Recitation by Shaykh Abdul rahman al-Sudais:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_b78VcQag8
CASUAL MISDISMEANORS IN ONE'S LIFE are not necessarily detrimental, as they can be mitigated by repentance. As a matter of fact, these could very well act as a kind of "vaccine" that immunizes a person against committing similar offenses against God, and hence they may be of benefit. Evil actions that bring about the destruction of nations and communities are those which set in and take root within the fabric of society as a whole. In certain societies, evil and seditious behavior become the accepted norm, protected by and incorporated into their laws and conventions. The opposite is then seem as odd, unconventional, and out of the ordinary. Morality, decency , and righteousness are frowned upon and branded eccentric and reactionary.
Prophet Lot spent a great deal of his time and energy trying to persuade his people from the practice of sodomy, but they ignored his advice. Let us look at what they say to him. " ...Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure " ( al-Araf :82). Indecency, perversion, and immoral practices had become the norm. Usually, corrupt civilizations first sink into decadence and then decline. Symptoms of such decline have now become visible in several aspects of contemporary Western civilization. Today's humans need to be addressed again with the opening verse of this surah:
.... Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings. (2) And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant. He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed. He giveth His bounty unto every bountiful one. But if ye turn away, lo! (then) I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day. (3)
The immediate promise for those who repent is "to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed". Human nature being what it is, people prefer comfortable living, and since life isa trial, God reassures human beings that as long as they believe and submit themselves to Him, He will provide them with comfort and enjoyment in this life and enable them to progress and improve their lot. The surah tells us that the same promise was made to the people of Hud, when he said to them:
And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto Him repentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will add unto you strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty! (52) They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not going to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not believers in thee. (53)
On the face of it, their argument appears to have a ring of rationality to it, but in reality it is devoid of all sense. When Hud called upon them to believe in the one God, their reaction was one of total astonishment, saying: "... Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars" (al Araf: 66). He patiently persisted saying: "..O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds. I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and am for you a true adviser" ( al-Araf: 67-68)
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali
[ 1917 - 1996 ]
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