The sincere and God-fearing people
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verse – 177c of 286, Section –22 of
40 (Part - 2)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And those who keep their treaty when they make one,
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Wal-muufuuna bi-‘ahdihim ‘izaa
‘aahaduu,
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Lesson
After discussion
about the faiths, affairs and worships, now the topic regarding morality,
manners and courtesy begins. The most excellent basic characteristic of the
human being (to have a good moral character) is that he must fulfill his
treaty, promise and agreement completely when he makes it with any other individual,
group or nation. It is very necessary to fulfill the treaty for his personal
life and for those people, with whom he has any concern.
There are many
forms of the treaty, for example; the mankind makes treaty with his Lord
Almighty or with the other people. In our daily lives, we have to make a lot of
promises and agreements with God Almighty, brethren, relatives and common
people. In other words, the treaty means those responsibilities; which we make
necessary upon ourselves to be fulfilled strictly. For instance, God Almighty
has taken covenant from us that, as He is our Creator and Worshipped, so we
shall worship Him only. At the time of trouble/necessity, we shall pray only before
Him. We shall believe as He is the One (God) and the Omnipotent. Now it is our
responsibility that we should not become the promise-breaker.
Likewise, we have
promised with our brethren that we shall try our best to serve and obey the
elders, educate and bring up our children, and correct our deeds. We shall help
financially our dears and relatives. We have kept agreement with the common
people that we shall perceive, help and care the orphan, the needy, the poor,
the wayfarer, the beggar, and the compelled and slaves, who are deprived of
freedom. Now we should fulfill completely our responsibilities and we should not
behave with them carelessly.
Besides this, it is
also our responsibility that which task has been given in our charge or where
we are serving; we should work honestly in exchange of the salary and wages,
which we get from the employer. It appeared that we have made any covenant in
our practical life with any individual from the countless human beings; we have
lifted a very heavy bale of responsibilities over our heads. It is compulsory
to fulfill our all responsibilities and engage ourselves with full honesty and
excellent manners.
Today, maximum
people have become low in this matter. They do not care for the respect of
their treaty in both forms i.e. individually as well as collectively, and do
not take the promise as a promise. It has reached the limit that national and
countrywide treaties remain also firm till the time to avail against. As soon
as, anyone gets power, the entire written treaties are broken.
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And the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of
stress. Such are they who are sincere. And such are the God-fearing.
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Was-Saabiriina fil-ba’-saaa-‘i
waz-zarraaa-‘i wa hiinal-ba’s. ‘Ulaaa-‘ikallaziina
sadaquu. Wa ‘ulaaa-‘ika humul-Mutta-quun.
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Lesson
ba’-saaa-‘un – (tribulation), it actually
relates to the financial miseries.
‘Az-zarraaa-‘un – ((adversity), it belongs to
physical diseases and distresses.
Hiinal-ba’s – (at the time of stress) that
is to say, during the war in the path of God Almighty.
Saabiriina – (the patient people, full of
patience) those individuals, who may bear pains, inconvenience, etc. without
complaining.
Holy Qur’an has
guided for the interpretation of human manners, morality and courtesy, and
commanded that these characteristics should exist in such individual, who has a
good moral character. He should fulfill treaty made by him, accomplish his
responsibilities with extremely good manner, pay special attention on the
Rights of God Almighty and the Rights of the devotees/mankind, and during the
time of financial distresses, physical diseases and war against the enemies of
God Almighty, should bear with patience, perseverance and firmness.
In the practical
life, the human beings have to suffer different types of troubles, distress,
pains and difficulties. Unemployment, adversity, economical misery, starvation
and poverty, and likewise all other confusions use to tease the human being
every day. The problems of the children’s education and bringing up them, the
matters of their marriages and so like other difficult necessities vex him and
he use to try and think about these matters day and night. Besides this,
diseases of various sorts and bodily pains use to besiege him as if, today he
is ill himself, tomorrow would be laying his any other member of family on the
bed, their treatment, medicines and cure become other causes of his confusion.
Then threat of
enemy, fear of waging the war, possibility of destruction, depravity and ruin,
risk of bustle and disorder, these all things keep the human being confused.
This verse ends
here, in which, the Islamic concept of the righteousness has been explained.
The people, who have the correct belief, sacrifice their property, worship
their Creator properly and pay the poor-due regularly, fulfill the treaty, and
the patient in tribulation and adversity and during the time of stress. Such
people are they, who are sincere. And such individuals are true human beings,
the Believers and the God-fearing.
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