Surah Al-Qaari’ah – Chapter 101 – Lesson No.27.

29th  March 1998 – 01 Zul-Hijjah 1418 –

بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم

ربّ اشرحلي صدري ويسّرلي أمري واحلل عُقدة مّن لُّلساني يفقهو قولي

الحمد لله ربّ العالَمين والعاقبة اللمتّقين والصّلوةُ والسّلام على رسولك سيّدنا محمّد

وأاله وأصحابه وأهل بيته وأهل طاعتك أجمعين – أمّا بعد

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرّجيم

بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم

الْقَارِعَةُ ¤ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ¤ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ¤ يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ¤ وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ ¤ فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ¤ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ¤ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ¤ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ¤ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ¤ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ¤

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1 The calamity! The Great Disaster
2 What is the calamity? What is the Great Disaster
3 And what will make thee know how terrible is the calamity?
4 The day wherein men will be as scattered moths,
5 And the mountains will be as carded wool.
6 Then as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy,
7 He will live a pleasant life.
8 And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light,
9 The abyss is a mother to him. (Will have his home in a bottomless pit)
10 And what will make thee know what that is?
11 A burning Fire.

My dearest Brothers, My Dearest Sisters and my Dearest Children

السّلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Last week week, by the Grace and Mercy of Allah, we were able to provide you with a word for word exegesis of the verses 8 and 9 – وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ¤ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ¤  -

And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light,  The abyss is a mother to him. (Will have his home in a bottomless pit) and we will be continuing with the relevant verses with regard the words, “khaffath”, “Ummuhu” & “Hawiyah”-خَفَّتُْ – فَأُمُّهُ- هَاوِيَةٌ
We have given the relevant verses with regard to “Mawaazeen” when it appeared in the previous Aayath – Verse No.6.

خَفَّتْ

وَالْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

7.8 The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

007.009 Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.

فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

23.102 Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation:

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ

23.103 But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide.

تُخَافِتْ

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمَنَ أَيًّا مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الأسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى وَلا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاتِكَ وَلا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلا

17.110 Say: “Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between.”

يَتَخَافَتُونَ

يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلا عَشْرًا

20.103 In whispers will they consult each other: “Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days);

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ

68.23 So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-

The next word – أمَه – اُمّ

وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى أُمِّ مُوسَى أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ وَلا تَخَافِي وَلا تَحْزَنِي إِنَّا رَادُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

28.7 So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: “Suckle (thy child), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river, but fear not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We shall make him one of Our messengers.”

فَرَدَدْنَاهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ

28.13 Thus did We restore him to his mother, that her eye might be comforted, that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of Allah is true: but most of them do not understand.

يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأنْثَيَيْنِ فَإِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ وَلأبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ فَلأمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلأمِّهِ السُّدُسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ لا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

4.11 Allah (thus) directs you as regards your Children’s (Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases (’s) after the payment of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained by Allah; and Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.

لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ الْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ وَمَنْ فِي الأرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا يخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

5.17 In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary. Say: “Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every – one that is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all things.”

مَا الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ كَانَا يَأْكُلانِ الطَّعَامَ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الآيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَنَّى يُؤْفَكُونَ

5.75 Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!

وَجَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ آيَةً وَآوَيْنَاهُمَا إِلَى رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ

23.50 And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign: We gave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished with springs.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الإنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَى وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ

31.14 And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), “Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الإنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلاثُونَ شَهْرًا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

46.15 We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, “O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam.”

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

80.35 And from his mother and his father,

َأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ وَخَالاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ الأخِ وَبَنَاتُ الأخْتِ وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَأُمَّهَاتُ نِسَائِكُمْ وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَحَلائِلُ أَبْنَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلابِكُمْ وَأَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الأخْتَيْنِ إِلا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا

4.23 Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father’s sisters, Mother’s sisters; brother’s daughters, sister’s daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives’ mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-

أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ

لَيْسَ عَلَى الأعْمَى حَرَجٌ وَلا عَلَى الأعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلا عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌ وَلا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ آبَائِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ إِخْوَانِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخَوَاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَعْمَامِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخْوَالِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ خَالاتِكُمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُمْ مَفَاتِحَهُ أَوْ صَدِيقِكُمْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا جَمِيعًا أَوْ أَشْتَاتًا فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ بُيُوتًا فَسَلِّمُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةً كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

24.61 It is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame, nor in one afflicted with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your own houses, or those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or your sisters, or your father’s brothers or your father’s sisters, or your mother’s brothers, or your mother’s sisters, or in houses of which the keys are in your possession, or in the house of a sincere friend of yours: there is no blame on you, whether ye eat in company or separately. But if ye enter houses, salute each other – a greeting of blessing and purity as from Allah. Thus does Allah make clear the signs to you: that ye may understand.

وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالأبْصَارَ وَالأفْئِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

16.78 It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah).

مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزْوَاجَكُمُ اللائِي تُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ ذَلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَ

33.4 Allah has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body: nor has He made your wives whom ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: nor has He made your adopted sons your sons. Such is (only) your (manner of) speech by your mouths. But Allah tells (you) the Truth, and He shows the (right) Way.

خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الأنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلاثٍ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ

39.6 He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness. such is Allah, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?

الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الإثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلا اللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ فَلا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَى

53.32 Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into) small faults,- verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you well when He brings you out of the earth, And when ye are hidden in your mothers’ wombs. Therefore justify not yourselves: He knows best who it is that guards against evil.

أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ

النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ وَأُولُو الأرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ إِلا أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا

33.6 The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah).

الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ مَا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلا اللائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَرًا مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

58.2 If any men among you divorce their wives by Zihar (calling them mothers), they cannot be their mothers:  None can be their mothers except those who gave them birth. And in fact they use words (both) iniquitous and false: but truly Allah is one that blots out (sins), and forgives (again and again).

أُمِّهَا

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ فِي أُمِّهَا رَسُولا يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرَى إِلا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ

28.59 Nor was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He had sent to its centre a messenger, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We going to destroy a population except when its members practise iniquity.

Now for the final two verses : وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ¤ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ¤

10 And what will make you understand what that is?
11 It is A burning – raging inferno.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ  - This was fully dealt with in the third verse – وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

We will just give the meanings of  أَدْرَاكَ  - for purposes of clarity: The meanings are:

Perception, discernment, realization, noticing, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, understanding. Awareness -

conception, cognizance knowledge, reason, intelligence, intellect, mind, mentality,accomplishment, attainment,

apperception, introspective self-consciousness.

extrasensory perception.

If you check with verse 3 of this Surah, you will see that we have 13 verses raising the query, what is your perception, what is your realization etc., giving you the indication, that it is beyond the understanding, apprehension, comprehension, intelligence, intellect, knowledge and even extra-sensory perception of the human understanding and knowledge.

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ¤ – It is A burning – raging inferno

You cannot even imagine what it is like – it is beyond the conception of any reasoning of the human intellect. Or any intellect for that matter.

نَارٌ – Appears 138 Verses of the Holy Quran – 145 Places

نَارا – 19 times:  النَّار  - 102 times: نَار – 21 times: والنَّار    - Once:   فالنَّار-Twice

Then we have words describing Hell Fire as Jahannam, and Jaheem and Sa’eer

جَهَنّم – جَحِيْم – سَعِيْر

- جَهَنّم 72 times    - بِجَهَنّمِ    2 times     –  - لِجَهَنّم  3 times

- الجَحِيْم  23 times        - جَحِيْم2 times        – وجَحِيْما Once – 26 times in 26 verses.

سَعِيْر – 16 times in 16 verses

نَار – جَهَنّم – جَحِيْم – All these mean Fire, Hell-Fire, Inferno –

جَبَلُ النَّر – Volcano

- خَطُّ النَّارFront, Front line, Firing Line

سَعِيْر – Blaze, flame, fire, hell, inferno

-  حَامِيَةRoot word is –            - حَامٍMeaning:

Hot, heated, Flaming violent, vehement, fiery, Strong.

حَامِى الوَطِيْس  – Fierce, Grim, Bitter, Intense.

So, نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ  - Means – It is A burning – raging inferno – Violent, vehement, strongly heated Hell-Fire.  The Raging inferno burns Fiercely, The Blazing inferno burns with grimness and burns bitter and intense.

Now for a few of the Beautiful verses from the Noble, most exalted Holy Quran:

النَّارُ

فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

11.106 Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:

وَلا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لا تُنْصَرُونَ

11.113 And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you; and ye have no protectors other than Allah, nor shall ye be helped.

سَرَابِيلُهُمْ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشَى وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ

14.50 Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;

إِلا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُبِينٌ

15.18 But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).

وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

18.53 And the Sinful shall see the fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein: no means will they find to turn away therefrom.

قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلامًا عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ

21.69 We said, “O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!”

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ

23.104 The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced.

وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لا يُنْصَرُونَ

28.41 And we made them (but) leaders inviting to the Fire; and on the Day of Judgment no help shall they find.

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولا

33.66 The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: “Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!”

وَيَا قَوْمِ مَا لِي أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى النَّجَاةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِي إِلَى النَّارِ

40.41 “And O my people! How (strange) it is for me to call you to Salvation while ye call me to the Fire!

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

45.33 Then will appear to them the evil (fruits) of what they did, and they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!

وَقِيلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنْسَاكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ

45.34 It will also be said: “This Day We will forget you as ye forgot the meeting of this Day of yours! and your abode is the Fire, and no helpers have ye!

لا يَسْتَوِي أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ

59.20 Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden, that will achieve Felicity.

لَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُتَصَدِّعًا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ الأمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

59.21 Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلائِكَةٌ غِلاظٌ شِدَادٌ لا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

66.6 O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.

جَهَنَّمُ

وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِهِ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا

17.97 It is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray – for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.

هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

36.63 “This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!

جَحِيْم

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

26.91 “And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ

037.023 “Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ

37.55 He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.

وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ

82.14 And the Wicked – they will be in the Fire,

سَعِيْر

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا

4.10 Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a Fire into their own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire!

فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ صَدَّ عَنْهُ وَكَفَى بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيرًا

4.55 Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him: And enough is Hell for a burning fire.

كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَنْ تَوَلاهُ فَأَنَّهُ يُضِلُّهُ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَى عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ

22.4 About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him for friendship, him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to the Penalty of the Fire.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالسَّاعَةِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا

25.11 Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا أَوَلَوْ كَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ

31.21 When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that Allah has sent down, they say: “Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers (following). “What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of the (Blazing) Fire?

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَنَ الْكَافِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيرًا

33.64 Verily Allah has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them a Blazing Fire,-

وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ وَأَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ

34.12 And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning (stride) was a month’s (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month’s (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.

إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ

35.6 Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing Fire.

وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِتُنْذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنْذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ

42.7 Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur’an: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn (them) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.

وَمَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَإِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ سَعِيرًا

48.13 And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ

67.05 And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.

وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ

67.10 They will further say: “Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!”

فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لأصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ

67.11 They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!

إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ سَلاسِلا وَأَغْلالا وَسَعِيرًا

76.4 For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.

وَيَصْلَى سَعِيرًا

84.12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

حَامِيَة

تَصْلَى نَارًا حَامِيَةً

088.004 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

Allah’s Apostle has said in a sermon:

وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (ص) :  فَإذ َلتَّبَسَّتُ عَلَيْكُم الْفِتَنِ كِقَطِعَ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ

“Therefore, when mischief (sedition, riot, disturbance, unrest, disorder, strife, tumult commotion turmoil, affliction, distress, ordeal  charm, glamour, enchantment, fascination, captivation, bewitchment infatuation, appeal, attraction) come to confuse you like the segments of a darkened night:

فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِا الْقُرْءَانَ فَإ نَّهُ شَافِعٌ مُشَفَّع

Then hold fast to the quran. As it is the intercessor whose intercession shall be granted.

وَمَاحِلٌ مُصَدِّق

and a creditable advocate

و مَنْ جَعَلَهُ إمَامَهُ قَائِدَهُ إلَى الْجَنَّة

And whoever, keeps it before him (as a guide) it will lead him to the garden.

و مَنْ جَعَلَهُ خَلْفَهُ سَاقَهُ إلَى النَّار

And whoever keeps it behind him, it will drive him to the fire.

وَهُوَ الدَّلِيْلُ يَدِلُّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ سَبِيْلِ

And it is the guide that guides to the best path

وَهُوَ كِتَابٌ تَفْصِيْلُ وَبَيَان وتَحْصِيْلُ

And it is a book in which there is explanation, particularization and recapitulation.

(-تَفْصِيْلُ thafseel:detail, elaboration, dividing into sections, minute exposition, detailed description, attention to particular items)

( – بَيَانbayaan:statement, announcement, communique, proclamation, report, style, diction, eloquence, rehetoric, illustrative, expository)

( – وتَحْصِيْلُ thahseel:learning, knowledge, erudition, information, letters, scholarly accomplishment, educational achievements – acquisition of knowledge

وَهُوَالْفَصْلُ لَيْسَ بِا لْهَزْلِ

And it is a decisive (determined, resolute) world and not a jest (joke, make fun, talk lightly, trifle

وَلَهُ طَهَرَ وَ بَطَن

And there is for it a manifest meaning and an esoteric (hidden) one

فَظَاهِرَهُ حُكْمُهُ – وَبَاطِنُهُ عِلْمُ

Thus its apparent meaning is firm(authoritative) and its esoteric one is knowledge.

ظَاهِرُهُ أنِيْقُ وَ بَاطِنُهُ عَمِيْق

It’s exterior is elegant and its interior is deep

لَهُ نُجُوْمٌ وَ عَلَى نُجُوْمُهُ النُّجُوْم

It has many boundaries, and its boundaries have many boundaries.

