Rightful owners of - the Fire and the Garden
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 81 to 83 of 286, Section – 9 & 10 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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81. Nay, but
whosoever hath done evil and his sin surroundeth him; such are rightful owners
of the Fire; they will abide therein for
ever.
82. And those
who believe and do good works; such are rightful owners of the Garden. They
will abide therein for ever.
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81. Balaa man-kasaba sayyi-‘atanw wa ‘ahaatat bihii
kha-tiii-‘atuhuu fa-‘ulaaa-‘ika ‘As-haabun-Naar. Hum fiihaa khaliduun.
82. Wallaziina ‘aamanuu wa ‘amilus-saalihaati
‘ulaaa-‘ika ‘As-haabul Jannah. Hum fiihaa khaaliduun.
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Lesson
‘Ahaatat bihii
kha-tiii-‘atuhuu – (his sin
surroundeth him) it aims that they adopted the path of evil intentionally and
then were besieged into the sins to this extent that there was no scope
remained for the Faith. This condition is of the people of infidelity (those people
who are disbelievers of the true religion).
‘Amilus-saalihaati – (they do good works) Good works are the
necessary condition along with Belief for achieving the goal of entering into the
Garden and for getting success in this world. The good works are the works
which an individual performs in accord with the commands of God Almighty.
The Children of Israel
had invented many kinds of fundamental faith falsely in the religion and these
faiths were being shifted from previous race to the next, for instance that: They
are beloved and fondling of God Almighty, they will not be punished due to
their sins, but if they will be punished, that punishment will be only for a
few days, and that; their ancestors and forefathers will get them forgiven from
God Almighty”.
Behind the shade of
these faiths, those people never missed any chance to commit any evil, unlawful
act or contraband character and they had fallen into this false notion that it
was not necessary for them to follow the religion (till now) and to believe in the
teachings of the Last Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon Him).
God Almighty has refuted
their false presumption in this verse, and commanded that deliverance depends
on only two things:
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The individual should have faith in God, the Most High.
•
He/she should Do good works.
That is to say, stipulation
of rewards and punishment is on having belief in the Commands of God Almighty
and obeying Them.
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And (remember) when We
made a covenant with the Children of Israel, (saying): Worship none save
Allah (only), and be good to parents and to kindred and to orphans and the
needy, and speak kindly to mankind; and establish worship and pay the
poor-due. Then, after that, ye slid back, save a few, being averse.
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Wa ‘iz ‘akhaznaa Miisaaqa Baniii-‘Israaa-‘iila laa
ta’-bu-duuna ‘illallaah. Wa bil-waali-dayni ‘ihsaananw-wa zil-qur-baa
wal-yataamaa wal-masaa-kiini wa quuluu linnaasi hus-nanw-wa ‘aqiimus-Salaata
wa ‘aatuz- Zakaah. Summa Tawal-laytum ‘illaa qaliilam- minkum wa
‘antum-mu’-rizuun.
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Lesson
Miisaaq – (Covenant, promise, pledge, consent,
agreement, negotiation, treaty), this covenant of the Children of Israel has
been described at many other places in the Holy Qur’aan. It has been mentioned also in the Holy Scriptures i.e.
Torah and Gospel.
God Almighty tells the Children
of Israel in this verse: It has become your habit that you turn your faces away
from the Commands of God, the Most High”. So their attention is being drawn
towards their famous Covenant.
This Covenant was taken
by God Almighty from the Children of Israel that they would never worship any
other thing save Allah Almighty, treat their parents, relatives and kindred, orphans
and the needy well, politely and speak kindly to the mankind; and establish
worship and pay the poor-due. But these people slid back after making the
covenant with God Almighty and could not fulfill it. There were only a few people
who regarded their covenant and cared for their promise.
Along with it God
Almighty commands: You slid back, being averse. It means that they were the people
who used to turn away from their covenants and promises habitually and did not keep
their footing on it.
We should learn the
lesson from this speech and the covenant which we have committed with Allah,
the Most High, “The Testimony, that there is none worthy of worship but ALLAH
and Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon Him) is HIS Messenger”, we have to
act upon the Commands of Holy Qur’aan
and the Sayings of the Last Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon Him). We
should pass our lives remaining in the circle of this Testimony. We should
remember this faithful promise always.
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