اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Hijr Ayah 2_*
*رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا لَوۡ كَانُوۡا مُسۡلِمِيۡنَ.(2)*
*_There will come a time when those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.(2)_*
کسی وقت کافر لوگ آرزو کریں گے کہ اے کاش وہ مسلمان ہوتے.(2)
The Ayah issues a warning to all those who disbelieve rather than regretting later for not having followed Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la and HIS Messengers.‼️ _After having described in the previous Ayah *the universality of the Qur’an which is available to all for pondering in the most clear terms,* yet the people choose to disregard this fact and follow their evil temptations and those who respond to this immense blessing by rejecting it and disbelieving in it, they are among the disbelievers who have gone astray; for them there will come a time when they will wish that they had been Muslims, that is, that they had followed its rulings._ *They will start regretting when the veil will be removed and the first signs of the hereafter and the precursors of death begin to appear.* The word *رُبَما Rubama* in Arabic can be translated as *Always or Quite Often.* At every stage of the hereafter, whenever they will face punishment and also when they see the sinful believers being granted forgiveness and will be taken out from hell fire they will be regretting for their being deprived of belonging to the religion of Truth and will wish that they were Muslims, but the time for that will have passed; however in this world they were deceived by their desires.
As Allah Azzawajal says in Qur’an
*_If only you could see when they will be detained before the Fire! They will cry, “Oh! If only we could be sent back, we would never deny the signs of our Lord and we would ˹surely˺ be of the believers.”(Surah Al-An’am 6:27)_*
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand and take the warning seriously as the Qur’an has placed this point very clearly before the people so that they may come out of the whirlpool of the false religions and may enter the domain of Islam straightway, for this is the only way of salvation in the Hereafter.‼️ _Not only infidels will regret, but Muslims will also regret if they do not really become true Muslims. This is because the meaning of ‘muslim’ is to surrender completely to Allah ﷻ, obey HIS commands and abandon all His prohibitions._
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to ponder reflect and take heed before it is too late. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!