Lesson # 668 From Holy Qur’aan
Punishment of
Disobedience
‘Al-Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)–Stage
- 2
Verses
–114 & 115 of 120, Section – 15 of 16 (Part One-Fourth of 7)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
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114.
Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allaah,
Lord of us! Send down for us a Table Spread with Food from Heaven, that it
may be a feast for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and a sign
from Thee. And give us sustenance, for indeed Thou art the Best of Sustainers.
115.
Allaah said: Lo! I shall
send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him surely
will I punish with a punishment wherewith I shall not punish any of (My)
creatures.
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114. Qaala
‘Iisabnu- Marya-MAllaahumma Rabbanaaa
‘anzil ‘alaynaa Maaa-‘idatam-minas-Samaaa-‘i takuunu
lanaa ‘iidalli- ‘awwa-linaa
wa ‘aakhirinaa wa ‘Aayatam-minKa war-zuqnaa
wa ‘Anta Khay-rur-Raaziqiin.
115. QaaLAllaahu
‘Innii munaz-ziluhaa ‘alaykum.
Famany-yakfur ba’-du minkum
fa-‘Inniii ‘U-‘azzi-buhuu ‘azaabal-laaa ‘U-‘azzibu-huuu ‘ahadam-minal-‘aalamiin.
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Lesson
Maaa-‘idatan – (the Table Spread
with Food), this word indicates toward the wish of the companions of Jesus
(peace be upon Him), that the Table Spread with prepared Food should be sent
down from Heaven by Allaah Almighty
and they should be given everything without any struggle.
As per previous verse, when the disciples, who believed in Christ (peace be upon Him) said: We do
not want to test Allaah Almighty, but
we request only for His particular Kindness, so that we may be grateful to Him
freely and engage in His worship whole heartily and obey His commands and Your
truth may be quite evident upon us and we may see its sign clearly.
Then Jesus (peace be upon Him)
supplicated: Our Lord! Only You are Able to fulfill and provide our all requirements.
Kindly do not keep us necessitous of struggle in getting needful things but send
down for us a Table Spread with Food from Heaven, that it may be a feast and
pleasure for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and an open sign of
Your Kindness may come in our hands. You are the Best of the Sustainers for all
of us and certainly the sustenance comes from You in each condition. You can
change the method of providing the sustenance without any delay. Everything is
Your Power. Neither anyone can be equal to You in providing food and
sustenance, nor can act like You, whether someone is much liberal or wealthy.
It is clear that this supplication
of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was for providing facility to the companions so
that they may thank Allaah Almighty
and obey His Commands whole the time.
As a reply to the supplication of
Jesus (peace be upon Him), Allaah Almighty
commanded: I shall send it down for you, but keep it in mind that whoso will
disbelieve of you afterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment wherewith
I shall not punish any of My creatures.
After this, there is no
description in the Holy Qur’aan
whether the Table Spread of Food was sent down or otherwise, because only those
matters have been mentioned in the Holy Qur’aan,
which have any guidance for the humankind. A very useful matter has been explained
in the supplication of Jesus (peace be upon Him) and its reply, which needs
special attention of the human being. It could not be decided till today that
whether the Table Spread with Food was sent down or not. Some persons say: That
was sent down but the people did not thank God. Those people were punished and
that was stopped to be sent down. Some of them have opinion: The people
frightened after listening the reply of the supplication of Jesus (peace be upon
Him) and they took back their request.
We have been taught many useful
matters in it. At first, if the Messengers (peace be upon Them) are helpless in
front of Allaah Almighty, then what
is the position of those friends (saints) of Allaah Almighty, who are called ‘Awliyaaa’.
We should understand properly the difference between the Creator and the
creature. The Messengers (peace be upon Them) and ‘Awliyaaa’ “saints” (may God be Kind upon them) all are servants of
Allaah Almighty and He is The Ruler
upon all of the creatures. The Servants can supplicate only. To accept or
reject the supplication is in the Power of Allaah
Almighty. The aim from it is to falsify the claim of the Christians that “Jesus
(peace be upon Him) is son of God (May God Forbid). And we would have to learn
from it that there is much difference between Allaah Almighty (God) and the servant. Besides this, there is
another lesson to be learnt that the human being should earn the wealth by
those ways, which have been determined lawful, and for this purpose everyone must
do at least some labor. One should not try or wish to get sustenance, in a
state of ease and comfort, by supplications and uncommon ways etc., because it
is not easy to be thankful to Him and the end of being thankless is not other
than His wrath. And the biggest wrath is that the mankind becomes proud, Satan
or mere animal.
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