لاَ نُحْصَى عَجَائِبَهُ و لاَ تُبْلَى غَرَائِبَهُ

It’s wonders shall not cease;and its unexpected marvels shall not become old (odd, queer,obsolete)

فِيْهِ مَصَابِيْحُ الْهُدَى و مَنَارُ الْحِكْمَة

There are in it the lamps of guidance and the beacon of wisdom.

وَ دَلِيْلُ عَلَى الْمَعْرُوْفِ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ النَّصْفَهُ

And guide to knowledge for him who knows the attributes.

فَلْبَرَعَ رَجُلٌ بَصَرُهُ

Therefore, one should extend his sight;

وَ لِيَبْلُغَ الصَّفَهُ نَظَرُهُ يَنْجُوْ مَنْ عَطَبَ وَيَخْلِصُ مَنْ نَّشَبَ

And should let his vision reach the attribute; so that one who is in perdition may get deliverance; and one who is entangled may get free;

فَإنَّ التَّفَكُّرُ حَيَاةٌ قَلْبُ الْبَصِيْرُ كَمَا يَمْشِى الْمُسْتَنِيْرُ فِى الظُّلُمَاتِ بِا النُّوْر

Because, meditation(thinking, reflecting and pondering) is the life of the heart of one who sees – As the one having a light (easily) walks in darkness;

يَحَسِّنْ التَّخَلُّصْ  و يَقُلْ التَّرَجُّصْ

Therefore, you must seek good, excellent, deliverance and that too with little waiting  with the minimum of delay.

Hadith No. 2.

‘Ali (a.s.) said,  speaking about the Holy Quran in a sermon :

وَ قَالَ غلِيُّ (ع) : يَصُفُّ الْقُرْءَانَ عَلَى مَا فِى النَّهْج يَنْطِقُ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ وَيَشْهَدُ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ

“It’s one part speaks with the other, and one portion testifies about the other.”

We shall wind up with a long Khuthbah-Sermon from Hazrath ‘Ali as reported in Nahjul Balaaghah – Peak of Eloquence – Arabic Reference: Sermon 176

* عظة الناس *

انتَفِعُوا بِبَيَانِ اللهِ ، وَاتَّعِظُوْا بِمَوَا عِظِ اللهِ ، وَأقْبَلُوْا نَصِيْحَةَ اللهِ ، فَإنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أعْذَرَ إلَيْكُمْ بِا لْجَلِيَّة، وَاتَّخَذَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحُجَّةَ، وَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ مَحَابَّهُ مِنَ الأعْمَالِ، وَمَكَارِهَهُ مِنْهَا، لِتَتَّبِعُوْا (لتتبغوا)  هذِهِ، وَتَجْتَنِبُوْا هذِهِ، فَإنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ – كَانَ يَقُوْلُ :” إِنَّ الْحَنَّةَ حُفَّتْ بِا لْمَكَارِهِ، وَ إِنَّ النَّارَ حُفَّتْ (حجبت) بِلشَّهَوَاتِ “

“Try to be benefitted by what the Merciful Allah has taught you.  take counsel of the advises bestowed by Him and have sincere faith in them..He has explained the effects of vices and virtues with the help of such clear arguments that no room is left for you to doubt them and to advance excesses to go against them..  He has most expressively and emphatically refuted every argument against piety, virtuousness and Godliness, and has told you what He likes and what He does not, so that you do good and abstain from evil.

The Holy Prophet (S) has said that “The heaven lies in the midst of duties and obligations which human beings usually find disagreeable, displeasing, hard, harsh and painful, but to reach there, one has to pass through all these; and contrarily hell is found amongst such activities which are apparently attractive, alluring, pleasing, comforting and gratifying. “

وَاعْلَمُوْا أَنَّهُ مَا مِنْ طَاعَةِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ إِلاَّ يَأْتِيْ فِيْ كُرْهٍ، وَ مَا مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ إِلاَّ يَأْتِيْ فِيْ شَهْوَةٍ. فَرَحِمَ اللهُ اَمْرَ أ ً نَزَعَ عَنْ سَهْوَتِهِ، وَقَمَعَ هَوَى نَفْسٍهٍ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ النَّفْسَ أَبْعَدُ شَيْءٍ مَنْزِعًا، وَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَزَالُ تَنْزِعُ إِلَى مَعْصِيَةٍ فِى هَوىً.

Remember that every order of Allah appears as painstaking, displeasing, disagreeable and harsh and every sin allures you in the form of your ardent desire extremely attractive and highly gratifying to mind and body.

May Allah bless the man who dispels from his mind base desires and avarice.  Because human mind has the weakness of developing ardent desires, and it is this ardency which drives one towards vices and sins.

