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بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيمReflections Day 9

Juzz 9

Suratul A’raaf verse 88 to the end

Sutaul Anfaal verse 1 to verse 40

Suratul A’raaf (88-end) If people believed in Allah SWT their blessings would have increased

وا وات

منرى آ

قل ال

ه أنو أرض ول

ماء وال الس

ات من

ركيهم ب

لا عنحتفوا ل

﴾96﴿…ق

Had the people of those towns believed and been God-fearing, We would certainly have opened up to

them blessings from the heavens and the earth; … (96)

Contentment of the hearts is one of the greatest blessings for a Believer. It is the greed

of the human beings that cause man to conquer and kill others.

If mankind believes in Allah SWT, He would have given blessings from above and on

earth such as rain, vegetation, livestock, peace and security, contentment etc.

Punishment of Allah SWT comes all of a sudden

ائمون

م ن

ا وه

ياتا بسنأم ب

تيهأ ينرى أ

قل ال

ه أمنأف 97﴿ أ

Do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they

are asleep? (97)

Too often we hear disasters such as hurricane, tornado, earthquake, landslide

happening while people are in the midst of their daily activities.

Here Allah SWT is warning mankind of His power an ability to strike when He wishes and

how He wishes. So no one should feel so secure or immune from Allah SWT’s wrath.

Unfortunately people derive no lesson from history and the destruction of others. They become

trapped in their own stubbornness and heedlessness.

Detailed story of Musa and Pharaoh and The Children of Israel (103-175)

اموا به

لظئه ف

ومل

ون

فرع

ى ال

اتنىيىوسى با عدهم م

با من

نعثم ب

ث

نسدي

مف ال ا

عان ك ي

ر ك

ظان ف

After those We sent forth Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles, but they dealt with Our signs

unjustly. Observe, then, what happened to the mischief-makers. (7:103)

First it was nations that rejected the Messengers and now here is an individual; Pharaoh

who is not only rejecting Prophet Musa (AS) but also claiming that he is God and must

be worshipped.

Pharaoh demanded a sign from Prophet Musa (AS) but when the sign came he called it

magic and his own sorcerers whom he brought to put down Prophet Musa (AS)

surrendered to the truth saying: مي ل عى الا برب

منى .We believe in the Lord of the universe'– ا

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Pharaoh wanted to control the minds of the people. He said مك لنذ آنل أ

م به

ت do – آمن

you believe in him before I give you permission?

But having been humiliated, Pharaoh called it a conspiracy and thus used his military

might to crucify them but faith is stronger than fear. They responded fearlessly:

انءتاا ج م

ا لنت رب

ىيىا بامنى ان ا الاقم من

ـنا وما ت

ينل عر

ف اان رب ا مسلمي

نوفت ا و ( 7:126)صب

Will you punish us just because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us? Our

Lord! Shower us with perseverance and cause us to die as those who have submitted [to You].

Pharaoh now turns his attention to Prophet Musa (AS) and the Children of Israel.

So his evil advisors said: كتله وآ

رك

ذرض وي

ي ال

وا ف

سد

ليف

ومه

ر موس و

ذت Will you leave Moses- أ

and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" .. (127)

They told Prophet Musa (AS) 'Whatever sign you might produce before us in order to

enchant us, we are not going to believe you.' (132)

Then Allah SWT sent one punishment after the other until Pharaoh and his army were

finally drowned.

People generally love to find someone to lay blame for their misfortunes

ذه ىا هـنوا ل

ال سن

حم ال

هءتاا ج

اذ ف

عه م

وا بموسى ومن ب

ي م سي

ه

ت وان

م ل

ه برك اـكن

ى ول

ه ال

دم عن

ه بر

ىما

ان ل ا

مون

عل ي

But whenever prosperity came their way, they said: 'This is from us.' And whatever hardship befell them,

they attributed it to the misfortune of Moses and those who followed him. Surely, their misfortune had

been decreed by Allah - but most of them do not know that (7:131)

People can misuse freedom quite easily

ع ا موس اج

وا ي

الم

هام ل

صن

أ

ل عون

فعكوم ي

لوا ع

تأر ف

ح ائيل ال ي إس ن

ا بناوز

وج

لهم آ

هما ل

ا كها إلن ﴾138﴿ …ل ل

And We led the Children of Israel across the sea; and then they came upon a people who were devoted to

the worship of their idols. They said: '0 Moses, make for us a god even as they have gods.'

The Children of Israel have not reached their destination and they are willing to give up

their belief in Allah SWT and wanting to worship idols. Within a period of three months

they forgot they were rescued from generations of slavery, the sea opened and the

drowning of Pharaoh and his army. Now they this new freedom they chose to commit

Shirk with Allah SWT.

