English Translation of Al-Quran
[40].Surah Al Mumin (The Believer) also known as Surah Ghafir [The Forgiver]
Ayat 44. (A believing man of Firaun’s (Pharaoh) family, who hid his faith further said) “And you will remember what I am telling you, and my affair I leave it to Allah. Verily, Allah is the All-Seer of (His) obedient servants.”
Tafseer of Surah Al Mumin (The Believer) Ayat 44. “Soon will ye remember what I say to you (now) My (own) affair I commit to Allah. For Allah (ever) watches over His Servants.” The wording suggests as if there was a plot to kill him, but he was saved, as the next verse shows. His thought to the last is with his People. ‘No matter what you do to me: you will have cause to remember my admonition, when perhaps it is too late for you to repent. For my part I commit myself to the care of Allah, and my Faith tells me that all will be right.’.
English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) said, “A strong believer is better and dearer to Allah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: `If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such,’ but say only: `Allah so determined and did as He willed.’ The word `if’ opens the gates of satanic thoughts”.
[Muslim Chapter 08, Book 33, Hadith # 6441].
Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al-Mumin Ayat 44. “You will remember what I am telling you, and my affair I leave it to Allah” 1. In this Hadith, goodness is acknowledged in weak as well as strong because the real Faith is a common feature of both. The one who is stronger is, however, better with Allah for the reason that he is more active and energetic in the matter of noble deeds and performance of ritual prayers, obligatory as well as voluntary.
2. This Hadith ordains that in case of trouble, one should exercise patience and show submission and obedience rather than saying `ifs’ and `buts’ about it, because it provides Satan with a chance to mislead the sufferer..