وَاعْلَمُوْا-عِبَادَ اللهِ-أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لاَ يُصْبِحُ وَلاَ يُمْسِيْ إِلاَّ نَفْسُهُ ظَنُوْنٌ عِنْدَهُ، فَلاَ يَزَالُ زَارِيًا عَلَيْهَا وَ مُسْتَزِيْداً لَهَا، فَكُوْنُوْا كَا لسَّابِقِيْنَ قَبْلَكُمْ، وَالْمَاضِيْنَ أَمَامَكُمْ .  قَوَّضُوْا مِنِ الدُّنْيَا تَقْوِيْضَ الرَّاحِلِ، وَطَوَوْهَا طَيَّ الْمَنَازِل.

” Know, O creatures of Allah,, you must be aware that every morn and night a faithful Muslim looks at his thoughts and deeds with doubts and suspicions – of adopting vice in the garb of virtue – he blames himself for his shortcomings and forces himself to strive more and more to think and do good.

You try to follow those good people who have passed away before you.  They left this world like one who is proceeding on a long journey.  They passed through this life as if it was a stage on their route where their halt was to be of very short duration.

* فَضْلُ الْقُرآن *

وَاعْلَمُوْا أَنَّ هَذَا الْقُرآنَ هُوَ النَّاصِحُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَغُشّ ُ، وَالْهاَدِي الَّذِيْ لاَ يُضِلّ ُ، وَالْمُحَدَّثُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَكْذِبُ. وَمَا جَلَسَ هَذَا الْقُرآنَ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ قَامَ عَنْهُ بِزِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ :  زِيَادَةٍ فِيْ هُدىً، أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ مِنْ عَمىً .

Remember that the Holy Quran is such a Gospel that it will never deceive you, is such a guide that it will never mislead you and such a commentator, that it will never puzzle or beguile you.  Whoever comes in contact with it, and has sincerity of purpose in achieving this contact, the Holy Book will not leave him without enhancing his virtues and diminishing his vices.

وَاعْلَمُوْا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بَعْدَ الْقُرآنِ مَنْ فَاقَةٍ، وَلاَ ِلأَحَدٍ قَبْلَ الْقُرآنِ مِنْ غِنًى؛ فَاسْتَشْفُوْ هُ مِنْ

أدْوَا ئِكُمْ ، وَاسْتَعِيْنُوْا بِهِ عَلَى َلأْوَائِكُمْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيْهِ شِفَاءً مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الدَّاءِ: وَهُوَ الْكُفْرَ وَالنَّفَاقُ ، وَالْغَيُّ وَالضَّلاَلُ .

Know you all, that if one has studied the Holy Quran carefully he does not require any other Gospel to guide him; and without knowing the Holy Quran, no other knowledge is complete or useful.  If you  have lost healthy balance of mind through attachment to vices and sins then seek treatment and guidance of this Holy Book, it will cure your mind of the diseases of schism, doubt, heathenism and cruelty.  Seek its help.  it will teach you to face misfortunes and calamities.

فَسْألُوا اللهَ بِهِ، وَتَوَجَّهُوْا إلَيْهِ بِحُبِّهِ ، وَلاَ تَسْأ َ لُوْا بِهِ خَلْقَهُ، إِنَّهُ مّا تَوَجَّهَ الْعِبَادُ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى بِمِثْلِهِ.

Invoke the help of Allah through it, go towards Him with its love in your mind.  But remember, do not make it an instrument of beggary in society, because this Gospel teaches you how to seek help of Allah and not to beg of your fellow beings.

وَاعْلَمُوْا أنَّهُ شَافِعٌ مُشَفَّعٌ، وَقَائِلٌ (ماحل) مُسَدَّ قٌ ، وَأنَّهُ مَنْ شَفَعَ لَهُ الْقُرآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُفَّعَ فِيْهِ، وَمَنْ مَحَلَ بِهِ الْقُرآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صُدَّقَ عَلَيْه ، فَإِنَّهُ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ : “أَلاَ إِنَّ كُلَّ حَارِثٍ مُبْتلىً فِيْ حَرْثِهِ وَ عَاقِبَةِ عَمَلِهِ ، غَيْرَ حَرَثَةِ الْقُرْآنِ “. فَكُوْنُوْا مِنْ حَرَثَتِهِ وَ أتْبَاعِهِ ، وَاسْتَدِلُّوْهُ عَلَى رَبَّكُمْ ، وَاسْتَنْصِحُوْهُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ ، وَاتَّهِمُوْا عَلَيْهِ آرَاءَ كُمْ ، وَاسْتَغِشُّوْا فِيْهِ أَهْوَاءَ كُمْ

Know that it is an interceder and its intercession will be accepted. It is a speaker who is testified. For whoever the Qur’an intercedes on the Day of Judgement, its intercession for him would be accepted. He about whom the Qur’an speaks ill on the Day of Judgement shall testify to it. On the Day of Judgement an announcer will announce, “Beware. every sower of a crop is in distress except the sowers of the Qur’an.” Therefore, you should be among the sowers of the Qur’an and its followers. Make it your guide towards Allah. Seek its advice for yourselves, do not trust your views against it. and regard your desires in the matter of the Qur’an as deceitful.

