Monday, August 29, 2016

[54] Surah Al-Qamar [The Moon]: Ayat 041-042


৪১. ফেরাউন সম্প্রদায়ের কাছেও সতর্ককারীগণ আগমন করেছিল
৪২. তারা আমার সকল নিদর্শনের প্রতি মিথ্যারোপ করেছিলঅতঃপর আমি পরাভূতকারী, পরাক্রমশালীর ন্যায় তাদেরকে পাকড়াও করলাম 

Ayat 41. And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Haroon (Aaron)].
Ayat 42. (They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable to carry out what he Will (Omnipotent).

Tafseer of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) Ayat 41 & 42. To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah) The Egyptian people of old are the last people mentioned in this Surah as an example of iniquity meeting with punishment. And the moral is driven home to the Pagan Quraysh, to warn them of their fate if they persisted in their evil lives. The Egyptians had many Signs given them. They were gifted people and had made much progress in the sciences and the arts. They could have learnt from history that when the highest virtues disappear, the nation must fall. Moses was brought up among them and commissioned to give Allah's Message to them. But they were arrogant; they were unjust to Allah's creatures; they followed debasing forms of worship; they mocked at Truth; and were at last punished with destruction in the Red Sea for their arrogant leaders and army. See 10:75-90 for a narrative. 42. The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will. 

Hazrat Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah image001.jpg [SAWW](PBUH) said, "Allah, the Exalted, will continue to stretch out His Hand in the night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and continue to stretch His Hand in the daytime so that the sinners of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west".  [Muslim Book 05, Chapter 037, Hadith # 6644].

Lesson: This Hadith confirms an essential Attribute of Allah, i.e., the Hand which He stretches out anytime He wishes without drawing similarity to it, nor interpretation. Such was the attitude of the pious predecessors with regards to all of the essential Attributes of Allah. It is deduced from this Hadith that if one commits a sin during any hour of day or night, he should immediately seek the forgiveness of Allah as a result.

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