14/04/2023
اعوذ باللہ من الشیطان الرجیم
“I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the Accursed.”
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
“In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate.”
𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐇 𝐀𝐋-𝐀𝐍'𝐀𝐌 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝟏𝟐𝟓
فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۖ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:
"𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 [𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧] 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞."
𝙏𝙊𝙋𝙄𝘾 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝙔𝘼𝙃:
Who is on the right path and who is on the wrong path?
𝙀𝙓𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 ( 𝙏𝙖𝙛𝙨𝙞𝙧 𝙄𝙗𝙣 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧):
The word yashrah [يَشْرَحْ] is from the root sheen-ra-ha which literally means “to cut something, to open up, enlarge, expand or uncover”. Meaning when Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala wishes to guide someone He expands his heart to accept Islam, and strengthens his resolve to embrace it. It becomes easy for him to submit to the commands of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala.
Sometimes when people learn about a command they say, “I cannot do this. I cannot do that,” and their hearts close up or become constricted. On the other hand, there are people whenever they learn something new they say, “Okay I will do this as well,” or “I will do this.” They show more capacity and tolerance for acceptance.
Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala says in Surah al-Hujraat Ayah 7, “Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.”
Then Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala talks about another condition of the heart. The word dayyiq [ضَيِّقاً] is from the root dad-ya-qaf which means “narrow, choked or overfilled with something”. When Allah wishes to send someone astray his heart closes up meaning he is unable to accept guidance, thus being deprived of faith. The bigger your container, the more you can contain. The narrower your container, the lesser you can contain.
Notice that one meaning of the word dayyaq is “overfilled with something”. What is the heart overfilled with? With the desires of dunya. It is already filled. It doesn’t have any room for the love of Allah or Islam.
The word haraja [حَرَجا] used in the ayah means “everything gathered at one place”. For example, you gather your entire furniture and put it in the garage. The garage becomes constricted. You can’t access the things inside. And perhaps your car too won’t be able to fit in.
Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala ends the ayah by saying just as He makes the heart of whomever He decides to misguide, closed and constricted, He also appoints Shaytan for him and for his likes, those who refused to believe in Allah and His Messenger. Consequently, Shaytan lures and hinders them from the path of Allah.
This is how Allah brings damnation and disgrace upon those who do not believe. For truth, their hearts are not open while to every evil they dash. May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala protect us from such a punishment, aameen.
13/04/2023
𝐒𝐀𝐇𝐈𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌 𝟔𝟗𝟏𝟑
𝟒 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 =𝙒𝙀𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙀𝘿 ⚖️ 𝐀𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى آلِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَهِيَ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضْحَى وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فَقَالَ مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقْتُكِ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
Juwairiya reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came out from (her apartment) in the morning as she was busy in observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. He (the Holy Prophet) said to her:
You have been in the same seat since I left you. She said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: I recited four words three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them and (these words) are: Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him according to the number of His creation and according to the pleasure of His Self and according to the weight of His Throne and according to the ink (used in recording) words (for His Praise).
09/04/2023
أعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝
بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥
𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝑩𝒀 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝑸𝑼𝑹𝑨𝑵
وَلَوۡ-
And if
اَنَّمَا
whatever
فِی
(is) in
الۡاَرۡضِ
the earth
مِنۡ
of
شَجَرَۃٍ
(the) trees
اَقۡلَامٌ
(were) pens
وَّالۡبَحۡرُ
and the sea,
یَمُدُّہٗ
(to) add to it
مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِہٖ
after it
سَبۡعَۃُ
seven
اَبۡحُرٍ
seas,
مَّا
not
نَفِدَتۡ
would be exhausted
کَلِمٰتُ
(the) Words
اللّٰہِ
(of) Allah.
اِنَّ
Indeed,
اللّٰہَ
Allah
عَزِیۡزٌ
(is) All-Mighty
All-Wise. حَكِيمٌ
𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 (𝑻𝒂𝒇𝒔𝒊𝒓 𝑰𝒃𝒏 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝
Allah tells us of His might, pride, majesty, beautiful Names and sublime attributes, and His perfect Words which no one can encompass. No human being knows their essence or nature, or how many they are. As the Leader of Mankind and Seal of the Messengers ﷺ said;
لَاا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِك
𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡; 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
Allah says;
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الاَْرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَمٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Meaning; even if all the trees on earth were made into pens and the sea was made into ink, and topped up with seven more like it, and they were used to write the Words of Allah showing His might, attributes and majesty, the pens would break and the ink would run dry, even if more were brought.
The number seven is used to indicate a large amount, it is not to be taken literally or to be understood as referring to the seven oceans of the world, as was suggested by those who took this idea from Israelite stories, which we neither believe nor reject.
As Allah says elsewhere;
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِّكَلِمَـتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِيْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَداً
Say;"𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐝."
Al-Kahf (18;109)
The words بِمِثْلِهِ
(like it) do not mean merely another one, but another like it and another and another and another, etc., because there is no limit to the signs and Words of Allah.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 , 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞.
means, He is All-Mighty and has subjugated all things to His will, so nothing can prevent what He wills, and none can oppose or put back His decision. He is All-Wise in His creation, commands, Words, actions, Laws and all His affairs.
