اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Hijr Ayat 7 & 8_*
*لَوۡ مَا تَاۡتِيۡنَا بِالۡمَلٰۤئِكَةِ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ.(7)*
*مَا نُنَزِّلُ الۡمَلٰۤئِكَةَ اِلَّا بِالۡحَـقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۡۤا اِذًا مُّنۡظَرِيۡنَ.(8)*
*_Why do you not bring the angels to us, if you are telling the truth?(7)_*
*_We do not send down the angels except for just cause, and then in that case, they [the disbelievers] would have no respite.(8)_*
اگر تو سچا ہے تو ہمارے پاس فرشتوں کو کیوں نہیں لے آتا.(7)
(کہہ دو) ہم فرشتوں کو نازل نہیں کیا کرتے مگر حق کے ساتھ اور اس وقت ان کو مہلت نہیں ملتی.(8)
Apart from mocking the Noble Prophet ﷺ the disbelievers kept on making demands to prove the authenticity of his Prophethood.‼️ According to them, those who can carry the Ayat of Allah SWT are only angels, while humans are not capable of it. Even if humans are having a message then they should be accompanied by an angel to strengthen their claim and the people also should be able see and hear the angel. As Allah Azzawajal describes their thinking in Surah Furqan as
*_And they say ˹mockingly˺, “What kind of messenger is this who eats food and goes about in market-places ˹for a living˺? If only an angel had been sent down with him to be his co-warner,(25:7)_*
Their way of thinking was quiet similar to the way Pharoah used to misguide people about Prophet Musa(AS) as Allah Azzawajal describes in Surah Zukhruf
*_Why then have no golden bracelets ˹of kingship˺ been granted to him or angels come with him as escorts!”.(43:53)_*
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that it is an honour that Allah Azzawajal chose few among human beings to convey HIS message.‼️ It is the ignorance of the disbelievers that they are unable to comprehend it. Actually Angels are sent down to a messenger of Allah Azzawajal to convey the message or when it is sent upon a community it is to destroy the disbelievers of that community when their term is up. At this point there can be no more respite and no further delay. From their attitude and manner, it is evident that their hearts have actually become hard and have been closed to accepting the truth. No matter what evidence is presented to them, they will still not believe, as Allah SWT
says in Surah An’am
*_Even if We had sent them the angels, made the dead speak to them, and assembled before their own eyes every sign ˹they demanded˺, they still would not have believed—unless Allah so willed. But most of them are ignorant ˹of this˺.(6:111)_*
— The Ayah teaches the Da’ee an important lesson that not to pay attention to the illogical demands of the disbelievers and opponents of religion. Because every request that is fulfilled will be met with another request.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to patience and perseverance in the path of Dawah. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!