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 124_*
*اِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبۡتُ عَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ اخۡتَلَفُوۡا فِيۡهِؕ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ فِيۡمَا كَانُوۡا فِيۡهِ يَخۡتَلِفُوۡنَ.(124)*
*_The Sabbath was only ordained for those who differed concerning it. Verily your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.(124)_*
ہفتے کا دن تو ان ہی لوگوں کے لئے مقرر کیا گیا تھا۔ جنہوں نے اس میں اختلاف کیا۔ اور تمہارا پروردگار قیامت کے دن ان میں ان باتوں کا فیصلہ کردے گا جن میں وہ اختلاف کرتے تھے.(124)
in this ayah the objection of the polytheists is being answered as to why this prophet does not give the command concerning the observance of Sabbath.‼️ *They have been answered that the command for Sabbath was not given in the Shariah of Prophet Ibrahim(AS), but that it was for the Jews on account of special circumstances, and since this Prophet SAWS has been given basically the same Shariah which was given to Prophet Ibrahim(AS), there are no severe restrictions like Sabbath in it.*
There is no doubt that for every nation, Allah Azzawajal prescribed one day of the week for people to gather to worship HIM. *For this Ummah HE SWT prescribed Friday, because it is the sixth day, on which HE SWT completed and perfected HIS pleasure on creation. On this day HE SWT gathered and completed HIS blessings for HIS servants*. _It was said that Allah SWT prescribed this day for the Children of Israel through HIS Prophet Musa(AS), but they changed it and chose Saturday because it was the day on which the Creator did not create anything, as HE SWT had completed HIS creation on Friday. Allah Azzawajal made observance of the Sabbath obligatory for them in the laws of the Tawrah (Torah), telling them to keep the Sabbath. At the same time, He told them to follow Muhammad SAWS when he was sent, and took their promises and covenant to that effect._ Hence Allah Azzawajal says: *_The Sabbath was only prescribed for those who differed concerning it”_*
*The severe commands for observing this day was put because of their dispute.* Had they agreed to observe Friday as a special day, then such severe commands would not have been given. Thereafter, when the Christians came, they also differed in the matter of Sabbath and instead of Saturday, they reserved Sunday as a special day for themselves. *But the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him) got Friday by the grace of Allah Azzawajal. When they were given special commands regarding observance of Friday, they did not disagree.* Thus the day of Friday, with which the week begins came to the lot of Muhammad’s(SAWS ) Ummah. Jews remained a day behind because of Saturday and the Christians two days behind because of Sunday.
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that the prohibition imposed on the Day of Sabbath was a means for moral discipline.to the children of Israel. The Jews stubbornly implemented the Saturday ban as a show of piety, even though they never observed it spiritually and made to look like a ritual. However, the Christians, despite believing in the Torah, knowing it as a part of the Bible, even as the original of the Bible, as its ancestor, thought that this ban was specific to that day and started a theological polemic by saying that its ruling is not valid today, and it has been cancelled, that is, it has been abrogated and chose Sunday at the time of Constantine in order to be different from the Jews, and they started to pray towards the east instead of facing the Dome (i.e., Jerusalem).
_To be really carefully about our attitude towards the commands of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. We should be the ones who say, *“We heard and we obeyed,” and not follow what our nafs inspires us to do.*_
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to abide by HIS commands and stay in submission till our last breath. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair !