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Surah  Al  Muminoon  CLASS  15  –  RAMADAN  15,  1435  

Surah  Al  Muminoon,  Class  15    

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Surah  Al  Muminoon  

 

Surah  Al  Muminoon  is  a  Makki  Surah  revealed  before  Hijra  of  the  Prophet  SAW.    There  are  several  section  in  the  surah.  We  are  studying  the  second  story  in  Surah  Muminoon,  which  is  about  Prophet  Saleh  A.S.  who  was  sent  as    a  messenger  to  the  people  of  Thamud.  

Prophet  Saleh  brought  the  same  message  as  Prophet  Nuh  i.e.  

! Worship  Allah  

! ال االهھ ااال هللا   ! Have  taqwa    

Today  we  continue  the  story  of  Prophet  Saleh  A.S.  

   

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SECTION  V:  STORY  OF  PROPHET  SALEH  (AYAH  31-­‐41)  

 

Ayah  33  

   

“And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.  

,means ووقالل ٱٱلمأل من قومهھ  “  And  the  chiefs  of  his  people  who  disbelieved”  

  ,means ٱٱلمأل  “  Chief”,  “someone  having  honor  and  position”.  This  refers  to  the  elite  or  the  leaders  of   the   people   of   Saleh.   They   are   ‘full’   in   their   status,   for   this   reason   they   speak   on   behalf   of   the  people  and  they  have  an  influence  on  them.      

من قومهھ   means,  “  from  his  people”  This  refers  for  the  people  of  Saleh  i.e.  Thamud.  

 

 

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بواا ,means ٱٱلذيین كفروواا ووكذ  “  And  those  who  disbelieved  and  denied”  

This  is  the  disadvantage  of  the  Chiefs  of  the  people  of  Saleh.  

 

,means كفروواا  “concealing  the  truth”.    This  is  general  type  of  disbelief.  

Truth  is  :

ال االهھ ااال هللا !! Worship  Allah    ! Have  taqwa

 Next  the  type  of  disbelief  they  have  is  mentioned.  They  denied  the  truth      

بواا ووكذ     means,  “  denied”.  This  is  specific  disbelief.      

They  belied  the  messenger  and  the  message   االهھ ااال هللاال  

 

,means بلقآء ٱٱألخرةة  “  Meeting  in  the  Hereafter”  

This  is  another  truth  that  the  Chiefs  of  Thamud  belied  the  hereafter.  

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  ,means بلقآء  “  with  the  meeting”,  “to  meet  face  to  face”    

ٱٱألخرةة   means,  “hereafter”.    

The  Chiefs  of  Thamud  belied  the  meeting  of  hereafter   i.e.   they  disbelieved   in  the   life  after  death.    This   is  a   fact  that  we  will  meet  the  Akhirah.  Everyone  has  an  appointment  to  meet  the  hereafter.    This  means  for  sure  we  will  meet  the  Akhirah.  

Why  did  they  belie  the  meeting  in  the  hereafter  i.e.  Day  of  Judgment?    

It   was   due   to   their   stubbornness   and   arrogance   that   the   chiefs   of   Thamud   denied   the   Day   of  Judgment.    

If   one   person   belies   one   pillar   of   faith,   then   he   has   belied   all   pillars,   so   anyone   who   does   not  believes  in  the  Day  of  Judgment  is  not  considered  a  believer  

 

 What  is  the  consequence  of  someone  who  disbelieves  and  denies  the  Day  of  Judgment?    

 

نيیا هھم فى ٱٱلحيیوةة ٱٱلد ـ ,means ووأأترفن   “  And  whom  we  had  given   the   luxuries  and  comforts  of  the  life”  

 هھم ـ ,means ووأأترفن  “  living  in  luxury”    

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The  Chiefs  of  Thamud  are   indulging   in   the  delights  and  pleasures  of   the  Duniya   that  made   their  hearts  to  harden.  We  should  not  put  the  Duniya  in  our  heart i.e.  we  should  never  feel  happy  or  sad  for  the  Duniya.  We  need  to  put  the  Akhirah  in  your  heart.      Living  in  luxury  means  the  goal  is  only  to  eat,  drink,  live  in  luxury  in  this  Duniya  and  to  compete  with  each  other   for  this;   this  makes  a  person  arrogant.  Our  value   is  not  with  material  things;   the  more  a  person’s  concern  is  the  Duniya,  the  poorer  they  are  to  the  Duniya.  It  is  not  to  say  that  we  cannot   have   luxuries,  we   have   a   car,   home,   etc   –   these   are   luxuries,   but   these   things   are   only   a  means  to  the  hereafter,  they  are  not  a  goal.  It  is  dispraised  when  it  becomes  a  goal.  Living  in  luxury  in  the  Quran  is  mentioned  8  times  in  and  it  is  associated  with  disbelief/ingratitude  every  time.      What  makes  a  person  to  not  think  of  the  hereafter?      A  person  does  not  think  of  hereafter  when  the  Duniya  is  in  his  heart  and  it  becomes  his  goal.  When  the  Duniya  is  in  the  heart,  then  it  controls  our  emotions.  We  fight,  get  angry,  etc.  for  the  Duniya.  When  Allah  gives  us  a  comfortable  life,  we  should  be  grateful  and  do  more  worship.  A  disbeliever  is  enjoying   for   the   sake   of   enjoying,   whereas   a   believer   is   living   in   the   Duniya   for   the   sake   of  worshipping  Allah.  The  main   reason   for   all   sicknesses  of   the  heart   is   the   love  of   the  Duniya   –  A  person  who  loves  Duniya  will  be  jealous,  arrogant,  cheat  disbelief,  reject  etc.      

       What  did  the  chiefs  of  people  of  Thamud  say?      

ثلكم ذآآ إإال بشر م ـ ,means ما هھھھ  “He  is  no  more  than  a  human  being  like  you”.    It   shows   the   chiefs   of   Thamud   have   no   respect   to   the  messenger,   they   are   saying   “why   is   he   a  human  being?”  So  they  want  something  besides  a  human  being  –  they  want  an  angel.  Their  heart  is  so  hard  that  they  are  misbehaving  with  Prophet  Saleh  A.S.    

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 In  the  story  of  Nuh  the  Chiefs  said  he  is  nothing  but  a  human  and  that  that  Nuh  wants  to  have  a  privilege   over   them.   The   people   of   Nuh   disbelieved   because   they   took   righteous   people   as  intermediaries.      What  did  the  people  of  Saleh  say?  

 ا تشربونن ا تأكلونن منهھ وويیشربب مم ,means يیأكل مم   “He  eats  of   that  which  you  eat  and  drink  of  what  you  drink”.  

 Anyone  who  has  Duniya  in  his  or  her  heart  will  speak  shallow  talk.  The  people  of  Saleh  disbelieved  because  their  concern  is  the  Duniya.      

     

   

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What  did  the  people  of  Saleh  say?  

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“And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.” The   chiefs   of   Thamud   said   to   the   people   “if   you   follow  what   Saleh,  who   is   a   human   like   you,   is  telling  you  then  you  will  be  losers”.  However  the  real  loss  is  to  deny  the  messenger  who  is  telling  them  the  way  to  guidance.