Indeed,
Allah is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what
is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the
truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What
did Allah intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and
guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly
disobedient,
In these beautiful verses of Surah Baqarah, Allah swt explains to us that all the examples in Quran are mentioned for a purpose. Allah has used examples in Quran of simple things (with which we can relate to easily) in order to explain abstract concepts in a concrete manner. For instance, Allah has used examples of fly, spider, mosquito, thunder, etc at dfferent places in Quran.
Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued. (Surah Hajj, Ayah 23)
Subhanallah, in my teacher's college I learned the same teaching strategy that by using relevant and concrete examples, teachers can improve the understanding of abstract concepts for students. Subhanallah, Allah uses these simple and concrete examples in Quran so that we all are able to easily understand His Book. Allah swt wants us all to understand Quran and implement it in our daily lives. We should not act like hypocrites/disbelievers who objected and criticized these examples mentioned by Allah swt in Quran and this is why Allah swt left them to astray.
Moreover, from these ayahs, we also learn that if we do not understand a particular command of Allah swt, we should not object the command but rather we should make dua to Allah swt to help us understand the wisdom behind His commands. Whether we understand the reasoning behind Allah's command or not, we should still accept them and implement them, inshallah. We should know that Allah loves us seventy times more than our mothers love us so His every command is for our own benefit.
Allah also mentions three characteristics of fasiqeen (those who cross limits set by Allahs swt) in these verses.
Fasiqeen are those who adopt the path of disbelief and disobedience to Allah swt after accepting Islam.
The second characteristic of fasiqeen is that they break ties/ cut off relationships with their blood relatives.
Abu Hurairah narrated that Prophet saw said: "He who desires that he be granted more provision and his life be prolonged should join ties with his blood relatives." (Bukhari)
According to another Hadith, the real sila rahmi is to be good with those relatives who are not good to you.
Shaitan loves to cause disputes between blood relatives and encourage them to cut relationships among each other based on small, trivial disputes. It will require a lot of tolerance and patience to stay connected with all our blood relatives. But inshallah if we can break our ego or apologize or initiate just for the sake of Allah, Allah will reward us immensely.
The third characteristic of fasiqeen is that they spread corruption on earth both tangibly and intangibly. Some examples of corruption could be polluting environment, not making an effort to recycle, cutting forests, spreading rumours, etc.
We should check ourselves if we have any of the above mentioned characteristics of fasiqeen. Its never late to make tawbah and change ourselves. Inshallah, Allah swt will guide us if we seek its guidance.
Subhanallah, at many occasions, we find ourselves confused especially while making decisions about what's right and what's wrong or what should we do and what should not. So this is a beautiful Masnoon dua through which we can ask Allah swt to show us the right perspective:
Who
break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which
Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is
those who are the losers.
How
can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you
to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to
life, and then to Him you will be returned.
It
is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He
directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made
them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.
Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued. (Surah Hajj, Ayah 23)
Subhanallah, in my teacher's college I learned the same teaching strategy that by using relevant and concrete examples, teachers can improve the understanding of abstract concepts for students. Subhanallah, Allah uses these simple and concrete examples in Quran so that we all are able to easily understand His Book. Allah swt wants us all to understand Quran and implement it in our daily lives. We should not act like hypocrites/disbelievers who objected and criticized these examples mentioned by Allah swt in Quran and this is why Allah swt left them to astray.
Moreover, from these ayahs, we also learn that if we do not understand a particular command of Allah swt, we should not object the command but rather we should make dua to Allah swt to help us understand the wisdom behind His commands. Whether we understand the reasoning behind Allah's command or not, we should still accept them and implement them, inshallah. We should know that Allah loves us seventy times more than our mothers love us so His every command is for our own benefit.
Allah also mentions three characteristics of fasiqeen (those who cross limits set by Allahs swt) in these verses.
Fasiqeen are those who adopt the path of disbelief and disobedience to Allah swt after accepting Islam.
The second characteristic of fasiqeen is that they break ties/ cut off relationships with their blood relatives.
Abu Hurairah narrated that Prophet saw said: "He who desires that he be granted more provision and his life be prolonged should join ties with his blood relatives." (Bukhari)
According to another Hadith, the real sila rahmi is to be good with those relatives who are not good to you.
Shaitan loves to cause disputes between blood relatives and encourage them to cut relationships among each other based on small, trivial disputes. It will require a lot of tolerance and patience to stay connected with all our blood relatives. But inshallah if we can break our ego or apologize or initiate just for the sake of Allah, Allah will reward us immensely.
The third characteristic of fasiqeen is that they spread corruption on earth both tangibly and intangibly. Some examples of corruption could be polluting environment, not making an effort to recycle, cutting forests, spreading rumours, etc.
We should check ourselves if we have any of the above mentioned characteristics of fasiqeen. Its never late to make tawbah and change ourselves. Inshallah, Allah swt will guide us if we seek its guidance.
Subhanallah, at many occasions, we find ourselves confused especially while making decisions about what's right and what's wrong or what should we do and what should not. So this is a beautiful Masnoon dua through which we can ask Allah swt to show us the right perspective:
Jazakum Allah khayr
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