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بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيمReflections Day 22

Juzz 22

Suratul Ahzaab Verse 31 to the end

Surah Saba’

Suratul Faatir

Surah Ya'sin verse 1 to verse 27

Suratul Ahzaab continues… Men and Women Have Equal Status before Allah SWT

م ن وال مسلمي

الات إن

ادق ن والص ادقي

ات والصانتقن وال انتي

قات وال

منمؤن وال مني

مؤ ﴾35﴿…سلمات وال

Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men

and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women… (35)

There is no difference between the man and woman in terms of their souls and doing

their deeds to get close to Allah SWT.

However, as for their life activity, the two have separate spheres to function. The males

have to function in some particular spheres and the females in some others. But if they

possess these qualities and characteristics equally, Allah will raise them to equal ranks

and bless them with equal rewards.

The Believers do not have choice at Allah SWT and His Rasool (SAS) commands

مره أ من

ة خي

م ال

ه لون

ك ينمرا أ

أه ورسول

الل

ضنا قة إذ

من مؤ

من ول

لمؤ

انل وما ك

ض

دق فه ورسول

عص الل

يم ومن

م للاض

﴾36﴿ بين

It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter,

that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His

Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error. (36)

If Allah and His Messenger decreed a matter, no one has the right to go against that,

and no one has any choice or room for personal opinion in this case. Allah SWT warns : And let those who oppose the Messenger's commandment, beware, lest

some Fitnah should befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them Rasoolullah SAS is the seal and final of all Prophets and Messengers

ل ش

بك

الل

انن وك ي

بيم الن

ات وخ

رسول الل

كن

م ول

الك

رج

د من

حا أب أد م

مح

انليما﴿ما ك

﴾40 ء ل

Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the

Prophets. Allah has full knowledge of everything.

No male child of the Prophet SAS lived until puberty. Khadijah, (RA), bore him Al-Qasim,

At-Tayyib and At-Tahir, but they died in childhood. Mariyah Al-Qibtiyyah bore him

Ibrahim, but he also died in infancy. He also had four daughters from Khadijah: Zaynab,

Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with them all. Three of

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them died during his lifetime, Fatimah lived long enough to be bereaved of him, then

she died six months later. Peace and blessings of Allah on the household of Prophet SAS. Rasoolullah SAS said: Messengership and Prophethood have come to an end, and there will be

no more Messengers or Prophets. It is Kufr to believe that after Rasoolullah SAS there are Prophets or Messengers.

Zhikr of Allah SWT should be continuous

ا ثي را ك

ذك

روا الل

كوا اذ

من آذين

ا الهيا أ ﴾41﴿ ي

صيل

وأرةك بوه

ح ﴾42﴿ وسب

O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance (41) And exalt Him morning

and afternoon. (42)

Rasoolullah SAS said: Keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah, may He be

exalted In another Hadith he SAS said: No people sit together without mentioning Allah, but they will

see that as regret on the Day of Resurrection In a Hadith Qudsi Rasoolullah SAS said that Allah SWT said: Allah says: "Whoever

remembers Me to himself, I will remember him to Myself, and whoever remembers Me in a

gathering, I will remember him in a better gathering.'' Allah SWT’s mercy to the Believers

ن رحيما مني

مؤ بال

ان And He is Ever Most Merciful to the believers…وك

`Umar bin Al-Khattab, (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah SAS saw a woman

among the prisoners of war picking up her child, clasping the child to her breast and

nursing him. The Messenger of Allah SAS said: Do you think that this woman would throw

her child into the Fire even though she is (physically) able to do so) ? They said, "No.'' The

Messenger of Allah SAS said: By Allah, Allah is more merciful towards His servants than this

woman is to her child. O Allah we beg You for Your mercy in this Month of Ramadhan!

The attributes of Rasoolullah SAS and the respect due to him

ذيراا ون

ا ومبش اهد

ش

اكنرسل

ا أ إن ب

ا الن

هيا أا45﴿ ي ا مني

اج نه وس

بإذ

الل

اليا إل

﴾46﴿ ﴾ ود

O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner. (45) And

one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp. (46)

Allah SWT has blessed Rasoolullah SAS with such a high rank and raised him to an

exalted place of honor. His opponents will not be able to harm him in any way by their

propaganda campaign of slander and defamation. Rasoolullah SAS witness to mankind is through his Da'wah both by words and actions

and on Day of Judgment he will stand as witness that he has delivered the message to

humanity.

