The Devil is an open enemy for the mankind
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 208 & 209 of 286, Section
– 25 of 40 (Part - 2)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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O ye who believe! enter, into submission (unto Him) one and
all; and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! He is an open enemy for
you.
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Yaaa –‘ayyu-hal-laziina ‘aamanuud-khuluu fis-Silmi
kaaaffah. Wa laa tat—tabi-‘uu
khutuwaatish-Shay-taan. ‘Innahuu lakum ‘aduw-wum-mubiin.
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Lesson
‘As-Silmi – (Islam) literal meanings
of Salama are truce and peace. And this word comes opposite to
war. Commentators have taken the meaning of ‘as-Silmi here as
Islam. The masters of the dictionary have also accepted this meaning of it.
Kaaaffah – (one and all, entire) origin of this word is kafafa which
means ‘to stop’. Kaaaffah means ‘enter into Islam completely
and obey Islam in all respects.
Khutuwaati – (the footsteps) its singular
is Khutuh, which means the footstep i.e. obedience and
Compliance.
Reason of the
Revelation of this verse is that a few Jews embraced Islam but they continued
compliance with the Jewish religion along with Islamic Divine also, for example;
considering the Saturday as a holy day, taking the meat and milk of camel as
forbidden and reciting Torah etc. Then some people used to make any false
belief by themselves or consider their any act as sacred and include their self
made beliefs in the religion along with the Islamic Teachings. Allah almighty
revealed this verse to stop obeying other commands along with Islamic orders,
and commanded: Enter, into submission (unto Him) one and all. That is to say; make
neither false beliefs yourselves, nor follow the myths, nor execute other
teachings and nor that anything; you do not like or that which seems difficult
to you, not to believe in it.
Islam is neither
only the name of a few beliefs, nor it is the collection of a few prayers (devotions),
but it is the most perfect, superior and fine code for the entire life. It
guides in every field of life, fulfills all requirements of human nature, shows
favor in orders keeping in view one’s weaknesses, guides rightly to reach the
destination and instructs to get the supreme success of the religion and the
world. So it is necessary to embrace Islam wholeheartedly. It is necessary to
obey Islamic Instructions in every field of life (moral, social, economical and
political matters).
The People, who
don’t do so, are as though they follow the Devil’s footsteps whereas he is
their open enemy. To hope for good from him is extremely foolish and ignorance.
Islam and Infidelity can’t remain together. So either become completely the
slaves of The Merciful otherwise you have to follow the footsteps of the Devil,
which is the only loss forever.
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And if ye slide back after the clear proofs have come
unto you,
then know that Allah is Mighty,
Wise.
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Fa-‘in- zalaltum-mim- ba’-di maa
jaaa-‘atkumul-Bayyi-naatu fa’-lamuuu ‘annAllaaha ‘Aziizun- Hakiim.
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Lesson
‘Al-Bayyi-naatu – (the clear
proofs) it means those orders and instructions which have no doubt and
intricacy of any kind. For instance, having Faith to believe in One God, having
Belief in the rightfulness of the Last Messenger of God Almighty (Muhammad’s
truism) (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) and the commands about
the prayers. The entire Command of this kind had reached already the Jews and
other groups.
Zalaltum – (you slide back) this word is from zallah which
literally means ‘to reel, to stagger, to slip, to err. It happens also without
discretion. So we have known from it too that being misled due to forgetting
can be cause of sin also. So the repentance is required to be
forsworn.
‘Aziizun – (The Mighty, The
Powerful) it means the Entity who can punish when and whatever He desires. It
can be translated as The Dominant.
Hakiim – (The Wise) here
its meaning will be ‘The Entity who punishes always at the right time and in
this punishment, a great expedience is hidden because He is The Wise.
It is good luck of human
being that Allah Almighty arranged a series of Prophets (peace be upon them)
with excellent Mercy and Kindness for guidance. To show him the straight path
and cause him embracing to success, Allah Almighty continued sending His
Selected Messengers (peace be upon them) in different nations from time to
time. Those Messengers (peace be upon them) used to show the right path to the
people who forgot and caused to save the straying people from the whirlpool,
improved their moralities and cleaned them from the evil. But history of the
world tells that unlucky people violated them, sometimes exiled and sometimes
killed them. They dug the pit hole for themselves at their own by behaving like
this.
At the end Allah
Almighty sent His Last Messenger (Muhammad) (grace, glory, blessings and peace
be upon Him). Messenger of God Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be
upon Him) explained the heavenly teachings to the people of the world, showed
them acting upon these teachings with His (grace, glory, blessings and peace be
upon Him) good attitude, proved by creating a group of righteous and
respectable people with His companionship and company that these are the clear
orders of Allah Almighty. And the success can be gotten by acting upon them.
How much misfortune
of the mankind is that; in spite of getting so great dignity he deflects away
from it, acts against it and becomes its enemy? These evildoers will surely be
punished. Because there is no reason and excuse remained for them now. The
Argument of Allah Almighty has been established. None of them can say now that
the True Religion didn’t come to us.
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