is in the breasts is made apparent (so all persons there would see openly how much belief each of other persons had, at their insides at the world)? most surely, their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them (i.e. He would inspect their documents of deeds most critically on that day)”; note that one of Ahadith at Bukhari reports that the Prophet PBUH said, “whoever will be called to account (critically about his deeds on the Day of Resurrection) will surely be punished." Ayesha, his beloved wife, guided his attention to the AAYAT of INSHIQAQ-8 where Allah says -he shall be reckoned with an easy reckoning (so the words here may denote some scrutiny of document of deeds even of the virtuous person)-; the Prophet PBUH replied, "this means only the presentation of the account but whoever will be argued about his account, he will certainly be ruined"; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QARI’AH
MK-3
1. The terrible calamity!
2. What is the terrible calamity!
3. And what will make you realize what the terrible calamity is?
4. The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
5. And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
6. Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
7. He shall live pleasant life.
8. And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
9. His abode shall be the abyss.
10. And what will make you know what it is?
11. A burning fire.
---------------------
Surah QARI’AH starts by mentioning the terrible calamity and elucidating that it would take place at the Day of Resurrection when the quantity of all men shall be such that they would seem as scattered moths; and the mountains would fly about as loosened wool; note that the first six AAYAAT of Surah WAQI’AH read, “when the great event comes to pass; there is no belying its coming to pass; abasing (one party), exalting (the other); when the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking; and the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling; so that they shall be as scattered dust (as if they are loosened wool)”; this tells about the last day of the world and the words “abasing (one party), exalting (the other)” tell that this day would lead to the Day of Judgment that would abase the disbelievers and that would lead the righteous persons to highest of honor; the Quran takes the matter of the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the first day of AKHIRAT (that is the Day of Judgment) at places by such relation that the latter occurs just after QIYAMAT; this is because all of mankind is dead at QIYAMAT whereas all of mankind regain life (and awareness) at the Day of Judgment though there is an extensive period of time between these two; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell, ”then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy, he shall live pleasant life; and as for him whose measure of good deeds is light, his abode shall be the abyss”; note that at the Day of Judgment, besides giving of the documents of deeds to all persons, the scales would be brought that would weigh the belief and deeds of all persons; so they would be such scales that would be able to weigh even the belief of any person; if the scales show favorable result by being heavy, such person would attain the salvation; and if the scales show unfavorable result by being light, they would be such persons who have put the most heavy loss upon themselves as their attitude to the AAYAAT of Allah was most unjust in their worldly lives; and there would be such extreme wrong persons too for whom no scales would be provided; Surah KAHF mentions that “those whose effort go astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work; these are they who disbelieve in the AAYAAT of their Lord and His meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore We will not set up a balance for them on the day of resurrection” (KAHF-104 & 105); the last couple of AYAAT of the Surah elucidate what “abyss” is as they read, “and what will make you know what it is?- (it is) a burning fire”; certainly, all that the Quran tells, would totally happen in the same manner; and certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TAKATHUR
MK-3
1. Rivalry for abundance diverts you,
2. Until you come to the graves.
3. Nay! you shall soon know,
4. Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
5. Nay! if you had known with certain knowledge,
6. That you shall most certainly see the hell-fire;
7. Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
8. Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
---------------------
Surah TAKATHUR tells about the psyche of those persons who have attached themselves to get the wealth, status and fame at the world with the consideration that this attachment would prove that they are among the successful persons; this becomes such obsession to them with time that they go on living with this attachment competing with all persons, until they reach near to death; note that the Quran does not ask for any competition for issues of the life at the world anywhere but it does ask to hasten towards all the good deeds that keep the righteous person firm on the right path for the salvation at AKHIRAT; one of examples for this statement is AAYAT-133 at AALE-IMRAN that tells, “and hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and the Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who have TAQWA to Allah”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; one of Ahadith of the Prophet PBUH has pointed out the negative psyche of such persons who attach themselves totally to gains of the world, by words that “if the son of Adam had one valley full of gold, even then he would crave for a second; nothing can fill his stomach but dust (of the grave) and Allah cares for one who repents” (Tirmidhi); note that this Surah is explicit on the point that actual success only relates to getting the pleasure of Allah as that gives wonderful peace both at the world and at AKHIRAT; AAYAAT 5, 6 & 7 imply that though such persons who are attached to the world, would see the hell-fire most certainly (at AKHIRAT) yet it would have been better for them if they could have got the awareness about it here at the world; these AAYAAT read, “nay! if you had known (at the world) with certain knowledge that you shall most certainly see the hell-fire (it would have affected attitudes positively); then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty (at AKHIRAT)”; the last AAYAT clearly states that they would have to present account for all they had achieved at the world with all their efforts, how did they achieve those and how did they spend those; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ASR
MK-2
1. I swear by the time,
2. Most surely man is in loss,
3. Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other righteousness, and enjoin on each other patience.
---------------------
Surah ASR is brief in volume, as it consists of three AAYAAT only, but it tells the mankind the only manner for success; Allah swears by the time that is fast running out for every person as all persons are going towards their death; all persons are certainly in extreme trouble as every person has to make utmost effort to attain the pleasure of Allah in this limited time that has been allotted to him/her; this only is the true aim of life and this only would prove the validity for every person to get JANNAH (the most beautiful garden where he/she would remain totally at peace forever); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT tells the only manner for success that those only would remain safe from the extreme loss at AKHIRAT who believe in Allah truly and do all good deeds that Allah has commanded them; note about the belief mentioned here, that it means to believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam 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); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; and as for doing all good deeds, note that basically the Muslim person has to remain totally attentive to Allah and has to remain totally disinterested in gathering wealth at the world as this righteous preference in attitude insha-Allah would lead him ultimately to set his deeds to attainment of the true success at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this last AAYAT of Surah ASR also mentions for those who remain safe from the extreme loss that they “enjoin on each other the righteousness (i.e. to care for each other by assets of the world that they have, which may show their total gratitude to Allah), and enjoin on each other patience (i.e. SABR to bear the trying situation of not getting even the required sustenance)”; so whatever the position, the Muslim person needs to show the virtuous attitude of remaining attentive to Allah and of remaining disinterested in wealth of the world; this attitude among the Muslims, is necessary to consolidate the doing of good deeds so their mention here is for the completion of good deeds as absence of TABLIGH may lead the surroundings to wrongs by doings of the Satan; Surah TEEN-4 to its last read, “certainly We created man in the best make; then We render him the lowest of the low; except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off; then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment? is not Allah the best of judges?”; if the Muslims discontinue TABLIGH, it may gradually result into change in preferences at the surroundings which may cause much hardship for the virtuous Muslims to fulfill their obligations; they shall always care for AKHIRAT with their total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah HUMAZA
MK-4
1. Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
2. Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against all troubles he may face);
3. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
4. Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
5. And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
6. It is the fire kindled by Allah,
7. Which rises above the hearts.
8. Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
9. In extended columns.
---------------------
Like Surah TAKATHUR, Surah HUMAZA also denotes displeasure at giving undue attention to the world; it also tells the psyche of those persons who have attached themselves to get the wealth, status and fame at the world with the consideration that this attachment would prove that they are among the successful persons; this becomes such obsession to them with time that they go on living with this attachment competing with all persons, until they reach near to death; note that the Quran does not ask for any competition for issues of the worldly life anywhere but it does ask to hasten towards all the good deeds that keep the righteous person firm on the right path for the salvation at AKHIRAT; note also that in Islam, it is not feasible to degrade any other Muslim by calling him bad names and to belittle him; this negative psyche to degrade other Muslims often occurs when someone is attentive to gathering of much assets or/and status at the world and does get them to some notable extent where he thinks that he has proven himself worthy of significance; Surah HUJURAAT-10, 11 & 12 state explicitly, “the believers are but brethren, therefore make peace between your brethren and be careful of (your duty to) Allah that mercy may be had on you; O you who believe! let not (one) people laugh at (another) people perchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be better than they; and do not find fault with your own people nor call one another by (bad) nicknames; evil is a bad name after faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is that are the unjust; O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others; does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? but you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 4 to the last at this Surah, refute this thinking that the gathering of assets of the world ensures safety from troubles as they read, “nay (this thinking that wealth of the world provides safety from all troubles, is erroneous)! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster, and what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is? it is the fire kindled by Allah, which rises above the hearts (as fire also has kinds and this one would penetrate inside sharply); surely it shall be closed over upon them, in extended columns (so being close system, it would heat the surroundings to extreme temperature)”; may Allah save all true Muslims to incline towards the world in any undue manner and give all of them TOFIQ to care for the true life which is at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FEEL
MK-3
1. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?
2. Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,
3. And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,
4. Casting against them stones of baked clay,
5. So He rendered them like straw eaten up?
---------------------
Surah FEEL guides attention towards an incident that occurred very near to the birth of the Prophet PBUH and there are such comments on it that put it in the same year when the Prophet PBUH was born though it is probable that it occurred a year or two before; note that the ruler of Yemen at that time by the name of ABRAHA, constructed some building at some area of his rule for which he asked all persons around to visit as a holy place leaving KA’BAH at Makkah; note that even then, KA’BAH was taken holy by tribes and all tribes had the respective idol they worshipped, inside it; however, he got no response to his call and that infuriated him while it also happened that someone put some filth there at those times, against which he vowed to take revenge by demolishing KA’BAH; he took an army with thousands of men that even had few of elephants (in which one was highly prominent) and marched towards Makkah; note that the use of elephants in the army was new to Arabia; his army marched on destroying any challenging tribe that came on its way and when it reached near KA’BAH at MEHSAR, it camped there; the chiefs of Makkah sent them the message that they do not intend to fight them, with the warning that Allah would protect His house; note that they worshipped idols yet they had the notion that Allah is the Creator of all the universe and He runs that; ABRAHA ignored the warning and marched towards it the next day; it happened that there came hundreds of birds (that are named commonly as ABABIL which also means flocks) from nowhere and these birds though small, were most unique in looks; they had pebbles in their beaks and in their claws that they just left over that army; they acted like bullets to the men and the elephants and had such amazing potential energy that they even though small, were enough to render the whole army useless; this incident became so well-known at Arabia that the timing of any incident was related by taking the “year of the elephant” as basis then; Surah FEEL reads, “have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant? did He not cause their war to end in confusion (by sudden loss of direction in planning) and send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks, casting against them stones of baked clay (the term SIJJIL for baked clay came to Arabic from Persian); so He rendered them like straw eaten up (by the cattle)?”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QURAYSH
MK-3
1. For the protection of the QURAYSH-
2. Their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer-
3. So let them serve the Lord of this House,
4. Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.
---------------------
Surah QURAYSH tells the residents at Makkah that it is because of KA’BAH that they all are given respect as all tribes take KA’BAH as most respectable where each one has placed its respective idol to worship; so as they dwell at Makkah, this placement has given them high protection even at times when caravans are looted frequently; note that as Makkah did not accommodate the growth of crops so its residents had to rely on trade for them; the Surah tells that they do see that their trading caravans go freely towards Yemen in the winter and towards Syria in the summer without any fear of plunder; they need to serve Allah only Who is the true Lord of KA’BAH as this righteous belief only would truly defend them from all calamities; 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; as they reside at Makkah, Allah has given them convenience to live without the pangs of hunger and have secured them against fear of any looter that may take away their assets or even their lives when they are at the trading caravans; Surah QURAYSH reads, “for the protection of the QURAYSH; their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer; so let them serve the Lord of this House, Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MAA’UN
MK-3
1. Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?
2. That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,
3. And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.
4. So woe to such remembering ones (of Allah),
5. Who are unmindful of their remembrance (of Allah),
6. Who do (good) to be seen,
7. And withhold the necessaries of life.
---------------------
Surah MAA’UN explicitly tells that those who do not truly believe in the Day of Judgment, they often treat all weak persons hard-heartedly; not only this but his psyche turns to such immorality that he does not even urge others to care for the weak (because if he does that, others would ask him to take the initiative as he has so much to spare); the Surah tells that these persons who seemingly are good persons, who seem to care about Allah by His remembrance much, they forget that the true remembrance of Allah asks that they worship Him only without taking any other as the true Lord; then it also asks for charitable nature that cares for the weak to the utmost so they actually do not fulfill any of demands of their remembrance (termed as their SALAH here); note that this Surah came to the Prophet PBUH at the third year of his period at Makkah where SALAH had not taken its usual shape to remember Allah and here it means the manner in which those persons whom the people of that time took as good persons, used to remember Allah; this remembrance was in presence of their disbelief in the Day of Judgment and even with the worship of idols that was wide-spread at those times, so it certainly had no concern to virtuousness; however, note here that this Surah tells even the good Muslims that remembrance of Allah even with care for TAUHID, does ask for charitable character too and they must see to weak persons (orphan; needy; deprived) at surroundings; note that TAUHID 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so this Surah tells about the seemingly good persons that they have to see to virtues truly; Surah MAA’UN reads, “have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie (so he actually is one of disbelievers)? that is the one who treats the orphan with harshness and does not urge (even others) to feed the poor (as he is one of the most hard-hearted persons); so woe to such remembering ones (of Allah), who are unmindful of their remembrance (of Allah); who do (good) to be seen (so that the persons around may praise them); and withhold the necessaries of life (even such petty things that persons often borrow from each other casually)”; but Allah knows about all which they have inside them and that would undoubtedly come at fore at the Day of Judgment; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah KAUTHAR
MK-3
1. Surely We have given you KAUTHAR,
2. Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice.
3. Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity
---------------------
Surah KAUTHAR is the smallest Surah in volume at the Holy Book Quran and it relates that Allah has given the Prophet PBUH all of virtuousness at the world and at AKHIRAT; note that KAUTHAR means abundance of all good things and it also is the name of the beautiful fountain at JANNAH that Allah would especially provide to Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers; so Allah has given him KAUTHAR at the world (i.e. the Holy Book Quran, the teaching of which would always give him the highest of fame) and KAUTHAR at AKHIRAT (i.e. the beautiful fountain including the Quran, from where he would provide waters to all virtuous persons of his UMMAH at JANNAH); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to read SALAH for his Lord and make sacrifice; though the term NAHR that occurs here to denote sacrifice means to slaughter camels in the name of Allah, it implies that the Prophet PBUH shall always remain attentive to Allah and shall sacrifice any inclination to grandeur that the world presents; I, MSD, would quote from the note at the last Ruku of Surah AN’AAM where AAYAT-162 asks the Prophet PBUH, “say- my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are (all) for Allah, Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the Surah that descended at Makkah, Allah does advise the Prophet PBUH to say such statements individually that relate to all Muslims too in general and that the Muslim person would easily deduct by some observation; at the Surah that descended at Madinah, Allah provides the commands even directly to Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-162 tells that the belief and the deeds of the Prophet PBUH were totally based on the attention towards Allah, the true Lord; this in brief, is the introduction to Islam as SALAH and NUSUK (sacrifice) keep the Muslim person steadfast at the right path of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we have learnt this important teaching of the Quran at BAQARAH-153 (Ruku-19) where the AAYAT says, “O you who believe; seek assistance through SABR (patience) and SALAH (prayer); surely Allah is with the patient”; the term NUSUK at AAYAT-162 (Surah AN’AAM) is related to SABR (as NAHR also does relate to SABR at Surah KAUTHAR); by these, the Muslim person would surely prove that Allah has no partner; He 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; the person must recognize Him only as the true Lord (RABB) and do according to His commands; he has to answer for his belief and his deeds at the Day of Judgment at the ground of HASHR which would be established at this very earth; all persons would return to their true Lord and then Allah, their true Lord, would judge everything amongst all of the peoples there; it is for that Day that Allah has provided this worldly life and settle peoples one after another; He has given status to some over some as that is how He asks their test at the world by whatever status and possession He has provided to the peoples; they must see well what they strive for because He, the true Lord, certainly is swift in providing the punishment and He certainly is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the last AAYAT of Surah KAUTHAR, note that there were such chiefs among disbelievers at Makkah, who mentioned that as Muhammad (PBUH) has no son so his name would not live-on after his death; Allah answers them that it would be they who would not be remembered by any good name but the coming peoples would always remember Muhammad PBUH by the most respectable terms; this Allah has decreed and so this would take place for certain; Surah KAUTHAR reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- surely We have given you KAUTHAR; therefore, pray to your Lord and make sacrifice; surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah KAAFIRUN
MK-3
1. Say: O disbelievers!
2. I do not serve that which you serve,
3. Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:
4. Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,
5. Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:
6. You shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live.
---------------------
Surah KAAFIRUN is the answer to those disbelievers who had suggested that the Prophet PBUH and the disbelievers strike an agreement between them that sometimes they would worship Allah and sometimes the Prophet PBUH come to their side to worship their way; Surah KAAFIRUN explicitly rejects this extremely preposterous suggestion where Allah commands the Prophet PBUH to tell the disbelievers in clearest of terms that he does not serve whom they take worthy of worship and they do not serve Allah, the true Lord; this situation would stay even in the future as to worship Allah means to worship Him only as the true Lord; there is no one equal to Him in any manner for certain as AAYAT-11 of Surah SHURA states clearly, “(Allah is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing is like likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing”; the Muslims believe in Allah keeping to TAUHID which 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the Prophet PBUH gave the best answer to the suggestion of the disbelievers, by the command of Allah that “you shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live”; the whole Surah KAAFIRUN reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- O disbelievers! I do not serve that which you serve, nor do you serve Him Whom I serve; nor am I going to serve that which you serve, nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve; you shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NASR
MK-2
1. When there comes the help of Allah and the victory,
2. And you see men entering the right path of Allah in companies,
3. Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy).
---------------------
Like Surah ASR and Surah KAUTHAR, Surah NASR also consists of 3 AAYAT and it gives the good tidings that such time would come in the life of the Prophet PBUH that he would see the help from Allah coming for the spread of Islam so he would see that huge number of persons are entering Islam from all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah commands the Prophet PBUH that when this comes to pass, he shall praise Allah, the true Lord, and ask His forgiveness on any unintentional mistakes he may have committed at TABLIGH of Islam anytime at any place; note that it is mentioned that Surah NASR came to the Prophet PBUH at Madinah and even there, it is mentioned as to came at the last of that period; however, there is some disagreement about the period when it came to the Prophet PBUH and I, MSD, have preferred the early period at Makkah for it; note that this Surah gives a subtle indication that when this all happens, he must prepare to depart from the world as that would be the last period of his life at the world; Surah NASR reads, “when there comes the help of Allah (for the spread of Islam) and the victory (of it over the satanic arguments); and you see men entering the right path of Allah in companies; then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah LAHAB (MASAD)
MK-2
1. Perdition overtake both hands of ABU-LAHAB, and he will perish.
2. His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
3. He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
4. And his wife, the wood-bearer (for fuel),
5. Upon her neck, a halter of strongly twisted rope.
---------------------
Surah LAHAB tells that whoever challenges the fundamental teachings of Islam (especially when he disrespects the Prophet PBUH too), he is certain to face most disgraceful death and to get extreme torments at the hell-fire; note that ABU-LAHAB was the paternal uncle of the Prophet PBUH and he also was the neighbor of the Prophet PBUH; note that LAHAB means “flame” and in Arabic, when someone is attached to something, he is known by its relation as IBN-us-SABIL literally means “the son of the way” and it denotes the traveller; so ABU-LAHAB was named as “the father of the flame” as he was much robust in looks whereas the Surah notes the term LAHAB in literal sense too at AAYAT-3; he used to pass rude remarks on the Prophet PBUH when he called him towards Islam with all decency; he taunted about the hands of the Prophet PBUH once as to curse him, to which Allah answered in defense of the Prophet PBUH that it is ABU-LAHAB who would be destroyed with extreme curse falling upon him at the world and most severe torment getting him at AKHIRAT where he would meet the flaming fire; note that ABU-LAHAB died in extreme pain by a tumor on him and persons at his household put him in quarantine where he died a cruel death; he was thrown into the grave by few slaves after a couple of days of his death as the persons at his household were not ready to touch him; this fact is most interesting that ABU-LAHAB had heard this Surah but it never occurred to him that he may act to become Muslim to disprove this Surah though he lived for about fifteen years more after its descent; this is how Allah protects the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-4 tells about his wife (who also troubled the Prophet PBUH in different ways) that she would also be at the hell-fire where she would be the carrier of wood to keep on the fire burning so that its highest of temperature may torment her husband and herself continuously; AAYAT-5, the last AAYAT of the Surah, marked her end at the world before it occurred that “upon her neck, (is) a halter of strongly twisted rope”; she died of strangulation of the rope by which she had picked-up a wood-pile; it twisted around her neck and could not be untwisted before her death; Surah LAHAB reads, “perdition overtake both hands of ABU-LAHAB, and he will perish; his wealth and what he earns will not avail him; he shall soon burn in fire that flames and his wife, the wood-bearer (for fuel), upon her neck (is) a halter of strongly twisted rope”; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah IKHLAAS
MK-3
1. Say: He, Allah, is One.
2. Allah is He on Whom all depend.
3. He begets not, nor is He begotten.
4. And none is like Him.
---------------------
Surah IKHLAAS tells about Allah Who is One (i.e. Unique) and Who does not depend on anyone for anything but upon Whom all true believers depend for the solution when it seems that there is no way out; He begets not, nor is He begotten; He is Unique and none is like Him; Surah SHURA-11 states clearly, “(Allah is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing is like likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the true Muslims believe in Allah by keeping to TAUHID which 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the first AAYAT of Surah FATIHA that is the first AAYAT of the Quran, presents by its words that Allah is from all times to all times with all of His attributes that are of Him from all times to all times (QADEEM) and all of His attributes are His very own (ASL) and all of His attributes are limitless (LA-MEHDUD); note that the term “RABB” that occurs at this first AAYAT is highly significant in understanding of the Holy Book Quran; RABBUL-AALAMIN means the true Lord that nurtures all His creation so Allah has not left His creation just after creating them but He nurtures them to height; so this beautiful AAYAT denotes three things about Allah that He only is the Creator of all the creation; that He always has all of His good QADEEM, ASL, LA-MEHDUD attributes totally which denote His absolute authority; that He is RABBUL-AALAMIN, the only true Lord of all, so He asks for total obedience from all of His creation, that is most sincere; Al-Hamdu Lillah RABBEL-AALAMIN; the Quran has indicated at places that many of totally wrong persons did believe Allah in the sense that He has created all the creation and there even were those among them who believed that He certainly has absolute authority with His true attributes but then they believed that He necessarily listens to those who are very near to Him and does accordingly, so their belief had most extreme flaw in it; and that flaw led them to the thing that totally degraded them which was that they ignored Him as the true Lord (RABB) Whom they must truly obey in all principles that He has provided to them in all walks of life (while their obedience to any of persons is only if his direction does not fall against any of the commands of Allah); this ignorance to recognize Him as the only true Lord, ultimately led them to take some of His creation too as the object to worship and as to obey unconditionally (accepting some of His authority in them and raising them to such status where they took them as their intercessors at the court of Allah to whom Allah would necessarily listen); may Allah save all Muslims from this gravest of sins that is named SHERK and that certainly leads to the hell-fire if the person involved in it does not ask for (and receive) forgiveness from Allah and His mercy, at life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah IKHLAAS reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- He, Allah, is One (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He is Unique Who only has created all of creation); Allah is He on Whom all depend (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He only has the true attributes that He never loses); He begets not, nor is He begotten (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He only is the true Lord Who only has the true authority and there is none who is able to challenge that authority); and none is like Him”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FALAQ
MK-3
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,
2. From the evil of what He has created,
3. And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes,
4. And from the evil of those who blow on knots,
5. And from the evil of the envious when he envies
---------------------
Surah FALAQ came with the next Surah that is Surah NAAS and these both, if read together in highest of quantity, are wonderful remedy to any negative spiritual effect that someone has managed to put on a Muslim person; this negative spiritual effect may occur by some negative spell of magic against him, by some negative sight of eyes (intentional or unintentional) against him, by some negative sentiment (especially extreme jealousy) against him and even by some negative words of someone that may take effect against him, intentionally said to affect him or unintentionally; these things do affect and all most virtuous Muslim persons must seek refuge from these in Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there are ULAMA, the reliable scholars of Islam, who have mentioned that when Surah FATIHA (the first Surah), AAYATUL-KURSI (AAYAT-255 of Surah BAQARAH, the second Surah), the last AAYAT of Surah BAQARAH and these last two Surah (which are named together as MAU’DHATAIN), are read in sequence in the highest of quantity, Allah makes them barrier to all negative effect of all persons around, for the most virtuous Muslim person; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah FALAQ presents the words that relate to protect the Muslim person from all such things around that might affect his physique negatively whereas Surah NAAS presents the words that relate to protect the Muslim person from all such things which direct their negative effect against his inside; the words in AAYAT-1, 2 & 3 of FALAQ imply that all most virtuous Muslim persons must ask Allah, the only Creator of all the creation, for His protection against the negative effect of times (especially early hours of the morning and the darkest hours of the night); its last couple of AAYAAT imply that he shall also ask Allah for His protection against the evil effect of those who blow on knots (for making of magic) and against the evil effect of such person who envies (resents due to jealousy) at all good achievements of persons around him; note that AAYAT-4 relates to an incident that is specific to the Prophet PBUH as Ahadith narrate; it happened that one of Jews who did not belong to any Jewish tribe but was a fellow of BANU-RUZAYQ, had put a spell of magic on the Prophet PBUH by assistance of his daughters; they got some of the hair of the Prophet PBUH somehow and his comb that they put into palm leaves; they had tied eleven knots binding all hair of the Prophet PBUH and had blown some magic spell on them; he put these palm leaves into the bed of a well by the name of DHI-ARWAN under a stone, that was at the premises of his tribe; due to this spell, the Prophet PBUH felt physical weakness and it also happened that sometimes he forgot whether he has done something he intended or not; note that the negative effect of magic spell on him, did not cause any adverse influence upon his task of providing the teachings of Islam by the Quran in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though he was the last of Messengers of Allah yet he also was a man who became afflicted by illness too and who was wounded too at the expedition of TA’IF and at the battle of UHUD; the last AAYAT of Surah KAHF reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH) say- I am only a mortal (i.e. a human being) like you; (but as the Messenger of Allah), it is revealed to me that your god is one that is Allah, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join anyone in the service of his Lord”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah informed him by two of respectable angels about the magic spell that was put on him and he went to the well with some of his Sahaba and they found the stone and the palm leaves beneath it; then as Gabriel-AS read the eleven AAYAAT of MAU’DHATAIN, the Prophet PBUH opened a knot at each of them until he opened all eleven knots with all eleven AAYAAT of them; he was instantly cured and then he buried the leaves with the comb and the hair and did not pursue the issue; Surah FALAQ reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn from the evil of what He has created; and from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes; and from the evil of those who blow on knots; and from the evil of the envious when he envies”; certainly, no one is able to affect negatively for any notable period in any manner, any of the most virtuous Muslim persons when he does seek refuge in Allah from all of adversities; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NAAS
MK-3
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men,
2. The King of men,
3. The true Authority of men,
4. From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Satan),
5. Who whispers into the hearts of men,
6. from among the JINN and the men.