*  لحث على العمل *
About the believers and their good deeds; and the hypocrites and their bad deeds

الْعَمَلَ الْعَمَلَ ، ثُمَّ النَّهَايَةَ النَّهَايَةَ ، وَاْلإِسْتِقَامَةَ اْلإِسْتِقَامَةَ ، ثُمَّ الصَّبْرَ الصَّبْرَ ، وَالْوَرَعَ الْوَرَعَ ،

“إِنَّ لَكُمْ نِهَايَةً فَانْتَهُوْا إِلَى نِهَايَتِكُمْ ” ، فَاهْتَدُوْا بِعَلَمِكُمْ ، “و إِنَ َّ لِلْلإِسْلاَمِ غَيَةً فَانْتَهُوْا إِلَى غَايَتِهِ.”

وَاخْرُجُوْا إِلَى اللهِ بِمَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَقِّهِ ، وَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ مِنْ وَظَائفِهِ. أَنَا شَاهِدٌ لَكُمْ ،

وََحجِيْجٌ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ عَنْكُمْ .

Action!  To action! Then (look at) the end to the end, and (remain) steadfast to steadfast. Thereafter (exercise) endurance for endurance, and piety for piety. “You have an objective. Proceed towards your objective.” You have a sign. Take guidance from your sign. “Islam has an objective. Proceed towards its objective.”

Proceed towards Allah’s by fulfilling His rights which He has enjoined upon you. He has clearly stated His demands for you. I am a witness for you and shall plead excuses on your behalf on the Day of Judgement.

ألاَ وَ إِنَّ الْقَدَرَ السَّابِقَ قَدْ وَقَعَ ، وَالْقَضَاءَ الْمَاضِيْ قَدْ تَوَرَّدَ ، وَ إِنِّيْ مُتَكَلِّمٌ بِعِدَةِ اللهِ وَحُجَّتِهِ ،

قَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلائِكَةُ أَلا تَخَافُوا وَلا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

وَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ : “رَبُّنَا اللهَ ” فَاسْتَقِيْمُوْا عَلَى كِتَابِهِ ، وَعَلَى مِنْهَاجِ أَمْرِهِ ، وَعَلَى الطَّرِيْقَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ مِنْ عِبَادَتِهِ (طاعته) ثُمَّ لاَ تَمْرُقُوْا مِنْهَا ، وَلاَ تَبْتَدِعُوْا فِيْهَا، وَلاَ تُخَالِفُوْا عَنْهَا ، فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمُرُوْقِ مُنْقَطَعٌ بِهِمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ يِوْمَ القِيَامَةِ،

Beware! what had been ordained has occurred and that which had been destined has come into play (has come to pass). I am speaking to you with the promise and pleas of Allah.

Allah the Sublime, has said:

Verily, those who say: Our Lord is Allah! and persevere aright, the angels descend upon them (saying): “Fear Ye not, nor be grieved, and receive the glad tidings of the Garden (Of Bliss) which Ye were promised.” (Qur’an, 41:30)

You have said. “Our Lord is Allah.” Then keep steadfast to His Book, to the way of His command and to the virtuous course of His worship. Thereafter do not go out of it, do not introduce innovations in it, and do not turn away from it, because those who go away from this course will be cut off from (the mercy of) Allah on the Day of Judgement.

ثُمَّ إِيَّاكُمْ ,َتَهْزِيْعَ اْلأخْلاَقِ وَ تَصْرِيْفَهَا ، وَاجْعَلُوْا الِلّسَانَ وَاحِداً ، وَلْيَخْزُنِ الرَّجُلُ لِسَانَهُ ، فَإِنَّ هَذَ الِلّسَانَ جَمُوْحٌ بِصَاحِبِهِ . وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى  عَبْداً يَتَّقِيْ تَقْوَى تَنْفَعُهُ حَتَّى يَحْزُنَ لِسَانَهُ.

Beware from destroying your manners and changing them, maintaining one tongue. A man should control his tongue because the tongue is obstinate with its master. By Allah, I do not find that fear of Allah benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue.

وَإِنَّ لِسَانَ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ قَلْبِهِ ، وَإِنَّ قَلْبَ الْمُنَافِقِ مِنْوَرَاءِ لِسَانِهِ : ِلأَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بَكَلاَمٍ تَدَبَّرَهُ فِيْ نَفْسِهِ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ خَيْراً أَبْدَاهُ ، وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً وَرَاهُ . وَإِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا أَتَى عَلَى لِسَانِهِ لاَ يَدْرِيْ مَاذَا لَهُ وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِ.

