Lesson # 736 From Holy Qur’aan
Turning back
after Guidance of Allaah
Surah ‘Al-‘An-‘aam (Cattle)
– Chapter – 6)–Stage - 2
Verse
– 71a of 165, Section – 9 of 20 (Part - 7)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Say: shall we cry, instead of unto Allaah, unto that which neither
profiteth us nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after Allaah hath guided us, like one
bewildeth, whom the devils have infatuated in the earth, who hath companions
who invite him to the guidance (saying): Come unto us?
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Qul ‘anad-‘uu
min duuNIllaahi maa
laa yanfa-‘unaa wa
laa yazurrunaa wa
nuraddu ‘alaaa ‘a’-qaabinaa ba’-da
‘iz hadaa-nAllaahu kallazis-tahwat-hush-shayaa-tiinu fil-‘arzi
hayraan. Lahuuu ‘as-haabuny-yad-‘uunahuuu ‘ilal-huda’-tinaa.
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Lesson
‘A’-qaabun –
this word is plural of “’Aqab”, which
means “Heel”.
‘As-tahwat – it is past tense, which has been
derived from ‘is-tahwaaa’,
which means “to mislead, to infatuate”. ‘Ash-shayaa-tiin – it is plural of Shaytaan (Satan), the devil. It aims “those
evil spirits, who are called “ignis, ghost,
demon etc. which are unseen but can be felt by other means”.
It is commanded that the Messenger
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) should say to the disbelievers:
Do you want from us that we should worship and cry unto the stones, the trees
etc. and forsake Allaah Almighty,
whether you know that neither those can profit us and nor hurt? Do you wish to
turn us back, while Allaah Almighty has
guided and led us towards the Straight Path? Certainly we shall never turn away
from that Guidance.
Allaah
Almighty says: Ask them! What is your opinion about that person, who is going
on the Straight Path with his well-wishers, lovers, beloveds, friends and companions,
but the mischievous, selfish, tyrant devils cause to desert him from his
associates by pointing him out, and leave him bewildered in the forest. Now he
has been rambling hither and thither senseless due to the impression of evil
spirits. Sometime he rushes toward a thing and the other time he runs toward
any other thing. His friends and companions are calling him with sympathy and
say: If you will come unto us, you will be set free from these confusions. But he
is under the control of astray devils and unable to hear the voice of his own
people? If we shall give up Islam now, then our condition will be totally the same
as that person.
We should learn the lesson from
this verse that we should not be separate from the Way of True Muslims due to
tempt by evil desires. Otherwise, we shall gain nothing except distress and
confusion. And even the voice of our well-wisher friends will not reach our
ears, because the desires make a man blind and deaf, and leave him alone
bewildered.
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