اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Isra Ayah 17_*
*وَكَمۡ اَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ الۡقُرُوۡنِ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ نُوۡحٍؕ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوۡبِ عِبَادِهٖ خَبِيۡرًۢا بَصِيۡرًا.(17)*
*_How many nations We have destroyed since the time of Nooh! Your Lord is sufficiently aware of the sins of His slaves and sees them all.(17)_*
اور ہم نے نوح کے بعد بہت سی اُمتوں کو ہلاک کر ڈالا۔ اور تمہارا پروردگار اپنے بندوں کے گناہوں کو جاننے اور دیکھنے والا کافی ہے.(17)
This Ayah highlights the responsibility of every community, as it makes clear that this law has remained operative since Prophet Nuh’s(AS) time.‼️ This Ayah is a confirmation of the previous one, that every community who remain rebellious after the arrival of the messenger who warns them, will certainly experience the same fate as the previous nations.
At the end of this Ayah, Allah SWT mentions that such a recompense is a wise and just recompense, because Allah Azzawajal has warned them and knows their actions. Allah Azzawajal is aware of the sins of HIS creations.
*_Act of the Day is_* to understand and reflect upon the past history.‼️ _The previous rebellious nations were destroyed because they went astray and disbelieved. This is the sunnatullah that has been repeated over the ages. We have read a lot in the surahs of the Quran about them such as the people of Aad, Thamud, Lut and so on._
— _To focus upon the words *بَصيرًا Baseera means to see*. Allah ﷻ does not just see but HE SWT knows deeply, which is *خَبيرًا khabeera.* This Ayah reminds us that Allah ﷻ always sees all the sins we are doing every now and then and is well aware of our acts. So we should feel ashamed of our disobedience and be mindful of the presence of Allah ﷻ everytime and everywhere around us._
The Ayah reminds us
1. To recognize Allah Azzawajal’s power and authority.
2. To avoid sin and disobedience.
3. To appreciate Allah Azzawajal’s knowledge and awareness.
4. To learn from the examples of past nations.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la strengthen our Imaan and grant us the ability to earn HIS pleasure through our Obedience and save us from falling into sins and going astray. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!