Certainly the tongue of a believer is at the back of his heart while the heart of a hypocrite is at the back of his tongue; because, when a believer intends to say anything, he thinks it over in his mind. If it is good he discloses it, but if it is bad he lets it remain concealed. While a hypocrite speaks whatever comes to his tongue, without knowing what is in his favour and what goes against him.

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ –

“لاَ يَسْتَقِيْمُ إِيْمَانُ عَبْدٍ حَتَّى يَسْتَقِيْمَ قَلْبُهُ . وَلاَ يَسْتَقِيْمُ قَلْبُهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَقِيْمَ لِسَانُهُ”

فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهُ تَعَالَى وَهُوَ نَقِيُّ الرَّاحَةِ مِنْ دِمَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَأمْوَالِهِمْ ، سَلِيْمُ الِلّسَانِ مِنْ أَعْرَاضِهِمْ ، فَلْيَفْعَلْ.

The Holy Prophet of Allah – peace and blessing of Allah be upon him and his descendants – said:

“The belief of a person cannot be firm unless his heart is firm, and his heart cannot be firm unless his tongue is firm.”

So whoever of you can manage to meet Allah, the Sublime, in such a position that his hands are unsmeared with the blood of Muslims and their property and his tongue is safe from exposing them, he should do so.

* * تَحْرْيم البدع * *

Following the sunnah and refraining from innovation

وَاعْلَمُوْا عِبَادَ اللهِ  أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَسْتَحِلُّ الْعَامَ مَا اسْتَحَلَّ عَامًا أَوَّلَ، وَيُحَرِّمُ الْعَامَ مَا حَرَّمَ عَامًا أَوَّلَ، وَأَنَّ مَا أَحْدَثَ النَّاسُ لاَ يُحِلُّ لَكُمْ شَيْئاً مِمِّا حُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ ، وَلاَ كِنَّ الْحَلاَلَ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ ، وَالْحَرَّمَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ . فَقَدْ جَرَّبْتُمُ اْلأُمُوْرَ وَضَرَّسْتُمُوْهَا ، وَوُعِظْتُمْ بِمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ ، وَ ضُرِبَتِ اْلأَمْثَالُ لَكُمْ ، وَدُعِيْتُمْ إِلَى اْلأمْرِ الْوَاضِحِ ، فَلاَ يَصَمُّ عَنْ ذَالِكَ إِلاَّ أَصَمُّ ، وَلاَ يَعْمَى عَنْ ذَالِكَ إِلاَّ أَعْمَى ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ اللهُ بِالْبَلاَءِ أَتَاهُ التَّقْصِيْرُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ

Know, O’ creatures of Allah, that a believer should regard lawful this year what he regarded lawful in the previous year, and should consider unlawful this year what he considered unlawful in the previous year. Certainly people’s innovation cannot make lawful for you what has been declared unlawful; rather, lawful is that which Allah has made lawful and unlawful is that which Allah has made unlawful. You have already tested the matters and tried them; you have been preached by those before you. Illustrations have been drawn for you and you have been called to clear fact. Only a deaf man can remain deaf to all this, and only a blind man can remain blind to all this.

He whom Allah does not allow benefit from trials and experience cannot benefit from preaching. He will be faced with losses from in front, so that he will approve what is bad and disapprove what is good.

وَإِنَّمَا النَّاسُ رَجُلاَنِ: مُتَّبِعٌ شِرْعَةً (شريعة) ، وَمُبْتَدِعٌ بِدْعَةً ، لَيْسَ مَعَهُ مِنَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَهُ بُرْحَانُ سُنَّةٍ ، وَلاَ ضِيَاءُ حُجَّةٍ

People are of two categories – the follower of the shari`ah (religious laws), and the follower of the innovations to whom Allah has not given any testimony by way of sunnah or the light of any plea.

