اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah An-Nahl Ayat 28 & 29_*
*الَّذِيۡنَ تَتَوَفّٰٮهُمُ الۡمَلٰۤئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىۡۤ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡۖ فَاَلۡقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَـعۡمَلُ مِنۡ سُوۡۤءٍؕ بَلٰٓى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيۡمٌۢ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ.(28)*
*فَادۡخُلُوۡۤا اَبۡوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِيۡنَ فِيۡهَاؕ فَلَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى الۡمُتَكَبِّرِيۡنَ.(29)*
*_Those whose souls the angels take [in death] when they are wronging themselves. They will offer their submission, saying: We did not do anything wrong. [It will be said to them:] Nay; verily Allah has full knowledge of what you used to do;(28)._*
*_So enter the gates of hell, to abide therein forever. Wretched indeed is the abode of the arrogant!(29)_*
(ان کا حال یہ ہے کہ) جب فرشتے ان کی روحیں قبض کرنے لگتے ہیں (اور یہ) اپنے ہی حق میں ظلم کرنے والے (ہوتے ہیں) تو مطیع ومنقاد ہوجاتے ہیں (اور کہتے ہیں) کہ ہم کوئی برا کام نہیں کرتے تھے۔ ہاں جو کچھ تم کیا کرتے تھے خدا اسے خوب جانتا ہے.(28)
سو دوزخ کے دروازوں میں داخل ہوجاؤ۔ ہمیشہ اس میں رہو گے۔ اب تکبر کرنے والوں کا برا ٹھکانا ہے.(29)
These Ayat describe the conditions of the arrogant disbelievers during and after their death.‼️ When death approaches and the angels come to seize their evil souls when they are still close to earth and to all the falsehood they asserted here, and all their evil scheming. These will then offer their submission, saying: *_”We didn’t do any evi!”_* Those who used to revel in their arrogance are now submissive, unable to contend. *They offer complete submission! But at the same time they lie.* Yet the answer comes to them straightaway from Allahﷻ who knows their true reality: *_“Nay, indeed. Allah has full knowledge of all that you used to do!”_* Their false plea is rejected in view of the fact that they were offered Allah Azzawajal’s guidance through HIS revealed messages, which they deliberately scorned in their false pride and dismissed it as a “fable of ancient times.”
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that disbelieving and indulging in polytheism and rebellion against Allahﷻ people wrongs themselves, because they suppress the voice of their own conscience which only recognizes monotheism. It results in not only the stoppage of the development of their self but also in its diminution.‼️ *By their own actions they have brought about their own ruin, and now they have to suffer punishment in hell.* They have to suffer the fate of all arrogant peoples who deny the truth. The angels of death inform the idolaters and polytheists at the time of their death that on the Day of Resurrection they are to enter the Hell and to abide therein forever. *This process starts from the beginning of the border of death, i.e. in the world of Barzakh, which in the hadith has been termed as the grave.* Their souls, and their bodies will feel the heat and hot winds of their graves. When the Day of Resurrection comes, their souls will be reunited with their bodies, to abide forever in the fire of Hell, and _Wretched indeed is the abode of the arrogant.(16:29)_ and _“It will not be complete enough to kill them nor shall its torment be lightened for them.” (35:36)_ The painful punishment will never be reduced or alleviated, not even for a single day, for the Most Merciful Lord will have turned away from them and caused them to taste the grievous punishment.
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us a life of total submission to HIM and give us a ending upon Imaan. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu khair!