So Allah SWT tested them and Prophet Musa (AS) was called by Allah SWT to go to

Mount Sinai for forty days. The Children of Israel took this opportunity to make a calf of

gold and began worshipping it.

The greatest freedom is for a person to connect with his Creator not the freedom to do

whatever his desires lead him to do for often the desires is Shaitaan’s domain.

Allah SWT is ever ready to forgive those who repent sincerely

ور رحيم فغا لعده

ب من

ك رب

وا إن

منا وآ

عده

بوا من

ابم ت

ات ث

ي وا الس

مل عذين

﴾153﴿ وال

As for those who do evil, and later repent and have faith, such shall find their Lord All-Forgiving, All-

Compassionate after (they repent and believe)

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Despite all the evil committed by man Allah SWT is ready to forgive him if he repents.

This is a lesson for us not to give up on the mercy of Allah SWT. But we must repent.

The coming Rasoolullah SAS was mentioned in Scriptures before

ن وراة وال

ي الت

م ف

هدا عن

وبت مك

هونجد

ذي ي

ال ي

م ال ي ن

سول الن الر

عون

ت يذين

﴾157﴿ …جيل ال

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what

they have of the Torah and the Gospel, … (157)

Torah:

The Lord said to me [Moses]: ‘What they say is good. I will raise up for them a Prophet like you

among their brothers; I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I will

command him. (Deuteronomy 18:17-19)

Gospel:

But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the ‘Paraklit’

will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world

of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment. (John, 16:7-8)

Paraklit is a Greek word meaning the Distinguisher between Truth and Falsehood and

this refers to Rasoolullah SAS.

All the Prophets were sent to specific people Rasoolullah SAS was sent to all of mankind

ميعا م ج

يك إل

ي رسول ال

اس إن

ا الن

هيا أل ي

… ﴿158﴾

Say, [O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, [… (158)

This Ayah mentions the Prophet's honor and greatness, for he is the Final Prophet who

was sent to all mankind and the jinns Rasoolullah SAS said that he was granted five things which no Prophet before him was

granted; the first of which was: I was sent to all mankind; black and white alike.

We ought to feel special to be in Ummah of Rasoolullah SAS and to be his followers.

Test comes in both ease and hardship

… رجعون

م ي

هعلات ل

ي ات والس

سن

حم بال

اهونل ﴾168﴿ وب

And We tested them with prosperity and adversity that they may turn back (to righteousness).

We must not think that test only happens at the time of difficulty. In fact, the bigger test

is when we are at ease and comfort. For this is the time one is easily taken over by

“Ghaflah” or negligence and forgetfulness.

The covenant Allah SWT made with ALL of humanity

م هتي رورهم ذ

ه ظم من

دي آ ن

ب من

ك رب

ذخ أوم وإذ

وا ي

ولق تنا أنهد

ش

لوا ب

الم

ك برب

ست

لسهم أ

فن أ

لم ع

هدهشوأ

افلي ا غ

ذ هنا عنا ك إن قيام

﴾172﴿ ال

And when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them

testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." Lest

you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."(172)

All the future progeny of Adam were gathered, and were endowed with both existence

and consciousness in order to bear witness to The Lordship of Allah or His Ruboobiyyah.

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So Allah SWT created them on this Fitrah that : There is no deity worthy of worship

except Him SWT. In a Hadith Qudsi: Allah said, `I created My servants Hunafa' (monotheists), but the devils

came to them and deviated them from their religion, prohibiting what I allowed. In another Hadith Rasoolullah SAS said: It will be said to a man from the people of the Fire on

the Day of Resurrection, `If you owned all that is on the earth, would you pay it as ransom' He

will reply, `Yes.' Allah will say, `I ordered you with what is less than that, when you were still in

Adam's loins, that is, associate none with Me (in worship) but you insisted and associated

partners with Me (in worship).'’ Wealth can be a big trial even for Scholars:

اه من

خسلانا فـتن ءاي

ـهينذى ءات

الأ يهم ن

لل ع

And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our - وات

Ayat, but he threw them away

This was about one of the scholars of the Children of Israel whose people used to seek

his lead in supplication to Allah in times of difficulty. Prophet Musa AS) sent him to the