* القرآن *

Guidance from the Holy Qur’an

وَإِنَّ اللهَ سُبْحَانَهُ لَمْ يَعِظْ أَحَداً بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ، فَإِنَّهُ “حَبْلُ اللهِ الْمَتِيْنُ” ، وَسَبَبُهُ اْلأَمِيْنُ ، وَفِيْهِ رَبِيْعُ الْقَلْبِ ، وَيَنَابِيْعُ الْعِلْمِ ، وَمَا لِلْقَلْبِ جِلاَءٌ غَيْرُهُ ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ الْمُتَذَكَّرُنَ ، وَبَقِيَ النَّاسُوْنَ أَوِ الْمُتَنَاسُوْنَ . فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ خَيْراً فَأَعِيْنُوْا عَلَيْهِ ، وَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ شَرّاً فَاذْهَبُوْا عَنْهُ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ-كَانَ يَقُوْلُ : ” يَا بْنُ آدَمَ ‘ اعْمَلِ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعِ الشَّرَّ ، فَإِذَا أَنْتَ جَوَادٌ قَاصِدٌ ”

Allah the Glorified, has not counselled anyone on the lines of this Qur’an, for it is the strong rope of Allah and His trustworthy means. It contains the blossoming of the heart and springs of knowledge. For the heart there is no other gloss than the Qur’an although those who remembered it have passed away while those who forgot or pretended to have forgotten it have remained. If you see any good give your support to it, but if you see evil evade it, because the Messenger of Allah used to say: “O’ son of Adam, do good and evade evil; by doing so you will be treading correctly.”

* انواع الظلم *

Categories of oppression

أَلاَ وَ إِنَّ الظَّلْمَ ثَلاَثَةٌ: فَظُلْمٌ لاَ يُغْفَرُ ، وَ ظُلْمٌ لاَ يُتْرَكُ ، وَ ظُلْمٌ مَغْفُوْرٌ لاَ يُطْلَبُ . فَأَ مَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يُغْفَرُ فَاضشِّرْكُ بِا للهِ ،  قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى :” إِنَّ اللهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ (يترك) أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ ” . وَأَمَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِيْ يُغْفَرُ فَظُلْمُ العَبْدِ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ الْهَنَاتِ ، وَأَمَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يُتْرَكُ فَظُلْمُ العَبْدِ بَعْضِهِمْ بَعْضًا. الْقِصَاصُ هُنَاكَ شَدِيْدٌ ، لَيْسَ هُوَ جَرْحًا بِالْمُدَى وَلاَ ضَرْبًا بِالسِّيَاطِ ، وَلاَ كِنَّهُ مَا يُسْتَصْغَرُ   ذَالِكَ مَعَهُ . فَإِ يَّاكُمْ وَالتَّلَوُّنَ فِيْ دِيْنِ اللهِ ، فَإِنَّ جَمَاعَةً فِيْمَا تَكْرَهُوْنَ مِنَ الْحَقَّ ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ فُرْقَةٍ فِيْمَا تُحِبُّوْنَ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ . وَإِنَّ اللهَ سُبْحَانَهُ لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَداً بِفُرْقَةٍ خَيْراً مِمَّنْ مَضَى ، وَلاَ مِمَّنْ بَقِيَ .

Know that injustice is of three kinds – one, the injustice that will not be forgiven, another, that will not be left unquestioned, and another that will be forgiven without being questioned. The injustice that will not be forgiven is duality of Allah. Allah has said: Verily Allah forgiveth not that (anything) be associated with Him … (Qur’an, 4:48,116).

The injustice that will be forgiven is the injustice a man does to himself by committing small sins; and the injustice that will not be left unquestioned is the injustice of men against other men. The retribution in such a case is severe. It is not wounding with knives, nor striking with whips, but it is so severe that all these things are small against it. You should therefore avoid change in the matter of Allah’s religion for your unity in respect of a right which you dislike is better than your scattering away in respect of a wrong that you like. Certainly, Allah the Glorified has not given any person, whether among the dead or among those who survive, any good from separation.  (Allah has never bestowed His Bounties, in the past and will not do so now on people, if they deviate and stray from truth and religion.)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ   “طُوْبَى لِمَنْ شَغَلَهُ عَيْبُهُ عَنْ عُيُوْبِ النَّاسِ “، و “طُوْبَى لِمَنْ لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ ، وَأَكَلَ قُوتَهُ وَاشْتَغَلَ بِطَاعَةِ رَبِّهِ ، ” وَبَكَى عَلَى خَطِيْعَتِهِ ” فَكَاَنَ فِيْ نَفْسِهِ فِيْ شُغُلٍ ، وَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ فِيْ رَاحَةٍ !

O’ people, blessed is the man whose own shortcomings keep him away from (looking into) the shortcomings of others, and also blessed is the man who is confined to his house, eats his meal, buries himself in obeying his Allah. “and weeps over his sins”, so that he is engaged in himself and people are in safety from him.

[O people! blessed is he who feels so much for his own shortcomings that he has no heart and no time to probe for the vices of others.  Happy is the man who leads a retired life; is contented with what he gets; spends his time in the service of Allah and religion; is repentant over the sins and vices committed by him, and so spends his time that none is injured or harmed by him.]

We conclude the exegesis of Surah Al-Qaari’ah.   وَاللهُ أعْلم

وآخِرُ دَعْوَانَا اَن ِالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْن

السّلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

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