Thursday, March 28, 2013

[21].Al-Anbiya [The Prophets]: Ayat 85-86



Ayat 85. And (remember) Ismail PBUH (Ishmael), and Idris PBUH(Enoch) and Dhul-Kifl PBUH(Isaiah), all were from among As-Sâbirin (the patient ones, etc.).
Ayat 86. And We admitted them to Our Mercy. Verily, they were of the righteous.
[Tafseer] Ismail is mentioned specially, apart from the line which descended through Isaac, as he was the founder of a separate and greater Ummah. His steady constancy and submission to the will of Allah were specially shown when he earned the title of "Sacrifice to Allah". That was the particular quality of his constancy and patience. For Idris PBUH was in a high station in life, but that did not spoil him. He was sincere and true, and that was the particular quality of his constancy and patience. Dhu al Kifl would literally mean "possessor of, or giving, a double requital or portion"; or else, "one who used a cloak of double thickness," that being one of the meanings of Kifl. The Commentators differ in opinion as to who is meant, why the title is applied to him, and the point of his being grouped with Ismail PBUH and Idris PBUH for constancy and patience. The best suggestion is that afforded, as quoted in the Encyclopaedia of Islam under "Dhu al Kifl". He visited Meshed Ah in Iraq , and also the little town called Kefil, midway between Najaf and Hillah ( Babylon ). Kefil, he says, is the Arabic form of Ezekiel. The shrine of Ezekiel was there, and the Jews came to it on a pilgrimage. If we accept "Dhu al Kifl" to be not an epithet, but an Arabicised form of "Ezekiel", it fits the context. Ezekiel was a prophet in Israel who was carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after his second attack on Jerusalem (about B.C. 599). 
Hazrat Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said to Ashaj Abdul-Qais (May Allah be pleased with him), "You possess two qualities that Allah loves. These are clemency and tolerance.''
[Muslim Book 01,Chapter 07, Hadith # 024]
Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 85."all were from among As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.)" This Hadith teaches us to adopt a patient, mild and discreet attitude towards others. Moreover, there is a provision for praising somebody in his presence, provided there is no likelihood of his being conceited. The Hadith also provides inspiration for the cultivation of good habits.  

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