Quran Chapter
4-77b & 78 (Pt-5, Stg-1) (L-571) - درس قرآن
None can be saved from the death
Suratun-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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77b. Say
(unto them, O Muhammad): The provision of this world is very little; the Hereafter
will be better for him who wardeth off (evil); and ye will not be wronged the
husk upon a date-stone.
78. Wheresoever ye may be, death will
overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers.
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77b. Qul
mataa- ‘uddunyaa qaliil. Wal- ‘aakhiratu
khayrul-li-manittaqaa wa laa tuzlamuuna fatiilaa.
78. ‘Ayna maa takuunuu
yud-rik-kumul-mawtu wa law kuntum fii
buruujim-mushayyadah.
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Commentary
Mataa-‘un – (benefit,
wealth, the provision; by which one may reap advantage and enjoy.
Wa laa tuzlamuuna – (and you will not be
wronged), it has been derived from zalama,
which means ‘to tease or tyrannize any person, to seize someone’s right
’.
Fatiilaa – (the thread, the husk upon a
date-stone), here it means that your right will not be seized even equal to a
very little piece of thread.
Buruujim-mushayyadah – (the lofty towers, dignified
forts), Burj is singular of buruuj which means ‘a fort and
a magnificent palace’. Mushayyada means ‘made of cooked lime’. The aim
of this verse is to tell the people that it is not possible to escape from the
death, whether they hide themselves in even very solid forts.
It was mentioned in the
previous part of the verses (77a) that when Jihad was prescribed and the battle
accessed their heads, then some people began to tremble due to fear of war and
beseech in the Royal Court of Allah Almighty, “Our Lord! Why have You commanded
us to fight? If only You would have given us respite yet a while, then it was
better, if we would have remained living for some more days and be saved from
the death”. In short, the love of the world overcame upon their hearts and they
began to fear from death. They have been instructed in this verse that, “Say {unto
them, O Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon him)}: The
provision (relishes and pleasure) of this world is very little and only for a
few days; nevertheless delight and comfort of the Hereafter will be better for
him who takes care of the Will of Allah Almighty and wards off evil. Commit to
your mind! The person, who will do good with such thought, he will be given
full retaliation and reward. Moreover, effort of any person to please Allah
Almighty and to escape from His disobedience will not be useless; even that
none will be wronged equal to the husk upon a date-stone. In the world, such
circumstances are faced that a person wants something but his desire is not
fulfilled. He works hard but does not gain its fruit. In addition, whatever he
gets a little; that is finished in a few days. For the Hereafter, what will be
done according to the command of Allah Almighty, its retaliation will be given
in full. That will not be for a few day but forever. Now about the death, so none
should be afraid of it. Nobody can be saved from it. There is no place in the entire
world, where someone can acquire refuge. At last, he/she has to die a day, who has
come in this world. It is useless to have passion to live forever in the world.
If someone did not die today, he will die tomorrow. Strong underground
chambers, lofty forts and palaces cannot save any creature from the death. It
is better to be slain for the Cause of Allah Almighty and earn comfort,
pleasure and satisfaction for ever, from dying by rubbing heels. In these some
words of Holy Qur’aan, how much great
reality has been explained very easily? This advice cannot take place in the
heart so deeply even from the hourly speeches of great preachers as it settles
down by meditating a while in this very small verse. These are the forceful
words, by listening to which, the Muslims completed so much magnificent tasks
in the beginning that the world praises them till today.
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