let us experience the Quran: surah al Masadd
Surah Al Masadd (palm fibre, the flame)
All praises are due unto Allah, we thank Him and we seek His assistance. Whomsoever He guides, none can astray him, and whomsoever He astray, there is none to guide him. Peace and blessings be upon the unlettered Prophet Muhammad (SAW). I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His servant and final Messenger.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful!
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
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Period of Revelation:
It can be assumed that this makki surah must have been revealed in the period when Abu Lahab had transgressed all limits in his mad hostility to Muhammad (saws), and his attitude was becoming a serious obstruction in the progress of Islam.
Background:
This is the only place in the Quran where a person from among the enemies of Islam has been condemned by name. silah rehmi (good treatment of the kindred) was esteemed most highly among the moral values of the Arabian society and breaking off of connections with the kindred was regarded as a great sin. when the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) began to preach the message of Islam, Bani Hashim and the Bani al-Muttalib (children of al-Muttalib, brother of Hashim) not only did not oppose him but continued to support him openly, although most, of them had not yet believed in his Prophethood.
This moral principle, regarded by Arabs as worthy of respect and inviolable was broken only by one man in his enmity of Islam, and that was Abu Lahab, son of Abdul Muttalib, an uncle of the Holy Prophet.
On account of his numerous acts of hostility and enmity to the Holy prophet (saws) and Islam, this man was condemned in this Surah by name, and there was a special need for it. When the Holy Prophet's own uncle followed and opposed him before the Arabs who came for hajj from outside Makkah they regarded it as against the established traditions of Arabia that an uncle should run down his nephew without a reason, should pelt stones at him and bring false accusations against him publicly. They were, therefore, influenced by what Abu Lahab said and were involved in doubt about the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace).
But when this, Surah was revealed, and Abu Lahab, filled with rage, started uttering nonsense, the people realized that what he said in opposition to the Holy Prophet was not at all reliable, for he said all that in his mad hostility to his nephew.
Besides, when his uncle was condemned by name, the people's expectation that the Holy Messenger (upon whom be peace) could treat some relative leniently in the matter of religion was frustrated for ever. When the Holy Messenger's own uncle was taken to task publicly the people understood that there was no room for preference or partiality in their faith. A non-relative could become a near and dear one if he believed, and a near relation a non-relative if he disbelieved. Thus, there is no place for the ties of blood in religion.
Discussion:
Abu Lahab, with his wife, was one of the most unbending foes of the Messenger (saws) and the ideas he was propagating. This surah was revealed as a counter-attack against their hostile compaigns, and that Allah had taken over the command of the battle.
May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, doomed he is.
The Arabic term rendered here as 'perish ' also signifies failure and cutting off. The term is used twice in two different senses. It is used first as an appeal, while in the second occurence it implies the granting of the appeal and its fulfillment. What later follows is merely a description of what took place with the remark that 'his wealth and his gains shall not avail him.' He can have no escape. He is defeated, vanquished and damned. That was his fate in this world, but in the Hereafter 'he shall be plunged in a flaming fire.'
And his wife, the wood-carrier, will reside there with him having around her neck a rope of palm-fibre with which, as it were, she is being dragged into Hell; or which she used for fastening wood bundles together, according to whether a literal or metaphorical interpretation of the text is adopted.
Thus, the humiliating picture of Abu Lahab and his wife has been recorded to last forever in this eternal book, the Qur'an, to show Allah's anger with them for their animosity to His Messenger and the ideas he was advocating. All those who choose to take a similar attitude towards Islam, therefore, shall meet with the same disgrace calamity and frustration, both in this life and in the Hereafter, as fitting punishment and reward!
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"They said: Glory be to Thee! we have no knowledge but that which Thou hast taught us; surely Thou art the Knowing, the Wise." (Quran, Baqara - 02:32)
Wallahu 'aleemun hakeem. whatever is good is from Allah (swt) and all shortcomings are mine alone.
May Allah accept our deeds, forgive us for our shortcomings and save us from the blazing hellfire on the day of judgment. Ameen.
