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 72 & 73_*
*لَعَمۡرُكَ اِنَّهُمۡ لَفِىۡ سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُوۡنَ.(72)*
*فَاَخَذَتۡهُمُ الصَّيۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِيۡنَۙ.(73)*
*_By your life. [O Muhammad,] they were wandering blindly in their lustful frenzy.(72)_*
*_So the blast overtook them at sunrise,(73)_*
(اے محمد) تمہاری جان کی قسم وہ اپنی مستی میں مدہوش (ہو رہے) تھے.(72)
سو ان کو سورج نکلتے نکلتے چنگھاڑ نے آپکڑا.(73)
Even after much persuation from Prophet Lut(AS) the frenzied and perverted people didn’t relent to the advise of their Prophet.‼️ Hence Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la by giving honour to the purity of life our Noble Prophet SAWS swears by the Prophet’s life about the depth of intoxication of those people had in their perverted lusts and desires which didn’t yield any results. If they had any good sense left in them they would have felt ashamed and returned from the Prophet Lut’s(AS) house after his advise. But, they were remained unaffected by that and they became more rude and tried to violate and tried to get Lut’s(AS) guests to satisfy their perverted desire.
*Hence their evil had reached its climax and there was no good left in them. It was time of their end.* Allah Azzawajal finally sent down HIS punishment on the people of Prophet Lut(AS) with a loud thunderous sound that caused a great earthquake.
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that Sin can make people addicted and pollute human reason. Sinful acts can distort humans so that they see everything upside down and justify their wrongs into right.❗
— Divine punishment does not only occur on the Day of Judgment and people who commit sins can suffer from Divine punishment in this world too.❗
— To understand that Allah Taa’la Himself, swears by different things HE has created.❗This is particular to HIM. Its purpose is to state the sublimity and beneficence of something from the desired angle. *But as far as we humans are concerned to swear by anyone or anything, other than the names and attrib- utes of Allah Azzawajal is not permissible because one would only swear by whoever is held in the highest of esteem and, as obvious, Allah SWT alone can be the highest.*
According to Hadith, the Prophet SAWS said: _Do not swear by your mothers, fathers and idols. And do not swear by anyone except Allah and if you have to swear by Allah, do it only when you are truthful in your statement. (Reported by Abu Dawud and An-Nasa’i from Abu Hurairah RA)_
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to remain obedient to HIS commands and take lessons from the previous nations. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!