Quran Chapter 7 – 34 (Pt-8,
Stg-2) (L-945) - درس قرآن
Fixed term
Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The Heights) – Surah – 7)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ 34
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34. And every nation hath its term, and when
its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance
(it).
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34. Wa likulli ‘ummatin
‘ajal. Fa- ‘izaa jaaa-‘a ‘ajaluhum laa
yasta’-khiruuna saa-‘atanw-wa laa yastaq-dimuun.
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Commentary
‘Ajalun –
(the term, time for which anything lasts, period of session, deadline for
expiry of time)
‘Ummatun –
(nation, community, group, class, party, band etc., according to original
dictionary, it means “a collection, which, by joining more permanent things
becomes a permanent thing itself”.
It
was described in the previous verse that Allah Almighty has forbidden the human
beings from some evil deeds, so they should give them up forever. Some people
may think after hearing this Revelation that many people commit the forbidden
acts fearlessly, but even then they suffer no injury and they enjoy
unhesitatingly. What is benefit then to forbid anyone? If those people are
punished immediately who commit the forbidden then however, meanings of
forbidden can be understood, otherwise, it seems that forbidding is useless.
There is a reply to this doubt in the above mentioned verse.
It is
commanded that every group of people has been given a fixed time for working.
The time of its termination has been prescribed. And when its term will come,
they will neither be able to put it off even a moment and nor advance it. If we
meditate upon this verse, two things are understandable here:
1.
No one lives alone in this world but
belongs to any particular group, community, city, country and has relation with
the entire human beings. Before the revelation of this verse, some people came
unto the Messenger of Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon
Him) and said: You have told us that the wrath of Allah Almighty comes because
of His disobedience, but we have observed that an individual commits a sin but
is never punished. The answer which has been given to them in this verse is
that: O mankind! You are saved for some days because a temporary respite has
been given to your nation. That sinner is under the shelter of the nation.
Until she will continue looking after him, he can be saved. But at last this
nation will be ruined, then none will be his savior/protecting friend.
2.
Giving a respite to the nation is
produced in the formation of the world, so that it must carry its people on the
Straight Path. When it will not remain able to perform this duty, it will be
finished. In other words, it is meant that its honor and good name will be ruined,
and it will exist like the contemptible. Its reputation and dignity will be over.
And other nations will subdue it. It will be the result that when this nation
had its term, it could not control own people. The individuals must have
perceived that: Our nation will be destroyed because of our own evil deeds. Its
destruction is certainly our destruction.
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