Tuesday, January 12, 2016

[44]. Surah Ad-Dukhan [The Smoke]: Ayat 013-015


১৩. তারা কি করে বুঝবে, অথচ তাদের কাছে এসেছিলেন স্পষ্ট বর্ণনাকারী রসূল
১৪. অতঃপর তারা তাকে পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করে এবং বলে, সে তো উম্মাদ-শিখানো কথা বলে
১৫. আমি তোমাদের উপর থেকে আযাব কিছুটা প্রত্যাহার করব, কিন্তু তোমরা পুনরায় পুনর্বস্থায় ফিরে যাবে  

Ayat 13. How can there be for them an admonition (at the time when the torment has reached them), when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them.
Ayat 14. Then they had turned away from him and said: "One taught (by a human being), a madman!"
Ayat 15. Verily, Allah shall remove the torment for a while. Verily! You will revert (to your evil ways).

Tafseer of Surah Ad-Dukhan Ayat 13 to 15. Quraysh had before them a prophet whose purity of life was openly known to them; they themselves called him Al Amin (worthy of all trust); he preached in their own language in words of burning eloquence and transparent clearness; yet they turned away from him and called him a madman, or one whose Message was not inspired by Allah, but written by some hidden hand (see next note)! How will the teaching of spiritual Truth make way among such unreasonable people? Ayat 14. Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!" Tutored: see 16:103. Possessed: see 15:6. Ayat 15. Allah gives every chance to all His creatures, however rebellious. He gives them a little trial, perhaps personal, perhaps economic, to see if that would bring them to their bearings, and train their will in the right direction. Some are thus reclaimed, and some do not learn. Perhaps, for the latter, He gives them a chance by removing the trial; some are reclaimed, and some still remain obdurate. And so, in His wisdom, He allows His grace to work, again and again, until, at the last, Judgment must seize the last and irreclaimable remnant "with a mighty onslaught". Such working of Allah's Providence is clearly visible in the story of Quraysh. It is a pity that the economic conditions of Makkah have not been studied in detail in any of the standard biographies of the Prophet. The so-called biographies by non-Muslims, e.g., Muir's Life, do not even mention any Makkan famine or its reactions on Quraysh mind!

Hazrat Abdullah bin Masud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I can still recall as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah image001.jpg[SAWW](PBUH) resembling one of the Prophets whose people scourged him and shed his blood, while he wiped blood from his face, he said: "O Allah! Forgive my people, because they certainly do not know". [Al-Bukhari 09, Chapter 84, Hadith # 63].

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Ad-Dukhan Ayat 15. Verily, Allah shall remove the torment for a while. Verily! You will revert (to your evil ways)It mentions the refined character and compassion of the Prophets which has an important lesson for those who preach righteousness. They should be always prepared to face hardships involved in inviting people to the right path and, instead of retaliation, forgive their audience and pray for their guidance. These noble qualities are extremely important for those who are devoted to preach religion.

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