Our Lord! Cause not
our hearts to stray after Guidance
Surah ‘Aali ‘Imraan (The Family of Imran
- 3)
Stage – 1, Verses – 8 & 9 of 200, Section –1 of 20,
(Part – 3)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
8. Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to
stray after Thou hast guided us, and bestow upon us mercy from Thy Presence.
Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Bestower.
9. Our Lord! Lo! It is Thou Who
gatherest mankind together to a Day of which there is no doubt. Lo! Allah
faileth not to keep tryst.
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8. Rabbanaa laa
tuzig quluu-banaa ba’-da ‘iz hadaytanaa
wa hab lanaa milladunKa rah-mah. ‘InnaKa
‘Antal-Wahaab.
9. Rabbanaa ‘innaKa
jaami- ‘unnaasi li-Yawmil-laa rayba fiih. ‘InnAllaaha
laa yukh-liful-mii- ‘aad.
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Lesson
Laa tuzig – (Cause not to stray), the word zay-gun has come in the previous
verse, which means “doubt, crookedness”. This word has also come out from the
same root i.e. zay-gun. In the
supplication of laa tuzig; a servant of the Truth begs before God, “Cause not our hearts to
stray while once You have guided us and we have found the Right Path”.
Prophet of Allah Almighty (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon him) used to supplicate often in these words despite
having so much higher grades and splendid perfections, “Yaa Muqal-libal quluubi Sabbit qalbii ‘alaa DiiniKa” (O Converter of the hearts! Keep my heart steady upon Your
Religion).
The Erudite know that such Day will come when
God Almighty will gather the entire humankind together. The people of crooked
heart, who used to quarrel in precepts, decision will be settled for all. Every
evil-liver will have to settle with punishment due to his crossness in manners
and obstinacy. Due to this reason, the well learned persons remain disgusted
from such unprincipled persons and are seekers of mercy of Allah Almighty.
Allah Almighty described the consequence of the
Infidels along with the mention of Doomsday that; nothing in the world and on the
Day of Resurrection can save them from the punishment of God Almighty. The
Christian scholars of Najraan did not embrace Islam; only due to the
reason that the Christian King would stop to reward them distinguishing gifts
in case of their embracing Islam. Here, it has been commanded that all the
wealth and property are accidental and nothing from it will be useful on the
Day of Resurrection. Therefore, those people who do not believe in Islam for
the sake of only worldly wealth and property or honor and dignity, they must know
and recognize that the wealth, property or mass would not be able to save them
from the torment.
The entire promises of Allah Almighty are
true and He keeps His Word always. Therefore, every individual should continue
doing good acts with perfect certainty of the parts of deeds.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by Pak Company, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore,
Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published
By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif) .
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Though I don't commonly
use quotes from the Bible in explaining Islamic beliefs to Christians, the
verse from Numbers 23:19 of the Old Testament which ascribes to God the clear
statement "God is not a man..." clearly refutes Trinitarian
Christian claims that Jesus is God, as they all agree that Jesus was a man.
Furthermore, in the same verse it states "...neither a son of
man...", and the Gospels all contain verses in which Jesus is reported
to have called himself "the son of man" (See Matthew 8:20; 19:28,
Mark 14:62; Luke 9:22; John 6:53; 8:28; 13:31). Food for open-minded
Christian reflection and thought. Dr Bilal
#Bible #God #Jesus |
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