Allah SWT then tell the Believers the Aadaab of visiting Rasoolullah SAS and also He SWT

mentions some ruling that are specific to Rasoolullah SAS and his household.

Then comes the entire Ummah respect for Rasoolullah SAS as Allah SWT commands:

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سل موا ت

يه وسل

لوا ل

وا صل

من آذين

ا الهيا أ ي ب

الن

ل لونصل

يهتئك ومل

الل

﴾56﴿ يماإن

Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who

have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace. (56)

So whenever his honorable name is mentioned we ought to say: صل هللا لليه و سلم –

May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

Those who abuse Rasoolullah SAS will face Allah’s wrath in this life and the next. So

those who do cartoons and evil depiction of Rasoolullah SAS are only brining Allah’s

wrath and anger upon themselves. In fact, the more they do the more people come to

Islam because when they investigate who is this man, they want to be his follower.

Allah SWT mentions that on the Day of Judgment: their faces will be turned about in the

Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger." (66) And

they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us

astray from the [right] way. (67) Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them

with a great curse." (68)

So whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.(71)

Mankind has accepted Allah SWT’s trust

ا ه من

نقفشا وأ

هنملح ينن أ ي

بأجبال ف

رض وال

موات وال الس

ل لةمان ا ال

نرض

ا لوما إن

ل ظان كه إنسان

ن ا ال

هملوح

ول

ه ﴾72﴿ ج

Indeed, we offered the Trust (Deen) to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined

to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant. (72)

Allah wants man to realize his real position in the world; if in that position he regarded the life of

the world as mere fun and sport and adopted a wrong attitude carelessly, he would only be

working for his own doom.

Man took on the responsibility to carry out Allah SWT’s Deen.

Surah Saba’ This Surah continues the discussion on Tawheed, Risaalah and Aakhirah. These three concepts

are what so many human beings have deviated from and so Quraish were bringing up all sorts

of persecution and mockery to the Believers. If these three concepts are not absolutely clear in

any human being’s mind then deviation is very likely. That is why The Qur'an goes into such

details and Rasoolullah SAS took the greater portion of his Da'wah to address these issues.

Unfortunately our Ummah is focusing their energies on Fiqhi issues.

The disbelievers out-rightly denied The Hereafter

م كتينأت ل ورب

لل ب

قةال ا الس

تينأ تروا ل

ف كذين

ال ال

﴾3﴿ …وق

But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to

you. … -(3)

This they said mockingly at Rasoolullah SAS having denied Risaalah and now they are

also denying the Aakhirah.

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This is one of three Ayat where Allah commands His Messenger to swear by His

Almighty Lord that the resurrection will surely come, because the stubborn followers of

disbelief denied that it would happen. Resurrection will be the time when Allah SWT will reward those who believe and good

deeds and punish those who do evil and wrong. Those who have knowledge realize that The Qur'an is Haqq.

عزيز ااط ال ص

دي إل

ه وي

قحو ال

هك رب من

يك

زل إل

نذي أ

م ال

علوا ال

وت أذين

رى ال

ميد وي

ح ﴾6﴿ ل

(O Prophet), those who have knowledge see clearly that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is

the Truth and directs to the Way of the Most Mighty, the Immensely Praiseworthy Lord.

People with knowledge and insight and faith will never be deluded or misguided from

the straight path. They will see the truth, recognize it and will follow it.

Only those who refuse to accept truth, or the ignorant or the arrogant will turn away.

Gratitude to Allah SWT is a great quality for Believers

اسيات ور ردواب وق

جالان ك

ماثيل وجف

اريب وت

ح ا ء من م

ش ما ي

ه لونعمل

ي

را

ك شاوود

وا آل د

مل ال

لبادي

ن ليل م

وق

ور ك ﴾١٣﴿ الش

They made for him (Prophet Sulaiman) what he willed of elevated chambers, sculptures, bowls like

reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My

servants are grateful. (13)

Allah SWT has blessed Dawood (AS) and his son Suleiman (AS) with immense blessings

and they thanked Allah SWT and were grateful for these favors and He increased His

blessings on them. Mountains and birds use to sing Allah's praises with Prophet Dawood

and Allah subjected the winds and Jinns to Prophet Sulaiman among the blessings.

