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commentary prof quraish shihab :
ayat 49 to ayat 60
ayat 61 to ayat 73
[ ......the paradigm of having parents who are kuffar.......to doa or not to doa.]
[ ......the paradigm of having parents who are kuffar.......to doa or not to doa.]
prof quraish shuhaib, commentary on ayat,73 to 89....
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khiai muhammad bhakiet , on asma al husna, " al mu'min ",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTkdowHee5Y
A global perspective from Muhammad al-Ghazali's " A Thermatic Commentary In The Qur'an "
People who strive for a just cause can triumph only when their loyalty to God is stronger than their enemy's loyalty to their aims and their leaders. God says: "Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that which is the due) of Allah (only) - Those who believe are stauncher in their love for Allah - Oh, that those who do evil had but known, (on the day) when they behold the doom, that power belongeth wholly to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment! "(al- Baqarah: 165). This becomes clearer at the critical times of conflict between true believers and the infidels. Hence we read in this surah the following:
Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will be no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. (24)
When the time to issue the orders to confront the Byzantines, the main factors prevalent at the time can be summarized as follows:
1. The Byzantines were the undisputed superpower in the region, especially after their decisive victory over the Persians.
2. The Muslims comprised a small section of the Arabs who had embraced the new religion, while the majority of the Arabs continued to be clients or subjects of either the Byzantine or the Persian empires.
3. The Muslim fighting force was relatively limited and lacking, as shown at the Mu'tah and Tha'tu al- Salasil battles.
4. The young Muslim community was plaque from inside by the intrigues of the handful of the hypocrites and a handful of disgruntled groups who had not fully integrated into the new society and were prey to rumors, conspiracies. and outside influences.
The surah came at the right moment to overhaul the Muslim community and expose its weaknesses before it was too late. It lashes out at those who refuse to join the fighting for the cause of Islam, saying:
O ye who believe! What aileth you that when it is said unto you: Go forth in the way of Allah, ye are bowed down to the ground with heaviness. Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the Hereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the Hereafter. (38)
It rejects the absurd and false excuses given by the cowardly and the lazy:
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest they should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty (unto Him). (44) They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver. (45)
Further on in the surah we read:
And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order that permission might be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and His messenger sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve. (90)
Indeed, most of those who had chosen to stay behind and refused to join the fighting were the faint-hearted and the skeptics who had no confidence in Islam. One such person had the temerity to beg the Prophet to allow him to remain at home because he feared the temptation, as he put it, of beautiful Byzantine women. He would only go and fight, he said, if the Prophet were to guarantee him that he would not fall for them:
Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt me not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo! hell verily is all around the disbelievers. (49)
It is only natural that those who go and fight meet with many challenges, tests,, and temptations, including the possibility of defeat, which is a severe test in itself. nevertheless, the surah reassures the Prophet and the Muslims:
If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased. (50)Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust! (51)
The battle of Tabuk in 630 AC brought down God's wrath upon the hypocrites within the Muslim within the Muslim community. It uncovered their intrigues within and completely exposed them to the rest of the community. This, as stated earlier, was necessary to purge the Muslim ranks and clear the way for a new phase in history and the spread of Islam. Hypocrites and traitors could destroy any society, no matter how politically and economically powerful. God says in the surah: "So let not their riches nor their children astonish thee (O Muhammad). Allah thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers. "(55). The hypocrites came in many disguises. They were the greedy self-centred ones who were happy only if they received financial gifts from the Prophet, or else they would curse and complain. These the surah describes as follows: "And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms. If they are given thereof they are content, and if they are not given thereof, behold! they are enraged. "(58)
Some of them spread rumors and invented malicious lies about the Prophet personally, but then would go and swear to him that they never said such things. They would take advantage of the Prophet's magnanimity and benevolence. The surah exposes that aspect of their conduct too:
And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say: He is only a hearer. Say: A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and is true to the believers, and a mercy for such of you as believe. Those who vex the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom. (61)
Reflection and commentary by Imam Zia.....'on the al-Munafikuns' :-
Session 9.2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSAUUT-B8xM&feature=relmfu
Session 9.3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3nQE5ndqnU&feature=relmfu
Session 10.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf_iGkiXrQo&feature=relmfu
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