---------------------
Surah NAAS also relates the words that provide protection to the most virtuous Muslim persons; however, they protect against the negative effect that is directed towards the inside of them whereas the words at Surah FALAQ protect against the negative effect that is directed towards the physique of them so it is most feasible to study both of these Surah together; this Surah guides Muslims to praise Allah in the worthiest manner by appreciating Him as the true Lord of men, the true King of men, the true Authority of men; this tells that they have to fulfill the commands of Allah at all times and at all places; when such virtuous Muslim persons seek refuge in Allah from all evil of whisperings of wrongs that those persons who incline to satanic ways of life, try to put at their inside, Allah cares for them and gives them the protection that they ask for; these persons include such jinn who incline to satanic ways (who manage to do it directly by blowing their evil whispers into the inside of men so that they leave the right path) and include such men who incline to satanic ways (who speak for the evil in such manner that may affect the hearts of men so that they attach to it); Surah NAAS reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)-say- I seek refuge in the Lord of men, the King of men, the true Authority of men, from the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Satan), who whispers into the hearts of men, from among the JINN and the men”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
www.saleemdada.weebly.com
Here our study from Surah ZAARIAAT to the Surah NAAS and “Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” (Fourth 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.
Tuesday - 1:25 PM
ZIL-HAJJAH 16, 1442
July-27, 2021
www.m-saleemdada.com/
Surah MUZZAMMIL
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-2)
1. O you who have wrapped up in your garments!
2. Arise to pray in the night except a little,
3. Half of it, or lessen it a little,
4. Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be recited.
5. Surely We will descend upon you a weighty Word.
6. Surely the rising by night is the firmest manner to take and (it is) most suitable for speech.
7. Surely you have in the day time a long occupation.
8. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with (exclusive) devotion.
9. The Lord of the East and the West-- there is no god but He-- therefore take Him Protector.
10. And bear patiently what they say and avoid them with a becoming avoidance.
11. And leave Me and the rejecters, those that have plenty, and respite them a little.
12. Surely with Us are heavy fetters and a flaming fire,
13. And food that chokes and a painful punishment,
14. On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose.
15. Surely We have sent to you an Apostle, a witness against you, as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh.
16. But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle, so We laid on him a violent hold.
17. How, then, will you guard yourselves if you disbelieve, on the day which shall make children grey-headed?
18. The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise certainly comes to fulfillment.
19. Surely this is a reminder then let him who wills, take the way to his Lord.
20. Surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, and (also) a party of those with you; and Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran. He knows that there must be among you sick, and others who travel in the land seeking of the bounty of Allah, and others who fight in Allah's way, therefore read as much of it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
---------------------
Surah MUZZAMMIL is one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and it has two Ruku that comprise of 19 AAYAAT and 1 AAYAT respectively; the first Ruku provides the same beautiful message that the Quran has presented at other places too; it tells the Prophet PBUH to read Salah at nights (as Salah in general, was not obligatory at that time when these initial AAYAAT of Surah MUZZAMMIL descended) and show the attitude of SABR i.e. have patience, to such disbelievers who troubled him in different ways; note that this Surah descended at the beginning of the second year whence Allah had asked him to spread His Message to all peoples of the world; when the person reading Salah is fully attentive to Allah reciting the Quran by TAJWID (the most beautiful manner in which the Quran is read with care to say its words correctly to adhere to it) in the silence of the night with total calmness, it certainly impresses him more by its goodness; so AAYAT-6 directs that “surely the rising by night is the firmest manner to take and it is most suitable for speech”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the first five AAYAT, Allah tells the Prophet PBUH by addressing him by the name of MUZZAMMIL (i.e. “who has wrapped up in his garments”) that he shall read Salah at the night as much as possible for him; it maybe for half of the night or less than that (i.e. one-fourth of it) or more than that (i.e. three-fourth of it); note that Allah called him MUZZAMMIL to denote His care to him and MUDDATHTHIR which has nearly the same meaning (i.e. “who has wrapped up in his cloak) at the next Surah; this address was because he habitually used to envelop himself in his cloak in his early forties, where he felt somewhat troubled, and this address by Allah to him was to soothe him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they ask him to recite the Quran by the most beautiful manner to adhere to it as Allah will put the heavy liability upon him soon to spread all the message of the Quran to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead ask to read Salah by arising by night as when the person reading Salah is fully attentive to Allah reciting the Quran by TAJWID in the silence of night with total calmness, it makes the person more intent to obey Allah at the day-time too in the ordinary business of life; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they state that the Prophet PBUH does have much works at the day-time (that relate mostly to TABLIGH) so it is much better that he reads Salah at nights; he shall recite-on the name of Allah to remain most attentive to Him as his total attention needs to remain towards Allah without caring for wealth or status at the life of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah is the Lord of the East from where the sun rises and the West to where the sun sets so days and nights all come by His will and both need submission in them of the mankind (and of the Jinn) to Him; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Prophet PBUH shall bear their disrespect with patience and keep away from them except where necessary to provide TABLIGH to them of the fundamental teachings of Islam and its necessary explanation; the Prophet PBUH is fully aware that Allah would punish such disbelievers who live by plenty of wealth at the world and with that, by disrespect of the Prophet PBUH, in the most severe manner at the hell-fire; they would be heavily chained there and they would be near to such flaming fire that would burn their skins; they would have such food at hunger that would make them choke and there would be other of His severe punishments too to all of them certainly; it would take place when that day has taken place where the earth and especially mountains on it shall quake as the earth becomes plain and mountains become loose heaps of sand; the last four AAYAAT of the Ruku read, “surely We have sent to you an Apostle (i.e. Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah), a witness against you (at the Day of Judgment i.e. against whoever disrespects him after getting the message of Allah), as We sent an apostle (who was very like Muhammad PBUH) to Pharaoh (that apostle was Moses-AS, who mainly had asked Pharaoh to accept the fundamental teachings of Islam - note that his brother Aaron-AS too was the Messenger of Allah); but Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle, so We laid on him a violent hold (by drowning him in waters); how, then, will you guard yourselves if you disbelieve (when even Pharaoh was unable to escape from Allah’s punishment), on the day (the last day of the world) which shall make children grey-headed (because of its severity)? the heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise (to end the world to lead to the Judgment) certainly comes to fulfillment; surely this is a reminder (to the oath everyone has taken to believe in Allah as the true Lord) then let him who wills, take the way to his Lord”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next Ruku consists of one AAYAT only which has two parts whereas the first part goes to- “so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran” (which descended at MK-3 after more than a year of the first Ruku); this part asked the Prophet PBUH and Sahaba, who used to read Salah at night sometimes even for nearly two-third of it that caused hardship to them, to read it setting the quantity of the Quran (whatever of it has descended substantially at that time) which they might recite conveniently at nights; so they do not have to consider the quantity of the night but rather the quantity of the Quran that they could read at the Salah of nights; note that there was no reliable manner to get the most practicable awareness of time at those times; Allah only understands the perfect time for all parts, the night, and even the day, may divide into; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this part of the AAYAT states, “surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, and (also) a party of those with you; and Allah measures the night and the day; He knows that you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next part of the AAYAT reads, “He knows that there must be among you sick, and others who travel in the land seeking of the bounty of Allah, and others who fight in Allah's way, therefore read as much of it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift (i.e. make other of SADAQAH too from whatever Allah has given to you), and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”; note that in those days, sickness was more troublesome than now as even those physical adversities that are taken as ordinary today, were most trying then as none of modern medicines were available to invoke the immune system of the body for early healing; however men were generally stronger than today whereas the true belief in Allah always cares for the fast healing to physique besides the spiritual healing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; also travelling to far-away (and even nearby) lands caused much distress then, whereas JEHAD also asked for hardship; note that it is detectable by the mention of JEHAD at this part (by words “and others who fight in Allah's way”) that it descended much later than the first part because Allah ruled to take-up JEHAD as obligatory at Madinah; note also that at this part of AAYAT, Allah asks ahead to “keep up prayer (Salah) and pay the poor-rate (ZAKAH)” and both of these became obligatory at Madinah; so the most notable thing is that though this part also came at Makkah yet it was the last period of it when Allah had commanded for Salah; it had happened couple of years before his migration to Madinah when in the company of Gabriel-AS, he had gone from Makkah to the place of the mosque at Jerusalem at night (i.e. ISRA) and then from there, he went to heavens with him (i.e. MIRAJ) in the same night; Ahadith have given much detail to MIRAJ and that was the time when Allah asked Muhammad PBUH to command the Muslims to read five SALAH daily (and it came to routine for Muslims at Madinah as obligatory; also ZAKAH became obligatory at Madinah); Al-Hamdu Lillah; though ISRA was physical in nature (i.e. travel to Jerusalem) and it happened with most surprising velocity in terms of those times (as then it was at the distance of about a month from Makkah to it) yet the ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) from there, seems as the most amazing spiritual issue (but it certainly is real event) that is not easy to comment upon (see also the note at the first Ruku of Surah BANI-ISRAEL); Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the last of the Surah after mentioning of many virtuous deeds, Allah tells all true Muslims that He would not make any of their good deeds go to waste but they would find best of rewards for them at AKHIRAT; but they must go on asking Allah for forgiveness to their follies as the man does them even without any awareness of such follies; it reads, “and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MUDDATHTHIR
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-2)
1. O you who are clothed!
2. Arise and warn,
3. And your Lord, do magnify,
4. And your garments, do purify,
5. And uncleanness, do shun,
6. And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
7. And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
8. For when the trumpet is sounded,
9. That, at that time, shall be difficult day,
10. For the disbelievers, anything but easy.
11. Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
12. And give him vast riches,
13. And sons dwelling in his presence,
14. And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
15. And yet he desires that I should add more!
16. By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our AAYAAT.
17. I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
18. Surely he reflected and guessed,
19. But may he be cursed how he planned;
20. Again, may he be cursed how he planned;
21. Then he looked,
22. Then he frowned and scowled,
23. Then he turned back and was big with pride,
24. Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
25. This is naught but the word of a mortal.
26. I will cast him into SAQAR (hell-fire).
27. And what will make you realize what SAQAR is?
28. It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
29. It scorches the mortal.
30. Over it are nineteen.
31. And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this example? Thus does Allah make err whom He wills, and He guides whom He wills, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.
32. Nay; I swear by the moon,
33. And the night when it departs,
34. And the daybreak when it shines;
35. Surely it (the punishment of hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
36. A warning to mortals,
37. To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
38. Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
39. Except the people of the right hand,
40. In gardens, they shall ask each other
41. About the guilty:
42. What has brought you into hell?
43. They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
44. And we used not to feed the poor;
45. And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
46. And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
47. Till death overtook us.
48. So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
49. What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
50. As if they were asses taking fright
51. That had fled from a lion?
52. Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
53. Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
54. Nay! it is surely an admonition.
55. So whoever pleases may mind it.
56. And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
---------------------
Like Surah MUZZAMMIL, this also is one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and its initial AAYAAT descended even before MUZZAMMIL; it descended on the Prophet PBUH the same year i.e. MK-2 and it has two Ruku that comprise of 31 AAYAAT and 25 AAYAT respectively; except for AAYAT-31, it comprises of brief AAYAAT that give it volume; its first seven AAYAAT descended when he was returning from the cave AL-HIRA and he saw Gabriel clearly in his beautiful angelic form who had filled the horizon at front extensively; the second time when he saw him was at the occasion of his ascension to heavens (MIRAJ) just a couple of years before HIJRAH (his migration from Makkah to Madinah); Surah BANI-ISRAEL (also named as Surah ISRA) records this incident at its beginning, which descended at 6th to 10th year of the period of his stay at Makkah (though it relates his travel from Makkah to Jerusalem only i.e. ISRA); Surah NAJM also mentions MIRAJ in most clear terms (that relates his travel ahead that is his ascension to heavens); Allah gives the same message at the seven AAYAAT that are its beginning which He has also given at MUZZAMMIL to him; they read, “O you who are clothed; arise and warn (the disbelievers); and do magnify your Lord (by Salah at nights and SABR at TABLIGH); and your garments, do purify (so remain clean physically, as always, by care to garments and to the physique); and uncleanness, do shun (so remain clean spiritually, as always, by avoidance of all wrongs); and bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase (so provide TABLIGH of Islam for Allah without asking any person for any returns except Allah); and be patient for the sake of your Lord (on the disrespectful attitude of the disbelievers, without any care to assets or/and status at the world)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah asks him to arise and warn the disbelievers at this Surah so they become attentive to Allah (and he shall have patience at their disrespectful attitude) whereas at MUZZAMMIL, Allah asks him to arise for Salah at nights so that he remains most attentive to Allah as he always is; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that Muslims who had believed in the fundamental teachings of Islam, were few at that time so Allah asked him to warn all disbelieving persons by the Quran and did not tell him to provide good tidings emphatically; so like MUZZAMMIL, this Surah also mentions emphatically the torments at the hell-fire, and even at the world, on disbelief of the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 tell about the Day of Judgment, “for when the trumpet is sounded (for the second time); that, at that time, shall be difficult day (of Judgment), for the disbelievers, anything but easy”; however, AAYAAT-39 & 40 of this Surah mention the good persons too who would be at total peace at JANNAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead from 11 to 26 relate to such persons whom Allah provides plenty of assets, status and much convenience at the world yet instead of being grateful to Allah, they reject His message and oppose it feverishly so that others too do not accept it; note that these AAYAAT particularly relate to one of chiefs at Makkah i.e. WALEED Ibn MUGHAIRA whom the Quran has mentioned as one of the most negative characters at Surah NOON (i.e. AL-QALAM) too; he had asked the Prophet PBUH to strike an agreement which curbs his TABLIGH of Islam, between him and the chiefs of Makkah, according to their liking; there, AAYAAT 10 to 14 state, “and yield not to any mean swearer; defamer, going about with slander; forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, ignoble; besides all that, base-born (i.e. born out of wedlock); because he possesses wealth and sons; when Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says- stories of those of yore; We will brand him on the nose (which means that Allah will put some defaming mark on his nose at AKHIRAT)”; three of his many sons accepted Islam and one of them by the blessing of Allah, was named the sword of Allah by the Prophet PBUH; history knows that noble warrior by the name of Khalid-RA, who proved one of the most amazing commanders of Muslims at all of battlefields; it is most interesting to note that with adverse heredity and living much at environment that was challenging to Islamic teachings, he yet was able by the blessing of Allah, to accept Islam and achieve high status of spiritual purity; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT here relate about WALEED’s assets, status and high number of sons (that also were considered among valuables at those times) at the world and about his disbelief by depiction of his manner to reject the Truth at one of gatherings of chiefs at Makkah; Allah tells here that He has given life to him as to all His creation and if he intends to challenge Allah, he has to come alone to do it; Allah provided him such huge wealth and so many sons from whom, some are always near to him to defend him; and provided such convenience to him (that led to chiefdom at Makkah) that he may put his resources to use easily but he still intends for more, and he would certainly not receive anymore because he has opposed AAYAAT of the Quran; Allah would make his affairs such trying to him that he would live at the world in distress now; note that it happened that he incurred extreme losses after these AAYAAT descended, that decreased his wealth notably; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead in these AAYAAT depict how he reacted to the Islamic teachings and what will be the outcome of this reaction; they state “surely he reflected and guessed; but may he be cursed how he planned; again, may he be cursed how he planned; then he looked; then he frowned and scowled; then he turned back and was big with pride; then he said- this is naught but enchantment (i.e. magic derived from of old) narrated (from others); this is naught but the word of a mortal-; I will cast him into SAQAR (hell-fire)”; so the end-result is that Allah will put him into SAQAR (one of places at JAHANNUM i.e. the hell-fire) at AKHIRAT where he would remain at highest of physical agony; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that he was asked how he takes the Quran at a gathering of chiefs at Makkah and the text here depicts how he reacted to this question when everybody knew that the Prophet PBUH was AMIN (most trustworthy) among them; they knew that the Prophet PBUH did not ever write poetry as he could not read or write anything and moreover, they also knew that nobody would take it right if they call him a soothsayer or a mad person (see Surah TOOR-29, 30, 31); so after making faces and taking attitude which may show that he is considering the question with all his thought, he said about the Quran that it is naught else than magic derived from of old and it is speech of his own i.e. Muhammad (PBUH) speaks it by his own; may Allah put all His curse on all such fibbers; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Holy Book Quran has directed clearly the Prophet PBUH at few places to the right attitude where he was mistaken as it actually is the Word of Allah that descended on the Prophet PBUH for somewhat 22 years (from 610 AD ending at 632 AD); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the five AAYAAT ahead that are the last AAYAAT in the Ruku, tell about SAQAR and the nineteen guards upon it; they also tell that the Quran is for the guidance of the mankind yet who disrespects the Quran, it does make such persons go more into their wrongs till they fall into the hell-fire; may Allah save all good persons from disrespecting the Quran in any manner but guide them to righteousness through its beautiful teachings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; These AAYAAT read, “and what will make you realize what SAQAR is? it leaves naught nor does it spare aught; it scorches the mortal; over it (i.e. SAQAR, the place at the hell-fire) are nineteen (angels as guard); and We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number (i.e. nineteen) but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain (as those who are inclined towards scholarly pursuits among them, are certainly aware that Allah takes such works from a number of angels having extreme strength and keeps check on them) and those who believe (i.e. the true Muslims) may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (i.e. hypocrites) and the disbelievers may say - what does Allah mean by this example? thus does Allah make (those persons) err whom He wills, and He guides (those persons) whom He wills, and none knows the hosts (i.e. the total number of angels) of your Lord but He Himself; and this (mention of nineteen of them at SAQAR) is naught but a reminder to the mortals”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that some of disbelievers mocked this mention of nineteen wardens at SAQAR that they would handle them by force if they are only nineteen, to which Allah tells them that these wardens are angels who are extremely strong against whom their force, even if collective, is nothing; note also that some of commentators on the Quran, have mentioned that the appointment of nineteen angels at SAQAR is due to the fact that there would be nineteen types of punishments there to the wrong-doers, each under the supervision of one of these angels; however, some persons have taken this as code in the Quran that tells some facts about MUQATTA’AAT (that means the 14 of disjointed letters that are among the Arabic alphabet, that come at the commencement of 29 SURAH in specific combinations and the meanings of these are not evident but they are not necessary to know in understanding of the Quran); the detail for this is not feasible here but I, MSD, have written about it in some detail at one of my writings “Expressions of the Quran” that is available at the net; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the next Ruku, Allah takes oath of the Moon (as it changes from crescent to full when its light manifests things even at night) and of the departing night (as stars vanish from view at that moment and light dawns to manifest things) and the daybreak as light manifests well; this tells that though the disbelievers do not see that the Day of Judgment is sure to take place yet with time, this would go on becoming clear (especially at their deaths) until it would get them; they need to see that the warning of punishment of the hell-fire tells every person most clearly to see in his own best interest if he would take righteousness or keep away from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell about the question of the residents of JANNAAT to the residents of hell-fire asking the reason due to which they had entered it; these AAYAAT state, “every soul is held (at the hell-fire) in pledge for what it earns; except the people of the right hand in gardens (i.e. the dwellers of JANNAAT); they shall ask each other about the guilty (who had lived upon wrongs at the world) what has brought you into hell?; they shall say- We were not of those who prayed (i.e. they did not remember Allah in any manner at the life at the world) and we used not to feed the poor (i.e. they did not care for the needy among their fellow-beings though they had the resources for it); and we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses (i.e. they challenged the Truth by vague arguments and kept away from it and wasted their precious time in useless pursuits at the world); and we used to call the day of judgment a lie till death overtook us (i.e. they did come to know that the Judgment would certainly take place but it came to them too late); so the intercession of intercessors (at the Day of Judgment) shall not avail them”; note that Allah has allowed even the satanic persons to work against the Truth in whatever manner they intend and has granted them the ability to mislead each other by putting evil thoughts inside each other; He intends to take the examination of all persons (His Messengers included) and so He has given the satanic persons necessary liberty to do their evil work yet it does have its limit that He certainly decides perfectly well; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these satanic persons are unable to force anything to anyone but they do try to make the wrongs look beautiful and take-up arguments that seem to have some validity yet they are based on play of words; they try to promote the wrongful concept that takes something from the rightful concept, and conceal some other from it to make their point; as the spirit of the Man does not conform to any wrongs so they try to deceive all they address by their manner of speech; may Allah save all true Muslims from all satanic concepts; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last eight AAYAAT, though brief, sum up the message of the Surah wonderfully as they read, “what is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition (of the Quran after hearing of the severe punishment on disbelief); as if they were (wild) asses taking fright that had fled from a (chasing) lion? nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out (as Muhammad PBUH is receiving AAYAAT); nay; but they do not fear the hereafter (so how do they ask for such esteemed status without being rightful to it); nay; it is surely an admonition (to all though he only is receiving it who is the worthiest to it among them); so whoever pleases may mind it (to save himself from the physical agony of the hell-fire); and they will not mind unless Allah pleases; He is worthy to be feared (the word is TAQWA) and worthy to forgive (as the Man would only save himself from all major sins by remaining most attentive to Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about TAQWA that all persons need to remember the event that relates to Adam-AS that when Allah sent him to the world, He told him that those among his descendants would get the JANNAH, their actual dwelling place, who keep to righteousness in their belief and deeds; but those who disbelieve the true guidance, they would be put into the hell-fire; so the Quran asks all persons to have TAQWA to Allah that is the attitude of the heart which means that all must fear Allah that they do not get His displeasure by their sins becoming so sinful that they lose the chance to regain JANNAH and with that, they also must have such hope to Him that He would keep them safe from the Satan at all times and at all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so if he/she does not live as the righteous believer in the Truth (the fundamental teachings of Islam) with righteous deeds, he/she would lose the opportunity to show his/her worth for JANNAH and would be put into the hell-fire as Allah would certainly fulfill His word; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the last of Surah MUZZAMMIL also asks all Muslims to habitually ask forgiveness of Allah; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QIYAMAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-4)
1. Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
2. Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.
3. Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
4. Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
5. Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
6. He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
7. So when the sight becomes dazed,
8. And the moon becomes dark,
9. And the sun and the moon are brought together,
10. Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
11. By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
12. With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
13. Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
14. Rather! man is evidence against himself,
15. Though he puts forth his excuses.
16. Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
17. Surely on Us is the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
18. Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
19. Again on Us is the explaining of it.
20. Nay! But you love the present life,
21. And neglect the hereafter.
22. (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
23. Looking to their Lord.
24. And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
25. Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
26. Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
27. And it is said: Who will be a magician?
28. And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
29. And affliction is combined with affliction;
30. To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
31. So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
32. But called the truth a lie and turned back,
33. Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
34. Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
35. Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
36. Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
37. Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
38. Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
39. Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
40. Is not He able to give life to the dead?
---------------------
Surah QIYAMAT is also one of the earliest Surah that descended on the Prophet PBUH though it came much later than Surah MUDDATHTHIR; it has two Ruku that comprise of thirty and ten AAYAAT respectively whereas the first Ruku tells about the last day of the world (and it might be more extensive than the ordinary day by mention of happenings in it though that mention also implies that all of mankind would die in it in very short time that probably would equal the time that is of an ordinary day, yet its severity would cause the children to become like old persons; see Surah MUZZAMMIL-17) and it also tells about the Day of Judgment; it also tells from AAYAT-16 to AAYAT-19, that the Prophet PBUH does not have to worry that the Quran remains safe in text by reciting it fast with the angel Gabriel when it descends to him, as not only its text but its meanings too would remain safe as Allah would see not only to its compilation but that its reading too does not cease; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-9 of Surah HIJR is most notable for this that gives the message that Allah would totally safeguard the message that He has provided to Muhammad PBUH (i.e. the Holy Book Quran); as no more of Messengers of Allah would come at the world because the Prophet Muhammad PBUH was the last of Messengers, the Message of Allah exists written with us all in the form of the Holy Book Quran and Allah has taken the responsibility for its protection upon Himself so that His Word (that He gave to Adam) is not violated that he would keep the Truth always clear for all to accept or to reject so no injustice takes place when He judges all persons at the day of HASHR (the first day at AKHIRAT); everything that was related to the protection of its text and its meaning was given protection; there were such people who wrote it beautifully with utmost care at all times and places even before the printing manner for it was available, by the will of Allah and there stood people namely HUFFAZ from the very time of its descent that still stand for it by the will of Allah so these HUFFAZ remembered it amazingly word by word by heart; Ahadith, that reported the SUNNAH (i.e. practice in many issues of life of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH and explained the Holy Book Quran most clearly), remained most secure at the good books of Ahadith compiled by many of good persons at ancient times (which the students of Islam learn beautifully at different Islamic schools even at this time) by the will of Allah so that the clarification of it remains available at all times and places; its language Arabic still is very much active language of the world by the will of Allah and in fact, the Holy Book Quran receives, and has always received, the most-high value in the Arabic literature; note also that Allah protected the Muslims from the enemy when they had put the Holy Book Quran into practice individually and collectively with fervor and this tells in most clear terms that whoever and whatever relates to it, Allah would certainly provide security for all such as He has taken the provision of the security of the Quran as His responsibility; this also is undeniable fact (which also expresses its security that Allah has provided to it) that the disbelievers have always remained unable to imitate the Quran as it has amazing integrity not only in its meanings but also in its words; so this all implies that there is no need to take anything else but the Quran for the Guidance to the right path by the assistance of the SUNNAH and that tells most clearly that Muhammad PBUH was and is the last of Messengers of Allah to all peoples of the world, even to those who have come after him at any of times and at any of places in the world to live-on their lives; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku of Surah QIYAMAT tells about the disbeliever who does not believe in the Day of Judgment as he is unable to grasp how Allah would resurrect all peoples for it; Allah tells all peoples that even the manner by which He gave life to the mankind is strange but they do see all persons living at the world so it is not difficult for Allah to give life to all persons again even if they take it stranger; so the Surah ends by the same message that the initial AAYAAT of the Surah provided especially AAYAT-4 that tells that Allah has so much control on mankind that He even is able to make the respective fingertips of all persons in exact manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-1 to 6 begin by rejecting the disbelievers who thought that the Day of Judgment is never to come, by word “LA” (Nay; No) and then Allah swears by that day of resurrection because it is so very certain to come; at the second AAYAT too, He rejects their notion and swears by the soul (NAFS) that is self-accusing (has consciousness of guilt so this also tells that the Day of Judgment is certain to take place); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that all of the mankind took oath at the world of spirits that Allah only is their true Lord for whom they certainly would show all obedience (see Surah AARAAF-172); living against this oath does bring guilt inside that leads to deterioration inside and lowers the image that he has of his own which in turn leads to dissatisfaction to life; so Allah takes oath by the self-accusing soul; note that there are three types of NAFS which actually is related to physique of the Man as it denotes his desires inside, whereas basically (i.e. at birth) it is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (and this AAYAT at Surah QIYAMAT mentions it); if it rises to control ROOH (Spirit) of the man with time due to remaining unchecked, it becomes AMMARA (inciting to sins; the one where the physique impresses the Spirit and commands towards wrongs and this was the one that ZELICHA indicated as of hers when she tempted Yusuf-AS; see Surah YOUSUF-53); this type leads to wrongs, with matters getting worse for living of the person except when Allah intends to make things better; this actually is the end-result of taking the mankind among animals and then expecting the righteous guidance from the same to apply to environment that actually must keep to decency in all aspects, if a person has to achieve the true inner satisfaction; if the Spirit of the man rises to make NAFS liable to work under its guidance that is it keeps NAFS attentive to Allah then it becomes MUTMA’INNAH (having total peace without any inclination to wrongs) so it gets control of the physique and of all animal instincts inside (see Surah FAJR-27); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-3, 4 & 5 state that the disbeliever does not understand how Allah would gather dead bones of so many years to resurrect so he needs to understand that not only bones, Allah is so amazingly powerful that He would even complete the texture of the very fingertips of every dead person (though they are totally lost by view of the mankind whereas they are different from all others too); in fact, such disbelievers intend that there remains no mention even, of the Day of Judgment as that worries them and they want to live their lives with such NAFS that gives desires to them and to which they comply without any check; the disbeliever mockingly asks when this event would come to take place; note that the Quran never gives the timing for it but tells clearly that it would come when Allah wills for it; rather, the Quran tells about the happenings at the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the happenings at the Day of Judgment (YAUMUL-QIYAMAT); Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-7 to AAYAT-9, the Ruku depicts the happenings at QIYAMAT and then from AAYAT-10 to AAYAT-15, it depicts the happenings at the day of HASHR (i.e. the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah; these all AAYAAT state, “so when the sight becomes dazed; and the moon becomes dark (and also the sun because of solar eclipse; the word used is KHASAFA which is often used to denote the lunar eclipse yet here it is in literal meaning and means that the moon will become dark) and the sun and the moon are brought together (which happens at solar eclipse as seen from earth); --- man (who lived as wrong-doer at the world) shall say on that day- whither to fly to? by no means! there shall be no place of refuge; with your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest; man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off; rather- man is evidence against himself (as he knows well what he had been doing at his life at the world), though he puts forth his excuses”; AAYAAT ahead ask the Prophet PBUH not to recite the Quran as it descends on him but he shall hear it till the last when the angel Gabriel-AS recites it according to the command of Allah; he does not have to worry about the safety of its text or/and its meanings as Allah would secure it so he has to concentrate on its recitation to remember it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that at those times, memorizing text of some writing was the best manner to its safety and people at Arabia were not much literate then generally, but they had many such persons in them who had astounding memory and they used to memorize the Quran as it descended on the Prophet PBUH; the most notable person among them was Zaid-RA who worked by the blessing of Allah, for the compilation of the Quran at the reign of Abu-Bakr-RA and then also for pronunciation of its words & for its certified presentation at the reign of Usman-RA (see also one of my writings “Expressions of the Quran”); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-20 to AAYAT-25 tell again about the Day of Judgment while AAYAT-26 to AAYAT-30, the last AAYAT of the first Ruku, tell about the plight of a dying person; the former set of AAYAAT state, “nay- (all have to face the Judgment) but you (who do not have any concern for it), love the present life and neglect the hereafter; (some) faces on that day shall be bright, looking to their Lord (i.e. the true Muslims, though they would see Him at JANNAAT yet here looking to Him means waiting at the grounds of HASHR for His command to give them entrance to beautiful gardens at JANNAAT); and (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy, knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity (i.e. all disbelievers who will be dragged to the hell-fire)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the other set of AAYAAT state, “nay- (the departing life) when it comes up to the throat (i.e. when the dying person feels that now he is leaving the world); and it is said- who will be a magician (that may set his life again by his method of cure who blows on him after chanting some words for impression at his inside, as medicines have failed to cure him)? and he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting; and affliction is combined with affliction (the literal translation shall be “when one of calves joins to another” that means all of the lower part of leg, not only the back of it but whole of it, and it denotes reaction to extreme pain in some of dying persons); to your Lord on that day shall be the driving (as angels manifest themselves to the dying person at the time of death)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku of Surah QIYAMAT tells about the disbeliever who does not believe in the Day of Judgment as he is unable to grasp how Allah would resurrect all persons for it so Allah tells that it is not difficult for Allah to give life to all persons again and the Surah ends by the same message that the initial AAYAAT of it provided especially AAYAT-4 which tells that Allah has so much control on mankind that He even is able to make the respective fingertips of all persons in exact manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT of the second Ruku state, “so he (the disbeliever) did not accept the Truth, nor did he pray; but called the Truth a lie and turned back; then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness; nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer; again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer; does man (the disbeliever) think that he is to be left to wander without an aim? was he not a small seed in the seminal elements; then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect; then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female; is not He able to give life to the dead?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT ask to see how the laws applying at the universe are set by Allah rather than call them natural laws; and they ask to care for the Spiritual refinement rather than worry for the physical improvement; and they ask to work for AKHIRAT rather than live-on at the world with efforts to gather wealth or/and to make status at life at the world; may Allah give all good persons TOFIQ to live upon the Truth i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam, and enable them to make the world better by keeping their total attention to work most efficiently for AKHIRAT so that all such persons achieve the true success at the life there as that certainly is the true life; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah DAHR (INSAAN)
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-6)
1. There surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not worth mentioning.
2. Surely We have created man from a small mingled life-germ- We mean to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.
3. Surely We have shown him the way: he may be thankful or unthankful.
4. Surely We have prepared, for the disbelievers, chains and shackles and burning fire.
5. Surely the righteous shall drink of a cup the admixture of which is camphor
6. A fountain from which the servants of Allah shall drink; they make it to flow a (goodly) flowing forth.
7. They fulfill vows and fear the day, the evil of which shall be spreading far and wide.
8. And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive:
9. We only feed you for Allah's sake; we desire from you neither reward nor thanks:
10. Surely we fear from our Lord the stern, distressful day.
11. Therefore Allah will guard them from the evil of that day and cause them to meet with ease and happiness;
12. And He will reward them, because they were patient, with Garden and silk attire,
13. Reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither (the severe heat of) the sun nor intense cold.
14. And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them), being easy to reach.
15. And there shall be made to go round about them vessels of silver and goblets which are of glass,
16. (Transparent as) glass, made of silver; they have measured them according to measure.
17. And they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which shall be ginger,
18. (Of) a fountain therein which is named SALSABIL.
19. And round about them shall go youths never altering in age; when you see them you will think them to be scattered pearls.
20. And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom.
21. Upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick silk interwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink.
22. Surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be recompensed.
23. Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you revealing (it) in portions.
24. Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.
25. And glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.
26. And during part of the night adore Him, and give glory to Him (a) long (part of the) night.
27. Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before them.
28. We created them and made firm their make, and when We please, We will bring in their place the likes of them by change.
29. Surely this is reminder so whoever pleases, he may take way to his Lord.
30. And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;
31. He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.
---------------------
Surah DAHR (that is also named as Surah INSAAN) also came at Makkah and it has two Ruku that comprise of 22 AAYAAT and 9 AAYAAT respectively; it tells mostly about living of the true Muslims at JANNAH where they would be dressed beautifully in the most pleasant surroundings and would have different of wonderful drinks in different of amazing glasses, goblets & cups; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first AAYAT denotes the time when the person was not worth of any mention and that is the time when he was alive at the mother’s womb; note that pregnancy takes place by the combination of an ovum from the female and one of spermatozoa from the male and AAYAT-2 refers to this combination as “mingled life-germ” (i.e. zygote); ova are present in the female from her birth (and thus she is cool inside naturally, waiting for betterment of conditions around) while in contrast, millions of spermatozoa are present at just one average ejaculation that are motile, produced timely at scrotum of the male (and thus he has forceful nature that needs to make its way even in adverse situations he has to face); there remain only four hundred thousand ova inside her at puberty and as about one thousand ripen each month inside her (whereas only one is released towards the womb), a time comes around late forties where the female does not remain capable of reproductive activity any more naturally; note that though only one of spermatozoa fertilizes an ovum (others of ova end off) yet the enormous quantity of them is necessary to affect the ovum with an awe which assists the one that penetrates inside it; the female cell closes entrance to all other male cells once it is fertilized changing into zygote and goes on to attach itself to the wall of the womb; from the third month onwards, the developing pregnancy is called fetus and by this time it is totally recognizable as a human being whereas by Ahadith, we know that by the end of the fourth month, Allah provides its spirit to it and it becomes INSAAN (human being); this is where he/she is not worth mentioning so the first AAYAT denotes the later stage than what the second AAYAT presents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second AAYAT also tells that Allah made him able to hear (by providing him ears) and able to see (by providing him eyes) as He intends to examine him at the world whether he accepts Islamic teachings or rejects them when he comes to know of them; the third AAYAT tells that He also gave him the awareness of the right path so even if he does not get invitation to the Islamic teachings, he is yet able to submit to them by his reflection at inside (that also is termed as QALB i.e. heart, at the Holy Book Quran); AARAAF-179 states, “and certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men; they have hearts (the term used is QULUB which is plural for QALB) with which they do not understand (as they have ignored the Truth), and they have eyes with which they do not see (as they do not see the Truth), and they have ears with which they do not hear (as they do not hear the Truth); they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors (as cattle even, care to see the surroundings occasionally while grazing); these are the heedless ones”; this AAYAT tells that if these blessings of Allah are not used rightfully then they remain as if never used; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-4, 5 & 6 state the results of being unthankful and of being thankful, at AKHIRAT, “surely We have prepared, for the disbelievers (who are unthankful to Allah by not taking His commands into their lives), chains and shackles and burning fire (at hell-fire); surely the righteous (who are thankful to Allah by taking His commands into their lives) shall drink of a cup (of delightful liquid) the admixture of which is camphor (i.e. white and scented very like it so the similarity is in color and aroma yet it is not the organic compound of the world); a fountain (at JANNAH) from which the servants of Allah shall drink; they make it to flow a (goodly) flowing forth (as they would be able to direct a canal from it towards any place if they intend as Allah allows this to them as one of His blessings to them); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT- 7 to 11 state the reason why they receive this blessing, ”they fulfill vows (their liabilities especially their commitment to Allah that they would always remember that He only is their true Lord) and fear the day (of Judgment), the evil of which shall be spreading (upon the disbelievers) far and wide; and they give food when they have love for it to (all needy persons that are) the poor and the orphan and the captive (saying that) we only feed you for Allah's sake (and that statement is to emphasize that though they do find it difficult to part with edibles yet they give it to the needy for Allah’s sake sincerely); we desire from you neither reward nor thanks (their words mean that Allah only will provide us our sustenance at the world with ease and He only will provide us clean pure foods at AKHIRAT with which we would be happy); surely we fear from our Lord the stern, distressful day; therefore Allah will guard them from the evil of that day and cause them to meet with ease (at the world) and happiness (at AKHIRAT)”; note that the translation of AAYAT-8 by Respectable M.H. SHAKIR is, “and they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive”; so he has taken the pronoun to denote Allah that they give food out of love for Him, but I find better to translate the pronoun to denote the love persons have for their edibles so it says, “and they give food when they have love for it to the poor and the orphan and the captive”; at AAYAT-177 of Surah BAQARAH too, his translation reads, “and (the righteousness is) to give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate”; there also, I, MSD, have preferred the translation at my note that “and (the righteousness is) to give away wealth when there is love for it” but my difference to his translation is with the acceptance that his translation might be better; note that AAYAT-177 of Surah BAQARAH implies that the good person must spend amounts to all needy in sequence that are his needy near-relatives, the needy orphans, such needy that are unable to earn to their genuine necessities, the needy way-farers when they become penniless during the travel, the needy persons who ask for some relief for their sustenance and the needy persons who have been taken into captivity while they desperately ask freedom to live-on virtuously, so it clarifies AAYAT of DAHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of Ruku narrate about the residents of JANNAH and they tell about the happiness that they would have at the gardens there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah TOOR also has depicted the life of residents at JANNAH and here, AAYAAT are explicit on the depiction there; the first Ruku of TOOR tells us that Allah would provide them the wonderful fruits there and the meat, that is most refined; Al-Hamdu Lillah; they would get their beautiful cups of wine (and here, there is some elaboration to these beautiful cups too that though they are of silver yet as transparent as glass so their silver is unique) and they would playfully challenge each other by grabbing those cups of wine of each other, but there would never be any foul talks in that nor any cause of sin; we also studied there (as we find here) that there would be such boys at that most pleasant scenario who would be assigned to serve the residents of JANNAH and who would glow handsomely; Al-Hamdu Lillah; keeping these comments in view, we will see AAYAAT ahead that read, “and He will reward them, because they were patient, with Garden and silk attire, reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither (the severe heat of) the sun nor intense cold; and close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them), being easy to reach (at will); and there shall be made to go round about them vessels of silver and goblets which are of glass, (because they are transparent though that is) glass made of silver; they (the serving persons) have measured them according to measure (neither more nor less); and they shall be made to drink therein a cup (of delightful liquid) the admixture of which shall be ginger; (of) a fountain therein (i.e. at JANNAH) which is named SALSABIL; and round about them shall go youths never altering in age; when you see them you will think them to be scattered pearls; and when you see there (O listening person), you shall see blessings and a great kingdom; upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick silk interwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall make them drink pure drink (i.e. most delightful and clean of any intoxicant); surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be recompensed”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so there are two beautiful fountains that have delightful liquids from which Allah would provide drinks to all residents of JANNAH by such boys who would remain at the same age ever; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH at the next Ruku to go on spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam without any alteration, by the Quran as those who get the true guidance, would get it only by this; Allah has descended the Quran upon him in parts so that he remains steadfast on it without any care to offers of disbelievers for compromise and he has to recite-on the name of Allah in the mornings and in the evenings; he has to stand at Salah at nights and recite the Quran at much of nights which means that he would remain attentive to Allah at all times; the disbelievers are totally unable to harm the Prophet PBUH as they are most attentive to gains of the world and most oblivious of the day which would prove most trying for them; may Allah save all good Muslim persons from becoming oblivious of that significant day i.e. the Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah has created all persons and He certainly is able to change these disbelievers by other of persons if He wills, who are most obedient to Allah; but He has created all persons so that He examines them who deserves JANNAH and who does not; note that the opening AAYAAT of this Surah have also given this message; so this Quran is the gift of Allah to the mankind to guide to the right path, whoever does intend to find proximity to Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-30 tells that no person is able to will even, for something unless Allah wills that he does will for it (see also TAKWIR-29); He is ALLEEM so He certainly knows how to take issues ahead that are shaping by the works of the peoples at the world and He is HAKEEM so He certainly molds all things towards the way He intends even by works of the man; when some nation challenges His authority by working against His commands which displeases Him, then some destruction strikes that nation by His command and its adverse impression ends from the world then & there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT notes emphatically that whoever is thankful to Allah at the life at the world with care to the Day of Judgment, he would receive the best of rewards there and whoever is unthankful to Allah, he would be punished most severely; it states, “He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MURSALAAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-4)
1. I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
2. By the raging hurricanes,
3. Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
4. Then separate them one from another,
5. Then I swear by angels who bring down the revelation,
6. To excuse or to warn.
7. Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
8. So when the stars are made to lose their light,
9. And when the heaven is rent asunder,
10. And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
11. And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
12. To what day is the doom fixed?
13. To the day of decision.
14. And what will make you realize what the day of decision is?
15. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
16. Did We not destroy the former generations?
17. So shall We make later generations follow them.
18. Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
19. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
20. Did We not create you from contemptible water?
21. Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,
22. Till an appointed term,
23. So We proportion it- how well are We at deciding the proportion (of things).
24. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
25. Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
26. The living and the dead,
27. And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
28. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
29. Walk on to that which you called a lie.
30. Walk on to the covering having three branches,
31. Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
32. Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
33. As if they were tawny camels.
34. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
35. This is the day on which they shall not speak,
36. And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
37. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
38. This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
39. So if you have some plan, plan against Me (now).
40. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
41. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
42. And fruits such as they desire.
43. Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
44. Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
45. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
46. Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
47. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
48. And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
49. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
50. In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
---------------------
Surah MURSALAAT consists of two Ruku that comprise of forty and ten AAYAAT respectively; at the first four AAYAAT, Allah has taken oath of different winds (though their mention is not by their names) which denote the advent of rain and in this matter, it is much similar to the opening AAYAAT of Surah ZAARIYAAT; at those AAYAAT too, Allah tells about the water that He provides to the earth as He has mentioned here; He has taken the oath of winds there and tells about them that they scatter the water droplets within clouds; then these clouds carry all the water; and then the winds make these clouds glide-on with ease; then finally these clouds provide this water as rainfall at different places and this all happens by the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will to express His statement explicitly though the authentic Ahadith has commanded all Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; AAYAAT ahead there tell that the promise that Allah has made to all of mankind about raising them up from the dead is most true just as the rain brings out crops from the earth from inside of it so the true Judgment for all persons would certainly take place; and here, at Surah MURSALAAT too, AAYAT-7 provides the same reason to oaths that is “most surely what you are threatened with (i.e. the Day of Judgment) must come to pass”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the Holy Book Quran has mentioned the rainfall in relation to raising-up of the dead at the Day of Judgment, at different places; for instance, note that AARAAF-57 states, “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” (see also ROUM-50 and HA-MEEM AS-SAJDAH-39); Al-Hamdu Lillah; for AAYAAT-5 & 6 here that read, “then I swear by angels who bring down the revelation to excuse (such persons who repent on their wrongs) or to warn (such persons who do not repent on their wrongs)”; note that Surah ZAARIYAAT mentions the numerous paths at the sky above the earth (by which the angels ascend and descend to keep check on the mankind by the command of Allah) and so it elucidates these AAYAAT at MURSALAAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 8 to 15 tell about QIYAMAT and about the Day of HASHR, “so when (at the last day of the world) the stars are made to lose their light; and when the heaven is rent asunder; and when the mountains are carried away as dust; and when (at the first day of AKHIRAT i.e. the Day of HASHR), the apostles are gathered at their appointed time; to what day is the doom fixed? to the day of decision (i.e. the Day of HASHR); and what will make you realize what the day of decision is? --- woe on that day to the rejecters”; note that the last statement here i.e. “woe on that day to the rejecters” comes repeatedly at this Surah as this Surah tells how unthankful they are to Allah and what troubles they would see at the day of Judgment (i.e. the Day of HASHR); note also that the answer to ‘what will make the disbelievers realize what the day of decision is’, has been answered by troubles they would face at that day which would be extremely severe to them; this Surah has also told about the righteous persons how happy they would be at JANNAAT and how pleasant their foods and their drinks would be there; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-16 to 24 tell that Allah destroyed such peoples who had challenged Him and He would destroy even those who follow their manner in life as that is His set principle to deal with such peoples; Al-Hamdu Lillah; He tells all peoples that every person is born by contemptible water (semen) and Allah kept him/her at a secured place to develop (i.e. the womb of the mother) till an appointed time and He arranged everything for him/her (which is related to physique and even that, which is related to spirit); one of Ahadith tells that when a person is alive inside the womb of his/her mother, “Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things; he is ordered to write down his deeds, his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be blessed or wretched” (SAHIH Bukhari; at the book of Beginning of Creation); Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT also end by the statement that “woe on that day to the rejecters”; AAYAAT-25 to 34 tell some of His blessings to all peoples of the world so that all persons may live at ease here and they also tell how unpleasant the hell-fire would be which the disbelievers would enter into so the disbelievers would lose that ease which all persons take for granted at life at the world; these blessings of Allah at the world to all persons are that the earth manages all the living and the dead persons within its space and there are high mountains on it which keeps it stable (during its revolution at its orbit); He also gave sweet water to drink to all persons for their sustenance and did not show any discrimination among them; but in contrast, when Allah commands the disbelievers at the grounds of HASHR to stand under the covering of smoke (having three branches) rising from the hell-fire, it would not provide any protection to them against the extreme heat; there would be sparks from the hell-fire which would rise as if they are huge palaces and when they fall and disperse, they still would have volume as of camels that are tawny; these AAYAAT also end by the statement that “woe on that day to the rejecters”; AAYAT-35 to AAYAT-40 (i.e. the last AAYAT of the Ruku) state, “this is the day on which they shall not speak (as no person would speak there except to whom Allah permits), and permission shall not be given to them at the beginning of the day so that they should offer excuses (that Allah gives them another chance as the term of examination is gone away); woe on that day to the rejecters; this is the day of decision (where) We have gathered you and those of yore; so if you have some plan, plan against Me (now); woe on that day to the rejecters”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the wonderful foods and drinks at the pleasant environment for all those righteous persons who cared highly at the world that they do not commit any such deeds that bring the displeasure of Allah; in contrast, the environment of the disbelievers would be the hell-fire and their foods there would be extreme filth as the Holy Book Quran has told explicitly at places as for instance AAYAAT-24, 25, 26 of the next Surah i.e. NABA and AAYAAT-36 & 37 of Surah HAAQQAH; the disbelievers did not show any care to Allah even when the Holy Book Quran asked them most clearly to surrender to Him in all issues of life at the world; the Quran is so very explicit to present all issues in principle as Allah has commanded, that if they do not believe in it when they receive its teachings (because they take the guidance of their whims to understand anything) then they would never ever believe in the Truth; this Ruku that comprises of ten AAYAAT read, “surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains, and fruits such as they desire; eat and drink pleasantly because of what (righteous deeds) you did; surely thus do We reward the doers of good; woe on that day to the rejecters; eat and enjoy yourselves (at the world) for a little; surely you are guilty (and all guilty persons would have filth to eat & drink at the most unpleasant environment); woe on that day to the rejecters; and where it is said to them, ‘bow down’, they do not bow down; woe on that day to the rejecters; in what announcement, then, after it (i.e. the invitation to accept the Truth at the Quran), will they believe?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NABA
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. Of what do they ask one another?
