[59] Surah Al-Hashr [The Gathering]: Ayat 018

১৮. মুমিনগণ, তোমরা আল্লাহ তা’আলাকে ভয় কর।  প্রত্যেক ব্যক্তির উচিত, আগামী কালের জন্যে সে কি প্রেরণ করে, তা চিন্তা করা। আল্লাহ তা’আলাকে ভয় করতে থাক। তোমরা যা কর, আল্লাহ তা’আলা সে সম্পর্কে খবর রাখেন।

Ayat 18. O you who believe! Fear Allah and keep your duty to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for the tomorrow (the day of resurrection), and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

Tafseer of Surah Al-Hashr [The Gathering] Ayat 18. O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what (provision) it has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah. for Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do. The "fear of Allah" is akin to love; for it means the fear of offending Him or doing anything wrong that will forfeit His Good Pleasure. This is Taqwa, which implies self-restraint, guarding ourselves from all sin, wrong, and injustice, and the positive doing of good. See 2:2. The "fear of Allah" is akin to love; for it means the fear of offending Him or doing anything wrong that will forfeit His Good Pleasure. This is Taqwa, which implies self-restraint, guarding ourselves from all sin, wrong, and injustice,  and the positive doing of good. See 2:2. The repetition emphasizes both sides of Taqwa: "let your soul fear to do wrong and let it do every act of righteousness; for Allah observes both your inner motives and your acts, and in His scheme of things everything will have its due consequences. 

Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) was passing through the bazaar with his Companions on his both sides, when he saw a dead skinny lamb. He held its ear and said, "Who of you would like to have it for a dirham". They replied, "We do not like to get it for nothing, and what shall we do with it?". Then he (PBUH) asked, "Would you like to have it for nothing?". They replied, "Had it been alive, it would have been defective because it is skinny; but when dead it is of no use". Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Truly, the world is more contemptible to Allah than this (the dead lamb) is to you".

[Muslim Book 42, Chapter 01, Hadith # 7059].

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al-Hashr Ayat 18. O you who believe! Fear Allah and keep your duty to Him” This Hadith also shows the futility of this world for which one struggles so madly throughout his life. It is also an indication that the Prophet  [SAWW](PBUH) used to seize the right opportunities to guide and teach his followers.