All praises are due unto Allah, we thank Him and we seek His assistance. Whomsoever He guides, none can astray him, and whomsoever He astray, there is none to guide him. Peace and blessings be upon the unlettered Prophet Muhammad (SAW). I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His servant and final Messenger.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful!
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
-----------------
Period of Revelation:
It can be assumed that this makki surah must have been revealed in the period when Abu Lahab had transgressed all limits in his mad hostility to Muhammad (saws), and his attitude was becoming a serious obstruction in the progress of Islam.
Background:
This is the only place in the Quran where a person from among the enemies of Islam has been condemned by name. silah rehmi (good treatment of the kindred) was esteemed most highly among the moral values of the Arabian society and breaking off of connections with the kindred was regarded as a great sin. when the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) began to preach the message of Islam, Bani Hashim and the Bani al-Muttalib (children of al-Muttalib, brother of Hashim) not only did not oppose him but continued to support him openly, although most, of them had not yet believed in his Prophethood.
This moral principle, regarded by Arabs as worthy of respect and inviolable was broken only by one man in his enmity of Islam, and that was Abu Lahab, son of Abdul Muttalib, an uncle of the Holy Prophet.
On account of his numerous acts of hostility and enmity to the Holy prophet (saws) and Islam, this man was condemned in this Surah by name, and there was a special need for it. When the Holy Prophet's own uncle followed and opposed him before the Arabs who came for hajj from outside Makkah they regarded it as against the established traditions of Arabia that an uncle should run down his nephew without a reason, should pelt stones at him and bring false accusations against him publicly. They were, therefore, influenced by what Abu Lahab said and were involved in doubt about the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace).
But when this, Surah was revealed, and Abu Lahab, filled with rage, started uttering nonsense, the people realized that what he said in opposition to the Holy Prophet was not at all reliable, for he said all that in his mad hostility to his nephew.
Besides, when his uncle was condemned by name, the people's expectation that the Holy Messenger (upon whom be peace) could treat some relative leniently in the matter of religion was frustrated for ever. When the Holy Messenger's own uncle was taken to task publicly the people understood that there was no room for preference or partiality in their faith. A non-relative could become a near and dear one if he believed, and a near relation a non-relative if he disbelieved. Thus, there is no place for the ties of blood in religion.
Discussion:
Abu Lahab, with his wife, was one of the most unbending foes of the Messenger (saws) and the ideas he was propagating. This surah was revealed as a counter-attack against their hostile compaigns, and that Allah had taken over the command of the battle.
May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, doomed he is.
The Arabic term rendered here as 'perish ' also signifies failure and cutting off. The term is used twice in two different senses. It is used first as an appeal, while in the second occurence it implies the granting of the appeal and its fulfillment. What later follows is merely a description of what took place with the remark that 'his wealth and his gains shall not avail him.' He can have no escape. He is defeated, vanquished and damned. That was his fate in this world, but in the Hereafter 'he shall be plunged in a flaming fire.'
And his wife, the wood-carrier, will reside there with him having around her neck a rope of palm-fibre with which, as it were, she is being dragged into Hell; or which she used for fastening wood bundles together, according to whether a literal or metaphorical interpretation of the text is adopted.
Thus, the humiliating picture of Abu Lahab and his wife has been recorded to last forever in this eternal book, the Qur'an, to show Allah's anger with them for their animosity to His Messenger and the ideas he was advocating. All those who choose to take a similar attitude towards Islam, therefore, shall meet with the same disgrace calamity and frustration, both in this life and in the Hereafter, as fitting punishment and reward!
......
"They said: Glory be to Thee! we have no knowledge but that which Thou hast taught us; surely Thou art the Knowing, the Wise." (Quran, Baqara - 02:32)
Wallahu 'aleemun hakeem. whatever is good is from Allah (swt) and all shortcomings are mine alone.
May Allah accept our deeds, forgive us for our shortcomings and save us from the blazing hellfire on the day of judgment. Ameen.
posted by bodda at 11:19 PM
1 Comments:
Assalamu alaikum to all
one imp lesson here is the bondage of islam, which is above all other relations. As in this surah, blood relatives are censured while non ralatives are treated as comrades. Thus sincere faith should be the strongest of bondages.
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