2. About the great event,
3. About which they differ?
4. Nay! they shall soon come to know
5. Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
6. Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
7. And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
8. And We created you in pairs,
9. And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
10. And We made the night to be a covering,
11. And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
12. And We made above you seven strong ones,
13. And We made a shining lamp,
14. And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
15. That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
16. And gardens dense and luxuriant.
17. Surely the day of decision is appointed (day):
18. The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
19. And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
20. And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
21. Surely the hell-fire lies in wait,
22. A place of resort for the inordinate,
23. Living therein for ages.
24. They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
25. But boiling water and most filthy liquid,
26. Requital corresponding.
27. Surely they feared not the account,
28. And called Our AAYAAT a lie, taking (such clear fact) as lie.
29. And We have recorded everything in a book,
30. So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
31. Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
32. Gardens and vineyards,
33. And voluptuous women of equal age;
34. And a pure cup.
35. They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
36. A reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning:
37. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
38. The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.
39. That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
40. Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the disbeliever shall say: O! if only I were dust!
---------------------
Surah NABA has two Ruku that have 30 and 10 AAYAAT respectively that also guides attention to the Day of Judgment; it tells that though Allah has provided all set-up for all persons to live-on their lives at the world with convenience yet at AKHIRAT, those only would receive all convenience who prove themselves rightful to it; the disbelievers in the authority of Allah would only receive intense heat, total filth as foods and extreme boiling water; the last AAYAT of the Surah tells explicitly that every disbeliever would be in such agony at AKHIRAT that he would wish to become dust; it states, “surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand (at the Day of Judgment)- the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before (i.e. whatever good or bad he has done)- and the disbeliever shall say- O! if only I were dust (who had never faced this extreme agony)”; the Surah starts by telling remarks of disbelievers that they ask each other about the Day of Judgment; it tells that they would soon be aware (at their deaths when they see the angels that the Judgment is sure to come); one of Ahadith has noted that “the grave is a garden of the gardens of Paradise (JANNAH) or a pit of the pits of hell-fire” (Tirmidhi); Allah knows better this period of pleasure or agony for every dead person and it might vary for each in quality & quantity; certainly Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-3 states that they differ about the Day of Judgment; note that the disbelievers had different views about it as there were persons among them who did not believe in it and there were others who believed it with such concept that when it comes, they are sure to get all pleasures as Allah cares to provide that to them even if they do not care to live by commands of Allah; still others among them believed it with such concept that they have such intercessors who would get their freedom from the hell-fire from Allah, no matter how they live-on at the world and there were others who lived oblivious to it with hypocrisy that it is nothing to be attentive of, and they did not listen to any guidance towards it; in these current times too, there are such persons who have deluded their own selves by taking much wrong concepts about the Day of Judgment; note that Allah has created the jinn and the mankind so that they all worship Him only at all their issues by the free-will He has provided to them; He tells at Surah ZAARIYAAT-56, “And I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next eleven AAYAAT tell about the blessing of Allah upon all of the mankind at the world as they read, “have We not made the earth an even expanse (so that it is easy to live upon)? -and the mountains as projections (thereon; so that it assists the gravitational force and the earth does not convulse to shake all persons)? -and We created you in pairs (male & female to live in companionship that leads to peace); and We made your sleep to be rest (so that you may work at ease at the daytime); and We made the night to be a covering (of willful activity to provide total rest to the physique); and We made the day (in general) for seeking (virtuous) livelihood; and We made above you seven (skies that are) strong ones; and We made a shining lamp (i.e. the sun at the nearby sky to provide necessary heat, energy and light to work-on); and We send down from the (nearby) clouds, water pouring forth abundantly; that We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, and gardens dense and luxuriant (for convenience of all persons in living-on at the world)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next fourteen AAYAAT till the last of Ruku tell about the Day of HASHR (i.e. the Day of Judgment) and how it would be for the disbelievers; they imply that all person must take the heed while the going is good as when the time of life at the world ends, it would cause utmost terrible agony to the disbelievers; these AAYAAT state, “surely the day of decision (the Day of Judgment) is appointed (day which would certainly take place, but only on the time that Allah has set for it); the day on which the (second) trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts (according to strength or weakness in belief); and the (nearby) heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings (FURQAN-25 says- and on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending-); and the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance (HAAQQAH-14 says- and the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing); surely the hell-fire lies in wait, a place of resort for the inordinate, living therein for ages (and ages); they shall not taste therein cool nor drink (anything soothing) but boiling water and most filthy liquid (that is) requital corresponding; surely they feared not the account (which denotes their deeds that they would see); and called Our AAYAAT a lie, taking (such clear fact that Judgment would take place) as lie; and We have recorded everything in a book (KAHF-49 says- and the book is placed, and you see the guilty fearful of that which is therein as they say ‘what kind of book is this that leaves not a small thing nor a great thing but has counted it’); so taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the second Ruku tells about the successful persons at AKHIRAT and the whole Ruku except for the last AAYAT, reads, “surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement, gardens and vineyards; and voluptuous women of equal age (whom they would marry by permission of Allah); and a pure cup (of wine that does not affect the mind adversely); they shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying (as no person would quarrel there and all persons would refrain totally from abusing any of them at that place); a reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning; (He is) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him (as no person would speak there except by the permission of Allah); the day on which the spirit (Gabriel-AS) and (also other of) the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing (so Allah would permit only those who vow for the righteousness of good persons); that is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord (now at the life here to save himself on that day)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NAZI’AAT
(Consists of 2 Ruku; MK-10)
1. I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
2. And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
3. And by those who float in space,
4. Then those who are foremost going ahead,
5. Then those who regulate the affair.
6. The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
7. What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
8. Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
9. Their eyes cast down.
10. They say: Shall we indeed be restored to first state?
11. What! when we are rotten bones?
12. They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
13. But it shall be only a single cry,
14. When lo! they shall be wakeful.
15. Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
16. When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, TUWA
17. Go to Pharaoh, surely he has become inordinate.
18. Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
19. And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
20. So he showed him the mighty sign.
21. But he rejected (the Truth) and disobeyed.
22. Then he went back hastily.
23. Then he gathered (men) and called out.
24. Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
25. So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
26. Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
27. Are you harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
28. He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
29. And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
30. And the earth, He expanded it after that.
31. He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
32. And the mountains, He made them firm,
33. A provision for you and for your cattle.
34. But when the great predominating calamity comes;
35. The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
36. And the hell-fire shall be made manifest to him who sees
37. Then as for him who is inordinate,
38. And prefers the life of this world,
39. Then surely the hell-fire, that is the abode.
40. And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
41. Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.
42. They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
43. Why (ask they)? what hast thou to tell thereof?
44. unto thy Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof;
45. You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
46. On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
---------------------
Like Surah ZAARIYAAT and Surah MURSALAAT at the last part of the Holy Book Quran, Allah takes oath of angels at the start of Surah NAZI’AAT too that the last day of the world is certain to come and then the Day of the Judgment is also most certain to come; note that at ZAARIYAAT and MURSALAAT, Allah has taken oaths of winds too yet at these initial AAYAAT of NAZI’AAT, His oath relates to angels specifically; these first seven AAYAAT of the Surah state, “I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked (at death which is most painful to them); and by those (angels) who gently draw out the souls of the blessed (which does not give them any pain at death and these both group of angels do their respective tasks according to the command of Allah); and by those (i.e. both groups of these respective angels) who float in space (by the command of Allah, after taking out the soul of the person); then those (i.e. both groups of these respective angels) who are foremost going ahead (by the command of Allah, to the respective places where the soul would go); then those who regulate the affair (by the command of Allah, to settle all of souls to their respective places that are SIJJIN for the wicked and ELIYYEN for the blessed); the day (i.e. of QIYAMAT, the last day of the world, when the angel blows the first trumpet by the command of Allah) on which the quaking one shall quake (that means that the earth would shake most violently and all living creatures on it would die); what must happen afterwards (that means the Day of Judgment as the angel blows the second trumpet by the command of Allah) shall follow it”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT tell that after taking out the soul of some person, the angels who have the soul of the wicked person, transfer it to SIJJIN and the angels who have the soul of the blessed, transfer it to ELIYYEN; these are respective places for the soul of the wicked and for the soul of the blessed and these also are the names of respective books that keep the documents of deeds (at SIJJIN) for the wicked and that keep the documents of deeds (at ELIYYEN) for the blessed; both groups of angels do all tasks swiftly and they do all tasks according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that there is extreme period of time between QIYAMAT and YAMUL-QIYAMAT (i.e. the Day of Judgment), which only Allah knows though for the mankind, it would be as the first and then the second day as they all would be dead during this extreme period; AAYAAT-8 to 12 relate the position of disbelievers at the Day of Judgment; they state, “hearts on that day shall palpitate; their eyes cast down; they say- shall we indeed be restored to first state? what! when we are rotten bones? they said- that then would be a return occasioning loss”; these AAYAAT tell about them that as they used to deny the coming of the Day of Judgment as they saw only the manifest issues and did not care about the facts inside issues, they would face extreme humiliation at that day; note that these disbelievers who denied the occurrence of Judgment, did understand that if it comes, they would be at extreme loss but even with such understanding, they did not believe in it and these AAYAAT clearly tell the outcome of such disbelief; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next AAYAAT tell that when the Judgment comes, it would be a single cry of such high pitch that would wake and bring all persons to the ground of HASHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-15 to AAYAT-26, the last AAYAT of the Ruku, it tells how Allah asked Moses-AS to go to Pharaoh and how Pharaoh reacted to his TABLIGH; these AAYAAT read, “Has not there come to you the story of Musa? when his Lord called upon him in the holy valley TUWA; go to Pharaoh, surely he has become inordinate; then say- have you (a desire) to purify yourself (becoming believer in Allah, the true Lord); and I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear; so he showed him the mighty sign (that his staff changed into serpent); but he (the Pharaoh) rejected (the Truth) and disobeyed; then he went back hastily; then he gathered (men) and called out; then he said- I am your lord, the most high (he used the word RABB for himself); so Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life (i.e. of the world); most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears (that if Pharaoh could not remove the punishment from himself at the world and he is unable to do so even at AKHIRAT, how would others remove it from themselves if they disbelief in the Truth)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that Pharaoh said to the people that he is their RABB but he did not claim that he has anything to do with the creation of the universe as that would have been blatant untruth; this is why Abraham-AS left Nimrod (who also took himself as RABB of his people) dumbfounded by asking him to bring the sun out from the west (see also the note at the thirty-fifth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH); note that RABB of a person means whom he obeys unconditionally taking him the standard for the right manner to lead the life at the world for its improvement ahead; note also that Allah (the only Creator of all creation Who always has all His authority) is the only true RABB (the only true Lord) of all His creation and all do obey Him totally but the jinn and the man have to obey Him by their own freewill for all aspects of life as they also are His slaves, unconditionally; if someone obeys any of men, it would only be so when he commands in accordance with the commands of Allah or his command does not challenge the commands of Allah in any manner, as there is no other RABB (in the meaning that has been noted) truly; note that its use literally is for the owner of something (as the person who is the owner of some specific amounts is named as RABBUL-MAAL) and it also literally used to denote the owner of some person as his slave and Surah YOUSUF-50 records the statement of Joseph-AS that he said to the person who came to tell him that the king intends to see him; it reads, “he (Joseph) said - return unto your RABB (i.e. the king in the literal sense) and ask him what was the case of the women who cut their hands - my RABB (i.e. Allah, the true Lord) knows their guile”; so this single AAYAT has the term in both the literal sense and in the specific meaning; see also Surah AARAAF-172 which tells that all persons took the oath at the world of spirits to serve Allah as RABB and the first AAYAT of the Holy Book Quran that notes that He only is the true RABB of all worlds that He has created; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this recognition that Allah only is the true RABB, would lead all persons to have TAQWA (that means the attitude of the heart that comes by the true Belief upon Allah with both fear and hope towards Him when the person has totally thrown away all the worldly base desires completely); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next seven AAYAAT tell about the mighty authority of Allah and how He has cared for the sustenance of the mankind at the world; these AAYAAT state, “are you harder to create or the heaven? He made it; He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state (by such laws that it remains beneficial to all men at the earth and even to jinn and angels); and He made dark its night and brought out its light (as the light at the earth depends on the sun that is at the sky); and the earth, He expanded it after that; He brought forth from it (at its creation) its water and its pasturage; and the mountains, He made them firm (to strengthen the earth); a provision for you and for your cattle”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this detail relates to the time when Allah created the heaven and the earth so from then, the heaven (the nearby sky) contains numerous stars, planets, planetoids, comets, heavenly stones and many other objects, that include extremely huge & extremely small bodies, which are bound to the law of gravitation according to the command of Allah; the extremely huge bodies keep to their orbits without any feasible chance of collision as that would be deadly to the earth even if that occurs far-away to it; and even this heaven nearby to earth is so very vast that the distances are counted by the speed that light travels which is 186000 miles per second (approx. 300000 km/s); and there are stars, the light of which takes several years to come to earth (so we see them at heaven at their position years ago); this detail is for the heaven nearby the earth whereas there are total seven of heavens that are above us; we do have learnt much about the universe but we have learnt nothing; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of Surah tell about the Day of Judgment and extreme agony inside that the disbelievers would have as they see the hell-fire; they also tell about the peace inside that the true believers in the Truth would have as they find that JANNAH would be their abode; and they also tell about the task that the Prophet PBUH had towards the disbelievers that he had to warn them so that such persons who do fear the torments of that day, come to accepting the Truth; note that the disbelievers used to ask the Prophet PBUH about the Day of Judgment when it would occur to which Allah answered at these AAYAAT that why do they ask the Prophet PBUH about the time it would occur; he has no concern to it and he only has to warn them that it would come; Allah only would judge all peoples of the world at that time while it would seem to disbelievers that the life they had led at the world, is only fraction of this day; note that the Day of Judgment is of 1000 years by count at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last Ruku of ZAARIYAAT also mentions the blessings of Allah how He has provided shelter to all of mankind as He intends total obedience of His commands from all of mankind; there at AAYAT-56, He has told the only true aim of life explicitly, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; the mention of only the jinn and the mankind is because Allah has provided freewill to these both only and He asks them to surrender themselves to Him only, by that freewill; they must fulfill the commands of Allah, the true Lord, with total vigor; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, from AAYAT-34 to AAYAT-45 at NAZI’AAT, the Ruku states, “but when the great predominating calamity (i.e. the Day of Judgment) comes; the day on which man shall recollect what he strove after (at the life at the world); and the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees; then as for him who is inordinate (and has lived by challenge to the commands of Allah) and prefers the life of this world (upon the life at AKHIRAT) then surely the hell-fire, that is the abode; and as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires (that is lustful desires as it is easier to avoid wealth of the world and status therein for virtuous persons yet women may affect them even, adversely), then surely the garden-- that is the abode; they ask you about the hour, when it will come; why (ask they)? what have you to tell thereof? unto your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof; you are only a warner to him who would fear it”; certainly, Allah only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ABAS;
MK-3
(each Surah has one Ruku from here)
1. He frowned and turned (his) back,
2. Because there came to him the blind man.
3. And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
4. Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
5. As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
6. To him do you address yourself.
7. And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
8. And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
9. And he fears,
10. From him will you divert yourself.
11. Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
12. So let him who pleases mind it.
13. In honored books,
14. Exalted, purified,
15. In the hands of scribes
16. Noble, virtuous.
17. Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
18. Of what thing did He create him?
19. Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
20. Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)
21. Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
22. Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
23. Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
24. Then let man look to his food,
25. That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
26. Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
27. Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
28. And grapes and clover,
29. And the olive and the palm,
30. And thick gardens,
31. And fruits and herbage
32. A provision for you and for your cattle.
33. But when the deafening cry comes,
34. The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
35. And his mother and his father,
36. And his spouse and his son--
37. Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
38. (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
39. Laughing, joyous.
40. And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
41. Darkness shall cover them.
42. These are they who are disbelievers, the wicked.
---------------------
Surah ABAS tells most clearly that the task of the Prophet PBUH is to present the Islamic teachings to all persons but he has no liability to see that anyone of them does come to Islam but in his TABLIGH, he needs to see whom to prefer among his addressee; it consists of one Ruku and each Surah ahead has one Ruku from here till the last of the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there is an event related to the first few AAYAAT of the Surah that insha Allah we would learn to understand these AAYAAT in better way; it happened that once Muhammad PBUH, the last of Messengers of Allah, was engaged in conveying the message of Islam to some chief of Makkah who was one of the disbelievers; at that very time, the blind Sahabi Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM-RA, arrived and asked the Prophet PBUH to give him some guidance by Islam at issues; note that Sahabi means one of companions of the Prophet PBUH and note also that Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM was among the staunch believers in Islam; now, as he insisted upon his query whereas the Prophet PBUH was much keen to get the chief towards Islam, he was much disturbed by the blind Sahabi and his face did show his displeasure; he ignored him and went on to provide the message of Islam to the chief there; Ibn-Umm-e-MAKTUM sensed that his interruption has disturbed the Prophet PBUH and left the place; at this, these initial AAYAAT of Surah ABAS descended to the Prophet PBUH which asked him not to ignore any such person who intends to improve himself by Islam in preference to some person who is clearly not interested in accepting Islam, especially if the former is among the poor ones and the latter has immense wealth and also some status among some peoples around; when the Prophet PBUH provides the message of Islam explicitly, his task is done and he would not insist on it to bring any person to Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; keeping to this, the understanding to these AAYAAT is most feasible insha Allah; AAYAT-1 to AAYAT-12 state, “he (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) frowned and turned (his) back, because there came to him the blind man; and what would make you know that he would purify himself (by learning more about Islam by the Quran); or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him (in his good deeds)? as for him (the disbeliever) who considers himself free from need (of you), to him do you address yourself; and no blame is on you if he would not purify himself (as when the Prophet PBUH has provided the message of Islam, his job is done); and as to him who comes to you striving hard, and he fears, from him will you divert yourself; nay! surely it (i.e. the Quran) is an admonishment; so let him who pleases, mind it”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead tell about the Holy Book Quran that even if a person among disbelievers, does not accept it, that brings harm to him only and not to the Holy Book Quran; it is so very respectful that it remains as the most authentic of Books of Allah in the significant LAUHE-MAHFUZ, the Book where all of significant matters are written; it has been provided to the mankind through Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, and most noble and totally virtuous angels are assigned to care for it; note that all angels are noble, virtuous and most obedient to Allah and the mention here of angels at care for the Quran, is only to mark their good traits too; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-17 to 23 tell about the disbelieving person where he is termed as cursed; note that wherever curse is mentioned upon a person in the Quran, it denotes the disbeliever; these AAYAAT state, “cursed be man (the disbeliever)! how ungrateful is he (as he disobeys Allah at his life at the world- does he not know) of what thing did He create him? of a small seed, He created him, then He made him according to a measure (making all his parts in harmony to each other for him to work efficiently), then (as for) the way (for his arrival to the world), He has made it easy (for him); then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave (that is again his stay to go ahead though much longer than his stay at the uterus), then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again (to face the Judgment); nay; but he has not done what He bade him”; to understand this last sentence, note that all men have only one aim of life that is to worship Allah only, to keep their attention to Him only and obey Him truly in all issues of life unconditionally; Al-Hamdu Lillah; but the disbeliever keeps to his own whims and does not care for commands of Allah so he would be extreme loser at the Day of Judgment as all persons among the mankind have taken the oath to obey Allah only, at the world of spirits; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the nine AAYAAT ahead tell how Allah has cared for the mankind (all of them) for foods so that no person worries about his basic sustenance in any way; there is huge variety of vegetables and of fruits for all persons in plenty because they never cease to grow and only by blunders of men or/and by their insensitive attitude towards fellow-beings, they face scarcity of anything; we read at ZAARIYAAT-58, “surely Allah is He Who Bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong”, so most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-33 to the last of the Surah, the Ruku narrates about the Day of Judgment that there would be an ignoring attitude among such persons who had not yet received freedom from the hell-fire; they would be oblivious to their close relatives, rather they would avoid them willfully; these last AAYAAT state, “but when the deafening cry comes; the day on which a man shall fly from his brother, and his mother and his father, and his spouse and his son; every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him; (many) faces on that day shall be bright, laughing, joyous; and (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust; darkness shall cover them; these are they who are disbelievers, the wicked”; note that it is most feasible to live remaining most charitable to the needy at the world to get closer to Allah whereas the related persons to the man, may even say that he is certainly foolish in the expenditure of his resources; however for AKHIRAT, he needs to remain caring to his own self with all his attention to Allah so much whereas the related persons to him, may even say that he does seem to be much selfish in these matters; this is how he would save himself from the commotion that the wrongdoers would face at that day; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TAKWIR;
MK-2
1. When the sun is covered,
2. And when the stars darken,
3. And when the mountains are made to pass away,
4. And when the camels are left untended,
5. And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
6. And when the seas are set on fire,
7. And when souls are sorted out (like with like),
8. And when the female infant buried alive is asked
9. For what sin she was killed,
10. And when the books are spread,
11. And when the heaven has its covering removed,
12. And when the hell is kindled up,
13. And when the garden is brought nigh,
14. Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
15. But nay! I swear by the planets,
16. That run their course (and) hide themselves,
17. And the night when it departs,
18. And the morning when it brightens,
19. Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
20. Endued with strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Throne,
21. Who is obeyed, and faithful in trust.
22. And your companion is not gone mad.
23. And he had seen the angel on the clear horizon.
24. Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
25. Nor is it the word of the cursed Satan,
26. Whither then will you go?
27. It is naught but a reminder for nations,
28. For him among you who pleases to go straight.
29. And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
---------------------
Surah TAKWIR is also one of the earliest Surah to descend on the Prophet PBUH and it also guides attention that Allah is the only true Lord Who has provided the Quran to the Prophet PBUH through the revered angel Gabriel-AS with total security to it as He has set the world in such order that the true guidance remains evident to all peoples; it also presents six of events of the last day of the world as the angel blows the first trumpet by the command of Allah and also six of events of the Day of Judgment as the angel blows the second trumpet; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first six AAYAAT present the six events of the last day as they read, “when the sun is covered (i.e. the sunlight ends); and when the stars darken (i.e. they all lose their lights); and when the mountains are made to pass away (as the Quran has narrated at AAYAT-5 of WAQI’AH; AAYAT-14 of HAAQQAH, AAYAT-9 of MA’ARIJ and at many other places including NAML-88 & TA-HA-105, 106, 107; Al-Hamdu Lillah); and when the camels (that are at their best value) are left untended; and when the wild animals are made to go forth (at cities among men without any trouble to them or to their own-selves); and when the seas are set on fire (that is Allah would set all of them ablaze)”; just as they end, the next seven AAYAAT present the six events at the Day of Judgment and the additional AAYAT is because they relate the second event in two AAYAAT; then AAYAT-14 tell explicitly that every person would see his due result most clearly; all these eight AAYAAT read, “and when souls are sorted out (at Judgment, like with like; so the good persons getting JANNAH would be at one side and the disbelievers getting hell-fire would be at other); and when the female infant buried alive is asked (her witness to punish those severely who had buried her alive), for what sin she was killed (or was it just their pride which took her life); and when the books (i.e. the documents of deeds of all persons) are spread; and when the heaven has its covering removed (this has been told at different places and among them are NABA-19 which says –‘and the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings’-, HAAQQAH-16 & 17 which says –‘and the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail; and the angels shall be on the sides thereof‘-, FURQAN-25 which says -‘and on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending’- see also the first few AAYAAT of the next Surah); and when the hell-fire is kindled up (even more and brought nigh to the disbelievers); and when the garden is brought nigh (to the good persons); (on that day) every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared (for itself to get, whether it is the hell-fire or whether it is JANNAH)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the female child at those times of JAHILIYYAT (extreme ignorance) in Arabia before the advent of Islamic teachings therein, was taken such liability that there were such hard-hearted persons who buried her at infancy; however, there were such good-hearted persons at that period too who used to save them from such extreme injustice; one of such persons who had saved many such female children, had asked the Prophet PBUH if he would get good returns for this which he had done at JAHILIYYAT, to which he had replied that due to this, Allah had given him TOFIQ to accept Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that when there is the mention of opening of heaven at the Day of Judgment, the term “heaven” remains in singular which denotes that the sky nearby above the earth, would only be affected whereas the mention of rain also has the term in singular only; this is the heaven that we see and with all its amazing vastness, it is but only the first heaven among the seven of them and certainly, Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead explicitly tell that Allah has given ample protection to the Quran as He has appointed the most revered angel Gabriel to take this most beautiful message to the most appreciated person among the mankind, i.e. His last Messenger Muhammad PBUH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that when Allah takes oath of something, it is most related to the issue that He presents by that oath and though the Quran is direct in its address to mankind, yet such oaths may provide symbols that are related to the addressed issues; Allah swears by the planets and these are five that are visible to the naked eye which are Mercury and Venus (nearer to the sun than earth) and outer planets that are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn that run their respective courses in their own orbits (at the given area of zodiac at the sky) and sometimes are so very near to the sun that they hide themselves in its rays as seen from earth; they also seem to go backwards sometimes as seen from earth but this retrograde motion is relative to earth as they go ahead only, keeping to their respective courses in their orbits; this mention of planets expresses the course that angels take going to & fro from the earth putting commands of Allah upon it according to His direction (hiding themselves from the mankind) and when His Messengers were coming to the world, they used to provide the message of Allah to them explicitly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah also swears by the night as it departs and the morning at its arrival which expresses constant change in situation at issues in the world as sometimes it seems that darkness of ignorance to the Truth has taken hold of issues yet then change does come and it manifests for all to see clearly; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that at Surah NAJM too, Allah took the oath of NAJM (the star) at the very first AAYAT there which reads, “I swear by the star (the last one of them as the light dawns) when it goes down (i.e. fades away)”; it tells that the Quran has come to the world through Muhammad PBUH, the last Messenger of Allah, and all other of guidance that He sent before, have faded away as stars vanish from the sight as the sun rises; like Surah TAKWIR here, it also tells that Muhammad PBUH got the Quran from angel Gabriel by the command of Allah whom he had seen couple of times in his angelic form too; also, it tells that the Prophet PBUH did not err in seeing him or in his recognition so when even the disbelievers take him the most truthful person among them, how do they reject his teachings (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) which he provides to them; they undoubtedly need to revise their attitude towards the Prophet PBUH and believe in him most committedly; AAYAAT here too, from 19 ahead to the last of the Surah (except for its very last AAYAT), tell most clearly that Allah, Who has all the true authority, has sent the Holy Book Quran through the most revered angel Gabriel-AS to Muhammad PBUH, the most truthful of all persons and totally committed to provide the message of Allah sincerely without asking any returns from them, to save all persons from torments at AKHIRAT; he tells the matters that are hidden but well-established to take place relating to the future as Allah has told all about them to him, and he is not like soothsayers who ask for material benefits for whatever they tell in which they add many fibs; in addition, the beautiful gift to mankind that he has received from Allah i.e. the Quran, is most explicit in all its teachings without any contradiction therein whereas Allah has protected it so beautifully that the Satan is totally unable to add anything in it or to erase anything from it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so what idiocy it is of disbelievers to disbelieve in it and take other courses than what it guides to, as it only is the Guidance to the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT state, “most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger (i.e. Gabriel-AS who recites it to Muhammad PBUH so he gets it totally as Allah has told Gabriel- he is) endued with strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Throne- who (i.e. Gabriel) is obeyed, and faithful in trust; and your companion (i.e. the Prophet PBUH) is not gone mad; and he had seen the angel (i.e. Gabriel) on the clear horizon; nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer (but he provides the message of Allah most explicitly without asking for anything from any person, so that every person takes care to save himself at AKHIRAT); nor is it the word of the cursed Satan (as the cursed Satan is unable to penetrate into its contents in any manner); whither then will you go?- it (the Quran) is naught but a reminder for (all of) nations- for him among you who pleases to go straight (at the right path)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT in this sequence tells that only because of TOFIQ that Allah gives to some person, he/she accepts the Truth as no person is able to take-up the Guidance to the right path for his/her whole life unless Allah wills for it; note that TOFIQ means that Allah provides something good as the reward to some good deeds that the recipient has done before; however, if taken in general, this last AAYAT tells that no person is able to intend even, for anything unless Allah wills that he intends for it; so it denotes the complete control of Allah over all ongoing matters of the world too which He is taking to righteousness even by whatever the persons at the world are doing as they are unable to intend even, against the will of Allah Who certainly is AZIZ (Mighty) and HAKEEM (Truly Wise); this last AAYAT states, “and you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah INFITAAR
