friends, dato and tansri,
islam is about excellence!
excellence in situations of ease and in suffering.......
we are all tested and expected to perform to our level of potentials, eq's and iq's, and status in society.
allah expect more from presidents, sultans, pm and cabinet ministers, movers and shakers of society; than from pak mat nyadap of kuala ketil, kedah or from padang pa' amat, pasir putih, kelantan; or the chap who sweep the streets for mppj, subang jaya!
i like young nouman ali khan's perspective of these following ayat in surah saad on the issue of potentials.
i also can agree with him that most mufasirun of the past and qur'an translators must have got their perspective of ayat 33 wrong. at least as a horse lover i cannot comprehend sulaiman alaihisalam [ pbuh] taking a sword and going around slashing the legs and necks of his beautiful arabian steads!
this cannot be the work of a prophet, even if he missed his asar prayers, on account of reviewing his excellent war horses!
do listen to ustaz nouman's excellent perspective of this important portion of surah saad.
sulaiman alaihisalam's doa for 'more from allah for him to be more excellent at his work for humanity' should be our rallying doa in this years and age when we malaysians have to face the ignominy and depressing prospect of a totally incoherent, shameless and corrupt administration going on for yet another 'painful' term of office.
extremely painful for us the raayat and for our future progenies!
if you guys have the passion and time, do listen to shaykh tawfique chowdhury's perspective.
his, is a contrarion view of the ayat, and i am afraid, the majority view of past mufassirun and present.
And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah). (30) When there were shown to him at eventide lightfooted coursers (31) And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain. (32) (Then he said): Bring them back to me, and fell to slashing their legs and necks. (33) And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent. (34) He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as shall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower. (35) So We made the wind subservient unto him, setting fair by his command whithersoever he intended. (36) And the unruly, every builder and diver (made We subservient), (37) And others linked together in chains, (38) (Saying): This is Our gift, so bestow thou, or withhold, without reckoning. (39) And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end. (40) .
[ commentary by ustaz nouman ali khan, ]
[ a contrarion view from shaykh tawfique chowdhury ]
dr nik
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