اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah An-Nahl Ayah 107_*
*ذٰ لِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اسۡتَحَبُّوا الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا عَلَى الۡاٰخِرَةِ ۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهۡدِى الۡقَوۡمَ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ.(107)*
*_That is because they prefer the life of this world to the hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.(107)_*
یہ اس لئے کہ انہوں نے دنیا کی زندگی کو آخرت کے مقابلے میں عزیز رکھا۔ اور اس لئے خدا کافر لوگوں کو ہدایت نہیں دیتا.(107)
The Ayah describes the reason of one more group of people for reverting to disbelief after having known the true faith and experiencing it’s blessings.‼️ Such a person only reverts to unbelief because *he prefers the comforts and pleasures of this world to the happiness of the life to come.* Allah Azzawajal will not give taufik to those who disobey his Ayat and those who have deliberately removed the readiness of their souls to accept the good and exchange it for sin and evil.
*_Act of the Day is:_* attaching oneself too much to the material world and giving preference to it over the Hereafter paves the ground for not receiving true guidance which leads to one’s loss of faith and one’s entanglement with the Divine punishment.‼️ *The important point here is that faith must never be subject to bargaining or to a balance of profit and loss.* When a person’s heart and mind submit to faith, they do not admit any worldly influence. *This world has its values and considerations, while faith has its own. The two sets cannot overlap or have anything in common.* Imaan must not be treated in a trifling way. It is not a bargain that a person makes one day and reverses the next. It is far more precious and needs to be preserved and nurtured regularly by attaching oneself to the commands of Allah Azzawajal and the practices of the Noble Prophet SAWS constantly.
–This Ayah reminds us:
1. To prioritise the hereafter.
2. To recognise worldly life’s limitations.
3. To seek Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la’s guidance.
4. To avoid disbelievers’ tendencies.
*_Let’s make this Dua a constant in our daily routine_*
*_O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion (Yā Muqallibal-qulūb, thabbit qalbī `alā dīnik). Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!