MK-11
1. When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
2. And when the stars become dispersed,
3. And when the seas are made to flow forth,
4. And when the graves are laid open,
5. Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
6. O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
7. Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
8. Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
9. Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
10. And most surely there are keepers over you
11. Honorable recorders,
12. They know what you do.
13. Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
14. And most surely the wicked are in burning hell-fire,
15. They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
16. And they shall by no means be absent from it.
17. And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
18. Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
19. The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
---------------------
Surah INFITAAR came at Makkah and it is very near to its previous Surah and Surah MURSALAAT, as it also depicts QIYAMAT and the Day of Judgment (i.e. YAUMUL-QIYAMAT) explicitly; the first three AAYAAT present the events after the angel blows the first trumpet, and the fourth that says- “and when the graves are laid open”- tells about the event that would happen as the angel blows the second trumpet; note that Surah TAKWIR has narrated at AAYAT-6 -“and when the seas are set on fire”- after the first trumpet and here, they are mentioned to flow forth after the first trumpet so the sequence seems that they all would flow forth and all waters, salty or sweet, would merge; then Allah would set many of them ablaze by His will at the last day of the world that seems much lengthier than any of ordinary days and certainly Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-5 tells, “every soul shall know what it has sent before and (what it) held back”; this means that every person lives his life by preferences of attitudes so the righteous believers preferred AKHIRAT and sent much of good deeds for it and never leaned towards the worldly benefit when its effect was to diminish the virtues at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and the disbelievers cared for the world, its wealth and status, even if that affected their respective documents of deeds much adversely; certainly, every soul shall know how he has done at AKHIRAT by preferences he took at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 to 8 tell about the blessing of Allah upon each person that He has not only created every person but He also has made every organ in him/her to function according to need and made all of them complementary to each other in his/her physique whereas He made his/her facial features in such manner that he/she remains unique from others for due recognition; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAAT give the message that all persons need to show gratitude to Allah on this huge blessing, for which they have to practice His commands in their lives at the world and in addition, they have to believe totally that Allah, who has shaped their respective bodies so beautifully with organs to complement each other for different significant works, has total authority to bring them back to life too for the judgment of their doings, after their deaths at the specific Day of Judgment; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-9 tells that even with such observation that clearly leads to believing in Allah, the true Lord, and to believing in the true unending life at AKHIRAT (the first day of which is the Day of Judgment), there are many such persons who deny the coming of that specific day; the next three AAYAAT convey that Allah has appointed most respectable angels to monitor all persons and those angels are well-aware of doings of persons whom they monitor by the command of Allah; this tells that every person ought to know well that he shall never get away with any of wrongs he commits though if he surrenders sincerely to Allah living by His commands, Allah hopefully would pardon him and give him space ahead to show his sincerity; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead till the last of the Surah tell the respective results of the good persons and of the wrong-doers that they would receive at the Day of Judgment; the word used for the Day of Judgment is “YAMUD-DIN” which means the day of results and these AAYAAT read, “most surely the righteous are in bliss (in JANNAH); and most surely the wicked are in burning hell-fire; they shall enter it on the day of judgment and they shall by no means be absent from it (i.e. even if they intend for it and they would remain in the hell-fire forever); and what will make you realize what the day of judgment is? again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is (when all observation shows that everything in His creation manifests balance in their respective works and there are still such persons who yet disbelieve)? the day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's”; note that Allah has command over all His creation at all times yet at that time, His command would manifest for all to see so the AAYAT refers to that whereas it denotes the most meek position of the man at the grounds of HASHR; certainly, Allah only has all the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
-------------------------------------------------------
Surah MUTAFFIFIN (TATFIF)
MK-12
1. Woe to the defrauders,
2. Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,
3. But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.
4. Do not these think that they shall be raised again
5. For a mighty day,
6. The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?
7. Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the SIJJIN.
8. And what will make you know what the SIJJIN is?
9. It is a written book.
10. Woe on that day to the rejecters,
11. Who give the lie to the day of judgment.
12. And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one
13. When Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
14. Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts.
15. Nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.
16. Then most surely they shall enter the burning hell-fire.
17. Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.
18. Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the ELIYYEN.
19. And what will make you know what the highest ELIYYEN is?
20. It is a written book,
21. Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.
22. Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,
23. On thrones, they shall gaze;
24. You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.
25. They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others).
26. The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers aspire.
27. And the admixture of it is a water of TASNIM,
28. A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).
29. Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.
30. And when they passed by them, they winked at one another.
31. And when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting.
32. And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error;
33. And they were not sent to be keepers over them.
34. So today those who believe shall laugh at the disbelievers;
35. On thrones, they will look.
36. Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.
---------------------
Surah TATFIF descended of the Prophet PBUH at his last times in Makkah before HIJRAT and it guides to care about the fellow beings in the ordinary business of life; the Surah begins with the direction that all persons must care not to inflict any losses to any of persons at the business transactions; note that Islam is DEEN which provides principles for all in all issues of life to put into their practice with total attention towards Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; its initial AAYAAT state, “woe to the defrauders (who cheat in business transactions); who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully but when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient (to profit by cheating); do not these think that they shall be raised again for a mighty day (i.e. the Day of Judgment), the day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?”; we have studied that Allah destroyed the nation of SHOAIB-AS by a deadly earthquake who had one of ills that they used to cheat in measure and weight at their business transactions; AARAAF-85 states, “and to MADIAN (We sent) their brother SHOAIB; he said- O my people - serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear proof indeed has come to you from your Lord, therefore give full measure and weight and do not diminish to men their things, and do not make mischief in the land after its reform; this is better for you if you are believers”; note that the mention of business transactions include even the service that a person is employed at, so he shall provide his efficiency to his work with honest attitude; likewise, the employer shall not put additional works on his employee or ask his additional time for work than he has required initially except by mutual consent; also, besides business transactions, the full measure denote to care about the rights of others that they have on the person including especially his relatives, neighbors and all people in touch in the best possible way (but they also need to care for their liabilities towards him and this actually would lead all surroundings to virtuous living); so, note here that these AAYAAT ask righteous attitudes in all issues of life and they are not limited to business transactions only; these AAYAAT tell the psyche of the wrongdoers who do not care for others, that they have lost the sense of balance in their attitudes so it denotes that they do not truly believe in the Day of Judgment where Allah would weigh all deeds of all persons at the amazing scales there, which would be most efficient and highly worthy in its work; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead reject the base that they have taken for living their lives at the world as they prefer the assets & the status at the world upon the true success at AKHIRAT; from AAYAT-7 to AAYAT-17, the Ruku reads, “nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the SIJJIN; and what will make you know what the SIJJIN is?; it is written book (and the place where the spirits of the disbelievers reside after their deaths, with awareness until the period Allah wills); woe on that day to the rejecters, who give the lie to the day of judgment (i.e. they deny it) and none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one; when Our AAYAAT are recited to him, he says- stories of those of yore; nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts; nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from (showing their gratitude to) their Lord; then most surely they shall enter the burning hell-fire; then shall it be said- this is what you gave the lie to”; some of things that are mentioned here, ask for some explanatory comments and these are “SIJJIN” and the mention of “rust upon their hearts” and “they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord”; note that after taking out the soul of some person, the angels who have the soul of the wicked person, transfer it to SIJJIN and the angels who have the soul of the blessed, transfer it to ELIYYEN; these are respective places for the soul of the wicked and for the soul of the blessed and these also are the names of respective books that keep the documents of deeds (at SIJJIN) for the wicked and that keep the documents of deeds (at ELIYYEN) for the blessed; both groups of angels do all tasks swiftly and they do all tasks according to the command of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that at the death of a person, his/her document of deeds is sealed as then nothing enters into it so when he/she rises from the grave, he/she would get his/her own respective document of deeds at the grounds of HASHR; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, there is an authentic Hadith that needs attention here as it is related to this subject; the Prophet PBUH said, “when a person dies, his deeds are cut off from him except three, perpetual SADAQAH, knowledge from which benefit is derived and righteous children who pray for him” (Tirmidhi); this Hadith relates to the issue of “EETHALE-THAWAB” (to transfer goodness to the deceased or/and even to the living persons) and it is much misunderstood even at scholarly discussions; it does not mean that the space for the deceased person to gain virtuous deeds continues, rather it means that three things continue to benefit him even after his death and those are the wealth he spent as SADAQAH which had benefitted the needy so he asks Allah for his safety, and the knowledge that he spread by his good words which had benefitted the seekers of the Truth (i.e. fundamental teachings of Islam) so they ask Allah for his safety, and the well-mannered virtuous children which he left behind so they ask Allah for his safety and to give him JANNAH (Paradise); note that this does not mean that even now he has any more space to collect any of righteous deeds but it means that those who have benefitted from him, may ask Allah for his safety and Allah, if He wills, may provide His mercy to him if he, though sinful by some of his deeds, is one of the good believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam; note also that even at AKHIRAT, Allah may give permission to some most virtuous persons to ask Allah for safety of some sinful persons though obviously, the space for those sinful persons to collect any of good deeds has totally ended but they must necessarily be among the true believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; about the rust upon the hearts of extreme sinners mentioned at AAYAAT here, note that there is an authentic Hadith which tells that the Prophet PBUH said, “when someone commits a sin, a black dot is marked on his heart; when he abandons it and seeks forgiveness and repents, his heart is cleaned (and spotless), but if he persists and returns (to the sin), then the dots are added till blackness covers his heart” (Tirmidhi); note that the Hadith has also clarified that the best manner to cleanse the heart is to remember death at all times and to read on the Holy Book Quran with high awareness to its most basic contents; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these AAYAT also mention about the disbelievers that “they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord”; this actually tells that Allah would show some sign about Him at the grounds of HASHR to which the believers would show their gratitude to Him with total obeisance to Him but the disbelievers would be unable to show any gratitude to Him at that crucial time; Surah NOON (AL-QALAM)-42 states about the day of HASHR, “the Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they (the disbelievers) shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able”; note that “the shin shall be laid bare” refers to an attribute of Allah about which no comment is possible; this is just as the Quran has told about the hand of Allah (see MA’EDAH-64) and this is called MUTASHABIH (the meaning of which are not evident to anyone and it is not necessary for him to know that in the understanding of the Quran); no one shall give any final interpretation to such AAYAAT whereas the only right thing for him to say on this is that Allah knows better; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this AAYAT of NOON conveys that those who did not care to remember Allah in their issues at the world, they would be unable to make obeisance there at AKHIRAT whereas the believers would show their total gratitude to Allah; note that the believers would see Allah when they have entered JANNAH as the highest of His blessings to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-18 to AAYAT-28, the Ruku reads, “nay (Allah would not put the believers to any troubles)! most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the ELIYYEN; and what will make you know what the highest ELIYYEN is? it is written book (and the place for the virtuous spirits to reside); those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it; most surely the righteous shall be in bliss (when they enter JANNAH), on thrones, they shall gaze; you will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss (as faces do represent the situation inside); they are made to quaff of a pure drink (of wine) that is sealed (to others); the sealing of it is musk (and it would be provided to them at JANNAH in beautiful vessels); and for that let the aspirers aspire (as competition shall remain for issues of AKHIRAT rather than for issues of the world); and the admixture of it is water of TASNIM, a fountain (the most clean water of which is specific for most virtuous believers to drink and from it, water would be added to all vessels of the pure drink) from which drink they, who are drawn near (to Allah)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-29 to the last AAYAT of the Surah, the Ruku tells about the disbelievers how they used to mock the virtuous believers at the world and how they ended-up in the most disgraceful situation that made their own selves into stuff to mock; they would have no one to blame at their most extreme disrespect (with the most extreme torment to them) but their own selves when they get the result that they truly deserved; these AAYAAT read, “surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe; and when they passed by them, they winked at one another (because they considered the believers to follow the way of losers); and when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting; and when they saw them, they said- most surely these (the believers) are in error (because they considered that the believers prefer unseen profits of AKHIRAT upon seen profits of the world)-; and they were not sent to be keepers over them (so why do they mock the believers while they need to care about their own selves and mind their own business); so today those who believe shall laugh at the disbelievers (by the permission of Allah, until they balance the mocking attitude which the disbelievers had shown against them at the world); on thrones, they will look (at the situation of disbelievers); surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah INSHIQAQ
MK-11
1. When the heaven bursts asunder,
2. And obeys its Lord and it must.
3. And when the earth is stretched,
4. And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
5. And obeys its Lord and it must.
6. O man! surely you must strive-on to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
7. Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
8. He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
9. And he shall go back to his people joyful.
10. And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
11. He shall invoke destruction,
12. And enter into the burning hell-fire.
13. Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
14. Surely he thought that he would never return.
15. Yea! surely his Lord does ever watch him.
16. But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
17. And the night and that which it enshrouds,
18. And the moon when it grows full,
19. That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
20. But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
21. And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
22. Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
23. And Allah knows best what they hide,
24. So announce to them a painful punishment;
25. Except those who believe and do good; for them is the reward that shall never be cut off.
---------------------
Like many other MAKKI Surah at the last of the Holy Book Quran, Surah INSHIQAQ also guides towards AKHIRAT; note that AYAT-48 at the last Ruku of Surah Ibrahim, tells explicitly that the looks of the earth and even the looks of heavens would be changed; the first five AAYAAT of Surah INSHIQAQ tell about this by words that “when the heaven is split asunder; and obeys its Lord and it must; and when the earth is stretched (so it may become stationary at that time); and casts forth what is in it (i.e. the dead and its mineral deposits etc.) and becomes empty; and obeys its Lord and it must”; so there would be some major change at the earth and at heavens for the set-up of that specific day; but the difference in these both AAYAAT is that here, the AAYAT relates heaven in singular whereas IBRAHIM-48 mentions it in plural; note about the AAYAT at Surah IBRAHIM that it reads, “on the day, when the earth shall be changed into a different earth, and the heavens; and they shall come forth before Allah, the One, the Supreme”; but this AAYAT at Surah IBRAHIM has not mentioned categorically for heavens that ‘it shall be changed into different heavens’ so this tells that the change at heavens would remain as viewed from the earth at that specific day whereas the earth and the heaven near to it would undergo some specific physical changes according to the will of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah IBRAHIM had come to the Prophet PBUH about 18 months before Surah INSHIQAQ and its last Ruku too, is much related to mentioning of the Day of Judgment; the ten AAYAT ahead from 6 to 15 here, tell that all persons are going on towards meeting Allah, the true Lord, no matter in what pursuit they involve themselves at the world; those who care to live by commands of Allah, they would certainly achieve the true success at AKHIRAT while those who ignore the commands of Allah, they would certainly enter the hell-fire and they would then, remain at extreme agony; this all is certain to happen; Al-Hamdu Lillah, these AAYAAT read, “O man! (it is your destiny that you remain in some works at the world but whatever the pursuit) surely you must strive-on (i.e. go-on steadily) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him; then as to him who is given his book (his document of deeds) in his right hand, he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning (as there would be no scrutiny to his document of deeds) and he shall go back to his people joyful (on his success); and as to him who is given his book behind his back (as many of disbelievers would have their hands tied behind and others of them would put their hands at back in attempt to avoid taking their respective documents), he shall invoke destruction (that he is put to death but his plea would be rejected) and (he would rather) enter into the burning hell-fire; surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers (at the world); surely he thought that he would never return (and went on with his life at the world with ignorance of commands of Allah, the true Lord); yea- surely his Lord does ever watch him (so he has no chance to get safety by speaking lies at AKHIRAT)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the four AAYAAT ahead from 16 to 19, Allah takes oath on the fact that all persons are going from one state after another and they express that even at the collective level, change is the set phenomenon to life of the man yet the Islamic teachings live-on; these AAYAAT read, “but nay! I swear by the sunset redness (which denotes the verge of ignorance of the teachings of Islam in collective practice after its good involvement at it) and the night (which denotes the period of ignorance to Islam) and that which it enshrouds (i.e. there takes place such ignorance with time which enshrouds the teachings of Islam and there remains no thought to practice Islam collectively), and the moon when it grows full (so even at ignorance to practice Islam in issues, there still remains the true guidance available for men to save themselves; and these oaths are on the statement) that you shall most certainly enter one state after another (as the moon does when it goes on to its peak steadily to show its full moonlight so even at the darkness of ignorance, there would remain the beautiful light to guide to the Truth)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; these four AAYAAT tell that the darkness of ignorance to Islam maybe extreme at the collective level yet the option to take the Guidance to the right path is always available for the persistent seekers of the Truth (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam) and with time, each of them himself may become the soothing full moonlight of the true guidance to all peoples of the world, by the will of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAAT of the Surah tell about the extreme lack of foresight of the disbelievers that in the virtuous presence of the Quran even, they are unable to get to the Truth; these last AAYAAT read, “but what is the matter with them that they do not believe (that Islam only is the true guidance to mankind); and when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth (i.e. they not only show disbelief in their living manner but also deny the teachings of the Quran when its AAYAAT come into their knowledge); and Allah knows best what (hatred for the Truth) they hide (at their insides) so announce to them a painful punishment (at the world and at AKHIRAT), except those who believe and do good; for them is the (most beautiful) reward that shall never be cut off”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BURUJ
MK-3
1. I swear by the heaven that has mansions of stars,
2. And the promised day,
3. And by witness and by that which is witnessed.
4. Cursed be the makers of the pit,
5. Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
6. When they sat by it,
7. And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
8. And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
9. Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
10. Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell-fire, and they shall have the chastisement of burning.
11. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
12. Surely the might of your Lord is great.
13. Surely He it is Who originates and restores,
14. And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
15. Lord of the ARSH, the Glorious,
16. The great Doer of what He will.
17. Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
18. Of Pharaoh and THAMUD?
19. Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
20. And Allah encompasses them on every side.
21. Nay! it is the glorious Quran,
22. In the guarded tablet.
---------------------
Surah BURUJ implies by the oath that Allah has taken in its first AAYAT, that as the people observe the planets changing their positions with progress of time, going to & fro from constellations formed by stars at the heaven, changes also do occur at the earth around them; change is the set phenomenon to life of the man but Islam does live-on and the ultimate result to wrongs would be extreme punishment to all unjust persons; at the second AAYAT, Allah has taken the oath of the Day of Judgment and this again tells that the ultimate result to wrongs would be extreme punishment to all unjust persons; the third AAYAT tells about the witness (i.e. Friday which witnesses the huge gatherings of Muslims at mosques who gather to show that they are totally humble in front of the authority of Allah, the true Lord) and about that which is witnessed (i.e. the day of ARAFAH, the 9th day of the last lunar month ZIL-HAJJAH which is the most blessed day of the year, at which the Muslims gather at the ground of ARAFAH while performing HAJJ and witness that area which Allah, the true Lord, has blessed much); this denotes that even with all efforts of all wrong persons of the world, the fundamental teachings of Islam would never end rather those wrong persons would ultimately get the most extreme punishment at the world and when the Day of Judgment takes place, they would enter the hell-fire; Allah takes these oaths on the statement that Allah would certainly put His extreme curse on all those who had made or had witnessed willfully the making of the pit (that was an extremely wide ditch) where the true Christians, who were the true believers in Allah, the true Lord, had been burnt by the most unjust disbelievers; this refers to an incident that took place near to the times of the Prophet PBUH and from AAYAT-4 to AAYAT-7, this Surah refers to it; it took place at Yemen about 50 years back from the birth of the Prophet PBUH and its complete awareness was present at Arabia; there had been a Jewish king who had persecuted the true Christians there just because they believed truly in Allah, the true Lord; he had put them into a most wide ditch in which he had ignited a blazing fire and thereby burnt many thousands of them to death; he had called all people at the territory that he governed to witness this heinous event to give the impression that the fundamental teachings of Islam have ended with the death of these true believers; AYAAT from 8 to 11 read, “and they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Witness of all things; surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of the hell-fire, and they shall have (there) the chastisement of (extreme) burning; surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so all such unjust disbelievers would face extreme disgrace at the world and they would see the most tormenting punishment at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-12 to 16 tell about the authority of Allah, “surely the might of your Lord is great; surely He it is Who originates and restores (so He would raise all dead to life at the Day of Judgment); and He is the Forgiving, the Loving; Lord of the ARSH (Throne), the Glorious; the great Doer of what He will”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAAT of the Surah guide attention to historical facts and to the message of Allah that all must see what they indicate and all must believe in the true authority of Allah, the true Lord; these AAYAAT state, “has not there come to you the story of the hosts, of Pharaoh and THAMUD (the mention of these two specifically is because they both seemed to have much strength at their respective abodes and because Allah provided miracles for these both that were respectively the amazing staff which changed to serpent and the amazing she-camel that manifested due to the asking of THAMUD)? nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth (even when it becomes most evident to them); and Allah encompasses them on every side (so they are unable to save themselves if He intends to punish them even at the world as He drowned Pharaoh with many of his men and as He destroyed THAMUD by a deadly earthquake); nay! it is the glorious Quran (that provides them the true guidance explicitly), in the guarded tablet (so it is most authentic without any change to it certainly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TARIQ
