اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Isra Ayat 23 & 24:_*
*وَ قَضٰی رَبُّکَ اَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوۡۤا اِلَّاۤ اِیَّاہُ وَ بِالۡوَالِدَیۡنِ اِحۡسَانًا ؕ اِمَّا یَبۡلُغَنَّ عِنۡدَکَ الۡکِبَرَ اَحَدُہُمَاۤ اَوۡ کِلٰہُمَا فَلَا تَقُلۡ لَّہُمَاۤ اُفٍّ وَّ لَا تَنۡہَرۡہُمَا وَ قُلۡ لَّہُمَا قَوۡلًا کَرِیۡمًا(23)*
*وَ اخۡفِضۡ لَہُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحۡمَۃِ وَ قُلۡ رَّبِّ ارۡحَمۡہُمَا کَمَا رَبَّیٰنِیۡ صَغِیۡرًا(24)*
*_”And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and be good to parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age (While) with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word”(23)_*
*_”And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, ‘My Lord! Have Mercy upon them as they brought me up (when I was) small”(24)_*
تیرے رب نے فیصلہ کر دیا ہے کہ:
﴿١﴾ تم لوگ کسی کی عبادت نہ کرو گے ، مگر صرف اس کی ۔
﴿۲﴾والدین کے ساتھ نیک سلوک کرو ۔ اگر تمہارے پاس ان میں سے کوئی ایک یا دونوں بوڑھے ہو کر رہیں تو انہیں اف تک نہ کہو ، نہ انہیں جھڑک کر جواب دو ، بلکہ ان سے احترام کے ساتھ بات کرو.(23)
اور نرمی و رحم کے ساتھ ان کے سامنے جھک کر رہو ، اور دعا کیا کرو کہ پروردگار ، ان پر رحم فرما جس طرح انہوں نے رحمت و شفقت کے ساتھ مجھے بچپن میں پالا تھا.(24)
The Ayat enhances our feelings of compassion towards our parents.‼️As life goes on, its momentum carries the living and focuses our attention on what lies ahead, on our own children, the new generation. *Rarely are we motivated to look back and attend to the former generation of parents, who represent a life that is already on the decline.* Hence, as sons and daughters we need a strong charge of conscience so that *we will look back and take care of our mothers and fathers*.
_It is our Spiritual and Moral duty to worship none but Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la, because none but Allah Azzawajal is worthy of worship. The kindness to parents is an individual act of piety. We’re not supposed to upset them even by slightest expression of *’uff’!* But we are asked to address them with respect and honor._
*_Act for the Day is:_* to understand that as for serving and obeying parents, *it is not restricted to any given time or age*. In fact, it is necessary (Wajib) to treat parents well, under all conditions, and in every age
‼️ _To understand, realise and evaluate the metaphor of a high flying bird which lowers her wings out of tenderness to her offsprings. There is double aptness._
*1)* _When the parent was strong and the child was helpless, parental affection was showered on the child; when the child grows up and is strong, and the parent is helpless, can he do less than bestow similar tender care on the parents?_
*2)* _But more; he must approach the matter with gentle humility; for does not parental love remind him of the love with which Allah cherished His creatures?_
_Let’s try to understand that there is something here more than simple human gratitude; *it goes up into the highest spiritual region.*_
_Note that we are asked to honour our father and mother._
_In the *first place,* not merely respect, but cherishing kindness, and humility to parents, are commanded._
_In the *second place,* parental love should be to us a type of devine love – Nothing that we can do can ever really compensate for that which we have received._
_In the *third place* our spiritual advancement is tested by this. We cannot expect Allah’s forgiveness if we are rude or unkind to those who unselfishly brought us up._
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to utilise the opportunity to serve our parents well and gain Jannah. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen_*
JazaK Allâhu Khair!