Lo! We are of God and
lo! Unto Him we are returning
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 155 & 156 of 286, Section
–19 of 40 (Part - 2)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger,
and loss of wealth and lives and fruits. And give glad tidings to the steadfast.
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Wa lanablu-wannakum- bi-shay-‘im-minal-khawfi
waljuu-‘i wa naqsim-minal-‘amwaali
wal-‘anfusi was-samaraat. Wa bash-shiris-Saabiriin.
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Lesson
It was stated in
the previous verse about the people, who acquired higher post of steadfastness,
that is to say; they fought in the way of God Almighty and were put to death as
martyrs in the path of Truth. Now in this verse it has been described that the
Muslims will suffer these types of trials and tests during their lives which
will be more troublesome than the death to maintain its stability. Any
individual should never show weakness and cowardice during these kinds of
situations. Moreover, they should take strength from the steadfastness and
continue to obey the commands of God Almighty happily with His assent.
These tests will
appear in the different forms, for example; fear of the enemy, danger of
banishment, confinement and imprisonment on speaking the truth, season of
dearth or famine, shortage of the basic necessities of life, wealth and
property, deficiency in livelihood and employment, killing of nearest
relatives, friends and supporters in the path of God Almighty, looking
mortality, ruin and expiration of own relatives during the war against enemies
of Allah Almighty and His Messenger (glory, grace, blessings and peace be
upon Him), shortage of fruits, other eatable and drinkable things etc.
The people will be
tested through all these difficulties, calamities, and troubles from time to
time, their perseverance, steadiness and steadfastness will be observed. It is
not so much easy to include one between the steadfast. So it is warned here
that a lot of troubles like these may be faced during try for doing supplication
and prestige of God Almighty, but it is the demand of steadfastness that
instead of being afflicted and broken-hearted, we should remain zealous and
earnest in inclination of our cause. Conception to achieve it should remain
firm with full strength and keep it up with the tireless
hardworking.
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Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! We are Allah’s
and lo! Unto Him we are
returning.
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‘Al-laziina ‘izaaa ‘asaabat-hum-musiibatun, qaaluuu
‘innaa LIllaahi wa ‘innaaa ‘ilayHi raaji-‘uun.
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Lesson
Musiibatun – (calamity, woe, trouble), its
literal meanings are misery, distress, accident, chance. Once the Messenger of
Allah Almighty (glory, grace, blessings and peace be upon Him) commanded that which thing a Muslim feels un-pleasant that is
the musiibat for him. So it is known that this word has many vast
and common meanings.
We have studied in the verse before it that the
Muslims will be tested by God Almighty through different manners of
difficulties, calamities, and troubles from time to time, the person who will
keep perseverance and steadfastness; he will succeed easily in these tests. So
the future consequence of the steadfast will be better. The token of the
patient has been mentioned in the today’s verse that the people, who say at the time of musiibat, “Lo! We are
Allah’s and lo! Unto Him we are returning”, they are included in the steadfast.
We have learnt
three things in this verse:
1. We
all and everything of ours is the property of God Almighty. Nothing is our own
including ourselves, our everything, wives, children, wealth, property, native
country, dynasty, body and soul. It is the cause of grief, sorrow, pain and
desire of the human being that he supposes that his beloved things are his own.
When this thought will be expelled from the mind and considered that God
Almighty is the Master, Possessor and Owner of everything, then there will be
no scope for sorrow, sadness and displeasure. We have to repeat these words in
every hard, difficult, trouble and calamity, “Ours is nothing here. Everything
is of God Almighty and has to return towards Him”.
2. Whether
the sorrows, troubles, pains and difficulties are too much heavy, all are
temporary, mortal, transitory, coming and going. These entire will end and soon;
we would have to attend the Court of Real Master Almighty, so why should we be
afraid of them?
3.
These calamities and tests are not useless by chance. Their remuneration and
reward shall be granted during the next life i.e. on the Day of Resurrection.
The individual, who bore them with steadfastness, remained standing on the Just
and did not give up the real cause, he shall be rewarded due to his fortitude.
A person, how much
will have strong faith in these fidelity, so much he will remain in
contentment and quiet. We should bear in our minds these things properly, so
that it may become stamped on our hearts. Although the relation of
steadfastness is with the heart but due to saying these words with tongue, the
tongue becomes companion of the heart and the person gets power and strength
from it. It has been mentioned about the Messenger of God Almighty (glory, grace,
blessings and peace be upon Him) that He used to recite “‘Innaa LIllaahi
wa ‘innaaa ‘ilayHi raaji-‘uun” (Lo! We are Allah’s and lo!
Unto Him we are returning) in even any most light difficulty, trouble or
un-pleasant situation.
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