MK-4
1. I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
2. And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
3. The star of piercing brightness;
4. There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
5. So let man consider of what he is created:
6. He is created of fluid that gushes forth,
7. Coming from between the back and the ribs.
8. Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
9. On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
10. He shall have neither strength nor helper.
11. I swear by the rain-giving heaven,
12. And the earth splitting (with plants);
13. Most surely it is a decisive word,
14. And it is no joke.
15. Surely they will make a scheme,
16. And I (too) will make a scheme.
17. So grant the disbelievers respite: let them alone for a while.
---------------------
Like Surah BURUJ, at the first AAYAT of Surah TARIQ too, Allah takes oath of the heaven; its AAYAAT relate about the physique of the man while AAYAAT ahead of that again relate about the Day of Judgment; the first three AAYAAT read, “I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; and what will make you know what the comer by night is? the star of piercing brightness”; the star mentioned here might be any of the brightest stars in magnitude though it would manifest at specific period then, during the year after the sunset; however, if NAJM does not particularly refer to some star (but to some planet), then it most probably is Venus, the brightest planet in the solar system; being nearer to the sun than earth, it manifests beautifully after the sunset at times or before the sunrise at times and it is termed commonly as the evening star or the morning star respectively; the statement on which Allah has taken oath is mentioned at the fourth AAYAT that “there is not a soul but over it is a keeper”; so as Allah has protected the nearby heaven to earth (by flaming meteoroids), He also has provided protection to men by angels, who also have the task to keep records of the doings of men; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 5 to 10 mention how Allah has created the physique of the man and they also tell about the Day of Judgment; they read, “so let man consider of what he is created (so that he does understand that he is worthless if he does not remain attentive to Allah): he is created of fluid (i.e. seminal fluid) that gushes forth, coming from between the back and the ribs; most surely He is able to return him (to life), on the day (when Judgment would take place) when hidden things shall be made manifest (as everyone will have view of results of others); he (the disbeliever) shall have neither strength (to change his result adverse to him) nor helper (who may do it for him as Allah truly has all authority and no one is able to challenge Him)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note about the statement at AAYAT-6 & 7 that “he is created of fluid that gushes forth, coming from between the back and the ribs” that this tells that the formation of seminal fluid relates to all the middle area of the physique (besides scrotum); these AAYAAT point out that physically the man has no worth and his worth only would come by the development of his spiritual faculty when he is truly attentive to Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last seven AAYAAT of the Surah tell the sobriety of the Holy Book Quran whereas at its first AAYAT, Allah takes the oath of the nearby heaven again from which the rainfall takes place time and again; this expresses explicitly that Allah has not only cared for the physical necessities of mankind but also the spiritual necessity of mankind totally (which is the guidance to the Truth) and it also tells that as the rainfall brings vegetation from inside of earth so it would bring forth the dead from inside of it at the day of HASHR as they come to life again and face the Judgment; these AAYAAT read, “I swear by the rain-giving heaven; and the earth splitting (with plants and vegetables because of rain); most surely it (the Holy Book Quran) is a decisive word and it is no joke; surely they will make a scheme (for denial of the Quran), and I (too) will make a scheme (to destroy all their evil plans); so grant the disbelievers respite; let them alone for a while (then they certainly would face the most extreme disgrace at the world and the most extreme torment at the true life at AKHIRAT); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah AA’LA
MK-2
1. Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
2. Who creates, then makes complete,
3. And Who makes according to a measure, then guides,
4. And Who brings forth herbage,
5. Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
6. We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
7. Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
8. And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
9. Therefore, do remind, surely reminding does profit.
10. He who fears will mind,
11. And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
12. Who shall enter the great fire;
13. Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
14. He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
15. And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
16. Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
17. While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
18. Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
19. The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
---------------------
Surah AA’LA is among those Surah which came to the Prophet PBUH at his earlier period at Makkah; IMAM at Salah read it and Surah GHASIYA (the next Surah) mostly on Friday and on EID in the following of the Prophet PBUH who used to read them much at these Salah; the first AAYAT asks to glorify the name of Allah which actually implies that the true Muslims shall live their lives by the commands of Allah yet it also means that they shall fervently recite His name time and again to glorify Him; due to this, the Muslims recite words at RUKU & SAJDAH in Salah which fulfill this guidance while they glorify Him by the specific words mentioned here particularly at SAJDAH in Salah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead tell how Allah has provided refinement to His creation and has provided each of them the guidance to do its respective task; they read, “Who creates, then makes complete (so physically His creation becomes highly competent for its task); and Who makes according to a measure, then guides (so that they fulfill their respective liabilities to do their tasks which Allah has set for them); and Who brings forth herbage then makes it dried up, dust-colored (so that the cattle may benefit from it utmost)”; so Allah created everything, refined it in tangible terms, gave it space to work as He willed and then also provided each of them the awareness of the task that it shall fulfill by His command; AARAAF-54 reads, “surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He rose firm at ARSH; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds”; note also that He has provided two of His creatures that are the jinn and the mankind, the freewill to do their task which is that they fulfill His commands by it to the best of ability; Allah tells at ZAARIYAAT-56, “and I have created the jinn and the mankind, only that they should serve Me”; note that all other of His creation is serving His commands without any option to any other approach yet these two have to do the task by their freewill so the AAYAT mentions them only, and Allah would judge their doings at the Day of Judgment; this is the only aim of life of all His creation, which the jinn and the mankind have to fulfill too yet they shall do it by the freewill that He has provided to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 & 7 tell explicitly that Allah has provided the Quran to the Prophet PBUH and He would surely see that it remains totally secured so he does not have to worry that any change may occur at its text or its meaning may become obscure anywhere; whatever he forgets from the Quran (that means if any command of Allah in it changes in some manner), that only would be due to the direction of Allah; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah states at BAQARAH-106, “whatever AAYAT We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it; do you not know that Allah has power over all things?”; note that “cause to be forgotten” means that Allah ceases some specific aspect of the command previously given in the Holy Book Quran in coming to practice though the other aspect of it does still come to practice (and its recitation still goes on); also, whatever change in practice Allah causes at some AAYAT at the Holy Book Quran, it relates to some command to practice and not in any matter of the true belief or at narrations or at other matters; see also the note at the thirteenth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells the Prophet PBUH at AAYAT-8 that He will make his task of providing the teachings of Islam easy upon him and he must go on providing those teachings to all such persons whom he sees to have the potential to accept them as they do seem to care for the sense of the Truth inside them; these teachings are such which would decide who actually is fortunate (for he is the one who accepts it) and who is not (for he is the one who ignores it without any remorse); the disbeliever to the fundamental Islamic teachings would be at such situation that at the hell-fire, he shall neither live (as there would be nothing worthy to denote the zeal for life) nor die (as death would never ever come there); from AAYAT-14 to the last, the Surah reads, “he indeed shall be successful who purifies himself and (for that he lives by the commands of Allah, the true Lord, and thus) magnifies the name of his Lord and reads Salah (in which too he glorifies the name of the Lord by his recitation and which brings him near to Allah and detaches him from the world); nay (O disbelievers)! you prefer the life of this world while the hereafter is better and more lasting; most surely this (statement which asks to prefer the life at AKHIRAT over the life at the world) is in the earlier scriptures (too), the scriptures of Ibrahim and (of) Musa (Salam on both)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah GHASHIYA
MK-9
1. Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
2. (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
3. Laboring, toiling,
4. Entering into burning fire,
5. Made to drink from a boiling spring.
6. They shall have no food but of thorns,
7. Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
8. (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
9. Well-pleased because of their striving,
10. In a lofty garden,
11. Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
12. Therein is a fountain flowing,
13. Therein are thrones raised high,
14. And drinking-cups ready placed,
15. And cushions set in a row,
16. And carpets spread out.
17. Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
18. And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
19. And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
20. And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
21. Therefore, do remind, for you are only reminder.
22. You are not a watcher over them;
23. But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
24. Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
25. Surely to Us is their turning back,
26. Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
---------------------
Like many of MAKKI Surah, Surah GHASHIYA also relates about the situation of both disbelievers and of true believers at AKHIRAT; it tells that the disbelievers to the Truth would be put into the hell-fire whereas the true believers would receive JANNAH (the beautiful garden); it tells clearly that the disbelievers would drink the boiled water and eat only from a thorny tree (ZAQQUM) while the believers would enter JANNAH where they would be totally happy and would drink purest of water from a beautiful flowing fountain; so they would receive the purest of edibles and of liquids in the most beautiful environment of the most beautiful garden, adorned with the most beautiful carpets; Al-Hamdu Lillah; it also asks for observation to ordinary things around to realize the authority of Allah, the true Lord, as everything that Allah has created, He has created it with set principles; at the last, it tells the Prophet PBUH that he only has to provide the teachings of Islam to all persons and it is not his liability to see that they do accept Islam; if they reject the teachings of Islam, Allah would see that they get what they deserve; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the first seven AAYAAT of the Surah state, “has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity (i.e. the Day of Judgment)? (some) faces on that day shall be downcast (as they would be aware that they are to be put to the hell-fire due to their disbelief); laboring, toiling, entering into burning fire, made to drink from a boiling spring; they shall have no food but of (tree with) thorns, which will (not benefit them as it will) neither fatten nor avail against hunger”; the nine AAYAAT ahead tell the pleasant status of the true believers as they read, “(other) faces on that day shall be happy (as they would be the true believers), well-pleased because of their striving, in a lofty garden, wherein you shall not hear vain talk; therein is a (beautiful) fountain flowing (that has the purest of liquid); therein are thrones raised high and drinking-cups ready placed, and cushions set in a row, and carpets spread out”; compare these AAYAAT with Surah TOOR-24 which reads, “they shall pass therein from one to another a cup, wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin”, and with Surah DAHR (INSAAN)-17 & 18 which read, “and they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which shall be ginger (of) a fountain therein which is named SALSABIL”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the four AAYAAT ahead ask for some observation to surroundings to appreciate how beautifully Allah has created everything; note that these AAYAAT especially have a significant appeal to the common Arab person who traveled on the camel, that could travel for many days going without water, in Arabian deserts where there were mountains around and the vast clear sky above; these AAYAAT read, “will they not then consider the camels, how they are created? and the heaven, how it is reared aloft; and the mountains, how they are firmly fixed; and the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last six AAYAAT tell the Prophet PBUH not to worry to improve such disbelievers who do not intend to come to Islam; he would do his work to call them towards its teachings and Allah would punish all such persons who disbelieve in them; these AAYAAT read, “therefore, do remind (by the teachings of the Quran), for you are only reminder (to the recognition inside of every person that Allah only is the true Lord); you are not a watcher over them (especially over those who disbelieve in the teachings of Islam; so leave them after the provision of Islamic teachings to them); but whoever turns back and disbelieves (after he has received the message of the Quran), Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement (even at the world); surely to Us is their turning back; then surely upon Us is the taking of their account (at the Day of Judgment); Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FAJR
MK-2
1. I swear by the daybreak,
2. And the ten nights,
3. And the even and the odd,
4. And the night when it departs.
5. Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with AAD,
7. (People of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
8. The like of which were not created in (other) cities;
9. And with THAMUD, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
10. And with Pharaoh, the lord of hosts,
11. Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
12. So they made great mischief therein?
13. Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of chastisement.
14. Most surely your Lord is watching.
15. And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
16. But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
17. Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
18. Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
19. And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
20. And you love wealth with exceeding love.
21. Nay! when the earth is pounded by heavily pounding,
22. And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
23. And hell-fire is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall, being mindful, avail him?
24. He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for my life!
25. But on that day shall no one chastise with (as much severity as) His chastisement,
26. And no one shall bind with (as much severity as) His binding.
27. O soul that art at peace!
28. Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
29. So enter among My servants,
30. And enter into My garden.
---------------------
Like Surah BURUJ and Surah TARIQ and few other Surah, Allah takes oath at the beginning of Surah FAJR; He also tells at AAYAT-5 that “truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding”; these oaths have been interpreted in different ways but many of commentators at the Quran have related it to specific timing (within ZIL-HAJJAH, the last lunar month), and have taken it to denote the elimination of evil from the world; they all focus on the fact that the word of Allah has always prevailed ultimately even if the evil seemingly had strength at the world; these four initial AAYAAT of the Surah read, “I swear by the daybreak (of the 10th of the last lunar month, when the rituals of Hajj are at peak); and the ten nights (that are the initial 10 nights of the last lunar month); and the even and the odd (i.e. its 10th night and its 9th day which is named as ARAFAH); and the night (after these 10 days) when it departs (eliminating all evil from the surroundings)”; by this interpretation, the last lunar month does have some substantial affinity to remove the evil from the world and note here, that the Quran has provided high significance to two months that are Ramadan (the ninth lunar month when SAUM takes place and which relates to the manifestation of the Holy Book Quran; see also the note at the twenty-third Ruku of BAQARAH) and ZIL-HAJJAH (the last lunar month when HAJJ takes place at Makkah and its adjacent area whereas its most important days are the ninth and the tenth; see also the notes at the twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth Ruku of BAQARAH); Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead guides attention to those who gathered much strength at their places and thought that they have become invincible; Allah sent His Messengers to them but they did not take heed and denied the fundamental teachings of Islam; so when they challenged Allah, He destroyed them totally; these AAYAAT read, “have you not considered how your Lord dealt with AAD, (people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings (Aram was the name of one of their ancestors and they are also named as the first AAD while THAMUD are also termed as the second AAD), the like of which were not created in (other) cities (because they were most highly skilled in making huge buildings though it not appreciable to make such huge buildings; see Surah SHUA’RAAH-123 to 135); and with THAMUD, who hewed out the rocks in the valley (which still stand and provide witness to their skill) and with Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, who committed inordinacy in the cities; so they made great mischief therein (without any fear as they thought at their respective times and places, that no one is able to answer to their injustice)? therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of chastisement; most surely your Lord is watching (and He truly is Mighty)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell about the psyche of such man who has given all attention to the life at the world so when Allah gives him convenience in it by providing him amounts of wealth for his trial, he thinks that Allah has honored him; and when Allah puts him to trial by putting difficulty to him to get even his subsistence, he considers it to be his disgrace; this attitude is because he takes the life at the world as the standard for taking nearness or distance from Allah, the true Lord; but actually caring about the weak persons at the surroundings by spending wealth when available, on them for the pleasure of Allah, tells whether he deserves honor or not; also, he shall not get wealth by usurping it from the rights of others; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that having plenty of assets of the world does not show that Allah is pleased with him but actually his care to AKHIRAT in his deeds with his attention only towards Allah, the true Lord, raises his status; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the Ruku tells ahead from AAYAT-21 about the Day of HASHR (gathering for the Judgment) so that all persons understand that the life at the world is nothing to care for, but the true life ahead for which this life has been given, is totally important; these AAYAAT state, “nay! when the earth is pounded by heavily pounding (so that it eliminates all protruding structures and the earth becomes totally plain); and your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks (BAQARAH-210 states that -they do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in the shadows of the clouds along with the angels, and the matter has been decided; and matters are returned to Allah-); and hell-fire is made to appear on that day (NAZI’AAT-36 states that -and the hell-fire shall be made manifest to him who sees-); on that day shall man (who had spent his life at the world by ignorance of the fundamental teachings of Islam) be mindful and what shall, being mindful, avail him (when the time for examination has passed away)? He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for my life (this true life)! but on that day shall no one chastise with (as much severity as) His chastisement (and repentance then would be to no avail), and no one shall bind with (as much severity as) His binding”; the last AAYAAT tell about the NAFS (soul) at AKHIRAT that is totally at peace; note that there are three types of NAFS which actually is related to physique of the Man as it denotes his desires inside, whereas basically (i.e. at birth) it is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (and Surah QIYAMAT mentions it); if it rises to control ROOH (Spirit) of the man with time due to remaining unchecked, it becomes AMMARA (inciting to sins; the one where the physique impresses the Spirit and commands towards wrongs and this was the one that ZELICHA indicated as of hers when she tempted Yusuf-AS; see Surah YOUSUF-53); this type leads to wrongs, with matters getting worse for living of the person except when Allah intends to make things better; if the Spirit of the man rises to make NAFS liable to work under its guidance, that is it keeps NAFS attentive to Allah, then it becomes MUTMA’INNAH (having total peace without any inclination to wrongs) so it gets control of the physique and of all animal instincts inside (and this is the type which Allah would address at the Day of Judgment as is mentioned here at AAYAT-27); Al-Hamdu Lillah; such virtuous persons who achieve MUTMA’INNAH, feel peace even at the world and even if they face troubles at the world, their attitude tells that they have no anxiety as they have TAWAKKUL (complete trust on Allah) that makes things better for them; often, these troubles are short-lived and if any person having conceit, is responsible for such troubles, he gets into extreme troubles himself that evidently shows that these conceited persons have troubled some most virtuous persons; these last AAYAAT read, “O soul that art at peace! return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him); so enter among My (true) servants, and enter into My (beautiful) garden”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BALAD
MK-4
1. Nay! I swear by this city.
2. And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-
3. And by the begetter and whom he begot.
4. Certainly We have created man to be into struggle.
5. Does he think that no one has power over him?
6. He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
7. Does he think that no one sees him?
8. Have We not given him two eyes,
9. And a tongue and two lips,
10. And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
11. But he would not attempt the uphill road,
12. And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
13. (It is) the setting free of a slave,
14. Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
15. To an orphan, having relationship,
16. Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
17. Then he is of those who believe and ask one another to show patience, and ask one another to show compassion.
18. These are the people of the right hand.
19. And (as for) those who disbelieve in our AAYAAT, they are the people of the left hand.
20. On them is fire closed over.
---------------------
Surah BALAD came to the Prophet PBUH when he, with his companions, was facing most difficult times due to extreme hostility against him by the chiefs of Makkah; even at these times, Allah provided him the command to live by the good Islamic morality as at the period at Makkah, the Prophet PBUH had the liability to provide to all persons the fundamental teachings of Islam explicitly and ask all persons to live in the best social manner by the good Islamic morality; note that JEHAD (in the meaning of QITAL i.e. war against the disbelievers) came at Madinah and note also that Islam is DEEN which means that it guides to all issues of life and it is not only a religion; this whole Surah relates to spending amounts of wealth for the pleasure of Allah and it explicitly tells that caring for the needy, whatever possible in whatever situation, is utmost necessary for the good believer who truly intends to save himself from the torments of the hell-fire; the Surah starts by the word “Nay” which denies the thoughts of disbelievers and here it seems to deny their thought that Muhammad (PBUH) is wasting efforts in spreading the teachings of Islam as it only is futile; the four AAYAAT at the beginning state, “nay! I swear by this city (of Makkah); and you shall be made free from obligation in this city (as your efforts in TABLIGH and JEHAD would mainly remain based at Madinah and this city too would comply to the teachings of Islam)- and by the begetter (i.e. Adam-AS) and whom he begot (i.e. all his progeny); certainly We have created man to be into struggle (so all his life he has to toil in this task or that, whereas Muhammad PBUH has taken the best of tasks to provide the true guidance to all of mankind, by the command of Allah, the true Lord)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the fourth AAYAT implies that as Allah has created the man into struggle in which he shall remain all his life so he needs to fulfill his true aim of life that is to comply to the commands of Allah in all issues of life as His true servant; the fifth AAYAT tells that every person must remain aware that Allah has all authority and He would put necessary trial to every person at the world whereas He would certainly see the account of deeds of every person at AKHIRAT; the next two AAYAAT tell about the statement of such person who does not follow the commands of Allah in issues of his life and the answer to it respectively; they state, “He shall say- I have wasted much wealth- does he think that no one sees him?”; the answer to his statement means that whatever he has spent, he spent it by his intention for his own pleasure and he did not spent that to get the pleasure of Allah; why is he talking big when all persons spent whatever they have but the thing which leads someone near to Allah is that he spends his wealth for His pleasure; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT tell about the blessings of Allah upon all persons that when they were weak, Allah cared for their survival in all manner which asks them that they care for all weak persons when they do have some resources for that; these AAYAAT state, “have We not given him two eyes and a tongue and two lips and pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways (i.e. the breasts of the mother so that he sucks milk with total ease for his survival)?; Al-Hamdu Lillah; now, AAYAAT from 11 to 18 elaborate that to spend amounts on the weak for the pleasure of Allah, is praiseworthy and not every expenditure; they read, “but he would not attempt the uphill road (i.e. the difficult thing to do for the pleasure of Allah); and what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? (it is) the setting free of a slave (or to provide freedom to such confined person who has been put into trial unjustly), or the giving of food in a day of hunger (with scarcity of edibles) to an orphan having relationship (i.e. he is relative to him), or to the poor man lying in the dust (having nothing for his sustenance); then he is of those who believe and ask one another (especially the needy when he is not much able to provide him edibles) to show patience, and ask one another (especially to well-off persons around to help out the needy when he himself provides them whatever possible for him) to show compassion; these are the people of the right hand (as they would receive their respective documents of deeds in their right hands)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last two AAYAAT of the Surah provide the fact about the other type of persons who do not have any inclination to care for the weak in the surroundings; these AAYAAT read, “and (as for) those who disbelieve in our AAYAAT, they are the people of the left hand (as they would receive their respective documents of deeds at their left hands); on them is fire closed over (so that the heat remains inside the surrounding and the temperature rises to its utmost)”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
Al-Hamdu Lillah
-------------------------------------------------------
Surah SHAMS
MK-3
1. I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
2. And the moon when it follows the sun,
3. And the day when it shows it,
4. And the night when it draws a veil over it,
5. And the heaven and its structure,
6. And the earth and its expanse,
7. And the soul and the proportion given to it,
8. Then He inspired it to be aware of right and wrong for it;
9. He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
10. And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
11. THAMUD gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
12. When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
13. So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
14. But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled them (with ground).
15. And He fears not its consequence.
---------------------
Surah SHAMS is also one of those Surah where Allah takes oaths in the beginning as He has taken in the previous couple of Surah and the couple of Surah ahead; the first ten AAYAAT of the Surah state, “I swear by the sun and its brilliance (when it shines fully at the day-time) and the moon when it follows the sun (that happens at its fourteenth night when it rises just after sunset and is at its full brilliance) and the day when it shows it (i.e. shows the sun at its full brilliance) and the night when it draws a veil over it (i.e. draws a veil over the sun so there is darkness all around, of high nature, so that all persons may rest in it); and the heaven and its (wonderful) structure, and the earth and its (wide) expanse, and the soul (NAFS) and the (balanced) proportion given to it; then He inspired it to be aware of right and wrong for it; he will indeed be successful who purifies it (as living right by the commands of Allah, would lead him to JANNAH); and he will indeed fail who corrupts it (as living wrong with ignorance of the commands of Allah, would lead him to hell-fire)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the NAFS (soul) mentioned here relates to at birth which is LAWWAMA (self-accusing) at all wrongs that a person does (see the note at Surah QIYAMAT) and it actually is part of the physique; it must not be confused with ROOH (spirit) which belongs to AALAME-AMR (the world of Command) and recognizes Allah as the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note also that the oaths that are taken on some statement have specific connection to that statement and here the statement for these oaths is “he will indeed be successful who purifies it and he will indeed fail who corrupts it”; so when Allah has taken oaths of His creation that He has provided wonderful excellence then He intends that the soul which he has made for the man, he keeps it to that excellence by accepting Allah as the true Lord, even if he needs to ask Allah for His mercy time & again on mistakes that he commits time and again; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead provide the example from history, of THAMUD that was the nation of SALEH-AS; they disregarded the fundamental teachings of Islam that SALEH provided to them and one of their evil persons stood to kill the respectable she-camel that Allah has provided to them miraculously on their request; SALEH had categorically told them not to stop it from drinking any amounts of water on its day for it, but they ignored his direction and killed it brutally; upon this, Allah punished them all severely except for SALEH and the believers with him; AARAAF-77, 78 & 79 state, “so they slew the she-camel and revolted against their Lord's commandment, and they said- O SALEH - bring us what you threatened us with, if you are one of the apostles; then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode; then he turned away from them and said- O my people! I did certainly deliver to you the message of my Lord, and I gave you good advice, but you do not love those who give good advice”; the last AAYAT of Surah SHAMS tells explicitly that Allah did not fear any adverse consequence of putting them to such extreme punishment because He decides in total just way and no person, whatever strength he has as that even is given to him by Allah, is able to challenge Him; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah LAYL
MK-2
1. I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
2. And the day when it shines in brightness,
3. And the creating of the male and the female,
4. Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
5. Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
6. And accepts the virtuous thing,
7. We will facilitate for him the easy end.
8. And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (to remain attentive to Allah),
9. And rejects the virtuous thing,
10. We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
11. And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
12. Surely Ours is it to show the way,
13. And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
14. Therefore I warn you of the hell-fire that flames:
15. None shall enter it but extremely unhappy,
16. Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
17. And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),
18. Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
19. And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,
20. Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
21. And he shall soon be well-pleased.
---------------------
Surah LAYL provides the message that as there is difference in the darkness of night and the brightness of day, and as there is difference in the mankind, male and female, so there is difference in the living manner of all persons too; however, the main difference among them is that some do such tasks with righteous belief which lead them to JANNAH and the other of them do such tasks that lead them to the hell-fire; AAYAAT-5, 6 & 7 tell about the three worthy tasks of righteous persons, “then as for him who gives away (to the needy from his wealth and guides all persons in issues by the Islamic teachings if he is capable) and guards (against evil in his belief, with all attention to fulfill the commands of Allah); and accepts the virtuous thing (in some issue which is related to Islam to practice as someone puts it in front of him), We will facilitate for him the easy end (i.e. Allah would lead him to convenience at the world and to JANNAH at AKHIRAT)”; so the true believer shall develop these three qualities as best as he can by all his efforts; in contrast, AAYAAT-8, 9 & 10 tell about the three unworthy tasks of wrong persons, that are opposite to the three worthy tasks of righteous persons, “and as for him who is niggardly (and does not help the needy even with resources available to him) and considers himself free from the need (to remain attentive to Allah with complete ignorance to fulfill His commands), and rejects the virtuous thing (in some issue which is related to Islam to practice as someone puts it in front of him), We will facilitate for him the difficult end (i.e. Allah would lead him to troubles at the world and to the hell-fire at AKHIRAT)”; so both categories would get their respective results according to their doings at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-11 tells that when troubles get the wrong person at the world, and when he is put at the hell-fire at AKHIRAT, his wealth would be completely useless; AAYAAT ahead tell about the ultimate status of both categories at the true life of AKHIRAT; “surely (the liability of) Ours is it to show the way (so Allah has provided the true guidance to the mankind at different times, after Adam-AS came to earth, by sending His sacred scriptures and His holy Messengers to the world); and most surely Ours is the hereafter (i.e. AKHIRAT) and the former (i.e. the world, so Allah would judge all persons according to their doings most justly as their liability is to fulfill the commands of Allah, the true Lord); therefore, I warn you of the hell-fire that flames: none shall enter it but extremely unhappy, who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back (to the virtuous teachings); and away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil, living in compliance to the commands of Allah), who gives away his wealth, purifying himself, and no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded (so this provision to needy is not by any motive) except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High; and he shall soon be well-pleased”; so at these AAYAAT, Allah states the worthy qualities of the virtuous person again whereas here there is elaboration to AAYAT-6 which reads, “and (he) accepts the virtuous thing” at AAYAT-19 as it tells that whenever opportunity asks to provide assistance to the needy, he provides that only for the sake of getting the pleasure of Allah; the last AAYAT of the Surah implies that Allah would provide the virtuous person, total convenience at the world and highest of good returns at AKHIRAT so he shall certainly be well-pleased; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah DHUHA
MK-2
1. I swear by the early hours of the day,
2. And the night when it covers with darkness.
3. Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased,
4. And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.
5. And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be well pleased.
6. Did He not find you an orphan and did give you shelter?
7. And find you lost and did guide?
8. And find you in want and did make you to be free from want?
9. Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress.