King of Madyan to call him to Allah. That king delighted him and gave him land and gifts,

and he reverted from the Deen of Musa and followed the king's religion

Man’s intellect, sight and hearing comes with a responsibility

ل ي

عم أ

ها ول

به

ون

هقف ي ل

وب

لم

هس ل

ن وال

جن

الا من ثب

م ك

نها لج

نرأ ذدقا ول

به

سمعون

ي ل انذم آ

ها ول

به

ون ص ي

ونافلغم ال

ه

ك

ولل أ

ضم أ

ل ه

عام ب

ن ال كك

ول ﴾179﴿ أ

And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they

do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do

not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless. (179)

They did not benefit from these senses that Allah made for them as a means of gaining

guidance. Instead they used them like animals but that is worse because man has

intellect and animals do not have intellect. Call on Allah SWT through His Names and Attributes

وا ي

ان ما ك

ون

زسمائه سيج

ي أ فون

حد

ل يذين

روا ال

ا وذ

به

وه

عاد فسن

حسماء ال

ال

ول

ون ﴾180﴿ عمل

Allah has the most excellent names. So call on Him by His names and shun those who distort them…(180)

Allah SWT has The most Beautiful Names and He should be called by those Names. People must

not invent names of Allah SWT nor should they use His Names for the creation and then call on

them.

We are commanded to 'shun those who distort Allah SWT's names'

There will always be a group of people calling towards Haqq

ونعدل

وبه ي

قح بال

ون

ده ي ما أنقل خن ﴾181﴿ ومم

And of those whom We have created there is a party who guide men through the truth and act justly

according to it.

Rasoolullah SAS said: There will always be a group of my Ummah who are apparent on the

Truth, unaffected by those who fail or oppose them, until the (Last) Hour commences.

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As for those who try to stop the Believers and reject Allah SWT’s signs, Allah SWT says:

“We shall lead them, step by step, to their ruin without their even perceiving it”. Rasoolullah (SAS) does not knowledge of the unseen except what was revealed to him

م ت بر

كست

يب ل

غم ال

لع أتنو ك

ول

اء ال

ما ش

ا إل

ض

عا ول

فسي ن

ف لن

ملك

أل ل

وء الس ي ن

وما مسب خ ال ﴾188﴿ …ن

Tell them [O Muhammad]: 'I have no power to benefit or harm myself except as Allah may please. And

had I knowledge of the unseen, I should have amassed all kinds of good, and no evil would have ever

touched me. …'(188)

There were times when Allah SWT revealed knowledge of the unseen immediately like

when Banu Nadhir wanted to assassinate him at their fort. So Allah SWT sent Angel

Jibreel to warn him immediately of this threat.

But on many occasion Rasoolullah SAS had to act on faith and trust in Allah SWT

because he did not know the future. This is a lesson we learn from the Seerah.

A true Believer is always on the alert to sense the whisperings of Shaitaan

ون ص م م

ا هاذروا ف

كذن ت

ىي

الش

ن م ٮر

ىم

ه ا مس

وا اذ

ق اتنذي ال ان

If the God-fearing are instigated by any suggestion of Satan, they instantly become alert, where after

they clearly perceive the right way. (7:201)

In doing Da'wah the Da'ee is faced with the angry words, slander, persecution and mischief

of his opponents. He should recognize that this just a plot to get him to stop and he should have

self-restraint.

Sometimes Shaitaan whispers: You need to stop inviting others to Deen because they will get

upset at you. Or he may whisper : Don’t say the straight answer, try to be politically correct! The Aadaab when the Quran is being recited

مون

رحم ت

كعلوا ل

ت

ن وأهمعوا ل

است

فنرآق الرئ

ا ﴾204﴿ وإذ

So when the Qur'an is recited, listen carefully to it, and keep silent so that you may, be shown mercy.'

Allah SWT commanded that one listen to the Qur'an when it is recited, in respect and

honor of the Qur'an. This is to the contrary of the practice of the pagans of Quraysh who

used to make noise so as not to listen to The Qur'an.

Surat-ul Anfal (1-40)

The Surah takes its name AL-ANFAL (The Booty/Spoils of war) from the first verse.

It was revealed in 2 A.H. after the Battle of Badr, the first battle between Islam and Kufr.

The Quraish were defeated and their arms and equipment came into the hands of the

Muslims as spoils of war.

All their big chiefs, who were their best soldiers and who had led the opposition to

Islam, were killed in this Battle.

Five qualities of the true Believers

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م هتاد زهاتييهم آ

ل عليت

ا تم وإذ

هوبل ت وجل

كر ال

ا ذ إذذين

الونمنمؤما ال

إيم إن

ونلوكتهم ي

رب

لا وع

﴾2﴿ ان

ذين

ال

ون

فقنم ي

اهنا رز ومم

ةل ال

قيمون

﴾3﴿ ي

The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His

verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely - (2) The ones who

establish prayer, and from what We have provided them, they spend. (3)

A Believer’s faith grows as he is able to submit to the command of Allah SWT which he

comes across especially when he submits to what goes against his desires.

