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 118_*
*وَعَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ هَادُوۡا حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ قَبۡلُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنٰهُمۡ وَلٰـكِنۡ كَانُوۡۤا اَنۡفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُوۡنَ.(118)*
*_To the Jews We prohibited that which We recounted to you before. We did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves.(118)_*
اور چیزیں ہم تم سے پہلے بیان کرچکے ہیں وہ ہم نے یہودیوں پر حرام کردی تھیں۔ اور ہم نے ان پر کچھ ظلم نہیں کیا بلکہ وہی اپنے آپ پر ظلم کرتے تھے.(118)
In this Ayah Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la has stated that certain things were made unlawful because of the disobedience of the Jews.‼️ Allah says
*_And unto those who are Jews, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep except what adheres to their backs”( Surah Al-An’am 6:146)_*
The Jews themselves had made several things unlawful for themselves, and as a punishment Allah Azzawajal allowed them to remain a prey to that misunderstanding. These include birds with claws such as the ostrich, seagull and water-hen, and also the fat of oxen and sheep. *These prohibited things in themselves were not filthy, (they were quite clean)–but because of the transgression and rebellion of the Jews the laws of the Shariah were made stricter for them, as a punishment.*
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that the one who indulges in transgressions against the limits set by Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la are bound to suffer both in this world as well as in the Hereafter.‼️ The people Judaized themselves” as Allah Azzawajal had not revealed Judaism, but the religion of surrender (islam) through Musa(AS) and the Prophets who followed him; but, over time, the Jewish scholars created a new religion called Judaism several centuries after Musa(AS). The Jews deserved that these wholesome things be made forbidden because of their transgression and disobedience of Allah Azzawajal. It was they who thus wronged themselves, while Allah Azzawajal did them no wrong.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to surrender to HIS commands in toto and save us from transgressing HIS set limits. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!