10. And as for him who asks, do not chide,
11. And as for the favor of your Lord, do announce.
---------------------
Surah DHUHA descended to the Prophet PBUH at his early period at Makkah to provide much comfort to him; there was such time at the beginning of WAHI (revelation of the Quran) that it ceased to come for a while and that caused the Prophet PBUH some worry; it had ceased at that time for about 8 months or so (after the first revelation of the first five AAYAAT of Surah ALAQ and some AAYAAT of Surah QALAM), when seven initial AAYAAT of Surah MUDHDHATHIR descended; then came the first Ruku of Surah MUZZAMMIL and with these, Allah asked him to take up the task of spreading the fundamental teachings of Islam and so He appointed him as His last Messenger to all peoples of the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; however, as he worried if Allah is displeased with him on something that he is not aware of, Allah revealed Surah DHUHA where He explicitly told him (by taking oaths of the daylight and the dark night that “your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased” (AAYAT-3); the oaths denote that as Allah has decided for the coming of the day and the night alternately, the cessation of WAHI for some while does not mean that He has abandoned the Prophet PBUH or is displeased with him; on the contrary, O Prophet PBUH! He would provide you with the highest of honor at the world whereas AKHIRAT certainly is even better for you; do not worry ever that Allah will abandon you or will be displeased with you as He always took care for you at adverse times; at AAYAAT 6, 7 & 8, Allah tells how He took care for him, “did He not find you an orphan (at birth) and give you shelter (by providing care from near relatives)? and find you lost (that is, unaware of the Islamic teachings) and guide? and find you in want and make you to be free from want (as to live by sustenance is enough for the good person, and that even he takes as having wealth, who intends to fulfill his obligations that Allah has put upon him)?”; note that the father of the Prophet PBUH had died before he was born and as his mother also died when he was six, his near relatives took care to his well-being including his grandfather and his paternal uncle; the phrase “find you lost” refers to the time when the Prophet PBUH was totally weary of the disbelief of his people and was intensely searching for the Truth; Surah SHURA-52 & 53 (that are its last couple of AAYAAT) state, “and thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command; you did not know what the Book was, nor (what) the belief (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants; and most surely you show the way to the right path, the path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all affairs eventually come”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; and “find you in want” refers to that time at the very beginning of his preaching at Makkah, where he left all works for the task to spread the teachings of Islam as Allah had commanded him, and with time, he did get much convenience in getting his necessary sustenance; generally, commentators on TAFSIR for this AAYAT state that it refers to the wealth that Khadija-RA, the first wife of the Prophet PBUH, put at his charge; however, the better comment is that he did get his sustenance at the time when he put himself totally to the task of spreading the teachings of Islam as Allah had commanded him; so Allah granted him both spiritual and physical benefits and He only is the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the next three AAYAAT ask him to remember the situation he has gone through and provide improvement to the situation of those who are passing through the same; these AAYAAT read, “therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (but provide him the support and even the love that he has not found yet); and as for him who asks (for the true guidance), do not chide (but do guide him to that); and as for the favor of your Lord (that he has given enough amounts to you O Prophet PBUH for your sustenance), do announce (i.e. spend on the needy whatever is possible, openly)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ALAM-NASHRAH (INSHIRAH)
MK-2
1. Have We not expanded for you your breast,
2. And taken off from you your burden,
3. Which pressed heavily upon your back,
4. And exalted for you your esteem?
5. Surely with difficulty is ease.
6. With difficulty is surely ease.
7. So when you are free, still toil.
8. And to your Lord, turn all your attention.
---------------------
Surah INSHIRAH provides soothing effect to the Prophet PBUH like the previous Surah to it and they both came at Makkah, the same year; Allah provided him the awareness of the righteous path when he used to worry so much about the moral deterioration of his people at Arabia, which used to become unbearable to him at times; not only this but Allah chose him as His last Messenger too and gave all peoples of the world the Holy Book Quran through him so he did get the utmost recognition in all peoples, as the foremost teacher of it to all of them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this Surah tells him that even if he feels sad on the adverse remarks of the people to whom he provides the true guidance by the teachings of Islam without any selfish motive, there would ultimately occur much convenience by the will of Allah, after he bears the hardship to improve all peoples in the way of Allah; this did happen as about whole of Arabia had come to Islam when he departed from the world and the message of Islam was spreading even beyond it; the last couple of AAYAAT of this Surah ask him to strive even more to remember Allah whenever he gets the spare time (especially by Salah at nights) and remain like all times, totally attentive to Him; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TEEN
MK-3
1. I swear by the fig and the olive,
2. And mount Sinai,
3. And this city made secure,
4. Certainly We created man in the best make.
5. Then We render him the lowest of the low.
6. Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off.
7. Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?
8. Is not Allah the best of judges?
---------------------
Surah TEEN tells that the best among the mankind were the Messengers of Allah and they are mentioned by reference to their locations which is denoted by the fruits, by the mountain and by the security of the location respectively; at the first AAYAT, Allah takes the oath of fig and olive which denotes the location of Noah-AS as that had the trees of fig there and where his ark landed, it had trees of olive nearby; at the second AAYAT, mount Sinai refers to Moses-AS who received Torah there; and the secured city mentioned is Makkah where the Prophet PBUH was born and where KA’BAH is located; note that Surah TEEN descended on him at the early period of Makkah and note also that there is gap of 2000 years between the arrival of Adam-AS to the earth and the time when Noah-AS became the Messenger of Allah; similarly, there is gap of 2000 years between the time when Noah became the Messenger of Allah up-to Moses-AS, whereas there is gap of 2000 years between Moses and Muhammad PBUH; all Messengers of Allah had worked hard to bring the people to accepting the fundamental teachings of Islam and these three are most prominent among them who put the highest of efforts to their task for many years; these 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); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah tells from AAYAT-4 to AAYAT-6 that Allah has created man in the best make which means that He has provided him ROOH (spirit) that has the recognition of Allah, the true Lord, whereas AAYAT-5 tells that Allah has also provided him the physique which needs foods, water and other things; if he does not keep check on it by the teachings of Islam, he becomes unworthy person by falling into wrongs; but those who care about the beauty of spirit by compliance to the commands of Allah, they shall have the most beautiful reward that would never be cut off; so there are such person who care for the physique and relate themselves to its pleasures at the world, whereas there are such persons too who care for the spirit and relate themselves to its purity at AKHIRAT; this needs the judgment to provide the best of rewards to those who put their efforts to get the pleasure of Allah by keeping purity to the spirit by the true belief and the righteous deeds according to it; the last couple of AAYAAT of this Surah read, “then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?; is not Allah the best of judges?”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ALAQ
MK-1
1. Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
2. He created man from a clot.
3. Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
4. Who taught (to write) with the pen
5. Taught man what he knew not.
6. Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
7. That he sees himself free from want.
8. Surely to your Lord is the return.
9. Have you seen him who forbids?
10. The servant (of Allah) when he prays?
11. Have you considered, if he were on the right way
12. Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
13. Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
14. Does he not know that Allah does see?
15. Nay! if he desists not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
16. A lying, sinful forehead.
17. Then let him summon his council,
18. We too would summon the braves of the army.
19. Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
---------------------
Surah ALAQ has the first of WAHI (revelation from Allah) to the Prophet PBUH as the angel Gabriel-AS brought to him its first five AAYAAT at the cave of Hira where he used to retire for solitude from all wrongs of his people; the angel embraced him for three times and asked him after each of them to read; he replied that he is unable to read (as he was unlettered) but then the angel recited these five AAYAAT and he learnt them; the term “IQRA” (Read) does tell that to teach needs to learn beforehand and as Muhammad PBUH was to become the greatest of teachers of the Holy Book Quran, he learnt it from Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; he was near to 40 years then and this incident affected him so much that he returned immediately to home; he told his wife Khadija-RA about this incident and showed some fear; she assured him that Allah will never disgrace him as he keeps good relations with near ones, helps the poor and the destitute, serves his guests generously and assists the deserving persons that are afflicted by troubles; Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin WARAQA Ibn NAUFAL; during the period of JAHILLIYAT (period of ignorance of the fundamental teachings of Islam before the Prophet PBUH commenced his TABLIGH for Islam), he had become a Christian and used to write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write; he was an old man and had lost his eyesight; Khadija said to him, "Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" WARAQA asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen so he said that this is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had sent to Moses; he wished then that he could live up to the time when his people would turn him out, to support him; Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they drive me out?" WARAQA replied in the affirmative but he died after a few days and WAHI also paused for a while; this first WAHI has the beautiful message that relates to knowledge of the Truth, “read in the name of your Lord Who created (all of creation); He created man from a clot (i.e. ALAQ that attaches to the uterus where it gets all its sustenance; and He provided him with faculties to learn functions to live-on); read and your Lord is Most Honorable, Who taught (to write) with the pen (and this is applicable even to the indicator of the keyboard at the monitor while using the computer); He taught man (i.e. the mankind) what he knew not”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the phrase ‘what he knew not’ denotes “the virtuous living manner by the good Islamic morality” and with that, it also denotes the laws at the universe that are most complementary to that virtuous living manner, only if the man cares to live with that virtuous living manner with total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the three AAYAAT ahead in the Surah state about such person who inclines to the world, that even with all he needs, he still is ready to take more to himself; these AAYAAT read; “nay! man is most surely inordinate that he sees himself free from want; surely to your Lord is the return”; so he needs to care for the fellow-beings and remember that if he has some authority at the world, he still has to give the account of all he has done at the world and no one is totally independent; certainly Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah; from AAYAT-9, the Surah tells about such character who himself is against the teachings of Islam and asks others too to avoid even listening to them; those who accept it, he tries his best to stop such persons to practice it but Allah explicitly states here that such evil character would see extreme troubles at the world and face utmost torments at AKHIRAT; note that these AAYAAT tell about ABU-JAHL who had extreme enmity to Islam and he tried by highest of efforts to stop the Prophet PBUH from practicing and spreading the teachings of Islam at Makkah; once he even tried to put his foot on the neck of the Prophet PBUH when he was in prostration to Allah at Salah at KA’BAH but Allah stopped him as he advanced towards him, from the fulfillment of his evil intention; all such bad characters, who do not accept Islamic teachings and stop others too to accept it and put it into practice, they all ask for such wrath of Allah that is mentioned here at these AAYAAT; they read, “have you seen him who forbids the servant (of Allah) when he prays? have you considered, if he (the righteous servant of Allah) were on the right way or enjoined guarding (against evil)? have you considered if he (the wrong person who has the evil character) gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back? does he not know that Allah does see (all which he does in enmity to Islam)? nay! if he desists not, We would certainly smite his forehead (i.e. his whole physique), a lying, sinful forehead; then let him summon his council; We too would summon the braves of the army (of angels)”; note that ABU-JAHL was killed at the battle of BADR that took place in the second year of HIJRAH and his head was chopped off then from his body; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Surah tells the Prophet PBUH not to worry about the negative efforts of evil persons against him but go on showing complete submission to Allah and by that, get all His pleasure at the world and at AKHIRAT that is the true life of all of mankind; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QADR
MK-3
1. Surely We revealed it on the grand night.
2. And what will make you comprehend what is the grand night
3. The grand night is better than a thousand months.
4. The angels and ROOH (i.e. the most esteemed angel Gabriel-AS) descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair,
5. Peace! it is till the break of the morning.
---------------------
Surah QADR relates about the night that is named as AL-QADR (which M.H. SHAKIR has translated as the grand night) because Allah provides His rulings for times ahead to angels; note that the term QADR denotes issues of destiny and this splendid night occurs in the holy month of RAMADHAN; though it is taken as any of odd nights at the last ten nights of RAMADHAN yet it maybe any of them as the twenty-fourth night of it is also mentioned as probable; AAYAAT at the beginning of Surah DUKHAN read, “HA-MIM! I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the Truth); surely We revealed it on a blessed night; surely We are ever warning; therein every wise affair is made distinct which is command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles and this is) mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah QADR reads, “surely We revealed it on the grand night; and what will make you comprehend what is the grand night; the grand night is better than a thousand months (as Allah provides His mercy in this single night that is even more than in a thousand months to all persons who repent on their wrongs); the angels and ROOH (i.e. the most esteemed angel Gabriel-AS with all of them) descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair; peace! it is till the break of the morning”; note that the Surah has mentioned that Allah has sent it down at LAYLATUL-QADR (the grand night that relates to predestination); so the matter seems that Allah began to record the revelation of the Quran on that significant night at LAUHE-MAHFUZ i.e. the Secured Written Tablet, the book of Allah which is especially related to predestination; He sent it in stages to Muhammad PBUH (the last of His Messengers) by the most respectable angel JIBRAEL (i.e. Gabriel) as the true guidance to mankind (and to Jinn) as He willed so it is the relevant guidance according to events and the relevant guidance in general to what the people needed to live their lives upon the Islamic teachings; Al-Hamdu Lillah; all good works need good times for them to manifest their utmost BARAKAH and so Allah chose the best of times that was that significant night of RAMADHAN when He began to provide the Holy Book Quran to LAUHE-MAHFUZ; note that when some good thing brings the most good results by it then it is mentioned as having “BARAKAH” for that so when the good rain falls upon the good land, it brings its crops well upon the surface therefore it has “BARAKAH” for that good land; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah provided the Quran to Muhammad PBUH for nearly 23 lunar years and LAUHE-MAHFUZ saved that text of the Quran as he got it; so with the completion of its text at the world, it was saved there too in total by text; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah BAYYINAH
H-6
1. Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists could not have left (their disbelief) until there had come to them the clear evidence:
2. An apostle from Allah, reciting pure scriptures,
3. Wherein are all the right ordinances.
4. And those who were given the Book did not become divided except after clear evidence had come to them.
5. And they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion.
6. Surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are the worst of men.
7. (As for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the -best of men.
8. Their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him; that is for him who fears his Lord.
---------------------
Surah BAYYINAH states at the beginning that the darkness of disbelief in Allah had spread to such extreme that all disbelievers were living most oblivious to the right path so Allah sent the clear evidence i.e. He sent Muhammad PBUH, His last Messenger, who recited to all persons the righteous teachings of the pure scriptures that Allah had previously given (i.e. the fundamental teachings of Islam that were present at the previous holy scriptures too, which the Holy Book Quran tells most explicitly), in which are all of His right ordinances (and which the Holy Book Quran tells most explicitly); Al-Hamdu Lillah; BAYYINAH denotes the distinct reasoning (the clear evidence as translated here) to get to the true belief in Allah, the true Lord, and in the judgment at AKHIRAT, by the observation of the previous guidance that Allah had provided to all peoples by His Messengers especially those who had received the scriptures from Allah; so this single term asks all peoples to believe in all the fundamental teachings of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that this Surah and the next one came at Madinah and their placement is between many of the Surah that came at Makkah as they also mostly relate to asking of attention towards AKHIRAT; the fourth & fifth AAYAAT here tell, “and those who were given the Book (i.e. the Jews and the Christians who were guided by Torah) did not become divided except after clear evidence (that Allah gave them in Torah) had come to them; and they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion”; this tells that they involved themselves in useless discussions inclining towards the detail of everything that Allah commanded them; they were only ordered to worship Allah, the true Lord, with total belief in AKHIRAT accepting all of BAYYINAH & with total compliance to Him; this compliance included to remain committed to performing of SALAH (that would keep them attentive to Allah with care to work for AKHIRAT) and to remain committed to paying of ZAKAH (that would keep them away from any attention to achievement of wealth & of status at the world); Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that we have read at BAQARAH-153, “O you who believe- seek assistance through patience (SABR that includes all attitudes which denote disinterest to the world) and prayer (SALAH); surely Allah is with the patient”; read also the note at the fifth Ruku of Surah BAQARAH which also tells as is mentioned here that Allah had asked the Bani-Israel too, “and seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it is a hard thing except for the humble ones” (AAYAT-45); Al-Hamdu Lillah; so Allah sent BAYYINAH so that they get the true guidance for their belief and for their practice by it but they took the attitude of ignorance to it by falling into most useless discussions about it; this also warns the Muslims not to fall into such discussions about the righteous belief, and about all the virtuous practice, in Islam that causes them to drift away from the right path; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-6 and 7 of this Surah tell about the ultimate outcome, of the doings of the disbelievers and of the doings of the true believers, respectively; they read, “surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are the worst of men; (as for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the best of men”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT of the Surah, further provides the good tidings about the pleasure of the true believers that “their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; (and the highest of rewards for them is that) Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him; that is for him who fears his Lord”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ZILZAAL
H-4
1. When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,
2. And the earth brings forth her burdens,
3. And man says: What has befallen her?
4. On that day she shall tell her news,
5. Because your Lord had inspired her.
6. On that day men shall come forth in scattered groups that they may be shown their works.
7. So, he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it
8. And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.
---------------------
Surah ZILZAAL narrates that the earth would bring out all dead persons inside it (and they all would come to life) and whatever that it has inside of it due to the tremendous earthquake, at the Day of Judgment; all persons that lived at the world at any time & place, would come to life, even if their bodies were drowned or burnt, as the earth would produce all of them at the Day of Judgment; note that this narration relates to the Day of Judgment when Allah would give it such ability even, that if asked, it would tell the news of every such thing which has happened on it at any time and at any place so that would surprise such persons who remained disbelievers in Allah at the world or had utmost weakness in the belief in Allah, that they had; this ability might not necessarily manifest by speech but it might come at fore by some other manner as Allah wills; note that Surah HAJJ begins by relating about the earthquake at the last day of the world i.e. QAYAMAT (and which often is mentioned as the Hour in the Quran) so Surah HAJJ tell about the earthquake that occurs at the last day of the world whereas here the earthquake mentioned is at the Day of Judgment when all persons would be raised from the dead as is clear by the text; Al-Hamdu Lillah; every person would come at the ground of HASHR in groups according to doings so each group would especially relate to some specific doing as there would be those in a group who were committed to reading of SALAH much and those in a group who cared for the needy most highly; also, there would be a group for thieves & looters and a group for those who used to commit adultery; on that day, at the ground of HASHR, every person would see all of his/her doings, major or minor, at the world most obvious in front of him/her; KAHF-49 states, “and the Book shall be placed, then you will see the guilty fearing from what is in it, and they will say- Ah- woe to us- what a book is this- it does not omit a small one nor a great one, but numbers them (all); and what they had done they shall find present (there); and your Lord does not deal unjustly with anyone”; so that would be the day of results and all of righteous persons would receive this honor too that they would see Allah when they enter JANNAAT, the most beautiful gardens that would be eternal as wonderful reward to the true believers; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah AA’DIYAAT
MK-2
1. I swear by the runners breathing, panting,
2. Then those that produce fire striking,
3. Then those that make raids at morn,
4. Then thereby raise dust,
5. Then thereby penetrate upon assembly:
6. Most surely, the man is most ungrateful to his Lord.
7. And most surely he is a witness of that.
8. And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
9. Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
10. And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
11. Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.
---------------------
Like few of previous Surah, AA’DIYAAT also starts by continuous oaths that Allah takes and these Surah include SAAFFAAT, ZAARIYAAT, MURSALAAT and NAZI’AAT; we all have studied the last three of these Surah at this last part and have noted that Allah may take the oath of any of His creation by His will though the authentic Ahadith has commanded the Muslims to take the oath of Allah only on good deeds; note also that He does not need to take oaths to present His statements yet He takes them according to the statement that He presents so in this manner, He provides strength to them; Al-Hamdu Lillah; at the five beginning AAYAAT of this Surah, Allah has taken oaths of different attributes of horses, “I swear by the runners (i.e. horses that run extremely fast) breathing, panting, then (they become) those that produce fire (sparks by) striking (upon the earth as they run extremely fast), then (they become) those that make raids at morn (as was the custom in Arabia at that time), then thereby raise dust (charging ahead towards the enemy), then thereby penetrate upon (their) assembly”; AAYAAT do not mention horses yet the mentioned attributes suggest them clearly as they had these where the war took place among the people at those times; AAYAT-6 presents the statement on which Allah takes these oaths that reads, “most surely, the man (who does not thank Allah on His blessings) is most ungrateful to his Lord”; note that there is comparison of the ungrateful person to horses that, when are given their foods & water with affection, expose themselves to utmost danger at the gesture of their master against his foe; but many of men are not even prepared to thank Allah for whatever He has done for them; He certainly is the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT-7 & 8 state the psyche of such person, “and most surely he is a witness of that; and most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth”; this tells his attitude to remain so obsessed with the pleasures of the world that even when he sees how much Allah has cared for all persons at the world by providing them ease at getting their necessities, he does not show any gratitude towards Him; the last three AAYAAT state about the Day of Judgment, where he would be an extreme loser, “does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised (i.e. all the dead would be raised to life) and what is in the breasts is made apparent (so all persons there would see openly how much belief each of other persons had, at their insides at the world)? most surely, their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them (i.e. He would inspect their documents of deeds most critically on that day)”; note that one of Ahadith at Bukhari reports that the Prophet PBUH said, “whoever will be called to account (critically about his deeds on the Day of Resurrection) will surely be punished." Ayesha, his beloved wife, guided his attention to the AAYAT of INSHIQAQ-8 where Allah says -he shall be reckoned with an easy reckoning (so the words here may denote some scrutiny of document of deeds even of the virtuous person)-; the Prophet PBUH replied, "this means only the presentation of the account but whoever will be argued about his account, he will certainly be ruined"; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QARI’AH
MK-3
1. The terrible calamity!
2. What is the terrible calamity!
3. And what will make you realize what the terrible calamity is?
4. The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
5. And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
6. Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
7. He shall live pleasant life.
8. And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
9. His abode shall be the abyss.
10. And what will make you know what it is?
11. A burning fire.
---------------------
Surah QARI’AH starts by mentioning the terrible calamity and elucidating that it would take place at the Day of Resurrection when the quantity of all men shall be such that they would seem as scattered moths; and the mountains would fly about as loosened wool; note that the first six AAYAAT of Surah WAQI’AH read, “when the great event comes to pass; there is no belying its coming to pass; abasing (one party), exalting (the other); when the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking; and the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling; so that they shall be as scattered dust (as if they are loosened wool)”; this tells about the last day of the world and the words “abasing (one party), exalting (the other)” tell that this day would lead to the Day of Judgment that would abase the disbelievers and that would lead the righteous persons to highest of honor; the Quran takes the matter of the last day of the world (QIYAMAT) and the first day of AKHIRAT (that is the Day of Judgment) at places by such relation that the latter occurs just after QIYAMAT; this is because all of mankind is dead at QIYAMAT whereas all of mankind regain life (and awareness) at the Day of Judgment though there is an extensive period of time between these two; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT ahead tell, ”then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy, he shall live pleasant life; and as for him whose measure of good deeds is light, his abode shall be the abyss”; note that at the Day of Judgment, besides giving of the documents of deeds to all persons, the scales would be brought that would weigh the belief and deeds of all persons; so they would be such scales that would be able to weigh even the belief of any person; if the scales show favorable result by being heavy, such person would attain the salvation; and if the scales show unfavorable result by being light, they would be such persons who have put the most heavy loss upon themselves as their attitude to the AAYAAT of Allah was most unjust in their worldly lives; and there would be such extreme wrong persons too for whom no scales would be provided; Surah KAHF mentions that “those whose effort go astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work; these are they who disbelieve in the AAYAAT of their Lord and His meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore We will not set up a balance for them on the day of resurrection” (KAHF-104 & 105); the last couple of AYAAT of the Surah elucidate what “abyss” is as they read, “and what will make you know what it is?- (it is) a burning fire”; certainly, all that the Quran tells, would totally happen in the same manner; and certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah TAKATHUR
MK-3
1. Rivalry for abundance diverts you,
2. Until you come to the graves.
3. Nay! you shall soon know,
4. Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
5. Nay! if you had known with certain knowledge,
6. That you shall most certainly see the hell-fire;
7. Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
8. Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
---------------------
Surah TAKATHUR tells about the psyche of those persons who have attached themselves to get the wealth, status and fame at the world with the consideration that this attachment would prove that they are among the successful persons; this becomes such obsession to them with time that they go on living with this attachment competing with all persons, until they reach near to death; note that the Quran does not ask for any competition for issues of the life at the world anywhere but it does ask to hasten towards all the good deeds that keep the righteous person firm on the right path for the salvation at AKHIRAT; one of examples for this statement is AAYAT-133 at AALE-IMRAN that tells, “and hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and the Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who have TAQWA to Allah”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; one of Ahadith of the Prophet PBUH has pointed out the negative psyche of such persons who attach themselves totally to gains of the world, by words that “if the son of Adam had one valley full of gold, even then he would crave for a second; nothing can fill his stomach but dust (of the grave) and Allah cares for one who repents” (Tirmidhi); note that this Surah is explicit on the point that actual success only relates to getting the pleasure of Allah as that gives wonderful peace both at the world and at AKHIRAT; AAYAAT 5, 6 & 7 imply that though such persons who are attached to the world, would see the hell-fire most certainly (at AKHIRAT) yet it would have been better for them if they could have got the awareness about it here at the world; these AAYAAT read, “nay! if you had known (at the world) with certain knowledge that you shall most certainly see the hell-fire (it would have affected attitudes positively); then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty (at AKHIRAT)”; the last AAYAT clearly states that they would have to present account for all they had achieved at the world with all their efforts, how did they achieve those and how did they spend those; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah ASR
MK-2
1. I swear by the time,
2. Most surely man is in loss,
3. Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other righteousness, and enjoin on each other patience.