On the other hand, Allah SWT mentions the people of Saba’a who were given bounties

of different sorts but they grew arrogant and misguided. So they were punished with a

flood which scattered them throughout the lands around Saba'a in all directions

In the end it is Allah SWT who will judge as He SWT says: Say: “Our Lord will bring us

together and then He will rightly judge between us. He is the Great Judge, the All-Knowing

Rasoolullah SAS was sent ALL of humanity

مون

عل ياس ل

الن

يك أكن

ذيرا ول

ا ون شي

اس ب

للن

ةاف ك إل

اكنرسل

﴾28﴿ وما أ

(O Prophet), We have not sent you forth but as a herald of good news and a warner for all

mankind. But most people do not know.

Rasoolullah SAS has not been appointed a Prophet only for his own country or for his

own age but for all mankind till Resurrection. This has been stated at several places in

the Quran. For instance: “And this Quran has been revealed to me that I should thereby warn

you and all those whom it may reach.” (6:19).

Rasoolullah SAS said: “Before me every Prophet was specifically sent to his own people; but I

have been sent for all mankind.”

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Often it is the wealthy and powerful that reject the truth.

افرون

م به ك

ترسل

ا بما أ

ا إنوهف ال مي

قذير إل

نة من

ري ق نا ف

نرسل

﴾34﴿ وما أ

And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which

you were sent, are disbelievers."(34)

The message of the Prophets (PBUT) was first of all opposed and resisted by the well-to-

do people who possessed wealth and influence and authority as was the case of

Rasoolullah SAS. The leaders of Quraish were his bitterest opponents. Ultimate reward is with Allah SWT

هيد

ء ش

ل ش ك

لو ل

وه

الل

ل لري إل

ج أم إن

كو لهر ف

ج أم من

كتلل ما سأ

﴾47﴿ ق

Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He

is, over all things, Witness." (47)

All the Messengers whom Allah SWT sent to their people never requested from them

their wealth or their power. All they wanted was for the betterment of the individual,

the society and the world at large.

Surah Fatir This Surah addresses the anger, the tricks and machinations of the disbelievers against

Rasoolullah SAS and the Message. In fact, they will harm their own selves not him.

No one can take away the blessings of Allah SWT from His servant

و ال

عده وه

ب من

ه مرسل ل

ل فمسك

ا وما ي

ه ل ممسك

لمة ف

رح

اس من

للن

ح الل

تفكيم ما ي

ح ال (2) عزيز

Whatever Allah grants to people of mercy - none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds - none can

release it thereafter. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (2)

None can give what Allah SWT withholds, and none can withhold what He gives and this

Du'a is Sunnah to after every Salaah: فاع ذاا الاد منكا الاداللهم ، والا ي ان لا ماانعا لماا أاعطايتا والا معطيا لماا مان اعتا

O Allah, there is none who can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold,

and good fortune and richness in anything cannot benefit one against Your will

Hence, superstitions of shirk are baseless. The truth is just that whatever of mercy

reaches the people, reaches to them only through Allah Almighty’s bounty and grace.

No one else has the power either to bestow it or to withhold it. Out of envy many people try to harm others due to wealth or some bounties from Allah.

Warning to beware from Satan

ا ود لوه

خذ

اتو ف

دم ل

ك لانيط

الش

إن

عي

اب السصح

أوا من

ون ليك

هبو حز

لدما ي

﴾٦﴿ إن

Surely, Shaitan (Satan) is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb

(followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire. (6)

Satan has declared his enmity towards man, so Allah SWT wants us to be conscious of

his plots and whisperings and ward off his temptations. His main aim is to misguide as

many people as possible so that they will enter the blazing Fire with him.

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Everyone is responsible for his deeds and no one bears the burden of another

رى خر أ وز

زر وازرة

ت ﴾18﴿ …ول

And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. … (18)

In the sight of Allah everyone is responsible for his own actions and for no one else’s.

On Day of Judgment even if he is closely-related to him, even if he is his father or son,

for each person will be preoccupied with his own self and his own situation will be

responsible for his own actions.