A man might be thinking of committing injustice or a sin. But he abstains when he is

told, `Have Taqwa of Allah', and his heart becomes fearful. Details, purpose and outcome of The Battle of Badr

م ك لون

ك ت

وك

ات الش

ذ ب

غن أونودم وت

كا لهن أ ي تائف

ى ال

د إح

م ال

كعد ي وإذ

حق

ين أ ال

ريد

لماته وي

بك

قحال

افرين

كابر ال

ع د

ق 7﴿ وي

رمون

مج

الره

و ك

ال ول

ل ال

وي

قح ال ﴾8﴿ ﴾ ليحق

And (remember) when Allah promised you (Muslims) one of the two parties (of the enemy i.e. either the

army or the caravan) that it should be yours, you wished that the one not armed (the caravan) should be

yours, but Allah willed to justify the truth by His Words and to cut off the roots of the disbelievers. (7)

Allah will establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it. (8)

Allah SWT responded to the Du'a of Rasoolullah SAS: 'I will indeed reinforce you with a

thousand angels, coming host after host.'(9)

There is no victory except from Allah (10)

When prevalent conditions should have produced intense fear and panic among them,

Allah SWT filled their hearts with such peace and tranquility that they were

overpowered with drowsiness.

Allah SWT made firm the feet of those who believe cast terror into the hearts of those

who disbelieve.

Allah SWT is The One who caused things to happen in Badr but Believers had to go carry

out their human responsibilities.

The importance of obeying Allah SWT and His Rasool (SAS)

سمعون

م ت

نت وأهنوا ع

ول ت ول

ه ورسول

ـهيعوا الل

وا أ

آمن

ذين

ا الهيا أ ﴾٢٠﴿ ي

O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away from him while you are

hearing.(20) .

Allah commands His believing servants to obey Him and His Messenger and warns them

against defying him and imitating those who reject Him. Obedience to Allah SWT and His Rasool (SAS) it is what this life is. Most importantly between a man and his heart is Allah SWT hence the Du'a: O You Who

changes the hearts! keep my heart firm on Your religion دينك

لي ع ن

ل ت وب ث

لقب ال

لا مق

ي

To prevent anyone from hypocrisy two convictions are necessary:

First, that he will have to face the reckoning and Allah SWT knows everything

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Every man will be gathered none can escape His judgement and His Power.

Trials befall everyone

ت لنوا فت

ق ﴿وات

اص

م خ

كموا من

ل ظذين

ال يي 25﴾ And guard against the mischief that will not only bring

punishment to the wrong-doers among you. .. (25)

Trials affect everyone in society. Drugs for example brings about fear and insecurity for

all. So it is our duty to prevent social illnesses if not, it will reach others.

Rasoolullah SAS said: By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You will enjoin righteousness and forbid

evil, or Allah will send a punishment upon you from Him; you will supplicate then to Him, but He

will not answer your supplication

Umm Salamah, the Mother of Believers said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: If sins

become apparent in my Ummah, Allah will surround them with punishment from Him. I said, `O

Allah's Messenger! Will they have righteous people among them then' He said: ”Yes”. I asked:

`What will happen to them' He said, They will be stricken as the people, but they will end up with

Allah's forgiveness and pleasure. ''

Allah SWT ‘s plans will prevail over all plans

مك وي

ماكرين

ال ب

خ

وال

ر ال

مك وي

They schemed and Allah did also scheme. Allah is the best of… ﴾30﴿ رون

those who scheme. (30)

The plot to assassinate Rasoolullah SAS as he set out for the Hijrah was thwarted by

Allah SWT and on many occasions Allah SWT informed Rasoolullah SAS of the plots of

Quraish and others.

Despite all the devious attitude of Quraish Allah SWT is willing to forgive them if they repent

وإن ي

سل

دا م م

هر لفغوا ي

هنتروا إن ي

ف كذين

لل ل

لي

و ال

ت سن

ت

مض

دقوا ف

﴾38﴿ عود

[O Prophet!] Tell the unbelievers that if they desist from evil, their past shall be forgiven and if they

revert to their past ways, then it is well known what happened with the people of the past.

Forgiveness from Allah SWT is a constant theme and reminder to mankind. In fact, many

who were out to kill Rasoolullah SAS and his Companions became some of the most

upright Believers in the end.