Lesson # 423
Torment for the Usurers
Surah
‘Aali- ‘Imraan (The Family of Imran -3), Stage – 1,
Verses – 131 to 133 of 200, Section 14 of 20, (Part
– 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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131. And ward off (from yourselves) the Fire prepared for
disbelievers.
132. And obey Allah and the Messenger, that ye may find
mercy.
133. And vie one with another for forgiveness from your
Lord, and for a Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared
for those who ward off (evil)-
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131. Wattaqun-Naarallatii ‘u-‘iddat
lil-kaafiriin.
132. Wa ‘atii-‘Ullaaha war-Rasuula
la-‘allakum turhamuun.
133. Wa saari-‘uuu ‘ilaa
magfira-tim-mir-Rabbikum wa Jannatin
‘arzuhas-samaawaatu wal-‘arzu, ‘u-‘iddat lil-Muttaqiin-
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Lesson
Punishment for
the usurer has been described after forbidding from devouring the usury that his
last abode would be Fire of Hell, which is in fact for the disbelievers. It showed
that a usurer would also be produced in the Court of God Almighty as a criminal
like a disbeliever. Therefore, Muslims should be saved from the curse of
usury/interest, and pass their lives as the abstemious.
Then, it has
been commanded that they should obey God Almighty and His Last Messenger,
Muhammad (SallAllaahu
alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam). This obedience becomes
cause of mercy upon them. To execute the command of Prophet (SallAllaahu alayHi
wa AaliHii Wasallam) is just like obeying the Order
of Allah Almighty, because Allah Almighty has commanded Himself that you would
have to obey perfectly the commands of the Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi
wa AaliHii Wasallam). Some Muslims disobeyed the
instructions of the Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) in the Battle of ‘Uhud, which endangered their
victory. Therefore, it has been admonished, “Do not fall short and do not
commit a mistake as such in future. If you will obey Allah Almighty and His
Messenger, (SallAllaahu
alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) then blessing of Allah
Almighty will be revealed. Doing so, the doors of success and betterment will
be opened for you”.
It is being
commanded in the third verse of this lesson, “Vie one with another for
forgiveness from your Lord. (Labor too hard towards the good deeds and fine
manners, for which God Almighty and His Messenger, (SallAllaahu alayHi
wa AaliHii Wasallam) has commanded you, due to which
you will deserve forgiveness of God Almighty and the Garden. If you will pass
your lives in God-fearing and control of the passions, then after death from
this mortal world, your last abode will be Paradise, which is so much wide as
are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil). The
human being cannot think vaster than the space of heavens and the earth
collectively. Therefore, width of Paradise has been illustrated by a simile of
the space of heavens and the earth.
The difference
in the consequence of a usurer and obedient humankind of Allah Almighty has
been manifested that one of them is disgraced in the world as well as he will
be fuel of the Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection. The other person, who is
obedient, passes his life with honor and he will be entitled to live in the
beautiful Gardens of Paradise on the Doomsday.
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