[17].Surah Al-Isra' [The Journey By Night]: Ayat 102-104

 also known as Surah Bani Israel [The Children of Israel]

 

Ayat 102. [Musa (Moses) PBUH] said: "Verily, you know that these signs have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as clear (evidences i.e. proofs of Allah's Oneness and His Omnipotence, etc.). And I think you are, indeed, O Firaun (Pharaoh) doomed to destruction (away from all good)!"

Ayat 103. So he resolved to turn them out of the land (of Egypt). But We drowned him and all who were with him.

Ayat 104. And We said to the Children of Israel after him: "Dwell in the land, then, when the final and the last promise comes near. We shall bring you altogether as mixed crowd (gathered out of various nations).

[Tafseer] Moses warns him that Pharaoh in that case was doomed to destruction. This is the course of the soul that sinks down by Pride. The Israelites were taken to the Promised Land in Palestine , and they established their own kingdom there, but they forfeited Allah's favour by their sins and backslidings and will have to answer like all souls by the laws of personal responsibility at the Day of Judgement.

Hazrat Abu Barzah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (SAWW)(PBUH) said, "Man's feet will not move on the Day of Resurrection before he is asked about his life, how did he consume it, his knowledge, what did he do with it, his wealth, how did he earn it and how did he dispose of it, and about his body, how did he wear it out.''

[At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 2417]. 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Al-Isra Ayat 104.We shall bring you altogether as mixed crowd (gathered out of various nations at the Day of Judgement).

1. This Hadith first of all highlights the importance and value of this transitory life, every breath of which is invaluable. Not a moment of it should, therefore, be wasted in the disobedience of Allah because one shall also be made to account for it.

2. Man shall also be answerable for his knowledge. Here, we find an inducement for acquiring religious knowledge because that alone is beneficial for him. He should make use of his knowledge for winning the pleasure of Allah. If he does not do that then he must think about the justification for not doing so. He must also think how he would be facing Allah on the Day of Resurrection.

3. The question in respect of wealth raised in this Hadith clearly shows that one should earn wealth by legitimate means only and spend it strictly in a lawful manner. If he takes to unfair means of income or squanders it, he will be sinful and required to account for the violation of the Divine injunctions.

4. One should protect his body from everything that is unlawful and force himself to submit to the Divine injunctions. When he is asked to account for neglecting them, it will be difficult for him to escape the consequences of accountability.

In short, this Hadith makes one conscious of the accountability so that one keeps it all the time in view so that he will be saved from humiliation on the Day of Resurrection. How nice would it really be if one bears the accountability of the Day of Resurrection always in mind!