أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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[Those who dispute concerning Allah, after it has been accepted:-]
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Sura:42:Ash-Shura
Para:25
Ayat: –16-20
42:16
وَ الَّذِیۡنَ یُحَآجُّوۡنَ فِی اللّٰہِ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَا اسۡتُجِیۡبَ لَہٗ حُجَّتُہُمۡ دَاحِضَۃٌ عِنۡدَ رَبِّہِمۡ وَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ غَضَبٌ وَّ لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ شَدِیۡدٌ ﴿۱۶﴾
And those who argue concerning Allah after He has been responded to – their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.
A Warning to Those Who dispute concerning Matters of Religion
Here Allah warns those who try to hinder those who believe in Allah, from following His path.
وَالَّذِينَ يُحَاجُّونَ فِي اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ
And those who dispute concerning Allah, after it has been accepted,
means, those who dispute with the believers who have responded to Allah and His Messenger, and try to stop them from following the path of guidance.
حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ
no use is their dispute before their Lord,
means, it is futile before Allah.
وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ
and on them is wrath, (means, from Him).
وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ
and for them will be a severe torment.
means, on the Day of Resurrection.
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and Mujahid said,
“They disputed with the believers after they responded to Allah and His Messenger, and tried to prevent them from following the path of guidance, hoping that they would return to Jahiliyyah.”
Qatadah said,
“These were the Jews and Christians who said to them, `Our religion is better than your religion, our Prophet came before your Prophet, and we are better than you and closer to Allah than you.”‘
This was nothing but lies.
Then Allah says
42:17
اَللّٰہُ الَّذِیۡۤ اَنۡزَلَ الۡکِتٰبَ بِالۡحَقِّ وَ الۡمِیۡزَانَ ؕ وَ مَا یُدۡرِیۡکَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَۃَ قَرِیۡبٌ ﴿۱۷﴾
It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.
اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ
It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in truth,
referring to all the Books which were revealed from Him to His Prophets.
وَالْمِيزَانَ
and the Balance.
means, justice and fairness.
This was the view of Mujahid and Qatadah.
This is like the Ayat:
لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ وَالْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْطِ
Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the Scripture and the Balance that mankind may keep up justice. (57:25)
وَالسَّمَأءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ
أَلاَّ تَطْغَوْاْ فِى الْمِيزَانِ
وَأَقِيمُواْ الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُواْ الْمِيزَانَ
And the heaven He has raised high, and He has set up the Balance. In order that you may not transgress (due) balance. And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient. (55:7-9)
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ
And what can make you know that perhaps the Hour is close at hand?
This is encouragement (to strive) for its sake, a terrifying warning, and advice to think little of this world
42:18
یَسۡتَعۡجِلُ بِہَا الَّذِیۡنَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِہَا ۚ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا مُشۡفِقُوۡنَ مِنۡہَا ۙ وَ یَعۡلَمُوۡنَ اَنَّہَا الۡحَقُّ ؕ اَلَاۤ اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ یُمَارُوۡنَ فِی السَّاعَۃِ لَفِیۡ ضَلٰلٍۭ بَعِیۡدٍ ﴿۱۸﴾
Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.
يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا الَّذِينَ لَا يُوْمِنُونَ بِهَا
Those who believe not therein seek to hasten it,
means, they say, `when will this promise be fulfilled, if you are telling the truth’ But they say this by way of disbelief and stubbornness, thinking that it is unlikely to happen.
وَالَّذِينَ امَنُوا مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا
while those who believe are fearful of it,
means, they are afraid of it happening.
وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا الْحَقُّ
and know that it is the very truth.
means, that it will undoubtedly come to pass, so they prepare themselves for it and strive for its sake.
It was reported through various chains of narration, a number reaching the level of being Mutawatir, in Sahih and Hasan narrations, in the Books of Sunan and Musnad.
According to some versions, a man addressed the Messenger of Allah in a loud voice, when he was on one of his journeys,
calling out to him, “O Muhammad!”
The Messenger of Allah replied in a similar manner, “Here I am!”
The man said, “When will the Hour come?”
The Messenger of Allah said,
وَيْحَكَ إِنَّهَا كَايِنَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا
Woe to you! It will most certainly come. What have you done to prepare for it?
He said, “Love for Allah and His Messenger.”
