Lesson # 840 from the Noble Quran
Eat and drink but be not prodigal
Surah ‘A’-‘RAAF (The Heights) – Chapter – 7)
Stage – 2, Verse – 31 of 206,
Section – 3 of 24 (Part - 8)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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O Children of Adam!
Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, and be
not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals.
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Yaa-Baniii-
‘Aadama khuzuu ziinatakum
‘inda kulli masjidinw-wa kuluu
wash-rabuu wa laa
tusrifuu. ‘InnaHuu laa
yuhibbul-musrifiin.
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Lesson
Khuzuu – this word is
from ‘akhzun, which means taking,
adjusting, looking to. Here it aims “to wear, to put on”.
Ziinatun – (decoration),
the aim to use this word here is “that minimum quantity of the cloth, with
which, at least, the privities of the human being is covered. For the men, so
much cloth is incumbent to be worn that his privities only are covered.
Masjidun – it has been
derived from sajdun. Sajdah is from
it also. It means “to put forehead on the earth”. Here it aims “to offer prayer
and to go round the Ka’-bah (the
House of Allah at Makkah)”.
Laa tusrifuu – (be not
prodigal), this word is made from ‘asraaf,
which means “to cross the limit, abuse of wealth, prodigality, spending for
useless and unbeneficial matters”.
In the verses
of this Section, the human beings have been prohibited from those absurd and
foul customs and traditions, which were increased by the Arabian people at
their own along with the correct ways of worship. Going round the Holy Shrine
at Makkah (Ka’-bah) had been perceived biggest worship always in the Arab and
they used to consider the reverence of “the Square Building” (Ka’-bah) necessary.
Some people
used to think, “We commit many unknown sins in our clothes”, so they used to bring
down their raiment and put them at any separate place at the time of going
round the Ka’-bah. If the people of Quraish gave them more clothes to wear,
they used to wear them, but in case of unavailable, they, even their women too,
used to go round the Ka’-bah with
naked bodies. And they all used to consider it a kind of goodness.
In the same
way during the period of Pilgrimage, they used to give up eating nice things;
for example; meat, fats and ghee etc. Moreover, fasting from want or eating
less food was considered needful. Guidance has been given in this verse about
those entire matters.
The Children
of Adam are being commanded that they should wear cloths at the time of worship
and going round the Ka’-bah. Being
nude is against the humanity and there is no goodness in it. The clothes are
adornment for them. At the time of worship, these are more urgent, because
everyone should come duly dressed before their Lord (in the raiment, which He
has bestowed to them).
Similarly,
giving up eating and drinking is not necessary during the days of Hajj. Eat and
drink good things, which Allah Almighty has given to you. However you should be
careful and be not prodigal i.e. do neither eat and drink absurdity, nor misuse
the necessary things. Allah Almighty does not like such people, who destroy
their wealth and property for absurd and useless things.
The scholars
have drawn the attention toward this issue that for the man it is incumbent to
cover his body from the loins unto the knees, whereas the woman should cover
her entire body. Similarly, spending the necessary things lavishly for pomp and
show, boasting or displaying before the people is a stupidity. The mankind
should be moderate.
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