One who accepts one who rejects Allah cannot be equal

بصي م وال

ل وي ال

ستور ﴾١٩﴿ وما ي

الن

ول

مات

ل الظ

رور ﴾٢٠﴿ول

ح الل ول

الظ

﴾٢١﴿ ول

يا ء ول

ح وي ال

ستوما ي

موا ال

﴾٢٢﴿… ت

Not equal are the blind and the seeing, (19) Nor are the darkness and the light, (20) Nor are the shade

and the heat, (21) And not equal are the living and the dead. ... (22)

These antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal. There is a

difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same

token, the living and the dead are not equal. This is the parable Allah makes of the

believers and the disbelievers that they cannot be the same in His judgment. The beauty in the creation leads to The Creator

جب الا ومن

هوانلا ألفتمرات مخ

ا به ث

نرج

خأما ء ما ء ف الس

ل من

زن أ الل

نر أم تلا اأ

هوانللف أ

تمر مخ

بيض وح

ددل ج

رابيب سود

﴾27﴿ وغ

Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors?

And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black. (27)

Allah’s creation is so beautiful and colorful. There is variety everywhere. From the same

earth and by the same water different kinds of trees are appearing.

Even the two pieces of the fruit of the same tree are not uniform in color and size and

taste. In the same mountain one will see a variety of colors and a great difference in the

material composition of its different parts.

These varieties are for man to reflect on the power and greatness of The Creator.

If punishment were given immediately nothing would have remained on earth

ل ج أم إل

ره

خؤ يكن

ة ول

اب دا من

رهه ظ

ل لركسبوا ما ت

اس بما ك

الن

الل

اخذ

ؤو ي ﴾45﴿ … ول

If Allah were to take people to task for their deeds, He would not leave any living creature on

earth, but He grants them respite to an appointed time... (45)

Allah SWT is merciful and He gives man time to repent and return to Him. If he were to

punish people as soon as they do evil then then nothing would remain on the face of

this earth. But He gives opportunities then the return is unto Him.

Just one bounty He withholds and everything perishes. If He stops sending rain

everything on earth would perish.

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Surah Yasin Its main subject matter is the same as other Makkan Surahs; it speaks of Tawheed al-

Uloohiyyah and Tawheed al-Ruboobiyyah (the Oneness of Allaah and of His Lordship) and the

punishment for those who disbelieve in that. It also deals with the Aakhirah and man’s return. In Da'wah there are all kinds of people

ونمنؤ يم ل

ذره

نم تم لم أ

هرتذنأيهم أ

ل 10﴿ وسوا ء ل

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. (10)

Allah has decreed that there will be people who are misguided and arrogant, so warning

them will not help them and will not have any effect on them.

AL-Quran is revealed by the Allah to warn people and Prophet is told that he could warn

only those people who have the fear of Allah. Our responsibility therefore, is to invite

and deliver this message and judgment is with Allah SWT.

What is our legacy?

م دب ما ق

تك ون

موب

ال ب

ح ننحا نم إن

اره

وا وآث

ن بي إمام م

ن ف

اهصين

ح ء أ

ل ش ﴾١٢﴿ وك

Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them), and their legacies

and all things We have recorded with numbers (as a record) in a Clear Book. (12)

Rasoolullah SAS said: When the son of Adam dies, all his deeds come to an end except three:

knowledge which is beneficial to others, a righteous child who prays for him, or ongoing charity

which he leaves behind.

When people cannot attack the Message they turn to the Messenger

ليم أاب

ذا لم من

كن يمس

م ول

كمنج ينوا ل

هتنم تن ل ي م ل

ا بك

ن ي

طا توا إن

ال ﴾18﴿ ق

They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there

will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment." (18)

In a particular town Allah SWT sent some Messengers to invite people to Deen but

instead the people considered them as bad omen with their gods. The people wanted to

kill them.

The same attitude was there with Prophet Saleh (AS); Prophet Musa (AS) and

Rasoolullah SAS with their people.

A simple Believer calls others to believe

ق أا ء من

ن وج مرسلي

بعوا ال

وم ات

ا قال ي

سع ق

ل ي

ة رج

مدين

﴾٢٠﴿ ض ال

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the

messengers. (20)

A simple man came to stop them from their evil but they turned and killed him.

He has no ill feeling for the disbelievers except that he wants good for them.