He said:
أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْت
You will be with those whom you love.
According to another Hadith:
الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَب
A man will be with those whom he loves.
This is Mutawatir beyond a doubt. The point is that he did not answer his question about when the Hour would happen, but he commanded him to prepare for it.
أَلَا إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي السَّاعَةِ
Verily, those who dispute concerning the Hour,
means, who dispute whether it will happen and think it is unlikely ever to come,
لَفِي ضَلَلٍ بَعِيدٍ
are certainly in error far away.
means, they are clearly ignorant, because the One Who created the heavens and the earth is even more able to give life to the dead, as Allah says:
وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ
And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him. (30:27)
42:19
اَللّٰہُ لَطِیۡفٌۢ بِعِبَادِہٖ یَرۡزُقُ مَنۡ یَّشَآءُ ۚ وَ ہُوَ الۡقَوِیُّ الۡعَزِیۡزُ ﴿٪۱۹﴾
Allah is Subtle with His servants; He gives provisions to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.
The Provision of Allah in this World and the Hereafter
Allah says:
اللَّهُ لَطِيفٌ بِعِبَادِهِ
Allah is very Gracious and Kind to His servants.
Here Allah speaks of His kindness towards His creation, in that He provides for every last one of them and does not forget anyone. When it comes to His provision, the righteous and the sinner are alike.
Allah says:
وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا كُلٌّ فِى كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ
And no moving creature is there on the earth but its provision is due from Allah. And He knows its dwelling place and its deposit. All is in a Clear Book. (11:6)
And there are many similar Ayat.
يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاء
He gives provisions to whom He wills.
means, He gives generously to whomsoever He wills.
وَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ العَزِيزُ
And He is the All-Strong, the Almighty.
means, there is nothing that can overpower Him.
Then Allah says
42:20
مَنۡ کَانَ یُرِیۡدُ حَرۡثَ الۡاٰخِرَۃِ نَزِدۡ لَہٗ فِیۡ حَرۡثِہٖ ۚ وَ مَنۡ کَانَ یُرِیۡدُ حَرۡثَ الدُّنۡیَا نُؤۡتِہٖ مِنۡہَا وَ مَا لَہٗ فِی الۡاٰخِرَۃِ مِنۡ نَّصِیۡبٍ ﴿۲۰﴾
Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter – We increase for him in his harvest. And whoever desires the harvest of this world – We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الاْخِرَةِ
Whosoever desires the reward of the Hereafter,
means, whoever does things for the sake of the Hereafter,
نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ
We give him increase in his reward,
meaning, `We will give him strength and help him to do what he wants to do, and We will increase it for him. So for every good, We will multiply it and give him between ten and seven hundred good rewards,’ as much as Allah wills.
وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُوتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الاْخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ
and whosoever desires the reward of this world, We give him thereof, and he has no portion in the Hereafter.
means, whoever strives for the purpose of worldly gains, and never pays any heed to the Hereafter at all, Allah will deny him the Hereafter; and in this world, if He wills He will give to him and if He does not will, he will gain neither. So the one who strives with this intention in mind will have the worst deal in this world and in the Hereafter. The evidence for that is the fact that this Ayah is reinforced by the passage in Surah Al-Isra’ in which Allah says:
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَـجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَأءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَـهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاٌّخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُوْمِنٌ فَأُولَـيِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا
كُلًّ نُّمِدُّ هَـوُلاءِ وَهَـوُلاءِ مِنْ عَطَأءِ رَبِّكَ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَأءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
انظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَلَلٌّخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلً
Whoever desires the quick-passing, We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell; he will (enter) burn therein disgraced and rejected.
And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it while he is a believer — then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated.
On each — these as well as those — We bestow from the bounties of your Lord. And the bounties of your Lord can never be forbidden.
See how We prefer one above another (in this world), and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment. (17:18-21)
It was reported that Ubayy bin Ka`b, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“The Messenger of Allah said:
بَشِّرْ هذِهِ الاُْمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَالنَّصْرِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الاَْرْضِ فَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الاْخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الاْخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِيب
Give the glad tidings to this Ummah of sublimity, high status, victory and power in the land. But whoever among them does the deeds of the Hereafter for the sake of worldly gain, will have no portion of the Hereafter.”
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