---------------------
Surah ASR is brief in volume, as it consists of three AAYAAT only, but it tells the mankind the only manner for success; Allah swears by the time that is fast running out for every person as all persons are going towards their death; all persons are certainly in extreme trouble as every person has to make utmost effort to attain the pleasure of Allah in this limited time that has been allotted to him/her; this only is the true aim of life and this only would prove the validity for every person to get JANNAH (the most beautiful garden where he/she would remain totally at peace forever); Al-Hamdu Lillah; the last AAYAT tells the only manner for success that those only would remain safe from the extreme loss at AKHIRAT who believe in Allah truly and do all good deeds that Allah has commanded them; note about the belief mentioned here, that it means to believe in the fundamental teachings of Islam 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); AKHIRAT (Allah would judge all peoples of the world at the Day of Judgment); RISALAT (Allah sent His Messengers to the world to provide the Guidance to the right path); Al-Hamdu Lillah; and as for doing all good deeds, note that basically the Muslim person has to remain totally attentive to Allah and has to remain totally disinterested in gathering wealth at the world as this righteous preference in attitude insha-Allah would lead him ultimately to set his deeds to attainment of the true success at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this last AAYAT of Surah ASR also mentions for those who remain safe from the extreme loss that they “enjoin on each other the righteousness (i.e. to care for each other by assets of the world that they have, which may show their total gratitude to Allah), and enjoin on each other patience (i.e. SABR to bear the trying situation of not getting even the required sustenance)”; so whatever the position, the Muslim person needs to show the virtuous attitude of remaining attentive to Allah and of remaining disinterested in wealth of the world; this attitude among the Muslims, is necessary to consolidate the doing of good deeds so their mention here is for the completion of good deeds as absence of TABLIGH may lead the surroundings to wrongs by doings of the Satan; Surah TEEN-4 to its last read, “certainly We created man in the best make; then We render him the lowest of the low; except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off; then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment? is not Allah the best of judges?”; if the Muslims discontinue TABLIGH, it may gradually result into change in preferences at the surroundings which may cause much hardship for the virtuous Muslims to fulfill their obligations; they shall always care for AKHIRAT with their total attention towards Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah HUMAZA
MK-4
1. Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
2. Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against all troubles he may face);
3. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
4. Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
5. And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
6. It is the fire kindled by Allah,
7. Which rises above the hearts.
8. Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
9. In extended columns.
---------------------
Like Surah TAKATHUR, Surah HUMAZA also denotes displeasure at giving undue attention to the world; it also tells the psyche of those persons who have attached themselves to get the wealth, status and fame at the world with the consideration that this attachment would prove that they are among the successful persons; this becomes such obsession to them with time that they go on living with this attachment competing with all persons, until they reach near to death; note that the Quran does not ask for any competition for issues of the worldly life anywhere but it does ask to hasten towards all the good deeds that keep the righteous person firm on the right path for the salvation at AKHIRAT; note also that in Islam, it is not feasible to degrade any other Muslim by calling him bad names and to belittle him; this negative psyche to degrade other Muslims often occurs when someone is attentive to gathering of much assets or/and status at the world and does get them to some notable extent where he thinks that he has proven himself worthy of significance; Surah HUJURAAT-10, 11 & 12 state explicitly, “the believers are but brethren, therefore make peace between your brethren and be careful of (your duty to) Allah that mercy may be had on you; O you who believe! let not (one) people laugh at (another) people perchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be better than they; and do not find fault with your own people nor call one another by (bad) nicknames; evil is a bad name after faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is that are the unjust; O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others; does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? but you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAAT from 4 to the last at this Surah, refute this thinking that the gathering of assets of the world ensures safety from troubles as they read, “nay (this thinking that wealth of the world provides safety from all troubles, is erroneous)! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster, and what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is? it is the fire kindled by Allah, which rises above the hearts (as fire also has kinds and this one would penetrate inside sharply); surely it shall be closed over upon them, in extended columns (so being close system, it would heat the surroundings to extreme temperature)”; may Allah save all true Muslims to incline towards the world in any undue manner and give all of them TOFIQ to care for the true life which is at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FEEL
MK-3
1. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?
2. Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,
3. And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,
4. Casting against them stones of baked clay,
5. So He rendered them like straw eaten up?
---------------------
Surah FEEL guides attention towards an incident that occurred very near to the birth of the Prophet PBUH and there are such comments on it that put it in the same year when the Prophet PBUH was born though it is probable that it occurred a year or two before; note that the ruler of Yemen at that time by the name of ABRAHA, constructed some building at some area of his rule for which he asked all persons around to visit as a holy place leaving KA’BAH at Makkah; note that even then, KA’BAH was taken holy by tribes and all tribes had the respective idol they worshipped, inside it; however, he got no response to his call and that infuriated him while it also happened that someone put some filth there at those times, against which he vowed to take revenge by demolishing KA’BAH; he took an army with thousands of men that even had few of elephants (in which one was highly prominent) and marched towards Makkah; note that the use of elephants in the army was new to Arabia; his army marched on destroying any challenging tribe that came on its way and when it reached near KA’BAH at MEHSAR, it camped there; the chiefs of Makkah sent them the message that they do not intend to fight them, with the warning that Allah would protect His house; note that they worshipped idols yet they had the notion that Allah is the Creator of all the universe and He runs that; ABRAHA ignored the warning and marched towards it the next day; it happened that there came hundreds of birds (that are named commonly as ABABIL which also means flocks) from nowhere and these birds though small, were most unique in looks; they had pebbles in their beaks and in their claws that they just left over that army; they acted like bullets to the men and the elephants and had such amazing potential energy that they even though small, were enough to render the whole army useless; this incident became so well-known at Arabia that the timing of any incident was related by taking the “year of the elephant” as basis then; Surah FEEL reads, “have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant? did He not cause their war to end in confusion (by sudden loss of direction in planning) and send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks, casting against them stones of baked clay (the term SIJJIL for baked clay came to Arabic from Persian); so He rendered them like straw eaten up (by the cattle)?”; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah QURAYSH
MK-3
1. For the protection of the QURAYSH-
2. Their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer-
3. So let them serve the Lord of this House,
4. Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.
---------------------
Surah QURAYSH tells the residents at Makkah that it is because of KA’BAH that they all are given respect as all tribes take KA’BAH as most respectable where each one has placed its respective idol to worship; so as they dwell at Makkah, this placement has given them high protection even at times when caravans are looted frequently; note that as Makkah did not accommodate the growth of crops so its residents had to rely on trade for them; the Surah tells that they do see that their trading caravans go freely towards Yemen in the winter and towards Syria in the summer without any fear of plunder; they need to serve Allah only Who is the true Lord of KA’BAH as this righteous belief only would truly defend them from all calamities; 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; as they reside at Makkah, Allah has given them convenience to live without the pangs of hunger and have secured them against fear of any looter that may take away their assets or even their lives when they are at the trading caravans; Surah QURAYSH reads, “for the protection of the QURAYSH; their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer; so let them serve the Lord of this House, Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah MAA’UN
MK-3
1. Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?
2. That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,
3. And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.
4. So woe to such remembering ones (of Allah),
5. Who are unmindful of their remembrance (of Allah),
6. Who do (good) to be seen,
7. And withhold the necessaries of life.
---------------------
Surah MAA’UN explicitly tells that those who do not truly believe in the Day of Judgment, they often treat all weak persons hard-heartedly; not only this but his psyche turns to such immorality that he does not even urge others to care for the weak (because if he does that, others would ask him to take the initiative as he has so much to spare); the Surah tells that these persons who seemingly are good persons, who seem to care about Allah by His remembrance much, they forget that the true remembrance of Allah asks that they worship Him only without taking any other as the true Lord; then it also asks for charitable nature that cares for the weak to the utmost so they actually do not fulfill any of demands of their remembrance (termed as their SALAH here); note that this Surah came to the Prophet PBUH at the third year of his period at Makkah where SALAH had not taken its usual shape to remember Allah and here it means the manner in which those persons whom the people of that time took as good persons, used to remember Allah; this remembrance was in presence of their disbelief in the Day of Judgment and even with the worship of idols that was wide-spread at those times, so it certainly had no concern to virtuousness; however, note here that this Surah tells even the good Muslims that remembrance of Allah even with care for TAUHID, does ask for charitable character too and they must see to weak persons (orphan; needy; deprived) at surroundings; note that TAUHID 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so this Surah tells about the seemingly good persons that they have to see to virtues truly; Surah MAA’UN reads, “have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie (so he actually is one of disbelievers)? that is the one who treats the orphan with harshness and does not urge (even others) to feed the poor (as he is one of the most hard-hearted persons); so woe to such remembering ones (of Allah), who are unmindful of their remembrance (of Allah); who do (good) to be seen (so that the persons around may praise them); and withhold the necessaries of life (even such petty things that persons often borrow from each other casually)”; but Allah knows about all which they have inside them and that would undoubtedly come at fore at the Day of Judgment; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah KAUTHAR
MK-3
1. Surely We have given you KAUTHAR,
2. Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice.
3. Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity
---------------------
Surah KAUTHAR is the smallest Surah in volume at the Holy Book Quran and it relates that Allah has given the Prophet PBUH all of virtuousness at the world and at AKHIRAT; note that KAUTHAR means abundance of all good things and it also is the name of the beautiful fountain at JANNAH that Allah would especially provide to Muhammad PBUH, the last of His Messengers; so Allah has given him KAUTHAR at the world (i.e. the Holy Book Quran, the teaching of which would always give him the highest of fame) and KAUTHAR at AKHIRAT (i.e. the beautiful fountain including the Quran, from where he would provide waters to all virtuous persons of his UMMAH at JANNAH); Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah asks the Prophet PBUH to read SALAH for his Lord and make sacrifice; though the term NAHR that occurs here to denote sacrifice means to slaughter camels in the name of Allah, it implies that the Prophet PBUH shall always remain attentive to Allah and shall sacrifice any inclination to grandeur that the world presents; I, MSD, would quote from the note at the last Ruku of Surah AN’AAM where AAYAT-162 asks the Prophet PBUH, “say- my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are (all) for Allah, Lord of the worlds”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; in the Surah that descended at Makkah, Allah does advise the Prophet PBUH to say such statements individually that relate to all Muslims too in general and that the Muslim person would easily deduct by some observation; at the Surah that descended at Madinah, Allah provides the commands even directly to Muslims; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-162 tells that the belief and the deeds of the Prophet PBUH were totally based on the attention towards Allah, the true Lord; this in brief, is the introduction to Islam as SALAH and NUSUK (sacrifice) keep the Muslim person steadfast at the right path of Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah; we have learnt this important teaching of the Quran at BAQARAH-153 (Ruku-19) where the AAYAT says, “O you who believe; seek assistance through SABR (patience) and SALAH (prayer); surely Allah is with the patient”; the term NUSUK at AAYAT-162 (Surah AN’AAM) is related to SABR (as NAHR also does relate to SABR at Surah KAUTHAR); by these, the Muslim person would surely prove that Allah has no partner; He 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; the person must recognize Him only as the true Lord (RABB) and do according to His commands; he has to answer for his belief and his deeds at the Day of Judgment at the ground of HASHR which would be established at this very earth; all persons would return to their true Lord and then Allah, their true Lord, would judge everything amongst all of the peoples there; it is for that Day that Allah has provided this worldly life and settle peoples one after another; He has given status to some over some as that is how He asks their test at the world by whatever status and possession He has provided to the peoples; they must see well what they strive for because He, the true Lord, certainly is swift in providing the punishment and He certainly is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful; Al-Hamdu Lillah; for the last AAYAT of Surah KAUTHAR, note that there were such chiefs among disbelievers at Makkah, who mentioned that as Muhammad (PBUH) has no son so his name would not live-on after his death; Allah answers them that it would be they who would not be remembered by any good name but the coming peoples would always remember Muhammad PBUH by the most respectable terms; this Allah has decreed and so this would take place for certain; Surah KAUTHAR reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- surely We have given you KAUTHAR; therefore, pray to your Lord and make sacrifice; surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity; certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah KAAFIRUN
MK-3
1. Say: O disbelievers!
2. I do not serve that which you serve,
3. Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:
4. Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,
5. Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:
6. You shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live.
---------------------
Surah KAAFIRUN is the answer to those disbelievers who had suggested that the Prophet PBUH and the disbelievers strike an agreement between them that sometimes they would worship Allah and sometimes the Prophet PBUH come to their side to worship their way; Surah KAAFIRUN explicitly rejects this extremely preposterous suggestion where Allah commands the Prophet PBUH to tell the disbelievers in clearest of terms that he does not serve whom they take worthy of worship and they do not serve Allah, the true Lord; this situation would stay even in the future as to worship Allah means to worship Him only as the true Lord; there is no one equal to Him in any manner for certain as AAYAT-11 of Surah SHURA states clearly, “(Allah is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing is like likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing”; the Muslims believe in Allah keeping to TAUHID which 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; so the Prophet PBUH gave the best answer to the suggestion of the disbelievers, by the command of Allah that “you shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live”; the whole Surah KAAFIRUN reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- O disbelievers! I do not serve that which you serve, nor do you serve Him Whom I serve; nor am I going to serve that which you serve, nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve; you shall have your way to live and I shall have my way to live”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NASR
MK-2
1. When there comes the help of Allah and the victory,
2. And you see men entering the right path of Allah in companies,
3. Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy).
---------------------
Like Surah ASR and Surah KAUTHAR, Surah NASR also consists of 3 AAYAT and it gives the good tidings that such time would come in the life of the Prophet PBUH that he would see the help from Allah coming for the spread of Islam so he would see that huge number of persons are entering Islam from all places; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah commands the Prophet PBUH that when this comes to pass, he shall praise Allah, the true Lord, and ask His forgiveness on any unintentional mistakes he may have committed at TABLIGH of Islam anytime at any place; note that it is mentioned that Surah NASR came to the Prophet PBUH at Madinah and even there, it is mentioned as to came at the last of that period; however, there is some disagreement about the period when it came to the Prophet PBUH and I, MSD, have preferred the early period at Makkah for it; note that this Surah gives a subtle indication that when this all happens, he must prepare to depart from the world as that would be the last period of his life at the world; Surah NASR reads, “when there comes the help of Allah (for the spread of Islam) and the victory (of it over the satanic arguments); and you see men entering the right path of Allah in companies; then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy)”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah LAHAB (MASAD)
MK-2
1. Perdition overtake both hands of ABU-LAHAB, and he will perish.
2. His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
3. He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
4. And his wife, the wood-bearer (for fuel),
5. Upon her neck, a halter of strongly twisted rope.
---------------------
Surah LAHAB tells that whoever challenges the fundamental teachings of Islam (especially when he disrespects the Prophet PBUH too), he is certain to face most disgraceful death and to get extreme torments at the hell-fire; note that ABU-LAHAB was the paternal uncle of the Prophet PBUH and he also was the neighbor of the Prophet PBUH; note that LAHAB means “flame” and in Arabic, when someone is attached to something, he is known by its relation as IBN-us-SABIL literally means “the son of the way” and it denotes the traveller; so ABU-LAHAB was named as “the father of the flame” as he was much robust in looks whereas the Surah notes the term LAHAB in literal sense too at AAYAT-3; he used to pass rude remarks on the Prophet PBUH when he called him towards Islam with all decency; he taunted about the hands of the Prophet PBUH once as to curse him, to which Allah answered in defense of the Prophet PBUH that it is ABU-LAHAB who would be destroyed with extreme curse falling upon him at the world and most severe torment getting him at AKHIRAT where he would meet the flaming fire; note that ABU-LAHAB died in extreme pain by a tumor on him and persons at his household put him in quarantine where he died a cruel death; he was thrown into the grave by few slaves after a couple of days of his death as the persons at his household were not ready to touch him; this fact is most interesting that ABU-LAHAB had heard this Surah but it never occurred to him that he may act to become Muslim to disprove this Surah though he lived for about fifteen years more after its descent; this is how Allah protects the Holy Book Quran; Al-Hamdu Lillah; AAYAT-4 tells about his wife (who also troubled the Prophet PBUH in different ways) that she would also be at the hell-fire where she would be the carrier of wood to keep on the fire burning so that its highest of temperature may torment her husband and herself continuously; AAYAT-5, the last AAYAT of the Surah, marked her end at the world before it occurred that “upon her neck, (is) a halter of strongly twisted rope”; she died of strangulation of the rope by which she had picked-up a wood-pile; it twisted around her neck and could not be untwisted before her death; Surah LAHAB reads, “perdition overtake both hands of ABU-LAHAB, and he will perish; his wealth and what he earns will not avail him; he shall soon burn in fire that flames and his wife, the wood-bearer (for fuel), upon her neck (is) a halter of strongly twisted rope”; most certainly, Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah IKHLAAS
MK-3
1. Say: He, Allah, is One.
2. Allah is He on Whom all depend.
3. He begets not, nor is He begotten.
4. And none is like Him.
---------------------
Surah IKHLAAS tells about Allah Who is One (i.e. Unique) and Who does not depend on anyone for anything but upon Whom all true believers depend for the solution when it seems that there is no way out; He begets not, nor is He begotten; He is Unique and none is like Him; Surah SHURA-11 states clearly, “(Allah is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing is like likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; the true Muslims believe in Allah by keeping to TAUHID which 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”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that the first AAYAT of Surah FATIHA that is the first AAYAT of the Quran, presents by its words that Allah is from all times to all times with all of His attributes that are of Him from all times to all times (QADEEM) and all of His attributes are His very own (ASL) and all of His attributes are limitless (LA-MEHDUD); note that the term “RABB” that occurs at this first AAYAT is highly significant in understanding of the Holy Book Quran; RABBUL-AALAMIN means the true Lord that nurtures all His creation so Allah has not left His creation just after creating them but He nurtures them to height; so this beautiful AAYAT denotes three things about Allah that He only is the Creator of all the creation; that He always has all of His good QADEEM, ASL, LA-MEHDUD attributes totally which denote His absolute authority; that He is RABBUL-AALAMIN, the only true Lord of all, so He asks for total obedience from all of His creation, that is most sincere; Al-Hamdu Lillah RABBEL-AALAMIN; the Quran has indicated at places that many of totally wrong persons did believe Allah in the sense that He has created all the creation and there even were those among them who believed that He certainly has absolute authority with His true attributes but then they believed that He necessarily listens to those who are very near to Him and does accordingly, so their belief had most extreme flaw in it; and that flaw led them to the thing that totally degraded them which was that they ignored Him as the true Lord (RABB) Whom they must truly obey in all principles that He has provided to them in all walks of life (while their obedience to any of persons is only if his direction does not fall against any of the commands of Allah); this ignorance to recognize Him as the only true Lord, ultimately led them to take some of His creation too as the object to worship and as to obey unconditionally (accepting some of His authority in them and raising them to such status where they took them as their intercessors at the court of Allah to whom Allah would necessarily listen); may Allah save all Muslims from this gravest of sins that is named SHERK and that certainly leads to the hell-fire if the person involved in it does not ask for (and receive) forgiveness from Allah and His mercy, at life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah IKHLAAS reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- He, Allah, is One (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He is Unique Who only has created all of creation); Allah is He on Whom all depend (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He only has the true attributes that He never loses); He begets not, nor is He begotten (so belief in this expresses TAUHID that He only is the true Lord Who only has the true authority and there is none who is able to challenge that authority); and none is like Him”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah FALAQ
MK-3
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,
2. From the evil of what He has created,
3. And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes,
4. And from the evil of those who blow on knots,
5. And from the evil of the envious when he envies
---------------------
Surah FALAQ came with the next Surah that is Surah NAAS and these both, if read together in highest of quantity, are wonderful remedy to any negative spiritual effect that someone has managed to put on a Muslim person; this negative spiritual effect may occur by some negative spell of magic against him, by some negative sight of eyes (intentional or unintentional) against him, by some negative sentiment (especially extreme jealousy) against him and even by some negative words of someone that may take effect against him, intentionally said to affect him or unintentionally; these things do affect and all most virtuous Muslim persons must seek refuge from these in Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there are ULAMA, the reliable scholars of Islam, who have mentioned that when Surah FATIHA (the first Surah), AAYATUL-KURSI (AAYAT-255 of Surah BAQARAH, the second Surah), the last AAYAT of Surah BAQARAH and these last two Surah (which are named together as MAU’DHATAIN), are read in sequence in the highest of quantity, Allah makes them barrier to all negative effect of all persons around, for the most virtuous Muslim person; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Surah FALAQ presents the words that relate to protect the Muslim person from all such things around that might affect his physique negatively whereas Surah NAAS presents the words that relate to protect the Muslim person from all such things which direct their negative effect against his inside; the words in AAYAT-1, 2 & 3 of FALAQ imply that all most virtuous Muslim persons must ask Allah, the only Creator of all the creation, for His protection against the negative effect of times (especially early hours of the morning and the darkest hours of the night); its last couple of AAYAAT imply that he shall also ask Allah for His protection against the evil effect of those who blow on knots (for making of magic) and against the evil effect of such person who envies (resents due to jealousy) at all good achievements of persons around him; note that AAYAT-4 relates to an incident that is specific to the Prophet PBUH as Ahadith narrate; it happened that one of Jews who did not belong to any Jewish tribe but was a fellow of BANU-RUZAYQ, had put a spell of magic on the Prophet PBUH by assistance of his daughters; they got some of the hair of the Prophet PBUH somehow and his comb that they put into palm leaves; they had tied eleven knots binding all hair of the Prophet PBUH and had blown some magic spell on them; he put these palm leaves into the bed of a well by the name of DHI-ARWAN under a stone, that was at the premises of his tribe; due to this spell, the Prophet PBUH felt physical weakness and it also happened that sometimes he forgot whether he has done something he intended or not; note that the negative effect of magic spell on him, did not cause any adverse influence upon his task of providing the teachings of Islam by the Quran in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah; though he was the last of Messengers of Allah yet he also was a man who became afflicted by illness too and who was wounded too at the expedition of TA’IF and at the battle of UHUD; the last AAYAT of Surah KAHF reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH) say- I am only a mortal (i.e. a human being) like you; (but as the Messenger of Allah), it is revealed to me that your god is one that is Allah, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join anyone in the service of his Lord”; Al-Hamdu Lillah; Allah informed him by two of respectable angels about the magic spell that was put on him and he went to the well with some of his Sahaba and they found the stone and the palm leaves beneath it; then as Gabriel-AS read the eleven AAYAAT of MAU’DHATAIN, the Prophet PBUH opened a knot at each of them until he opened all eleven knots with all eleven AAYAAT of them; he was instantly cured and then he buried the leaves with the comb and the hair and did not pursue the issue; Surah FALAQ reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)- say- I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn from the evil of what He has created; and from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes; and from the evil of those who blow on knots; and from the evil of the envious when he envies”; certainly, no one is able to affect negatively for any notable period in any manner, any of the most virtuous Muslim persons when he does seek refuge in Allah from all of adversities; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Surah NAAS
MK-3
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men,
2. The King of men,
3. The true Authority of men,
4. From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Satan),
5. Who whispers into the hearts of men,
6. from among the JINN and the men.
---------------------
Surah NAAS also relates the words that provide protection to the most virtuous Muslim persons; however, they protect against the negative effect that is directed towards the inside of them whereas the words at Surah FALAQ protect against the negative effect that is directed towards the physique of them so it is most feasible to study both of these Surah together; this Surah guides Muslims to praise Allah in the worthiest manner by appreciating Him as the true Lord of men, the true King of men, the true Authority of men; this tells that they have to fulfill the commands of Allah at all times and at all places; when such virtuous Muslim persons seek refuge in Allah from all evil of whisperings of wrongs that those persons who incline to satanic ways of life, try to put at their inside, Allah cares for them and gives them the protection that they ask for; these persons include such jinn who incline to satanic ways (who manage to do it directly by blowing their evil whispers into the inside of men so that they leave the right path) and include such men who incline to satanic ways (who speak for the evil in such manner that may affect the hearts of men so that they attach to it); Surah NAAS reads, “(O Muhammad PBUH)-say- I seek refuge in the Lord of men, the King of men, the true Authority of men, from the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Satan), who whispers into the hearts of men, from among the JINN and the men”; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
“Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” by:
Muhammad Saleem Dada
www.saleemdada.weebly.com
Here our study from Surah ZAARIAAT to the Surah NAAS and “Tafsiri-Guide to the Quran” (Fourth 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.
Tuesday - 1:25 PM
ZIL-HAJJAH 16, 1442
July-27, 2021